By FREDDIE G. LAZARO

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The National Food Authority regional office has warned all its accredited outlets of revocation of their licenses if they are found violating the guidelines in selling government rice.

NFA Regional Director Joseph Dela Cruz said that 60 “Palengke Watch Teams” have been deployed on daily basis to various markets in the region to monitor and apprehend violators of the guidelines.
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VIGAN CITY—This year’s Viva Vigan Festival of the Arts and the Binatbatan Festival is on starting from May 1 to 6, City Mayor Eva Marie Singson Medina announced.

It is the 7th Binatbatan Festival and the 16th Viva Vigan Festival of the Arts. The Binatbatan Fest was launched on May 2002 in honor of the well-known Abel – Iluko fabrics of the city, while the Viva Vigan Fest of the Arts was launched in May 1993 to promote the city’s unique historical arts and cultures. Read more

CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur - The Ilocos Sur police has ordered an in-depth investigation into the killing of a policeman and a civilian in front of a videoke bar near the Sta. Lucia public market in barangay Barangobong here last week.

Senior Superintendent Virgilio Fabros, Ilocos Sur police director, said he was saddened by what happened to SPO3 Jeoffrey Palacio, chief investigator of the Sta. Lucia Police on the night of April 17.

Palacio died on the spot with about 20 wounds in different parts of his body inflicted by bullets from an Armalite rifle. Read more

BANGUED, Abra – A lawyer was shot and killed by unidentified suspects inside his office, located right at his residence along Pratt Street, Zone 4, Bangued, Abra last Sunday afternoon.

The victim, Atty. Demetrio Pre, 75, was talking to his client when the suspects barged inside his office and shot him twice with the use of a caliber .45 pistol.
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A father was killed and his two sons were hurt in a shooting incident in Purok 6, barangay San Francisco this city last Wednesday.

The victims were having a conversation in front of their residents when one of the two suspects arrived on board a motorcycle and shot them several times.

The fatality was identified as Bonifacio Canedo, 62, of Purok 6, Barangay San Francisco, San Fernando City, La Union. Read more

STA. MARIA,. Ilocos Sur—A man was killed by his own son in Barangay Poblacion Sur, Sta. Maria town evening of April 14.

The victim, Maximo Dumlao, 69, reportedly strangled his wife, prompting his son Diosdado to punch and kick him in the breast.
PO3 Narciso Barcelona, duty investigator of the Sta. Maria police station, said the victim had a violent quarrel with his wife, Eropagita Dumlao, so Diosdado intervened.
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By FREDDIE G. LAZARO

CANDON CITY—A businessman and his wife were critically wounded when they were ambushed by unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects along the road in the business center here Sunday night.

Chief Inspector Marlo Castillo, Candon City chief of police, identified the victims as couple Antonio Saya, 56, an army reservist; and Rowena Saya, 38 owners of a 24-hour convenience store and residents of Barangay Sabuanan, Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur.
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By FREDDIE LAZARO

VIGAN CITY—A cow in Ilocos Sur became an overnight local sensation when it gave birth to a triplet calves on Monday.

The cow, owned by farmer Wilson Navarro, 37, of Barangay Biddeng Daya, Vigan City, is now the talk of the town after its astonishing birth delivery of the triplet calves. All the three male calves were normally delivered.

Unfortunately, the first calf died a few seconds after it was born as it may have been suffocated in his mother’s womb.
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THE National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is currently conducting a second round of public forums on Extremely Low Frequency Electro-Magnetic Field (ELF-EMF) in key cities nationwide in response to requests from various sectors.

The undertaking is part of TransCo’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Stewardship Program (CSRESP).
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CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur—Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized a cache of high-powered firearms, including assorted ammunitions, in a raid on a house in Barangay Lao-ingen, Sot. Domingo, Ilocos Sur last Wednesday.

The raid was conducted following several complaints of residents that one of their neighbors was often firing his firearms indiscriminately whenever he was drunk.
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