Gun, ammo seized at ex-con’s house
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 22–Police reported that they seized a cal. 38 revolver, ammunition for cal. 22, Armalite rifle, military paraphernalia, sachets of suspected shabu and marijuana during a search […]
Month: September 2018
Wayward Ompong; ala-Trilla in Manila
Super typhoon Ompong played pingpong, direction wise. It targetted earlier landfall in Isabela province’s coastal towns of Maconacon and Divilican but instead, it swerved to Baggao, Cagayan. Its exit point, a […]
Ilocos Norte-Apayao road renamed ESCODA NATIONAL HIGHWAY
DINGRAS, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 20–The Ilocos Norte-Apayao road which covers the long stretch from the towns of San Nicolas, Sarrat, Dingras, and Solsona was renamed Escoda National Highway in honor […]
Teener’s drowning: Ompong casualty?
VINTAR, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 18–Janssen Taylan, 18, Grade 9 student, and resident of Brgy. Lagandit, Piddig, Ilocos Norte allegedly drowned off Bulbulala River, this town, police said. Investigators told the […]
Gov’t agencies mobilized to aid ‘Ompong’ victims: Go
LAOAG CITY, — The government is mobilizing all concerned agencies to make sure the needs of those affected by typhoon “Ompong” are being addressed. “Makikita niyo naman before dumating ‘yung […]
A ‘blasphemy’ in our history books
GOYO, which stands for Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, the young Katipunan officer in the Philippine revolution, with a reputation for being a playboy, is, as of this writing, a movie […]
PGIN initiates construction of animal shelters during typhoons
By Jasper Bartolome and Mizpah Grace Castro In a precautionary bid to minimize losses in the livestock sector during Typhoon “Ompong” (International Name: Mangkhut), Governor Imee R. Marcos had initiated the […]
Mindanao islander nabbed for drug
ADAMS, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 10–Tanny Bacol, 40, single, and construction worker, was arrested and detained here during a drug-buy-bust operation last night, police said. Seized from the suspect was a […]
Ex-cop killed in road accident
BANGUI, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 7–Retired policeman Romeo Galit, 64, perished in a road accident along the national highway at Brgy. Malasin, this town. A police report said the victim expired […]
Kap’s house, store yield explosives
PINILI, Ilocos Norte, Sept 8–Police operatives searched the house and store of a barangay captain in the outskirt of this town and found alleged rifle grenades, grenade, and ammunition, a […]
