Gov’t forces discover enemy lair in Ecija
August 26, 2020
GABALDON, Nueva Ecija – Combined police and military forces discovered an abandoned enemy encampment belonging to the New People’s Army during minor combat operations on Tuesday here.
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NPA amazon, reb surrender in Aurora
August 24, 2020
FORT MAGSAYSAY, NUEVA ECIJA – An alleged New People’s Army female amazon and another rebel voluntarily surrendered to the military with their weapons in Baler, Aurora, a report said here yesterday.
Couple, 9 others held for peddling drugs
August 24, 2020
CABANATUAN CITY – A husband-and-wife-tandem caught peddling illegal drugs in this city headed the list of 11 suspected drug traffickers who were nabbed in a series of buy-bust operations conducted in separate areas in Nueva Ecija on Saturday.
DENR rescues sick serpent eagle in Ecija
August 22, 2020
PALAYAN CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Nueva Ecija, through its Wildlife Rescue Center, has taken custody of a sick serpent eagle which was rescued by a local farmer in Rizal, Nueva Ecija amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.
6 drug men held in Ecija stings
August 20, 2020
CABANATUAN CITY -- Anti-narcotics police in Nueva Ecija nabbed six suspected drug traffickers during separate buy-bust operations on Wednesday amid the implementation of general community quarantine protocols against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court allows P15M deposit of LGU for bank loan payment
August 16, 2020
GAPAN City -- The Regional Trial Court here granted the motion of the local government of San Antonio, Nueva Ecija to deposit, as an act of good faith, the amount of over P15 million representing t
New Ecija NIA-UPRIIS office head named
August 15, 2020
CABANATUAN City -- The National Irrigation Administration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS), the operator of Pantabangan Dam, revamped its Division 3 office and insta
2 drug pushers killed in Ecija gunbattles
August 14, 2020
CABANATUAN CITY – Two suspected drug traffickers were killed after turning hostile and engaging undercover operatives in separate gunbattles during the conduct of buy-bust operations in Lupao town and in the Science City of Muňoz on Thursday.
PRO3 chief faces graft, grave abuse of authority raps
August 13, 2020
SAN ANTONIO, Nueva Ecija -- Mayor Arvin Salonga on Wednesday filed graft and corruption and grave abuse of authority charges against Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen.
PRO3 chief faces graft raps before OMB
August 13, 2020
SAN ANTONIO, Nueva Ecija – Charges of graft and corruption and grave abuse of authority were filed by Mayor Arvin C. Salonga against Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Rhodel O. Sermonia before the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on Wednesday.
2 seafarers in NE get virus
August 11, 2020
Due to the surge of Covid-19 infections in the province and to prevent unauthorized persons from entering Nueva Ecija, Gov. Aurelio Umali, IATF chair, earlier ordered a strict monitoring and putting up of border control checkpoints on all entry points of the province along the boundaries of the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya, Bulacan and Pangasinan.
2 new COVID-19 cases monitored in Ecija city
August 11, 2020
SAN JOSE CITY – Two male seafarers were recorded as the city’s new COVID-19 carriers, bringing to nine cases the total number of virus infections here so far, it was learned yesterday.
Ex-bgy treasurer gunned down
August 10, 2020
Castelo was walking home around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday when the motorbike-riding suspect described as wearing a bull cap, black jacket and a face mask came from behind and shot him repeatedly before fleeing towards Sta. Rosa town proper.
Ex-bgy treasurer shot dead in Ecija
August 10, 2020
STA. ROSA, Nueva Ecija -- A former barangay treasurer was shot dead by a lone motorcycle-riding gunman while the former was walking on his way home here on Sunday afternoon.
NE mayor to telcos: Don’t blame us for delay of cell tower’s construction
August 07, 2020
The mayor asked why the TELCOs were blaming the LGUs for their fault when it was not them but specifically the Department of Public Works and Highways which provided for the construction protocols in the cell sites build-up through the adoption of the National Building Code of the Philippines.