Klase dito’y Baguio, nasuspende dahil walang bagyo

BAGUIO CITY – Sinuspende na ang klase sa Elementarya Secondarya ngayong Hapon dahil sa malakas na hangin at ulan na dulot ng southwest moonsoon.
Nagdesisyon si mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr a kanselahin ang pasok ng mga bata matapos inirekomenda ng mga opisyales ng Department of Education.
Kahit walang signal ng Bagyo pero parang ilog ang [...]

Bagyong Julian, lalo pang lumakas, 4 lalawigan, signal no. 1

Lalo pang lumakas ang bagyong Julian ngayong hapon habang kumikilos ng pakanluran sa bilis na 15 km bawat oras.
Ayon kay Nathaniel Cruz, chief ng Pagasa weather branch, huling namataan ang sentro ng bagyo base sa satellite and surface data sa layong 270 km sa hilagang kanluran ng Laoag City at may taglay na hanging 75 [...]

Baguio jueteng war reaches Malacañang

The continued and rampant operation of jueteng in Baguio City and La Trinidad, Benguet, and Pangasinan prompted religious and civic groups, including Parents-Teachers Association, to bring the anti-jueteng fight to Malacañang.
The groups urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to ask Local Government Secretary Ricardo Puno and PNP chief Director Gen. Avelino Razon to look into the alleged [...]

Typhoon ‘Julian’ batters Ilocos Sur

VIGAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PNA)– Governor Deogracias Victor Savellano advised all residents living in areas that are low-lying and near mountain slopes in Ilocos Sur to take all necessary precautions against possible flashfloods and landslides.
Savellano made the call even as typhoon Julian continuously battered Ilocos Sur on Monday, bringing in heavy rains that already [...]

NPA weakening in Ilocos, Cordillera — Army official

A ranking Army official has said the New People’s Army’s (NPA) combat strength is continuously weakening in the Ilocos and Cordillera regions due to the military’s stepping up of its campaign to defeat the communist rebel group.
Col. Roy De Vesa, commander of the Army’s 50th Infantry Battalion based in San Juan town, Ilocos Sur province, [...]

GMA releases P942 M for Cordillera

BAGUIO CITY – President Arroyo has ordered the release of a total of P942 million from this year’s P1.227 trillion national budget to fund the continuing implementation of the flagship projects in the Cordillera.

Engr. Mariano Alquiza, regional director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Cordillera and chairman of the [...]

Naked woman found dead in river

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur – Police investigators here are probing the death of a woman whose naked body was found floating in the river of Barangay Gongogong, this town, early Saturday morning.

Senior Inspector Paul Doles, San Ildefonso town chief of police, said there were indications that the victim had been raped.
Initial investigation showed that the [...]

Puso at Atay ng Dalaga Kinain Matapos Patayin

Bauang La Union- Kalunos lunos ang sinapit ng isang dalaga matapos kunin at kainin ang puso at atay nito.
Nakikilala ang biktimang si Catherine Madriaga 14 anyos residente ng Brgy. Pugo Bauang La Union at kinilala naman ang suspeck na si Rommel Jandoc 29 taong gulang . Nagtamo ang biktima sa likod ng 17 saksak [...]

PDEA RO1 Director shabu links maliciously created

CAMP DIEGO SILANG– The growing assumptions that PSUPT JANE ANDRES AUNZO is involved in the recently raided Naguilian Shabu Clandestine Laboratory are misguided as they are false.

“Her relieve order is in no connection whatsoever to the discovered clan lab. It was only in bad timing that her order came as the investigation is still [...]