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Laoag City proposes lower 2021 budget
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Laoag City—The city government of Laoag has proposed PHP910,121,177.48 million annual budget for 2021, an amount lower compared to this year’s budget of...
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Select Laoag tourism sites now open
Laoag City—Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government of Laoag has opened the Laoag sand dunes and Aurora Park for tourists.City tourism officer Ana Carmela Remigio made this announcement after...
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COVID-19 slows Ilocos Norte’s multibillion infra projects
By Leilanie G. Adriano (Staff Reporter)LAOAG CITY—Three colossal projects in the province of Ilocos Norte are taking their tool in view of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,...
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Laoag council Oks new traffic code
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Laoag City—After a thorough study and a series of deferments, the Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved this city’s new traffic and order code.Laoag councilor...
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Laoag quickly gives aid to fire victims
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Laoag City—Mayor Michael M. Keon and the city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) personally visited the families of Mrs. Fe Cadelinia and Mrs. Anita...
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PGIN creates COVID-19 contact tracing center
By Leilanie G. Adriano (Staff Reporter)LAOAG CITY—A proposed coffee room at the west wing of the Ilocos Norte Capitol building was converted to a contact tracing operation center with at least five...
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Batac proposes P735M budget for 2021
Batac mayor Albert D. Chua leads the distribution of 161 goats to farmers affected by typhoon “Ompong” as part of the city's rehabilitation program for affected farmers in cooperation with the Dept....
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100
Laoag mayor Michael M. Keon personally hands over a PHP100,000 check to Reymunda Raras of Brgy. Gabu Norte on Oct. 26, 2020 at her residence. The check is the city government’s incentive for Nana...
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BDO Network Bank continues with education support programs amid pandemic
CONTINUING EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAMS AMID PANDEMIC. BDO Unibank donated nearly PHP3 million-worth of protective supplies, online learning tools, and other school materials to more than 1,100 public...
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MMK’s gift
It was bound to happen.Laoag City now has the highest incidence of COVID-19 cases in Ilocos Norte. It also has, as I write this, the highest number of active cases, making up 74 percent of total...
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Imee: Hold PUV modernization
By Bernardo B. Ver II (Contributor)Senator Ma, Imelda Josefa “Imee” R. Marcos said that economic, logistical, and health considerations should prod the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to...
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PGIN aids bakery owners
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte—To further assist in the recovery of small businesses in the province, the provincial government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN), through the small-medium enterprises (SME) office,...
View ArticlePagudpud mayor pushes for river dredging, reforestation to prevent flooding
By Leilanie G. Adriano (Staff Reporter)Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte—Owing to massive river siltation and soil erosion in this town, Pagudpud mayor Rafael Ralph Benemerito sought the help of the Department of...
View ArticleDTI releases SRP of ‘noche buena’ products
MANILA—TheDepartmentofTradeandIndustry(DTI)releasedthelistofsuggestedretailprices(SRPs)ofNocheBuenastaplesforinformationandguidanceofconsumers on November11,2020 in lightofthe Christmas...
View ArticleOrganic composting facility to rise in Laoag
By Leilanie G. Adriano(Staff Reporter)LAOAG CITY—The city government here is eyeing the establishment of an organic composting facility in a three-hectare idle lot located at Brgy. Camangaan, this...
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Keon backs Duterte’s anti-tourism initiatives
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Laoag City—Mayor Michael M. Keon threw his full support to the government’s anti-terrorism initiatives to end local communists and armed conflict, which is...
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Spike
I only have a few regrets in life, and most of these regrets result from incidents when I was not kind enough, not from times when I was not harsh, vindictive, self-affirming enough.In these times of...
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IT guys leaves corporate world to plant papaya, care for kid
PAPAYAYO. Oliver Cariaga Millet at his Nangalisan Papaya Farm in Laoag City. (Lei Adriano)By Leilanie G. Adriano (Staff Reporter)LAOAG CITY—Oliver Cariaga Millet, 46, of Brgy. Nangalisan, this city...
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Laoag council oks measures vs COVID-19
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)Laoag City—As the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continue to increase in this city, the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed three resolutions, which...
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DENR releases rescued Brahminy kite to the wild
By Leilanie G. Adriano (Staff Reporter)LAOAG CITY—The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources on Dec. 7, 2020 released the rescued Brahminy kite, formerly known as red-backed sea eagle and locally...
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