Remembering Rep. Maximo Dalog Sr.
By Gina DizonEveryone will remember Congressman Maximo Dalog Sr. as the Father of Lang-ay Festival when he started the province’s celebration of the annual held event in 2005 in joint observation of...
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78-year-old man dies as bungalow burnsTUBA, Benguet – A 78-year-old man was burned to death here Tuesday around 4:30 p.m. when the bungalow they were renting caught on fire reportedly due to a...
View ArticleCops nab engineer for assaulting them
BAGUIO CITY -- Police arrested and filed a complaint Wednesday against a mechanical engineer for assaulting them and kicking their mobile car. The suspect was identified as Ruben Tung-alah Coteng Jr.,...
View ArticleCA starts contempt moves against House for not releasing ‘Ilocos Six’
By Freddie LazaroLAOAG CITY -- The Court of Appeals has initiated contempt of court proceedings against the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Chamber’s sergeant-at-arms for their...
View ArticlePNP assails NPA over Lepanto raid
MANKAYAN, Benguet – The regional police command assailed the New People’s Army under the Chadli Molintas Command for destroying properties with explosives and wounding a member of the Philippine Army...
View ArticleMt. Province Marine leaves grieving family, 2-year-old son
By Larry FabianBARLIG, Mountain Province – A son of this remote town was lauded by his comrades for his bravery saying he was a hero for saving several wounded fellow Marines in the battlefield before...
View ArticleOFW files concubinage case against husband
HINGYON, Ifugao – An overseas foreign worker filed a case for concubinage against her husband here last week for allegedly having a paramour and bearing two children with her. The OFW, whose name was...
View ArticleIP group alarmed over state agents harassing organizer
By Aldwin QuitasolBAGUIO CITY — The biggest alliance of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera expressed alarm on stalking and harassing of one of its youth organizers by suspected military or police...
View Article2 NPA leaders surrender to army brass in Ilocos
By Freddie G. LazaroSANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur — Two ranking members of the New People’s Army surrendered to officers of the 81st Infantry Battallion last week.Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio C. Osias IV, 81st IB...
View ArticleBenguet gov: Smuggling, Baguio truck ban killing veggie industry
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Benguet Gov. Crescencio Pacalso said smuggling and the Baguio City truck ban are killing the province’s vegetable industry which supplies around 75 percent of Metro Manila and...
View ArticleP100-K bounty for arrest of Ilocos mayor’s killer
By Freddie G. LazaroLAOAG CITY -- The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) – Ilocos Norte Chapter raised a P100,000 reward for anyone who could provide pertinent information that will lead...
View ArticleVizcaya ‘little ex- governor’ charged
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya -- Former Acting Provincial Administrator Manuel Nilves Tabora, who was also Nueva Vizcaya’s Budget Officer, has been slapped with a graft and breach of conduct charge before the...
View ArticleKP men soliciting favors for barangay appointment
By Larry MadarangLINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The lead convenor of Kilusang Pagbabago assailed KP members soliciting favors from persons for appointment in barangay positions. “We condemn all KP members...
View ArticleAbra rep: Let police probe ex-vice governor's murder
BANGUED, Abra – Rep. Joseph Bernos has urged his constituents not to jump to conclusions on who killed former Abra Vice Gov. Rolando Somera who was slain by assassins in Marikina morning of June...
View ArticleDPWH hit over MP bridge; Duterte urged to intercede
Started 4 years ago but still unfinished By Gabriel MoguetSABANGAN, Mountain Province – Officials of this scenic town assailed the Dept. of Public Works and Highways and a contractor for not finishing...
View ArticleOmbudsman suspends Kalinga governor, mayor
TABUK CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman recently suspended the Kalinga provincial governor and a town mayor over separate casesGov. Jocel Baac of Kalinga province was served a six-month suspension...
View ArticleBaguio truck ban creates tiff with Benguet officials
BAGUIO CITY – Officials of this summer resort and that of Benguet, considered the salad bowl of the country are now at odds over implementation of a truck ban which the latter’s officials said greatly...
View Article23 Cordi centenarians to get cash awards
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera regional office of the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development will be awarding cash to 23 centenarians during simple ceremonies next month.Janet Armas,...
View ArticleCase filed against bocap for nearly killing pupil
LAMUT, Ifugao – A complaint was filed against a barangay captain here for maltreating and nearly killing a Grade 6 pupil of Magulon Elementary School over a missing cell phone. Police said on...
View ArticleEight drug suspects killed; 32 arrested
More fatalities were reported last week as government stepped up its war on drugs. Six persons, including four suspected drug personalities, were killed in separate incidents in Luzon on...
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