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BIOSECURITY MEASURE. A staff at the Laoag International Airport implements biosecurity measures to prevent the re-entry of the African swine fever in Laoag City in this undated photo. The city government has established quarantine checkpoints to strictly monitor the transport of hogs and pork products to the city. (File photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - The city government has intensified its border control to prevent the re-entry of the African swine fever (ASF) here. ASF checkpoints were established in at least five villages around 5 p.m. on Wednesday to monitor all vehicles entering the city. These checkpoints are located in the border areas of Lagui-Sail Vintar Road, 51-A Nangalisan before the Gilbert Bridge, Barangay Barit, San Mateo, and Balatong where cargo vehicles from other towns and city pass through. "The ASF checkpoints are meant to keep the city free from ASF," said Mayor Michael Keon as he ordered the proper inspection of hogs and pork products being tran ....
CHECKPOINT. A police officer mans a checkpoint at the intersection in Barangay Buyon, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte in this undated photo. The Philippine National Police said it is implementing two types of police intervention - a regular checkpoint and Oplan Sita' - to ensure peaceful and orderly 2022 elections. (File photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Police authorities here on Friday vowed to further intensify their operations against loose firearms and other forms of election-related crimes, even as they denied accusations from a former lawmaker of being "unfair." Laoag police chief, Lt. Col. Joemar Labiano, issued the statement in a press conference late afternoon as he reiterated that police interventions - including "Oplan Sita" and the setting up of checkpoints - are meant to ensure peaceful elections and stop election-related crimes in the city. The PNP called for a press conference on Friday to shed light on the accusations of former Congressman Rodolf ....
COMMOTION. Jojami Lei Alcid, the wife of Laoag council candidate Bryan Alcid (right), narrates in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon (April 26, 2022) how the group of former Laoag City mayor Roger Farinas barged into their private property. Jojima and two others were hurt in the commotion. (PNA photo by Leilani Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Barely two weeks before the May 9 elections, three people were hurt when the group of Roger Farinas, the former city mayor and brother of gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Farinas, barged on Tuesday morning into a private property owned by Bryan Alcid, a candidate for Laoag councilor. As shown in trending videos posted on Facebook, Alcid's wife Jojami was hit by Roger's son, Raffy. At a press conference later in the afternoon, the Alcid family said two more individuals were hurt during the commotion, including a guard on duty. Jojami appeared during the press conference with a bandage on her left arm. "I was pushed, kicked and strangled from ....
Published February 18, 2021, 1:30 PM The Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) installed another two sovereign markers on Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the islands of Cagayan to assert the country’s sovereignty in the northern maritime territory. PRESS RELEASENOLCOM ASSERTS THE COUNTRY S SOVEREIGNTY IN NORTHERN MARITIME TERRITORYCamp Aquino, Tarlac City …Posted by Northern Luzon Command, AFP on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) NOLCOM said the two newly installed sovereign markers in Mabaag and Barit Islands in Aparri, Cagayan are in addition to the 11 sovereign markers installed last year in the uninhabited islands located north of Cagayan province. The NOLCOM said the markers are placed in prominent areas of the two islands, making them clearly visible to vessels transiting the waterways in the country’s northern maritime territory. ....