Typhoon Julian inundates Ilocos Norte, the home province of President Marcos Jr. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Typhoon “Julian” drenched northern Luzon and affected 149,000 individuals, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Wednesday, Oct. 2. A...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte declared a state of calamity due to severe damage from typhoon “Julian.” The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Ilocos Norte, in an emergency session on Tuesday, October 1, issued Provincial Resolution No. 341-2024 declaring the state of...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Reelectionists Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc and Vice Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos filed their Certificates of Candidacy for the May elections before the provincial Commission on Elections here on Tuesday, October 1. MANOTOC (Gov. Manotoc FB) Filing their COCs before the...
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – The people of Lanao del Norte thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for opening the Panguil Bay Bridge connecting this town to Tangub City in Misamis Occidental on Friday, September 27. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. opens the Panguil Bay Bridge that connects the...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is planning to construct offshore wind (OSW) energy projects in some of strategic ports in the country—the three priority areas are Batangas, Camarines Norte and Ilocos Norte. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said they are now coordinating with...
CARMEN, Davao del Norte – Eight months after the severe flooding that devastated thousands of hectares of agricultural land, farmers here are now in the recovery period for this harvest season that started this month. But as perennial flooding and dry spell remain as a threat to farmers’...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – The chairman of Barangay 5, San Silvestre, this town, was gunned down on Friday night, September 20. A FORENSICS investigator processes the house of a barangay chairman in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte after he was shot dead on Friday night, September 20. ...
BRAULIO DUJALI, Davao del Norte – The month of September is known as harvest season in most of the rice-producing towns across the country. FARMERS prepare to dry palay in the solar bubble dryer. (Keith Bacongco) But as farmers are delighted to see the results of their three-month hard...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested three men who allegedly robbed three persons and a convenience store in Barangay San Roque, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte on Saturday night, September 14. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro identified the suspects as Mon, 33; Rol, 29,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government awarded P25,000 and food packs each to five fishermen who surrendered packs of shabu they recovered on the West Philippine Sea in this province last month. GOV. Manotoc (center) They were Johny Zamora of Burgos town, Fragante Felix Patoc...
Close to P158-million of assistance were given to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte to boost agriculture production in the province. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2024. (Noel Pabalate)...
President Marcos has declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the 107th birth anniversary of his father, former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation 671,...
