Sandro blasts Keon for ‘overpriced’ road project proposal
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos presents the letter requesting Php500 million for the access road project.Laoag City—Ilocos Norte first district Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos...
View ArticleMMMH&MC’s orthopedic surgery joint replacement mission: Transforming lives...
Surgical setup at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. The surgeon is performing total hip replacement and is assisted by a surgical resident and a scrub nurse. The hospital can...
View ArticleFilipino Olympian opens Ilocos Norte’s first pole vaulting facility
Champion pole vaulter EJ Obiena guides a young athlete during the opening of the pole-vaulting facility at the FEM Memorial Stadium.Laoag City—Olympic pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” U. Obiena and Ilocos...
View ArticleHypocrisy and discretion
WHEN Christ complained against the Pharisees about their hypocrisy with these words: “Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inside is full of rapine and...
View ArticleLaoag City trike franchise amnesty
Trike franchise amnesty. Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) member and chairman of the Committee on Public Works, Transportation and Communications James Bryan Alcid and several members of the council headed...
View ArticleNueva Era hosts 99th Diocesan Christ the King
The procession of Christ the King 2024 Photos by John Lei MedranoBy Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte—Thousands of Catholic devotees from the entire province of Ilocos Norte...
View ArticleFarm machineries distribution in the City of Batac
The City of Batac celebrated mayor Albert Chua’s birthday with the distribution of farm machineries and equipment for select farmer beneficiaries held at the Imelda Cultural Center. Witnessing the...
View ArticleINEC adopts smart metering system in 6 pilot areas
SMART GRID. Officials of the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative, National Electrification Administration Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda and Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan...
View ArticleSEC opens 1st extension office in Northern Luzon
Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph M. Manotoc and SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino cut the ceremonial ribbon opening the SEC extension office in Laoag City.Laoag City—The Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleLaoag City's one-stop-shop extended
Business One Stop Shop. Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Laoag unanimously approved the extension of the “Business One Stop Shop” from Jan. 20 to 31, 2025 in the city of Laoag without...
View ArticleMMSU celebrates 47 years of excellence, innovation, global impact
City of Batac—The Ilocos Region’s leading educational institution, Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), celebrated its 47th founding anniversary in a month-long celebration in January 2025 with the...
View ArticleGrass fire razes mountainous area in Carasi
GRASS FIRE. Firefighters put out a fire on Jan. 31, 2025 in a mountainous area in Carasi, Ilocos Norte. Responders said the fire broke out on the afternoon of Jan. 30. (Photo courtesy of OCD)Carasi,...
View ArticleNew Marcos stadium policy to boost health, wellness
FREE ACCESS. The facilities of the Ferdinand E. Marcos Sports Stadium in Laoag City is free for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, students, and minors aged 17 years and below. A fee of PHP30...
View ArticleLET top passers from Laoag City
Members of the Laoag City Sangguniang Panlungsod, headed by vice mayor and presiding officer Rey Carlos Fariñas hand over certificate of commendations to Patricia Dennisse A. Balico, a resident of...
View ArticleSea turtle hatchlings released in Currimao bay
By Leilanie G. AdrianoCurrimao, Ilocos Norte—At least 35 baby sea turtles from a guarded hatchery in a barangay in this town were guided back to the wild on Jan. 29, 2025.Engineer Erickson Biag,...
View ArticleDemonic attacks on the rise
THIS should be no surprise to us. With the way things are now—new technologies offering more temptations than real advantages, and people spiritually and morally impoverished—what can we expect? That’s...
View ArticleBong Revilla: Legislated wage hike, now within arm's reach.
AFTER 17 years of championing a legislated across-the-board wage hike for workers in the private sector, Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. today expressed his elation that the measure is within arm's...
View ArticlePacquiao Kicks Off Senatorial Campaign in Laoag with Admin Ticket, Hails...
Laoag City – Former Senator Manny Pacquiao officially launched his senatorial campaign in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, alongside the administration ticket under the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas. Addressing...
View ArticleAlcid vows to give P100k cash incentives to Laoag’s RSPC bets
Laoag councilor James Bryan Alcid (standing left) promises to give PHP100,000 to the 200 participating students as their token cash incentives for the recently concluded Regional Schools Press...
View ArticleLaoag City vice mayor donates mattresses to PDLs in time for Valentine's Day
Laoag vice mayor Rey Carlos Fariñas personally hands over 61 foam mattresses, acquired from his personal finances to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology...
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