Malacanang exec junks media regulation, pushes security for journalists
BAGUIO CITY – Following assaults on media workers like the recent killing of a radio broadcaster,Presidential Task Force on Media Security Executive Director Joel Sy Egco said security issues of media...
View ArticleTourist pushers using banks, FB to sell illegal drugs: Baguio cops
BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City Police Office has revealed that sellers of illegal drugs in the city who come from other places use “bank-to-bank” transactions in getting payments. BCPO director Senior...
View ArticleSLU tops pharmacist rad tech board exams
BAGUIO CITY -- Saint Louis University emerged the top performing school in the recent pharmacist and radiologic technologist licensure examinations given by the Professional Regulation Commission.The...
View ArticleVisual aids in Baguio PUVs, proposed
BAGUIO CITY – The local legislature passed on first reading a proposed ordinance requiring all operators of public utility vehicles such as buses, mini buses, tourist land transport units, and UV...
View ArticleSN Aboitiz Power Group attains safety records
SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) Group recently attained safety records without lost-time injury (LTI) in its hydropower facilities in Isabela and Benguet. This achievement marks a significant milestone for...
View ArticleBontoc residents warned on dengue due to weather
By Alpine L. KillaBONTOC, Mountain Province- With the unpredictable weather condition experienced now and typhoons hitting the country from time to time, health officials in the capital town reminded...
View ArticleCIPC to Congress: Correct wrong textbooks on Igorots
By Rocky NgalobBAGUIO CITY – The sub-committee of Regional Development Council Cordillera (RDC), Committee on Indigenous Peoples Concerns (CIPC), in their recently concluded third quarterly meeting...
View ArticleWinning BSU research papers bared after review
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- More than 100 programs, projects and studies were presented in a three-day annual in-house review of the Benguet State University here last week where winning papers were...
View ArticleMalacanang exec junks media regulation, pushes security for journalists
BAGUIO CITY – Following assaults on media workers like the recent killing of a radio broadcaster, Presidential Task Force on Media Security Executive Director Joel Sy Egco said security issues of media...
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Safety measures at Kennon Road urgedBAGUIO CITY -- The city council has adapted a resolution urging the Dept. of Public Works and Highways – Cordillera Administrative Region to immediately install...
View ArticleSagada miners die of gas poison in Itogon mine tunnel
ITOGON, Benguet – Two small-scale miners, both natives of Sagada, Mountain Province died of gas poisoning inside a mine tunnel here Tuesday.The victims were named as Astrid Guitelen 22, of Barangay...
View ArticleNueva Ecija court junks case vs Makabayan 4
PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- – The Palayan City Regional Trial Court has dismissed the murder case filed against former Makabayan lawmakers for insufficient evidence.In a decision made public August...
View ArticleThief runs away with P50K from cop’s car
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A female cop was robbed of P20,000 and valuables worth around P30,000 by a thief who opened the door of her car in a “salisi operation.” A police report said the incident...
View ArticleCops face blank wall on slay of Abra councilor
LAGAYAN, Abra -- Authorities are still facing a blank wall in its investigation into the death of Isagani Joson, a first-term councilor of Lagayan.In a text message, Senior Insp. Grace Marron,...
View ArticleHouse committee okay’s Cordillera autonomy bill
Mindanao solons air support By Erlindo Agwilang and PNAQUEZON CITY -- The committee on local government of the House of Representatives has calendared for deliberations and approved in principle a...
View Article2 dead, hundreds homeless as rain, winds batter North Luzon
Man killed as landslide hits truck along Halsema BAGUIO CITY – Hundreds were displaced in Northern and Central Luzon due to flooding even as two persons were killed, two injured while three were...
View ArticleOperator cheats death as backhoe falls down cliff
ITOGON, Benguet – A backhoe operator operating the machine on a road project cheated death but was injured when the vehicle tilted and begun to fall prompting him to jump out from the cabin before it...
View ArticleManila trial court clears 2 Cordillerans of terrorist tag
BAGUIO CITY -- A Manila court has cleared two Cordillerans of terrorist tag.Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar last week cleared and removed the names of UN rapporteur...
View ArticleDPWH names Ilocos nat’l roads, bridges not passable
By Liezel Basa-IñigoDAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan — The Dept. of Public Works and Highways in region 1 has released updates of national roads and bridges not passable due to continuous rain at press...
View ArticleNFA-Kalinga assures rice stock for calamities
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Ensuring rice buffer for the province during the typhoon months, the National Food Authority (NFA) provincial station reserved some 800 bags rice under its Calamity Reserve...
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