Category: Provincial

NIA-CAR’s pump irrigation project to benefit LT farmers

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Dozens of strawberry growers and vegetable farmers at the Strawberry Fields in Barangay Betag in Km. 6, La Trinidad will soon benefit from the pump irrigation project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)- Cordillera. NIA-Benguet Satellite Office provincial head engineer Godofredo Velaque who supervised the project worth P2.073 million, said the […]

PAF cargo plane, grounded sa paglipad

CLARK, Pampanga — Grounded muna sa paglipad sa himpapawid ang mga C130 cargo plane ng Philippine Air Force (PAF) matapos itong magkaaberya at masunog ang kaliwang bahagi nito habang paalis sa Clark Air Base. Ayon kay Maj. Aristides Galang, tagapagsalita ng PAF, temporary suspension muna sa biyahe ang mga C130 Cargo Plane ng sandatahan lakas […]

PNP-CAR nanawagang alisin ang mantsa ng halalan

BANGUED, Abra – Nanawagan si bagongtalagang director ng Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR) sa mga botante na tumulong sa pagtanggal ng mantsa na ang probinsiya ng Abra ay nakakatakot na lugar tuwing panahon ng halalan. “I am here and I am appealing to our political leadership, we have also invited the clergy, academe, non-government organization […]

P70M binunot na marijuana, sinunog

TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Tinatayang nasa P70 milyon ang halaga ng binunot saka sinunog na nasa 337,700 fully-grown marijuana ng mga pinagsanib na pwersa ng PNP stations at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa ilalim ng “Oplan Green Pearl Alpha” noong Huwebes ng umaga, Marso 28 sa Brgy. Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga. Ayon kay Police Major Willy Dumansi, […]

Tatlong transporter ng damo, natimbog

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Nasakote ng magkakasanib na puwersa ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Banaue Municipal Police Station ang tatlong kalalakihan na tangkang ipuslit ang mga dried marijuana leaves mula Kalinga, na may halagang P720,240.00 sa Banaue, Ifugao. Nabatid kay PDEA regional director Edgar Apalla na ang mga nadakip na transporter ay sina […]

DPWH-Benguet completes high impact projects in 2018

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet First Engineering District I of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)- Cordillera reported that it has competed millions worth of high impact projects in 2018. District Engineer Ireneo Gallato of Benguet First Engineering District I, said these impact projects, based on the report submitted by Engineer Marjory […]

A farmer from La Trinidad

Benguet repacks freshly harvested bell peppers, a more reason to be glad as prices goes high of 45 pesos per kilo whole sale in La Trinidad trading post.   Dave Leprozo/ABN

LT addresses rampant illegal structures

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet-This capital town has taken a bold step in curving illegal structures which have spread through the years. Municipal engineer Benedict Pineda admitted that their town known as the Salad Bowl, Strawberry Capital of the country and in recent years as Rose Capital, is saddled with structures allegedly constructed without the necessary building […]

La Union board OKs Sapatos Project ordinance

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — P500,000.00 was initially appropriated from the General Fund of the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) to finance the ordinance known as the La Union educational assistance to the poor and underprivileged learners from public elementary school by providing them shoes through the “Sapatos Project.” S a n g […]

Benguet small-scale mining groups told to employ mining, safety engineer

ITOGON, Benguet —The Benguet Federation of Small Scale Miners, Inc. (BFSSM) is requiring all its member associations to employ the services of safety supervisor and mining engineer to ensure the safety of small-scale miners and the protection of the environment. “We will be enforcing each of our member associations to employ the services of safety […]

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