IPMR to Ombudsman: Suspend Sadanga execs
Mayor, town council file injunction vs NCIP By Rocky Ngalob and Gina DizonSADANGA, Mountain Province – Docketed as L-2019-10-876, recently installed Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR)...
View ArticleNotorious Korean prisoner escapes in Tarlac restaurant
Gov. Pineda: P300,000 reward for his arrestBy Nelson BolosTARLAC CITY -- A “notorious” South Korean national detained in Pampanga Provincial Jail for killing 3 fellow Koreans escaped from his five...
View ArticleRetired police officer shot dead in Ilocos
By Mar T. SupnadSTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur-A 61-year-old policeman was shot dead in broad daylight here Tuesday afternoon along the Poblacion highway. Police identified the victim as Reynaldo D. Castro,...
View ArticleCordillera cops ordered: Up operations against illegal small-scale mining
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The Police Regional Office – Cordillera ordered police to strictly intensify operations against illegal small-scale mining activities in the region as the stop order issued by...
View ArticlePTFoMS tags carnival operator as gunman in P’panga journalist’s slay
ARAYAT, Pampanga – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security announced on Thursday that the suspected gunman of a tabloid columnist and his companion in Pampanga has been identified.Presidential...
View ArticleCop wounded, Kalinga soldier dead in Mt Prov NPA-AFP clash
BESAO, Mountain Province – A soldier died while a policeman was wounded when New People’s Army guerillas attacked government forces here Thursday around 2 p.m. at the boundary of this town and Sagada....
View ArticleBaguio public schools recipients of toilet facilities
BAGUIO CITY – Some 10 public elementary public schools here will be recipients to toilet blocks, handwash facilities and water tanks that will be donated and constructed by the Rotary Club of...
View ArticleBaguio PNP head pushes changes in towing law
By Jordan G. HabbilingBAGUIO CITY – Col. Allen Rae F. Co, city police director urged the city government to amend Ordinance 78-2018 or “Towing Ordinance of Baguio City.” In his letter, Co said certain...
View ArticlePOLICE ROUNDUP
5 thieves loot P733,000 cash,valuables in subdivision houseBAGUIO CITY – Five still unidentified thieves stole valuables and cash worth P733,000 at a subdivision house here around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday....
View ArticleHeritage, ecology, fashion, furniture at Manila FAME
HAPPY WEEKENDGina Dizon(Especially invited by Soledad Valencia of Binnadang Ethnic Handicrafts of Baguio to Sagada Inabe which I chair, I’m delighted to share this story.)PASAY CITY -- To all...
View ArticleBaguio gears up for peak tourist season
CITY HALL BEATAileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – The city is gearing up for its peak tourist season – Christmastime or the last two months of the year when tourist arrival in the city normally spikes...
View ArticleA more thoughtful clean-up
LETTERS FROM THE AGNOMarch L. FianzaPrior to the serious clean-up of roads and sidewalks by Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo M. Año when he issued MC 121-2019, Mayor Benjamin Magalong...
View ArticleThe Gift of Healing
TRUTH FOR TODAYJun Malazo“Hey Pastor…Do you have the power of healing?” I was recently asked this question after visiting someone. The topic of miraculous divine healing has been an issue that many...
View ArticleSplitting IAS from PNP/ ‘Militarizing’ school campuses
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. DizonBAGUIO CITY--- The resolution of the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) of the Internal Affairs Service in the Cordillera Administrative Region (IAS-CAR) seeking separation...
View ArticleExtended work probation proposal
EDITORIALThe House of Representatives has proposed to extend the maximum probationary period for employment.House Bill (HB) 4802, filed by Probinsyano Ako party-list Rep. Jose “Bonito” Singson Jr.,...
View Article500K reward now raised to informant on Kiltepan arson
By Gina DizonSAGADA Mountain Province ---Last year’s arson on two buildings here at Kiltepan peak on November 8 cannot be forgotten. Property owner Wilson Capuyan said the initial P200,000...
View ArticleCarnival operator ‘gunman’ in Pampanga journalist’s slay
ARAYAT, Pampanga – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security announced the suspected gunman of a tabloid columnist and his companion in Pampanga has been identified. Presidential...
View ArticleOlowan is Vice Mayors League Cordi chairman
BAGUIO CITY – City Vice Mayor Faustino A. Olowan was elected by his fellow vice mayors from the different cities and municipalities in the region as the chairman of the Vice Mayor’s League of the...
View ArticleBan on vs entry of pigs, pork products in MP
By Gina DizonBONTOC, Mountain Province - Following the prevalence of African swine fever (ASF) that caused the death of hogs in north central Luzon, a temporary ban was declared on the entry of live...
View ArticleGunmen in slay of ex-PNP officer in Ilocos unknown
By Mar T. SupnadSTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Police said they are still trying to identify suspects who shot dead a 61-year-old policeman here in broad daylight afternoon of Oct. 22 along the Poblacion...
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