Published April 24, 2021, 3:35 PM SADANGA, Mountain Province – Two tourists from Manila were arrested after were caught with more than P3 million worth of dried marijuana in a police checkpoint in Sitio Ampawelin, Poblacion, this town, Friday. Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee identified the suspects as Louigie Erguiza Param and Bernard Hope Poyaoan Bravo II, both 22-years-old and residents of Sta. Mesa, Manila. Lee said that prior to their arrest, the Sadanga Municipal Police Station received a tip about marijuana bricks being transported from Kalinga. Immediately, coordination was made with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Mountain Province and nearby police units for the establishment of a checkpoint in Sitio Ampawilen where they flagged down a black Toyota sedan.
Published February 20, 2021, 1:18 PM BAUKO, Mountain Province – A suspected member of a syndicate operating a large marijuana distribution network in Luzon was arrested while marijuana and hashish oil valued at P12 million were seized in an interdiction operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Police Regional Office-Cordillera here last Friday. PDEA Regional Director Gil Castro identified the suspect as Rexton Bangang of Sadanga, this province. Castro said 99 kilos of marijuana in brick form and 60 milliliters of hashish oil were recovered from the suspect loaded in his Toyota Tamaraw FX. Castro said Bangang was intercepted during a follow-up operation thru the land transportation interdiction unit, a new technology being used in a police checkpoint against the transport of illegal drugs, after members of a syndicate operating a marijuana distribution network in Northern and Central Luzon were arrested in two separate anti-illegal drug operations last week.
Published January 26, 2021, 3:47 PM MOUNTAIN PROVINCE – Mass expanded testing of all the residents in five barangays in Bontoc tagged as being under the critical zone, and placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was conducted Tuesday, January 26, by the National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF), through the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA. Municipality of Bontoc (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey, he has already issued an executive order, mandating the free mass testing of all the residents of Barangays Samoki, Bontoc Ili, Caluttit, Poblacion and Tocucan to be able to locate the other possible carriers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
(Photo courtesy of Province of Kalinga / via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Provincial Legal Officer Ken Martinez said the request to place Tabuk under ECQ is expected to be approved by the regional IATF, and could be implemented on Monday, January 25. Kalinga Governor Ferdinand Tubban has already posted a public advisory, informing his constituents that the provincial government will be imposing a 14-day ECQ in Tabuk City, and MECQ in the towns of Rizal, Lubuagan, Tanudan and Balbalan. General community quarantine (GCQ) will be imposed in Pasil and Tinglayan towns, and modified GCQ (MGCQ) in Pinukpuk. The PIATF said, these areas were classified following the Containment Strategy Matrix provided by the National Task Force and area Health Risk Level Matrix.
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Provincial Health Office said of the 77 new cases, 36 were from Bontoc, 14 in Besao, four in Bauko, six in Sabangan, four in Tadian, and three in Sadanga. Bauko Mayor Abraham Akilit issued Memorandum No. 2021-18 suspending work in the local government and placing the municipal compound in Barangay Abatan under preventive lockdown Thursday and Friday after seven municipal government employees tested positive for COVID. Akilit said the lockdown will pave the way for efficient contact tracing and disinfection of the municipal offices and its compound. Regular services will resume Monday. Bauko now has 59 confirmed cases, 40 recoveries, and 19 active cases.
Published January 16, 2021, 12:43 PM BONTOC, Mt.Province – Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey has informed his “kakailyan (townmates)” that he has tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In his message in the municipality’s social media account, Odsey said: “It is (with a) heavy heart that I inform you of the positive result of my RT-PCR (real time-polymerase chain reaction) test which I received today, January 15.” “I am asymptomatic and my doctors are closely monitoring my situation, while I am in isolation. The members of my households, as well as my staff, are on self-quarantine, They will be subjected to RT-PCR tests (in) the next few days,” Odsey said.
Published January 14, 2021, 12:21 PM MOUNTAIN PROVINCE – The people of Sadanga town hailed the groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of the construction of a 320-meter long footbridge dubbed as the “Bridge of Peace” in Poblacion, Sadanga, Mountain Province. BRIDGE OF PEACE PROCOR Director Brig. Gen.R’win Pagkalinawan, Sadanga Mayor Gabino Gangganan, and other officials lead the capsule laying ceremony for the construction of the “Bridge of Peace” in Sadanga, Mountain Province. (Photo by PROCOR) Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCOR) director Brig. Gen. R’win Pagkalinawan and Sadanga Mayor Gabino Gangganan led the groundbreaking and capsule laying ceremony for the “Bridge of Peace” last January 8.
Butbut-Betwagan tribes eye Sipat to settle conflict Format By Peter A. Balocnit Published on January 12, 2021 TINGLAYAN, Kalinga, Jan.12 (PIA) - - The second round of dialogue brokered by Philippine National Police- Cordillera Regional Office for the settlement of tribal boundary dispute between Butbut in Tinglayan, Kalinga and Betwagan in Sadanga, Mountain Province resulted to representatives from both sides agreeing in principle for a “Sipat” or peace pact. |In a meeting among parties at the Kalinga-Mt. Province boundary (Mamaga) on January 8, speakers centered on the primary goal of restoring peace to save lives, avoid destruction of properties, preservation of animals raised in the disputed area, continuing economic activities without fear, and harmonious co-existence.
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Published December 25, 2020, 8:30 AM Last year has been tougher than most, but it was also full of moments and milestones for our country that have been the pinpoints of light and hope. It would be nice to remember them on the first day of this new year. Here are our top picks of 2020’s most inspiring events, from the momentous to the magical. When a group of Igorots turned down relief packs from the government… Sadanga Mayor Gabino Ganggangan waives the relief packs for his municipality for the more needy communities (Photo from MPDRRMO) So others who need it may benefit from it. An indigenous peoples group from a small community in the Mountain Province, in a town called Sadanga, decided not to accept relief packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Its mayor,