Passenger power
Admitirendaman wenno saan, adu dagiti pulitiko ti mabutbuteng la unay iti makunkuna a “tricycle power” wenno “tricycle vote”.Dakkel ti bilang dagiti tricycle-fo- hire iti agdama. Ket no i-multiplymo...
View ArticleIlocos Norte SHS scholars get stipend
Laoag City—1,000 senior high school (SHS) scholars, accompanied by their parents and guardians, filled the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena in this city as they received their three-month’s worth of...
View ArticleKeon reports 1st 100 days achievements
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterLaoag City—Mayor Michael M. Keon presented his first 100 days accomplishment report as the city’s chief executive in a simple program held at the Laoag City...
View Article2nd MDO Congress recognizes Region 1 outstanding MDOs, LGUs
(Clockwise) Group pictures of MDOs from Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, La Union and Ilocos Norte.The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I gathered the Migrant Desk Officers (MDO)...
View ArticleMMK dialogue with Brgy. Balatong residents
Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon meets with Brgy. Balatong lot owners regarding the purchase of their respective lots intended for the proposed sanitary landfill. The lot owners assured their intention to...
View ArticleLaoag City biz group appeals to freeze real property tax hike
Hanson Chua, a businessman from Laoag raised an issue about payment of real property taxes on Thursday during a consultative meeting with Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc. The consultative meeting...
View ArticlePAL adds more Laoag-Manila flights
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff Reporter LAOAG CITY—To accommodate more passengers in this northern gateway of Luzon, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) added two Laoag to manila flights per week.Previously,...
View ArticleLaoag City gov’t re-launches free Wi-Fi services
FREE WI-FI IN LAOAG. Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon together with PLDT and Smart Telecommunications personnel, and Vertext Handyphone’s Handy Lao relaunch the free and upgraded Google Wi-Fi to the...
View ArticlePCL-Ilocos Norte first session
Philippine Councilors League (PCL)-Ilocos Norte Chapter President Handy Lao presides over the first session of the chapter held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall recently. One of the agenda...
View ArticleDPWH, DILG, LGUs intensify road-clearing operation
Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon in an exit conference with the DILG and the PNP regarding the road clearing operation in Laoag. (Doms dela Cruz)By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterLaoag City—In line with...
View ArticleAgri chief bares strategy to double farmers’ income
Dr. William Dollente Dar, acting secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), bares “new thinking” as strategy to achieve four-fold agriculture growth and double farmers’ income.In his acceptance...
View ArticleIlocos Norte governor calls for stricter traffic laws enforcement
Laoag City—In an effort to curb the increasing number of road accidents in the province, Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph M. Manotoc ordered local government unit executives to intensify...
View ArticleNFA leases 3 private warehouses to buy more palay
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff Reporter LAOAG CITY—The National Food Authority based in Ilocos Norte assured rice farmers in the province it is ready to buy more rice stocks in the province. NFA...
View ArticleCHED awards new scholarships to 759 Ilocos Norte students
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff Reporter Batac CITY—A total of 759 new scholars from the second district of Ilocos Norte received their notice of award at the Imelda Cultural Center in Batac City on...
View Article7 Ilocos Norte LGUs receive 2019 DILG seal
By Bernardo B. Ver IIContributorLAOAG CITY – Seven of the 21 municipalities and two cities in Ilocos Norte namely: Bacarra, Bangui, Banna, Burgos, Currimao, San Nicolas and Vintar received the...
View ArticlePGIN to offer scholarship for medical studes
Laoag City—With the aim to increase the number of health personnel and doctors practicing in Ilocos Norte, the provincial government headed by Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Marcos-Manotoc is...
View ArticlePlant industry experts assure pest-free imported rice
Expertsfrom the plant industry are intensifying quarantine and pest-risk analysis (PRA) procedures to protect consumers and farmers from the entry of unsafe imported rice and palay.“PRA is a very...
View ArticleIlocos Norte, Sur families are 2019 Reg’l model OFW families
San Fernando City, La Union—The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI) recently concluded the regional selection and awarding of the 2019 Model OFW Family of the...
View ArticleDPWH demolishes Laoag’s ‘Pasalubong Center’
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff ReporterLAOAG CITY—A relatively new city government-owned building, which houses souvenir items for tourists visiting the city, was demolished on November 7, 2019 as it was...
View ArticleNGOs wish Keon a happy birthday
The Federation of Non-Government Organizations headed by Mary Ang fetes Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon on his birthday last month. (Doms dela Cruz)
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