Tag: La Union

20 dead as jeep collides with bus head-on in Agoo, La Union

AGOO, La Union (Eagle News) – Twenty people, including children, from the same extended family and neighborhood on board a jeepney were killed early Monday, December 25, in a head-on bus collision while travelling to Catholic dawn church service in Agoo, La Union province, police said. Their vehicle, a private Isuzu jeepney, was reportedly on its way to Manaoag when the accident happened around 3:30 a.m. Monday. The dead included six children. A report by […]

Malacanang welcomes news of Dayan’s arrest

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang welcomed the news of the arrest of Ronnie Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila de Lima, saying this would lead to uncovering the truth behind allegations made by various witnesses on the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prisons. Dayan has been tagged by high profile inmates at the NBP as the alleged bagman of former justice secretary. De Lima recently admitted that she had an illicit […]

11 bayan sa La Union, lubog sa baha dahil sa bagyong “Egay”

Lubog ngayon sa tubig-baha ang labing-isang bayan sa lalawigan ng La Union kaugnay pa rin sa malakas na buhos  ng ulan dulot ng bagyong “Egay”. Sabado pa lamang ay nakaranas na ang lalawigan ng La Union ng malakas na buhos ng ulan at malakas na hangin dulot ngayon ng hanging habagat. (Agila Probinsya Correspondents Weng Guerero, Joshua Lu)

Discover Science and History in San Fernando, La Union

QUEZON City, Philippines – (Eagle News Service, Eagle News) Usually, those who want to explore fun things about science need not go far from the metro to satisfy their craving for trivia and amazing science facts. But believe it or not, just a few hours’ drive away from the city is a institution dedicated to weird science stuff. Found in the capital city of La Union, San Fernando City is the very first hands-on discovery […]

Hot temperatures lead fish kills in San Fernando ponds

SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION, (PIA) – Three villages of San Fernando, La Union were affected by the rising temperatures that caused some fish ponds to dry up killing P300, 000-worth of bangus (milkfish) and tilapia fingerlings. Dolores Gurtiza, City Fishery Coordinator, said a total of 16 hectares of fish ponds dried up in Barangays Biday, Bangcusay and Dalumpinas, San Fernando, La Union. “It is a perennial problem in those areas. Pond owners usually start experiencing […]