Cagayan Valley, designated as Region II, is an administrative region in the Philippines, located in the northeastern section of Luzon Island. It is composed of five Philippine provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. The region hosts four chartered cities of Cauayan, Ilagan, Santiago, and Tuguegarao.
Isabela, officially the Province of Isabela is the second largest province in the Philippines in land area located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital and largest local government unit is the city of Ilagan. It is bordered by the provinces of Cagayan to the north, Kalinga to the northwest, Mountain Province to the central-west, Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya to the southwest, Quirino and Aurora to the south, and the Philippine Sea to the east.
Alicia, officially the Municipality of Alicia, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 71,504 people.
TV Patrol is a Philippine television newscast broadcast by ABS-CBN. It premiered on March 2, 1987, replacing Balita Ngayon. TV Patrol is the flagship national newscast of the network and is the longest-running Filipino language evening newscast. The newscast is anchored by Noli de Castro, Bernadette Sembrano, and Henry Omaga-Diaz. Previous anchors include Mel Tiangco, Korina Sanchez, Julius Babao, and Ted Failon.
TV Patrol North Mindanao was the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Cagayan de Oro City. It was the most watched news program in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental. The newscast was a tabloid-style format and the program delivers news headlines about current events in Northern Mindanao, parts of Zamboanga Peninsula and since 2018 Caraga Region
TV Patrol North Luzon was a pan-regional news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the North Luzon super region. The newscast was done in a tabloid-style format and delivers the most recent news and current affairs issues in Filipino language. Initially created to deliver news from the Cordillera Administrative Region, the newscast expanded its coverage into Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon as part of ABS-CBN Regional's plans to cope with digitization.
TV Patrol Southern Mindanao was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Davao City, Philippines. It was the most watched news program in Davao City and Davao Region. The newscast was a tabloid-style format and delivers news headlines about the current events in Southern Mindanao.
News Patrol is an hourly news bulletin of ABS-CBN which replaced ABS-CBN News Advisory. The news bulletin was suspended on May 5, 2020 after ABS-CBN was forced to cease and desist its free TV broadcasting operations given by the order of the NTC. On May 8, 2020, News Patrol continued broadcast on cable channels TeleRadyo, ANC, Cine Mo!, TFC, online via ABS-CBN News' website, Facebook, YouTube and iWant TFC. It also served as the main newscast for Kapamilya Channel until it was replaced by a TV Patrol simulcast.
Victory Liner, Inc. (VLI) is one of the largest provincial bus companies operating in the Philippines, servicing routes mainly to the provinces of Central Luzon which includes Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan and Northern Luzon which includes Benguet, Pangasinan, Bataan, Nueva Vizcaya, Kalinga, Isabela and Cagayan. This bus company played a major role in transport industry since it became the product of Japanese occupation of the country after World War II, with used Chevy trucks from the United States Army as their primary transportation fleet.
Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company, Incorporated, or simply known as Five Star, is one of the largest bus companies in the Philippines. It serves routes mainly to the provinces of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela and Cagayan Since it took management of at least three bus companies which includes Bataan Transit, First North Luzon Transit and the 2010 Luzon Cisco Transport, Five Star has been one of the most successful bus companies in the Philippines.
TV Patrol North Central Luzon was the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in North Central Luzon.
News Patrol Kapampangan was a local news bulletin program broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in San Fernando, Pampanga. The program delivers the freshest news and current affairs issues in Pampanga, Bulacan and Bataan.
TV Patrol Ilocos was the local news program of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the Ilocos Region, shown in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra. It is a tabloid-style format delivering news and current affairs issues in Ilocano.
D-3-ZO-TV, channel 3, was an owned-and-operated station of ABS-CBN Corporation in Baguio City. It operated as a sister to S+A relay station DWZO-TV and MOR Philippines radio station MOR 103.1. The three stations shared studios at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, #59 First Road, Quezon Hill Proper, Baguio and transmitter facilities atop Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet.
DWAF-TV was a commercial relay television station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studio, sales offices, and transmitter are located at 4/F Rios Bldg., Taft St. cor. Colleges Ave., Tuguegarao City with an effective-radiated power of 30,000 watts. The station had previously an originating station on January 27, 1997, which aired TV Patrol Tuguegarao until its cancellation on December 31, 2004 upon its merging with TV Patrol Cagayan Valley on January 3, 2005, it was simulcast led to become a relay station from TV-2 Isabela. Since July 2, 2018, is become one of relay station of TV-3 Baguio.
G.V. Florida Transport, Incorporated, previously known as Florida Liner is a Philippine bus company headquartered in Barangay Matucay Allacapan, Cagayan, and is one of the major bus companies in Northern Luzon. it was founded by Virgilio Florida, Sr. in 1970. The company was incorporated in 1999 and currently managed by brothers George Florida and Virgilio Florida, Jr., along with Harry Florida, the current municipal mayor of Allacapan, Cagayan.
WCC Aviation, Inc., operating as Sky Pasada, is an airline based in Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines owned and operated by the Guico family. Founded in 2010, it primarily serves the northern Luzon provinces of Batanes, Cagayan and Isabela as well as the city of Baguio from its hub at Binalonan Airport.
DZEA-TV, channel 10, is a commercial television station owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. Its studios are situated at GMA Complex, Claveria Road, Malued District, Dagupan City, with a hybrid Baguio City satellite studio is located at #16. Kisad Road, 2nd Floor Midland Currier Building, Baguio City while its transmitter facilities is located at Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet. Opened in 1980, it is the first television station serving Northern and Central Luzon.
Balitang Amianan is a pan-regional news program of the GMA Regional TV in the North Luzon super region. The newscast delivers the most recent news and current affairs issues in Filipino language. Initially created to deliver news from North Central Luzon, the newscast expanded its coverage into Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and parts of Central Luzon as part of GMA Regional's plans to strengthen its local news division. The newscast is primarily anchored by CJ Torida, Joanne Ponsoy, and Jasmin Gabriel-Galban.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.
