Piddig police breaks ground for new station
Former Piddig mayor, now consultant, Engr. Eddie Guillen, P/Sr. Supt. Adolfo Rafanan, P/Supt. Jojie Del Prado and P/Supt. Jay De Guzman. (Berong Ver)By Bernard VerContributorPiddig Ilocos Norte—The...
View ArticlePiddig Church restoration begins
BISHOP Renato Mayugba leads the groundbreaking ceremony in front of the St. Anne Parish in Piddig, Ilocos Norte. (Lei Adriano)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterPiddig, Ilocos Norte—When Father...
View ArticleIlocos Norte retains insurgency-free status
Briefing about the current peace and order situation of Ilocos Norte. (Lei Adriano)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Officials and residents here enjoy a generally peaceful community with...
View ArticleTilapia for Vintar
VINTAR vice mayor Victor Racimo leads the release of at least 10,000 tilapia fingerlings Sitio Nagalangan, Tamdagan in Vintar, Ilocos Norte. The Ilocos Norte provincial government provided the tilapia...
View ArticleDAR boosts San Nicolas farmer skills
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—The Dept. of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give San Nicolas farmers a chance to enhance their knowledge and skills in growing highly in-demand vegetables and...
View ArticleLaoag airport wins green award
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has cited the Laoag International Airport (LIA) for its green project initiatives. Under the Group A...
View ArticlePSA starts building geotagging this April
ThePhilippineStatisticsAuthority(PSA)started the2018“GeotaggingofBuildingStructures”this April2018for...
View ArticlePiddig distributes AICS fund
By Bernard VerContributorPiddig, Ilocos Norte—The municipal government here, in coordination with the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) distributed the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis...
View ArticleIlocos Norte BPO companies eye more employees
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—As two multi-national business-process outsourcing companies here are expanding, the provincial government’s Public Employment Services Office held...
View ArticlePrimeWater cracks down on illegal connections
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLaoag City—"Drinking from the tap”, a phrase people have long been using as the norm in terms of the potability of service water. The status of service water, not...
View ArticleImee calls for more safety measures at road safety summit
San fernando city, La Union—Ilocos Norte governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos called for closer cooperation and a “hierarchy of control” among government agencies tasked with ensuring road safety in...
View ArticleTourist influx in Ilocos Norte continues
By Bernard VerContributorLAOAG CITY—Provincial officials said an estimated 500,000 tourists visited the province during the Holy Week.They also mentioned that they expect more influx of tourists in the...
View ArticleSarrat spruces up welcome arch
By Bernard VerContributorSarrat, Ilocos Norte—The local government here began enhancing its welcome arch.Former Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. was born in this town.Mayor Remigio B. Medrano personally...
View ArticleIlocos Norte gov’t cracks down on public workers in casinos, cockpits
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—The Ilocos Norte provincial government is cracking down on government officials and their direct descendants on going to casinos, cockpit arenas and other...
View ArticlePiddig gives ‘grants for the grads’
Piddig mayor Georgina Salazar-Guillen with a Piddig graduate. (Berong Ver)By Bernard VerContributorPIDDIG, Ilocos Norte—The municipal government here, led by mayor Georgina Salazar-Guillen gave “grants...
View ArticleBadoc villagers help release baby sea turtles
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—About 23 baby marine turtles, locally known as “pawikan”, emerged from their nest near a picnic area at Brgy. Pagsanahan Norte in Badoc, Ilocos Norte and...
View ArticleDENR distributes 500 agricultural patents
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Around 500 agricultural patents were distributed to Ilocos Norte farmers on April 22, 2018 courtesy of the government.Led by the Department of Environment...
View ArticleNFA rolls out ‘Tulong sa Bayan’ in Ilocos Norte
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLaoag City—The National Food Authority (NFA) and other rice stakeholders displayed several truckloads of rice in front of the Provincial Capitol on April 25,...
View ArticleDAR cascades new policy issuances
ATTY. Melvyn T. Guillermo (fourth from left), chief of the legal division of Department of Agrarian Reform-Ilocos Norte, led the delegation of DAR Ilocos Norte to the cascading of new policy issuances...
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