Surprise drug test yields zero result for Piddig officials, employees
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterPIDDIG, Ilocos Norte—At least 120 municipal employees and elected officials of this town can be the first to claim, they are clean and free from illegal drugs.In a...
View ArticleIlocos Norte eyes fish landing centers
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Fisher folks in the coastal municipalities of Ilocos Norte will soon have fully operational Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) courtesy of the...
View ArticleWhat politics needs most
THE immediate answer is to humanize and Christianize it. Politics all over the world has been at the mercy of man’s baser passions for so long that it now screams to high heavens for its humanization...
View ArticleBatac seeks permanent declaration of Charter Day holiday
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterBatac City—Officials here are seeking the permanent declaration of their Charter Day as a special non-working holiday in the city.Batac mayor Albert D. Chua said he...
View ArticleMobile dental health bus now serving in Ilocos Norte’s remote areas
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterBATAC CITY—Some Ilocanos living in far flung areas with limited access to oral health may now avail of free dental services courtesy of the Provincial Health Office...
View ArticleLaoag Int'l Airport emergency exercise
Laoag International Airport employees conduct initial emergency exercise, which is one of the prerequisites in the issuance of Aerodrome Certification. A Final exercise will be held on August 30. (Doms...
View ArticleBSP Batac is PRAISE awardee for 2015 anew
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterBatac City– The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) office in this city recently was given the Program for Recognition and Award Incentives for Service Excellence...
View ArticleSan Nicolas (Ilocos Norte) eyes 1st class municipality classification
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterSAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte—Over the past four years, San Nicolas has become a hall of fame most business-friendly local government unit under the Level 1 category...
View ArticleDAREA supports National Greening Program
THE Department of Agrarian Reform Employees Association (DAREA) holds a tree planting activity along the Ilocos Norte-Abra Road in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. (Jopo Guerrero)In support of the National...
View ArticleBurgos brgy fights malnutrition through ‘adopt-a-child program
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterBURGOS, Ilocos Norte—In a coastal barangay in this town, volunteers with the help of private individuals are helping fight malnutrition for children aged 0-6 years...
View ArticleAn emotional MVF denies connection to missing P85M
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLaoag City—“I swear on my father’s grave, my grandfather’s grave and even uray siyak matayak ita appo including my wife, my three children and my two grandchildren...
View ArticleIlocos Norte Liga ng mga Barangay elects new officers
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—The Liga ng mga Barangay—more popularly known as the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC)—Ilocos Norte chapter elected their new officers on August 8,...
View ArticleCVF: No more comments on P85M issue until COA report is released
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLaoag City—Mayor Chevylle Fariñas said she will no longer comment on the missing P85 million issue until the Commission on Audit has completed its investigation and...
View ArticleNotices for August 22, 2016
DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH PARTITION Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late CARIDAD JACINTO-IGNACIO consisting of a parcel of land designated as Lot No. 10441 of the Laoag...
View ArticleNat’l living treasure creates shroud for FM burial
National living treasure Magdalena Gamayo shows off the shroud for former President Ferdinand E. Marcos. (Alaric Yanos)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterPINILI, Ilocos Norte—A pure white abel Iloko...
View ArticleIlocanos in Hawaii coming home for FM burial
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—When Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii on September 28, 1989, his body was only flown back to his homeland four years later. That time a...
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