Red Cross turns over houses to Ompong-displaced families in Cagayan

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:36:47 +0000

MORE than a year after the destruction of Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: “Mangkhut”), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) enabled affected families in Cagayan get back their lives. PRC chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Richard J. Gordon led on February 7 the turnover of houses to some 244 families in Amulung, Gattaran and Alcala in […]

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1 dead from landslide in Cagayan village

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:41:30 +0000

ONE person died from a landslide in Cagayan province caused by heavy rains brought by severe tropical storm “Quiel” (international name: Nakri), according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). In its situational report, the NDRRMC said the lone fatality was from Barangay (village) Magdalena of Claveria, Cagayan. The victim’s identity has […]

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Direct flights, carrying mostly Chinese nationals, start in Cagayan

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:17:47 +0000

Direct flights, carrying mostly Chinese nationals, start in Cagayan

LAL-LO, Cagayan–The Royal Air Philippines on Sunday (Aug. 18) started direct commercial flights, both domestic and international, at the Cagayan North Development Airport (CNDA) here. At least 161 people were the first passengers of the airline’s inaugural direct flights. For its maiden international flight, Royal Air carried 91 passengers from Macau International Airport to CNDA […]

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Ambush on vice mayor’s bodyguards that killed 1 baffles police

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:46:12 +0000

TUGUEGARAO CITY—Two bodyguards of Rizal Vice Mayor Joel Ruma and three children were ambushed on Thursday (Aug. &), killing the wife of one of the security aides in a case that is baffling police. Capt. Gil Pagulayan, police chief of Piat town, Cagayan province, said heavily armed men repeatedly shot the pickup being driven by […]

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Ceza chief tells execs: Profit from hemp not hallucination

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:09:29 +0000

BAGUIO CITY — Instead of burning marijuana plantations in the Cordillera, authorities should consider developing hemp farms to benefit upland farmers, according to the head of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) on Thursday (Aug. 8). Hemp is the less addictive strain of the cannabis plant which can be used to produce conventional products like […]

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2 dead in Cagayan road mishap

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:25:52 +0000

A 63-year-old father and his 21-year-old son died while two others were wounded when a pick-up car rammed their “kuliglig” (farm tractor)in Cagayan province on Wednesday night, police said.

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Woman tagged dead in storm turns up alive after 3 nights at sea with no food, water

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:14:40 +0000

A 47-year-old woman reported to have drowned at the height of Typhoon Falcon in Cagayan province turned up alive on Friday (July 19)

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Masked gunmen kill trader, wound wife in Cagayan town

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 10:43:53 +0000

TUGUEGARAO CITY-A trader was killed and his wife was wounded when two motorcycle-riding men shot them while they were in their pickup in Solana town, Cagayan province on Sunday (July 7), police said.

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Village chairman killed, public safety officer injured in Cagayan shooting

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 13:25:32 +0000

Village chairman killed, public safety officer injured in Cagayan shooting

A village chairman was killed while a public safety officer was injured in a shooting incident in Barangay Lallayug, Tuao West in Cagayan province, police said on Monday.

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