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Ilocos Norte in state of calamity; ‘habagat’ leaves 3 dead, P282-M damages
PIDDIG'S flood control dam at Brgy. Abucay holds back flood waters from the torrential rain in Piddig. (Berong Ver)By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Heavy rains brought about by the...
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Batac fire hydrant
BATAC Mayor Albert D. Chua lead the ceremonial opening of the gate valve fire hydrant at Sitio Turod, Brgy. Baay. This project is an expansion project of Batac Water District in partnership with the...
View ArticleDFA ePayment system to speed up passport processing
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte—To speed up the processing of passports, the Dept. of Foreign Affairs Consular Office (DFA-CO) in this town announced applicants may now...
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Laoag City mass wedding
A celebration of love and new beginnings. Laoag Mayor Chevylle V. Farinas solemnizes the union of 47 couples for the city government’s mass wedding program on August 8, 2018 as part of the “A Cause for...
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‘Mangkhut’ leaves P3.2B damages in Ilocos Norte
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—As Ilocos Norte was still recovering from weeklong monsoon rains, typhoon Mangkhut (local name Ompong) pummeled the province leaving PHP3.2 billion in...
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Ilocos Norte gets additional P700K to complete Chinese garden
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Completing the third and final tranche of a PHP4 million for a Chinese garden in this city, the People’s Republic of China turned over on August 22, 2018...
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Laoag BJMP moral values formation
AT least 271 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at BJMP Laoag undergo the moral values formation facilitated by Pastor Gary Zaldy V. Galvez, training and development director of the Fellowship of...
View ArticleBPO company donates PCs to Batac pubic school
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterBatac CITY—To keep abreast with the educational changes and student needs, a business processing outsourcing (BPO) company at least 10 advanced computer units to...
View ArticleIlocos Norte gov’t equips schools with additional information resources
Laoag City--The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) recently resumed its “Share-a-Book” Program, a program first launched five years ago, aiming to distribute information materials to all...
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Helping is giving hope says active DSWD volunteer
San Fernando City, La Union—“Ang pagtulong sa kapwa ay hindi nasusukat ng kahit anong halaga. Masarap sa pakiramdamdam na nakakatulong sa iba lalo na kung sa panahon ng sakuna,” shared Eduard C. Vilog,...
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DAR turns over peanut processing centers to ARBOs
Atty. Judita Montemayor-Tungol (center, first row), regional director of DAR Region 1, leads the turn-over ceremony of peanut processing centers to agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations in...
View ArticleIlocos Norte set for emergency purchase of dengue kits
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Owing to the higher number of dengue cases involving children in the province, health officials here recommended the emergency purchase of dengue kits as...
View ArticleHabagat causes more damages in Ilocos Norte
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff reporterLaoag City—More government agencies and local government units have reported more damages from the week-long monsoon rains.Department of Public Works and Highways...
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PGIN joins NDRRMC’s National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill
Laoag City—The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) participated in the 3rd Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council...
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PGIN taps cultural agencies, DPWH to stop demolition of Spanish-era bridge
Laoag City—The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) has coordinated with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP),...
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Imee raises alarm over El Niño phenomenon
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY — Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda Josefa “Imee” R. Marcos has raised the alarm, urging farmers here to prepare for the advent of the El Niño phenomenon,...
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DepEd Laoag holds first aid, basic life support training
Laoag City—To further strengthen the capacity of schools on disaster and emergency response, the DepEd Schools Division of Laoag City conducted a training on first aid and basic life support at the...
View ArticleLapsed TRO paralyzes Paoay gov’t
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterPaoay, Ilocos Norte—Major transactions of the local government unit here remains paralyzed as of press time following the expiration of a 60-day temporary...
View ArticleIlocos Norte gov’t to acquire commodity heat automated multi-pump dryer
LAOAG CITY—The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) is set to purchase a multi-commodity heat pump dehydrator to minimize food loss in agriculture production.Pegged at PHP1.5 million, the...
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Ilocos Norte offers low-cost packages at PH travel mart
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff reporterLAOAG CITY—Provincial tourism officials are offering low-cost tour packages in this northern gateway of Luzon at the 29th Philippine Travel Mart, the longest running...
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