President Marcos on Monday, Sept. 11, led the celebrations for his father former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s 106th birth anniversary in his hometown of Batac, Ilocos Norte. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offers flowers during a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument of the late President...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to grace the 106th birth anniversary celebration of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., in this province on Monday, September 11. Highlights of the event are a concelebrated Mass at the Immaculate...
BOLINAO, Pangasinan – A fisherman was attacked by a shark in the sea in the Ilocos region and taken to a hospital here on Saturday, September 9. The Bolinao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office rescued the victim after receiving a call from a concerned citizen. "Sakay ng banca ang...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A construction worker drowned in a newly constructed well in Barangay 40 Balatong, this city, on Saturday, September 9. Police identified the victim Jaime Polenday, 24, from Barangay 10 Lubigan, Badoc, Ilocos Norte. Investigation said Polenday was catching frogs in...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – The body of a man reported missing on August 29 was found near a creek in Sitio Bacung, Barangay 20, Paratong, this town on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Silvestre Barcelon Bonaobra, 59, a resident of Barangay 18, Tabog, Batac City, Ilocos Norte. Bonaobra...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A senior citizen died after the motorcycle she was driving rammed a car on the national highway in Barangay Guimod, Bantay, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Wilfreda Pio Guzman, 63, a resident of Barangay San Julian, Magsingal, Ilocos...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc honored five young mathematics wizards from Sarrat National High School (SNHS) who bagged awards at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad from August 25 to 28. They are Brian Jansen Vallejo, Allen Iver...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two fishermen from Barangay Apatot, San Esteban, this province, were reported missing on Tuesday, September 5, after they failed to return home from a fishing trip to the West Philippines Sea (WPS) on Sunday, September 3. Police identified the missing...
The far north, the northern edge of the country, the northernmost tip of the island of Luzon—these descriptions are a tonic for wanderlust, but I would in my youth drive 12 hours to Pagudpud, with a lot of stops because I had never been, or ever wanted to go, to Ilocos in a hurry. It’s...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A construction worker died after he was electrocuted in Barangay 7-A here on Friday, September 1. Police identified as Allyson John Domingo, 22. A resident of Barangay 1, San Nicolas, this province, Domingo was reportedly fixing the molding of a newly constructed...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Twenty-one houses were partially damaged by a tornado that struck San Vicente and San Ildefonso, this province, on Thursday. Reygee Rocero, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Vicente, said 18 houses were partially damaged in...
LAOAG CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has run out of documentary stamps required in the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) as more than 3,000 candidates registered for the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Laoag City election officer Julius Harvey...
