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DENR stops Paoay treasure hunters; files raps
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterPAOAY, Ilocos Norte—The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the province stopped an alleged treasure hunting activity along Culili Point at Brgy....
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PGIN distributes stipend to academic scholars
Senior Sangguniang Panlalawigan Matthew M. Manotoc distributes stipends to PGIN scholars. (Alaric Yanos)By Jennifer T. PambidPGIN-CMOLaoag City—More than 600 scholars of the provincial government of...
View ArticleIlocos Region workers get P20.70 average daily wage increase
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterMinimum wage earners in the region will receive a pay hike ranging from P12 to 27 per day following the effectivity of Wage Order No. RB1-18. The new wage order took...
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Escoda Day 2016
Dingras mayor Erdio Valenzuela leads the wreath-laying ceremony to celebrate the 188th Escoda Day. A native of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Josefa Llanes-Escoda is the founder of the Girl Scout of the...
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Imee seeks help of religious group, health experts to help drug dependents
LAOAG chief of police superintendent Edwin Balles speaks to the 710 drug users who voluntarily surrendered during the first spiritual healing and mass oath-taking ceremony held at the Laoag City Hall...
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Mangrove planting in Badoc
Around 4,000 mangrove propagules planted by various government and non-government organizations on September 30 at Gabut Norte in Badoc, Ilocos Norte. (Lei Adriano)
View ArticleNotices for October 10, 2016
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONSeptember 29, 2016Minor Jolina Rabang, 4 years old, was abandoned by her mother, Jacqueline Mabalatan “aka Camille” formerly lives in Barangay 1, San Lorenzo, Laoag City and...
View ArticleIlocano role model in Hawaii
By Alfredo C. Garvida, Jr.The province of Ilocos Norte has produced notable people who have become part of Philippine history. Of the 16 presidents we have had, 3 of them, or 18.75%, come from or trace...
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Ilocos Norte library to distribute magazines to schools, municipal libraries
Ilocos Norte library staff prepares the magazines for distribution. (Alaric Yanos)By Jennifer T. PambidPGIN-CMOThe Provincial Library (Information Hub) of Ilocos Norte is set to distribute thousands...
View ArticleIlocos Norte eyes conversion of Vintar hospital into drug rehab center
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterVINTAR, Ilocos Norte—A rural health facility in the remote Brgy. Tamdagan, this town is being eyed for conversion as a drug rehabilitation center of the province.Dr....
View ArticleBSP hikes OFW’s allowable amount for exchange of NDS
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) increased the allowable amount for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) for the replacement and/or exchange of new design series (NDS) banknotes in their possession...
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PGIN holds professional tour-guiding seminar, accreditation
Dr. Norma Respicio talks on textiles and inabel on October 7 at the seminar. (Alaric Yanos)By Jennifer T. PambidPGIN-CMOWith Ilocos Norte emerging as a top tourist destination in the country, the...
View ArticleIlocos Norte board renews call to resolve boundary dispute with Apayao
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Owing to a change of leadership, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan here renewed its call for the concerned authorities of Apayao to resolve the boundary...
View ArticleLaoag gov’t eyes 50 more core shelters for typhoon victims
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLaoag City—The city government here is eyeing to put up at least 50 more core shelters for typhoon “Lando” (Koppu) victims here.To realize this, the Sangguniang...
View ArticlePGIN sets guidelines set for right of access to information
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Responding to President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s call for transparent governance, the Ilocos Norte government set specific guidelines to allow every resident...
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Ilocos Norte cited best tourism-oriented LGU in DOT-ATOP Pearl Awards
ILOCOS Norte was cited as first runner-up in the Best Tourism-Oriented Local Government Unity during the DOT-ATOP Pearl Awards on October 6, 2016 held at Clark, Pampanga. (Alaric Yanos)By John Michael...
View ArticlePGIN proposes Batac fish farm development
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterBatac City—Vice mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta disclosed that the provincial government has conveyed the possible development of the 12-hectare Billoca fish farm...
View ArticleBangui mayor assails DPWH ‘substandard project’
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterBANGUI, Ilocos Norte—The local chief executive here has assailed a multi-million slope protection project being implemented by the Department of Public Works and...
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THE ROAD is harrowing and fraught with hardship borne of the social environment that was shifting towards the digital media; and a lack of foresight that resulted in mediocrity and incompetence. A...
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