As ASF threatens, Piddig distributes 78 hog to barangays
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Piddig, Ilocos Norte—"What we did was like hitting two birds with one stone”, Piddig Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” G. Guillen said in their effort to help his...
View ArticleThe endgame
By Noralyn Onto Dudt"Is it evergoing to end?" This has been the central question of late. Obsessively pondering covid's endgame can be dangerous to your mental health. Pandemics do end as history...
View Article1st EcoHub recycling facility rises in Piddig
Heads and officers of Green Antz Builders and the Ayala Corporation with Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Cecilia Marcos-Araneta and Piddig Mayor Eddie Guillen lead the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ilocos...
View ArticleSAFEWash for ALL: P&G Safeguard donates ₱100M to accelerate hand hygiene...
With one of the world’s longest quarantines, Filipinos are already experiencing “protocol fatigue,” which makes them more lenient about hygiene habits and puts them at risk of infection. Procter &...
View ArticleThe legendary McArthur and his 'I Shall Return'
By Noralyn Onto Dudt"I SHALL RETURN," which was General Douglas MacArthur's personal quest became almost synonymous with the war in the Pacific. And returned he did on Oct. 20, 1944. The whole world...
View ArticleIti panagbangon ken panagpondar iti gunglo
Agbatay iti natalged nga ima ken tunos dagiti kamkameng ken ti liderato ti balligi ti maysa a gunglo.Mabangon ti gunglo tapno maisayangkat ti/dagiti napintas nga objectives ken goals para iti...
View ArticleBatac is burning
By Noralyn Onto DudtIf my grandfatherwere still alive today, he would be 121 years old. He was born in the poblacion of Batac in 1900 just as the Americans were setting fire on the town and burning it...
View ArticleLiving with non-pandemic COVID forever
By Noralyn O. DudtSMALLPOX was on its way of being eradicated in 1979, and in the following year, the World Health Organization declared it official. Its eradication was not only due to the...
View ArticleTi nabunga, palapalenda!
Ni Leonardo Rosqueta AgonoyMANGRUGRUGIN ti binnara,pinnalapal, pinniltak iti lubong ti politika. Idi punganay ti puon ti historia iti kasta a pakasaritaan ti politika ditoy Filipinas. Iti agdama,...
View ArticlePublic e-bidding for agricultural lots set on November 19
The PhilippineDeposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), the statutory Liquidator of closed banks, will sell a total of 59 agricultural lots owned by various closed banks through electronic public bidding...
View ArticleBeating plastic pollution, one brick at a time
ECO-FRIENDLY. On Oct. 20, 2021, a worker at the newly-inaugurated Ilocos Norte Eco Hub demonstrates to local officials of the province led by Vice Governor Cecilia Araneta Marcos how the stripped...
View ArticleBalbalatong latta met!
Ni Leonardo Rosqueta AgonoyPOLITIKA! Adu a tattao wenno umili ti ulawenna. Politiko, naruayda. Iti kaaduda, matikawka no asinoda ti pudno a butosamto. No pudno nga isuda ti makatulongto ti ilulung-aw...
View ArticleThe 'dog eaters' at the World's Fair of 1904
It was 1904 and the World's Fair in St Louis, Missouri buzzed with excitement. The World's Fair was to be the Centennial celebration of the 1804 Louisiana Purchase from France. It was going to be the...
View ArticlePain and the brain
By Noralyn DudtPAIN is not imagined, but your brain plays a role. A large number of the population suffers from chronic pain which is defined as pain experienced most days to some, or every day to...
View ArticleDAR-Ilocos Norte earns ISO certification amid pandemic
Laoag City—The Department of Agrarian Reform-Ilocos Norte (DAR Ilocos Norte) earned its ISO 9001:2015 certification following the successful establishment of its quality management systems (QMS) amid...
View ArticleTL
The recent events that unfolded in the last two years should give us pause to rethink the criteria we use in voting for our public officials. Anyone can become mayor or a governor, or a president even,...
View ArticleThe Omicron
By Noralyn Onto DudOMICRON, the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet has been drafted by the World Health Organization as the name for the new COVID-19 variant, technically known as the B.1.1.529...
View ArticleBiased tendencies
As journalists, we do have our own personal biases, beliefs and principles. As human beings, it is inevitable that there are just things and persons we like and don’t like.Here at The Ilocos Times, the...
View ArticlePagudpud Vice Mayor Maja Sales throws full support to Sandro Marcos'...
By Joni C. Luis (Correspondent)Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte—"Full, solid, 100 percent.”That is how Pagudpud Vice Mayor Matilde “Maja” H. Sales described her support for Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos,...
View ArticleNew generations of vaccines
By Noralyn Onto DudtThe END of the pandemic is not yet upon us, and with variants making their rounds, it looks like it may never end. However, as the latest research holds promise and has the...
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