LAOAG CITY – Several investment potentials for partnership between the Indian government and Ilocos Norte were showcased in a roadshow at the Plaza Del Norte in this city, according to Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc. Gov. Manotoc and Indian Ambassador Shambu S. Kumaran led the business...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for murder and frustrated murder in Barangay Macabiag, Sinait, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, March 26. Col. Marlo A. Castillo, Ilocos Sur police director, identified the communist guerrilla as Casimiro...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A magnitude-4.6 earthquake rocked three provinces in Northern Luzon on Sunday morning, March 26. The moderately strong earthquake which occurred at 5:35 a.m. was tectonic in origin and caused by the movement of a fault line in the area. Its epicenter was located two...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – This city on Saturday, March 25, marked the 125th anniversary of the “Ikkis ti Candon” (Cry of Candon) as a continuing tribute to the heroism of Don Isabelo Abaya to achieve the country’s independence from Spain. This event is one of the significant highlights of...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A 54-year-old businessman was gunned down in broad daylight in Barangay Bayubay Sur, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur on Thursday, March 23.  Police identified the victim as  Agustin Pajarillo of Barangay Mira, Bantay, Ilocos Sur.  Investigation...
House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has once again topped a survey on the job performance of Ilocos legislators. In a survey conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) between Feb. 25 and March 8, 2023, Marcos, a neophyte...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A magnitude-3.4 earthquake rocked this province on Friday morning, March 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake occurred at 9:13 a.m. The tectonic quake’s epicenter was located three kilometers southwest of this city...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Aira Cassanda S. Castro, who topped the recent March 2023 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE) with a grade of 89 percent, preferred to teach the medical students of the Mariano Marcos State University - College of Medicine (MMSU-COM) while serving in the government...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – The first-ever Miss Tobacco Philippines will be crowned at the Candon City Arena on March 25, Mayor Eric D. Singson said. FIFTEEN candidates in the Miss Tobacco Philippines are presented in their casual wear at the Civic Center of Candon City on March 4. (Freddie G....
She had been a long-forgotten dream, only subsisting in faint memories of a ‘90s family road trip. Today, her allure grows more than ever, thanks to the monuments and men (and women) who have shaped her. More than 20 years after I first visited Ilocos Norte, I returned with a lens of naturalism...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep Sandro Marcos has posted a congratulatory message for his provincemates who dominated in the recent March 2023 physician licensure exams. In fact the province produced the exam's topnotcher in Dr. Aira Cassandra S. Castro, who garnered a score of 89 percent....
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -- Operatives from the different units of the Police Regional Office Region 1 (PRO1) arrested 230 wanted persons and 92 drug suspects during a nationwide implementation of Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) on January 23-29,...
