Joint House panel OKs bill creating water department
A jointpanel of the House of Representatives has approved a substitute bill consolidating 35 House bills seeking to create the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Water Regulatory Commission...
View ArticlePiddig set up drop boxes for Taal victims
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff ReporterPiddig, Ilocos Norte—Employees of the local government here have set up several drop boxes where concerned citizens may drop off their goodies for victims of Taal...
View ArticleLaoag City council OKs 3 new Laoag gov’t offices
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterLaoag City—The Sangguniang Panlungsod here has greenlighted the creation of three new offices for the city government.The new offices are City Environment and...
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US awards grants to Marawi’s displaced communities
Left: MINDA Secretary Manny Piñol (left) and USAID/Philippines’ Jeffrey Lehrer with members of the Ompongan o mga Bae sa Ranao Group, a recipient of a Marawi Response Project grant.Manila—The United...
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Private firms, students help green Paoay Lake National Park
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff ReporterPaoay, Ilocos Norte—Thirteen personnel of a private firm based in Metro Manila along with 150 environment science students of Mariano Marcos State University...
View ArticleLaoag City council lauds 34 ‘drug cleared’, ‘non-drug affected’ barangays
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterLaoag City—The Laoag City Sangguniang Panlungsod has commended 34 barangays in the city for being “drug cleared” and “non-drug affected barangays”.Laoag councilor...
View ArticleVintar deputizes employees, brgy officials as citation officers
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterVintar, Ilocos Norte—To strictly implement approved municipal ordinances here, Vintar Mayor Larisa C. Foronda issued an executive order (EO) deputizing several...
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Naruay dagiti naimplementar a proyekto ti DAR Ilocos Norte iti 2019
Babaen ti liderato ni provincial agrarian reform program officer II Vic M. Ines, naruay a programa ken proyekto ti naipatungpal ti Department of Agrarian Reform-Ilocos Norte iti tawen 2019.Gapu...
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MMSU, Batac sign MOA for pro-poor programs
Batac Mayor Albert D. Chua and MMSU President Dr. Shirley P. Agrupis sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the Pasilaw and Planu Pro-Poor Program on February 3, 2o20. (Doms dela Cruz)By Dominic...
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INPPO launches FB Live program
By Bernardo B. Ver IIContributorLaoag City—The Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office (INPPO) officially launched its “Magkasangga [One Team]” Facebook Live program at Camp Valentin S. Juan, this...
View ArticleLaoag institutionalizes best brgy search
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterLaoag City—The city government here has institutionalized the system in recognizing and providing incentives and awards for the search for Best Performing...
View ArticlePDIC raises PHP240.5-M in asset sale from public biddings
The PhilippineDeposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) generated PhP240.5 million from the sale of 548 closed banks’ properties via seven public biddings held in Manila and a regional public bidding held...
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Padsan River quarrying to bring opportunities for poor families
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff ReporterLAOAG CITY—A massive river clean-up along the stretch of the Padsan River is being eyed to bring in better opportunities among Ilocanos through sand extraction. For...
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Batac earmarks P3M medical trust fund for indigents
Batac Mayor Albert D. Chua turns over the PHP3 million check as medical trust fund to MMMH-MC chief Dr. Maria Lourdes Otayza at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on January 30, 2020. (Doms dela Cruz)By...
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Operation of first bioethanol research center in PH starts
MMSU President Shirley C. Agrupis (second from right, foreground), shows some of the apparatus inside the newly-inaugurated NBERIC building. (Reynaldo E. Andres)By Reynaldo E. AndresContributorCITY OF...
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Ilocos Norte's 'Open Capitol' features creative artists
Basket weavers from Brgy. Uguis in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte present their master craft to Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Joseph M. Manotoc on February 3, 2020. They are among the heritage artists who were...
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702nd Brigade
LAOAG Mayor Michael Marcos-Keon welcomes Col. Audrey L Pasia, INF PA, commander of the 702nd Brigade (Region 1 and Abra), Lt. Col Jearie Boy P. Faminial, battalion commander of the 24th Infantry...
View ArticleBatac eyes incentives for top city hall employees’ kids
By Dominic B. dela CruzStaff ReporterCity of Batac—TO further motivate elementary and secondary students to study harder and excel, the city government here will soon give incentives or stipends for...
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Vintar hanging bridge repair
Vintar Vice Mayor Amado Victor Racimo, representing the municipal government, meets the delegates from the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and the DPWH regional office on January 9, 2019 to verify...
View ArticleIlocos Norte schools take precaution vs coronavirus
By Leilanie G. AdrianoStaff ReporterLAOAG CITY—The outbreak of a new coronavirus has sparked fear and anxiety around the world.With this, even the Schools Division of Ilocos Norte (SDOIN) has...
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