Hog raisers slate ‘meat holiday’ over smuggling
By Eva VisperasROSALES, Pangasinan – Hog raisers met here Thursday and agreed to hold a “meat holiday” in protest of the government’s inaction to problems besetting their industry, including meat...
View ArticleTabuk businessmen warned: set CCTVs or face closure
By Peter Balocnit TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Businessmen in this city were warned to install surveillance systems with video monitoring (CCTVs) until June for face closure. Estanislao Albano Jr. of the...
View Article549 persons nabbed, 119 guns seized over gun ban violation
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – At least 549 people have been arrested and 119 firearms confiscated at various checkpoints in the Ilocos Region for violation of the election gun ban.During a recent meeting...
View ArticleLang-ay fest, Igorot int’l confab, Mt Prov founding day on April
By Roger SacyatenBONTOC, Mountain Province - Organizers have decided to synchronize this province’s top April activities into one program to showcase oneness and unity in celebrating the 49th Mt....
View ArticleChurch groups hit military for ‘murder,’ other abuses
81st IBPA assailed for ‘atrocities’ in urban towns CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur -- Workers from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) and human rights groups expressed their concern over...
View ArticleAvian pest kills 25,000 chickens in La Union
By Jun Elias SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – At least 25,000 chickens have died due to newcastle disease or avian pest, the provincial veterinary office said Tuesday.Provincial veterinarian Nida Gapuz...
View ArticlePulag closed to trekkers due to bad weather
KABAYAN, Benguet -- Mt. Pulag, the second highest moun tain in the country, was closed to trekkers since last week due to bad weather, the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordilleras said. In an...
View ArticleBaguio bags major NSPC awards
By Art Tibaldo BAGUIO CITY -- Delegates from the Pines City National High School who represented Baguio and the Cordillera Administrative Region at the National Secondary Press Conference held in the...
View ArticleDuterte promises clean government
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan -- Presidential candidate Rodrigo R. Duterte said the government would be free of corruption under his administration if he makes it all the way to Malacañang.“I guarantee you,...
View ArticleCourt reverses ruling on NE Congress bet disqualification
By Manny GalvezCABANATUAN CITY -- A regional trial court has overturned a decision of a municipal trial court removing congressional candidate Rosanna Vergara from the list of voters in the third...
View ArticlePDEA, PNP destroy P148-M marijuana fields in Benguet
KIBUNGAN, Benguet — A total of P148 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed here in eight operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police in...
View ArticleBaguio plumber claims P7 million lotto jackpot
BAGUIO CITY – A 56-year-old plumber here has claimed the jackpot of the 6/42 Regular Lotto drawn on Feb. 6 draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said. Jose Ferdinand Rojas II, PCSO...
View ArticleDepEd execs bar poll bets as graduation rite speakers
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Education officials ordered school administrators against inviting candidates as speakers in graduation ceremonies.“We encourage school principals and directors to invite...
View ArticleTV talks on ‘Carrot Man’ gets flak from Igorots
By Roger Sacyaten BONTOC, Mountain Province – Igorot netizens vented their displeasure at insinuations of an interviewee of a respected personality in a giant television network which they said, tended...
View ArticleTraders picket, file TRO over trading post closure
La Trinidad mayor’s life threatened by gunman By Khyrl Leizel Tanacio and CK Rosario LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – “Middlemen” at the vegetable trading post filed for a temporary restraining order urging the...
View ArticleFlooring materials in ‘intelligent settlements’
BANTAY GOBYERNO Ike SeñeresI do not know how it feels to live in a house that has mud, sand or dung for its flooring, because I grew up in a house with a wooden floor. I do have a friend who used to...
View ArticleHeavy traffic inside Sagada caves
HAPPY WEEKENDGina P. DizonSAGADA, Mountain Province -- Not only are the streets in Sagada beset with heavy traffic due to absence of traffic men and parking along the national road. Also, heavy traffic...
View ArticleCordi fighters eye win in martial arts tourneys
Sagada fighter vows comeback LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- After a rollercoaster career, Sagada native Adam “Kimat” Cacay is determined to make his childhood dream of becoming a mixed martial arts champion a...
View ArticlePhilippine serpent eagle rescued in Kalinga
PINUKPUK – A Philippine serpent eagle caught in a bird trap in a forest here has been rescued.Pinukpuk Mayor Jimmy Dasayon said Ruben Padilla, who has been hunting birds using traps, told him that he...
View ArticleDENR cites JHMC for John Hay environment
BAGUIO CITY - For maintaining good environment, monitoring air quality and protecting its forest cover, Environment Assistant Secretary and Environmental Management Bureau director Juan Miguel Cuna...
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