Corn farmer Ernesto Caccam, 46, welcomed the rain that poured on many parts of Cagayan on May 13, Election Day, even if this meant getting soaked while lining up for three hours to await his turn to vote at his designated precinct at Tuguegarao Northeast Central School. “This is good because it will cool [...]
Copies of an alleged voucher that supposedly showed that Representative Carlos Padilla was receiving perks from a foreign mining company were circulated here on Tuesday, raising suspicion that his reelection campaign is being bankrolled by the firm.
The mercury may be rising and forecasters are predicting hotter days ahead for Cagayan Valley, but residents of the northernmost region have learned to cope with the sweltering heat this time of year.
The mercury may be rising and forecasters are predicting hotter days ahead for Cagayan Valley, but residents of this northernmost region have learned to cope with the sweltering heat at this time of the year.
The foundation that received pork barrel funds from Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Carlos Padilla could no longer be located, but it left a trace of alleged anomalies in the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of lawmakers.
Workers in the used-car industry at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) in Sta. Ana, Cagayan, are starting to feel the economic pinch of a government ban on the importation of used vehicles.
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—Livelihood projects funded by the 2009 pork barrel allocation of Rep. Carlos Padilla went to recipients that turned out to be fake beneficiaries, Commission on Audit (COA) documents showed. COA records showed that an unspecified amount of Padilla’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) that was supposedly for livelihood projects went to beneficiaries [...]
An island at the tip of Luzon mainland is being considered the next location of the British reality television series, “Survivor,” drawing mixed reactions from officials, civil society groups and residents of this coastal town.
For people unfamiliar with it, any mention of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) immediately brings to mind a visual comparison with the more familiar Subic Bay Freeport in Zambales.
A group of used-car dealers has warned of a possible disappearance of imported vehicles here in what could be a repeat of the supposed mistake that the government committed in handling the importation controversy at Subic Bay Freeport several years ago.
A shipment of 446 used luxury cars, sport utility vehicles, sedans and vans arrived at Port Irene here on Saturday, even as a controversy continues to rage over the legality of such importations in the face of a Supreme Court ban and despite a moratorium that the government has issued against their registration.
Buyers of imported second-hand cars and vans have begun canceling orders in what vehicle dealers said was the aftermath of the controversial Supreme Court ruling that banned the importation of used cars at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP).
For people unfamiliar with the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) here, every mention of this free port, as well as the government agency that is tasked to manage and supervise its operations, brings to mind a visual comparison with the more familiar Subic Bay Freeport in Zambales.
