K-to-12 teachers train on climate-smart rice agriculture
Recognizing the urgency to tackle impacts of climate change on rice production, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) conducted the Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and rice production...
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTFIRST JUDICIAL REGIONBRANCH 19Bangui, Ilocos NorteREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESRepresented by DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE),Plaintiff,-versus-THE UNKNOWN HEIRS...
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Batac celebrates 8th Farmers’ Festival
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterBatac City—With the theme “Sustainable Agriculture Development in Batac, A Strategic Approach in Achieving Inclusive Growth”, the city government here led the...
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Nailayon ni Danny Villaruz a presidente ti Ilocos Surian Association of Hawaii
Danny Villaruz (in green) leads other ISAH officers in taking their oaths before Rep. Romy Cahcola (in orange)Babaen iti pammalubos ti nabaliwan a pagalagadan ti Ilocos Surian Association of Hawaii...
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May the month of Mary
WE may still be reeling from the heat of summer, but the month of May somehow regales us with its distinctively Marian character. Like a flower in full bloom, this Marian month exhibits a very special...
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PACAF A-10s, HH-60s fly first air contingent missions in PH
Top left: A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes off from Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 19, 2016. The Air Contingent will...
View ArticleA showcase of hardworking Ilocanos’ best agri practices
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterFor a self-made farmer-millionaire like Romeo Ganiron, a national outstanding rice farmer from Brgy. San Mateo here, his face lights up every time he goes to the...
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We are Filipinos first
WITH THE 2016 general elections over and done with, the Filipino people should now take the time to heal the pains, applaud the candidates, and accept the results.The mudslinging and verbal barrages...
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Ilocos Norte receives tobacco excise tax share
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Finally, the long wait is over for Ilocos Norte tobacco farmers as the province’s share in tobacco excise tax under Republic Act 7171 and RA 8240 for 2013...
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Election Day starts peacefully in Ilocos Norte
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterExcept for one shooting incident reported at Brgy. Mumulaan in Paoay, Ilocos Norte a night before election day, the Ilocos Norte police said the start of election in...
View ArticleDuterte and Bongbong will win, if....
By Alfredo C. Garvida Jr.ContributorBy the time this piece comes out of print, the national elections will be over and by then, we will know who our next leaders will be in both the local and national...
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Filipino WW II vets’ families can come to US beginning June
Here are some very good news for Filipino World War II veterans’ family members who are beneficiaries of approved family-based immigrant visa petitions.On May 9, 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
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God is our alpha and omega
THIS was expressly articulated in the Book of Revelation. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (22,13)If God is where we come from and where we belong to,...
View ArticleSystem failure mars CCS transmission
By Cherry Joy D. Garma PIA-Ilocos Norte LAOAG CITY– The transmission of election returns in Ilocos Norte has been delayed indefinitely due to system malfunction of the Consolidation and Canvassing...
View ArticleNotices for May 16, 2016
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTFIRST JUDICIAL REGIONBRANCH 19Bangui, Ilocos NorteREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESRepresented by DEPARTMENTOF ENERGY (DOE),Plaintiff,-versus-THE UNKNOWN HEIR...
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BJMP-Laoag: No special treatment for inmates
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLAOag City—J/Insp. Herminigildo Rivera clarified that they have not given special treatment to any inmate detained at the Laoag City jail.Mr. Rivera, the Laoag City...
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Badoc’s Torralbas lose grip on power
Badoc mayor-elect Maximo Cajigal (in blue) is proclaimed. (Lei Adriano photo)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterBADOC, Ilocos Norte—Over the past 15 years, the Torralbas of Badoc, Ilocos Norte have...
View ArticleBROs intensify planting of mangroves
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Commissioned barangay ranger officers (BROs) have intensified the planting of mangrove propagules in Ilocos Norte covering at least nine coastal...
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Lights show ushers Ilocos Norte’s La Virgen Milagrosa festival
The Capitol light show (PGIN)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—After a three-month long campaign season that ended with candidates and their campaigners a little darker and skinnier, the...
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