Marcos mayor Arsenio Agustin was inspecting the on-going construction of a small water impounding dam at Sitio Cabua-an, Brgy. Mabuti here on the morning he was shot by a still unidentified gunman. found Mr. Agustin, 61 and RusmarValencia, 35, a backhoe driver lying on the ground and soaked with blood at about 11:40 am. Two laborers
One year after it was discovered, the missing PHP85 million from the city government’s coffers here remain at that—missing. Laoag mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas explained that the Commission on Audit is still investigating the issue; more than a year now after former Laoag City government treasurer Ma. Elena Asuncion flew the coop by leaving the
Piddig, the country’s first and largest national convergence program for coffee host joined 19 other participants on value-added agriculture products workshop held in Taiwan. Exclusive for Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) members and South Asian countries, former Piddig mayor Engr. Eduardo “Eddie” Guillen, currently a consultant to the Piddig mayor, represented the Philippines
The on-going rehabilitation of a 4.9-kilometer Nalasin-Sungadan-Langiden farm-to-market (FMR) road in this water catchment basin town of Ilocos Norte is seen to boost economic livelihood here by at least 20 percent once completed. Worth PHP67,330,338.99, the project is under the World Bank-supported Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) with 10 percent counterpart each from the Department
The Laoag City schools division officially kicked off this year’s “Brigada Eskwela” at the at the Ilocos Norte Regional School of Fisheries (INRSF) in Brgy. La Paz, this city. With this year’s theme, “Isang DepEd, Isang Pamayanan, Isang Bayanihan Para sa Handa at Ligtas na Paaralan,” the Department of Education aims to focus on resilience
Mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas personally received the city’s award as among the top livable cities in the country during the awarding ceremonies held at the New World Manila Bay Hotel. Ms. Fariñas said Laoag was awarded based on the city’s improved emergency response and rescue equipment. She thanked the Manila Times, which spearheaded the search
The acting officer-in-charge of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ilocos Norte Victor Dabalos and seven other employees are facing a 90-day preventive suspension in view of an alleged illegal land transaction involved in the acquisition of a housing project for DENR employees here. DENR Regional Director Paquito Moreno Jr. confirmed this in a telephone
The San Nicolas municipal government emerged with three awards in the recent State of the Region’s Development Conference and RDC-1 Award and Recognition Program. The event at held at the Vigan Convention Center in Vigan City. San Nicolas won the Best LGU-NGO Partnership award with the San Nicolas Damilian Irrigators Association Inc. Dumalneg and their
The legendary Paoay Lake here hosted the first dragon boat clinic. Federation in partnership with the municipal government of Paoay, the dragon boat clinic was conducted here to promote paddling sport to the younger generation. Participated in by mostly students aged nine years old and above, the three-part clinic included a lecture, group session and
At least 50 decorated fishing bancas [local boats] joined the first La Virgen Milagrosa fluvial parade in the waters of Badoc in Ilocos Norte. Devotees from the province attended the concelebrated mass at St. John the Baptist Church here, and after the mass, the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary travelled in the shoreline of