Kalinga’s TAMPCO now billionaire coop
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga -- The Tabuk Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TAMPCO) here is now a billionaire coop with total assets of P1.09 billion in 2016.This milestone was achieved as the coop celebrated its...
View ArticleAbra councilor hunted for shooting old farmer
LICUAN-BAAY, Abra – A town councilor here is now being hunted by police for shooting a 77-year-old farmer around 6:30 a.m. April 9 in Barangay Tumalip. The victim was identified as Rodolfo Bautista...
View ArticleTruck falls off Halsema Highway; driver killed
BUGUIAS, Benguet – The driver of a mini dump truck was killed when the vehicle he was driving fell down a 350-meter high ravine here along the Halsema Highway April 9 around 12 midnight. Police said...
View ArticleSuspect in Ilocos vice mayor’s ambush nabbed
By Freddie G. LazaroLAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- Police arrested one of the three suspects in the ambush of the vehicle carrying Vice Mayor Jessie Ermitanio’s of Marcos town last Tuesday, which resulted...
View ArticlePNP changes Cordillera reg’l, provincial heads
‘Bato’ hits officials, LGUs doing illegal acts BONTOC, Mountain Province -- – A change in command was instituted by the Philippine National Police in Cordillera provinces even as PNP Director General...
View ArticleUB, SLU to compete in nat’l basketball finals
SPORTSBAGUIO CITY- University of Baguio recently hosted Samahan ng Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) 3X3 Under 17 Pambangsang Tatluhan Cordillera Administrative Region leg.Saint Louis University- Laboratory...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS
2,000 partake of SM’s largest strawberry taho BAGUIO CITY – SM City Baguio, in line with month-long “flavors of the Philippines” campaign of the Dept. of Tourism, recently showcased the “largest...
View ArticleDOT set to promote Mountain Province for indigenous tourism
By Dexter A. SeeBONTOC, Mountain Province – The Dept. of Tourism will aggressively promote Mountain Province as destination for cultural tourism in recognition of the rich culture, tradition and...
View ArticleBaguilat urges Filipinos to prioritize local travel
The summer months are time when tourism hits its peak and Ifugao Representative Teddy Brawner Baguilat urges Filipinos to prioritize local travel over going overseas to boost economic activity in the...
View ArticleDA CAR inducts SWISA president
BAGUIO CITY -- Adolfo Bravo, 51, of Tabuk City was inducted as Cordillera’s first Small Water Irrigation Systems Association (SWISA) president to aggressively push for the wider coordination and...
View ArticleDSWD turns over 53 houses to Mt Province beneficiaries
By Mark Erik King D. GuanzonBAUKO, Mountain Province -- Fifty three brand new houses were turned-over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development town government here to families of Core...
View ArticleLady swindled by old sweepstakes scam artist
BAGUIO CITY – A lady was swindled by sweepstakes scam artist here Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. along Cariño St. fronting Sizzling Plate Restaurant.Police named the victim as Mary Teresa Padawel Vergara,...
View ArticleMissing treasure hunter found in Nueva Ecija
By Manny GalvezRIZAL, Nueva Ecija -- Police recovered the body of a 40-year-old treasure hunter who was reported missing during a landslide in this town last week.The body of Frederick Sombillo was...
View ArticleDOH top 3 agency with P155-B budget; more health programs set
Sec Ubial graces Mt Province hospital By Wabilyn Lomong-oyBAUKO, Mountain Province – The Dept. of Health budget is bigger than that of Defense and top 3 three in ranking among government agencies with...
View ArticleHauling cost of trash outside Baguio down
By Dexter A. SeeBAGUIO CITY – The city government’s garbage disposal problem has been eased with reduction of hauling cost of residual waste outside the city over the past several years....
View ArticleKin reporting drug- peddling kin– CIDG
By Mar T. SupnadCAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — The Criminal Investigation Group revealed tip-offs to police about drug users or pushers now come mostly from relatives of suspects who have grown tired of the...
View ArticleKiangan 2nd in child abuse victims in Ifugao
By Daniel B. CodamonKIANGAN, Ifugao – This town has the second highest number of sexually abused and exploited children in Ifugao last year, municipal social welfare and development officer Mario...
View ArticleDOH: 1,671 illnesses, 306 dengue ‘cases’ in Cordillera
BAGUIO CITY – The regional Dept. of Health said there were 1,671 influenza- like illnesses and 306 dengue suspected cases recorded in Cordillera the past few months.With onset of summer, the DOH urged...
View ArticleDTI-CAR warns public against loan scammers
BAGUIO CITY – The regional Dept. of Trade and Industry warned the public certain groups and individuals are posing as legitimate representatives of financial institutions doing business in this city...
View ArticleP1-M shabu, 8 arrested in Nueva Ecija buy-bust
By Nelson BolosCABANATUAN CITY -- Some P1 million worth of shabu was confiscated while eight drug personalities were arrested in a police buy-bust operation here at Barangay Zulueta Tuesday...
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