NEDA Sec's visit brings Cordi concerns to national attention
By Marlo T. LubgubanBAGUIO CITY – The recent visit of Socio-Economic and Planning Chief and NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia and Undersecretary for Regional Development Adoracion Navarro to this city has...
View ArticleCordillera RDC sets next FLAME awards
BAGUIO CITY – The Regional Development Council gathered a regional assessment team on Feb. 12 to discuss criteria and selection process for the 2019 F.L.A.M.E. (Forwarding Local Autonomy Medal of...
View ArticleCouple killed in Ilocos Sur crash
By Freddie LazaroSAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur – Two persons were killed when a motorcycle they were riding in was accidentally hit by a car along the national highway here in Barangay Lapting Monday...
View ArticleLa Trinidad sets March Strawberry fest various events
By Gelinie Jen Ulban and Pamela Mariz GeminianoLA TRINIDAD, Benguet – This valley town is set to showcase their world-record giant strawberry short cake to highlight the Strawberry Festival from March...
View ArticleBomb threat alarms UB; ‘terrorists’ eyed
BAGUIO CITY – A bomb threat alarmed students and faculty here Wednesday around 5 p.m. at the University of Baguio.A police report said Vicky G. Nardo, 30, UB professor, received a text message from...
View ArticleGov wants PNP tag of Tabuk poll 'hotspot' out
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Gov. Jocel Baac on Friday urged the Philippine National Police to reconsider this city’s listing as an "election hotspot".“That is a sad evaluation on our part. He (PNP Chief,...
View ArticleMayor, 18 more ordered arrested for illegal detention, closing resort
By Freddie LazaroCABUGAO, Ilocos Sur – The youngest mayor elected in Philippine history and 18 other local government employees were ordered arrested for serious illegal detention and grave coercion...
View ArticleDOH ups vaccination in 4 regions; deadly JE cases now 24 in Cordi
By Pamela Mariz GeminianoBAGUIO CITY -- The Dept. of Health has started to administer Japanese Encephalitis vaccines to children in the Cordillera Administrative Region, one of the four pilot regions...
View ArticleIlocos N. mourns vice gov bet’s death
By Freddie LazaroLAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Residents of Ilocos Norte are mourning the untimely death of incumbent Provincial Board Member Mariano “Nonong” Marcos II, 64, who is running for vice...
View ArticleFarmer burned alive in Tadian; 4 Philex workers, man killed in Itogon fire
Sagada mountains afire; destroyed water pipes causes water shortage By PNA and Gina DizonA TOTAL of five persons died after a forest fire broke past noon Wednesday in the mining town of Itogon,...
View ArticleCooperation in public services
BANTAY GOBYERNOIke SeñeresPublic schools and public hospitals are the best known public services; because we see these and we physically go to them as a matter of fact. The same could be said about...
View ArticleMilitarizing the civilian police
LETTERS FROM THE AGNOBy March Fianza It must have been after the peaceful Edsa event of 1986 when I first heard about an upcoming change in the image of the police. It was an idea that came...
View ArticleA crowded senatorial field
PERRYSCOPEPerry DiazJust like past midterm elections, the political exercises halfway through the six-year presidential term is a harbinger of how the next presidential football is shaped. Who are...
View ArticleKiangan jokes
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. DizonCredit it to the monkeys of this Banana Country for making jokes out of adversities and multi-million scams which affect us. This maybe our defense mechanism for coping...
View ArticleCordillerans ‘squatters’ in their own lands
EDITORIALUnless Presidential Decree 705 is amended or repealed, people living under its scope are squatters in their own land like in the Cordillera. PD 705 states lands above 18 degrees in elevation...
View ArticleSpeed limit for vehicles in Baguio City okayed
BAGUIO CITY -- The city council approved on third and final reading a proposed ordinance providing speed limits for all motor vehicles along city roads, penalties for violations, collection of road...
View Article700 Ilocos Norte farmers receive CLOAs from DAR
LAOAG CITY -- Some 700 farmers from Ilocos Norte have received their certificates of land ownership award (CLOA) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Farmer Isidro Calma of...
View ArticleEx-Nueva Ecija rebs receive financial aid
SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija -- The Department of Interior and Local Government of Nueva Ecija in coordination with the Army’s 84th Infantry Battalion distributed checks to former rebels as part of its...
View ArticleCordillera tops infra project fund for PRDP North Luzon
By Elvy S. TaquioBAGUIO CITY -- The Cordillera has once again topped the fund sharing for the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) infrastructure subprojects as of...
View ArticleP6 million cocaine found in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija
GABALDON, Nueva Ecija -- another brick of 1.19 kg cocaine with a street value of more than P6.3 million was found here in Barangay North Poblacion around 1 p.m. on Feb. 24.According to the report of...
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