A high provincial police official recently convicted of protecting a multi-million-peso illegal drug manufacturing operation and sentenced to life in prison is ill and his turn over to the court in La Union that tried his case has been delayed, Cavite police director Senior Superintendent Alexander Rafael said Friday.
Superintendent Dionisio Borromeo, the former assistant provincial director for administration of Cavite police, who was sentenced with life imprisonment for protecting a shabu laboratory in La Union, has surrendered himself to authorities, police said Thursday.
The ballots have been counted in many provinces, giving fresh mandate to new leaders by July.
Three people were killed and 11 were injured were in separate incidents on Maundy Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday.
The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations.
Alaska is a remote coastal village of Aringay, La Union, where blast fishing used to be the main occupation of its residents. In this village, some fishermen used to manufacture improvised dynamite sticks that they used in illegal fishing.
Residents of Agoo and Tubao towns in La Union wait with much anticipation the establishment of a modern water system that will help bring down the rate of waterborne diseases in communities there, a local official said.
Every day, 25 Grade 6 students from the coastal city of San Fernando in La Union hold their morning classes on the beach. There, they learn about marine ecology, strengthen their awareness of the environment and understand the impact of the world’s changing climate.
Police in Ilocos said they planned to have the towns of Tubao and Agoo in La Union declared as areas of concern following the murder of a candidate for board member in the province’s second district this week.
The local government of Balaoan, La Union, banned the catching of the local fish, malaga (siganid), and the gathering of seaweeds in waters off Paraoir village after residents suffered ailments after consuming seafood there.
A young man drowned from a strong current water in La Union, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said oN Monday.
One was recorded dead from the rains spawned by Typhoon “Igme,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday.
This La Union capital was bathing in warm sunshine on Thursday, when just the day before, most of the downtown areas were flooded for the first time in recent years.
