LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte officials led by Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc left for China to attend the ASEAN Investment and Trade Conference at Dezhou City in Shandong province. Gervy James Gumarit, head of the Communication and Media Office (CMO) of the Ilocos Norte provincial...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police intercepted 790 reams of imported fake cigarettes worth P711,000 in Mauswagon, Placer, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday, May 18. Six individuals transporting the contraband onboard a 10-wheel wing van and a motor-tricycle were apprehended. SMUGGLED fake...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday said Ilocos Norte is "blessed with excellent wind energy potential" that has allowed the province to build and expand its wind mills to provide its residents electricity. Speaking during the presentation of the 160-Megawatt Wind Farm in Pagudpud,...
LAOAG CITY (PNA) – The construction of a more modern Patapat viaduct will soon start in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte as the bidding process has been scheduled for the end of the month. AERIAL view of Patapat viaduct in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. (Wikipedia) Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos said on Friday,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc met Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian at his official residence in Makati City on Monday, May 16, to boost the province’s relations with China. GOV. Matthew Manotoc (right) and Chinese envoy Huang Xilian...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – The two-day Himala sa Buhangin Arts and Music Festival on May 13 and 14 drew a total of 30,000 tourists and residents, the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO) said. The first night featured the pop-rock band "The Juans" who sang iconic songs "Hindi Tayo Pwede," "Atin ang...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – Singer Gigi de Lana and her Gigi Vibes band performed at the Himala sa Buhangin Music and Arts Festival here a few hours after they figured in an accident in San Fernando City, La Union on Sunday, May 14. They headlined the second night of the festival and, according...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte praised the barangay health workers (BHWs) in Surigao del Norte, highlighting how their hard work and education helped the people in the communities understand health, nutrition, and diseases. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the Barangday...
COTABATO CITY – Charges for selling illegal drugs were filed against an alleged member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and his wife after they were arrested by anti-narcotics agents in an entrapment operation in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, May 12....
Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr., Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), personally witnessed the mass surrender of 50 combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Thursday, May 11. (PNP Chief Police Gen....
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Mayor Rona Piang-Flores of Upi, Maguindanao del Norte has ordered the indefinite suspension of classes in an elementary school where schoolchildren were downed after accidentally inhaling mists of insecticides on Wednesday, May 10. SCHOOLCHILDREN are treated at the Datu Blah...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A powerful insecticide sprayed on coconut trees at the back of an elementary school in Barangay Mirab in Upi town, Maguindanao del Norte province was suspected to have poisoned around 75 schoolchildren on Wednesday morning, May 10. Upi Mayor Rona Piang-Flores said the victims...
