LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) announced a reduction in the power rate for residential customers in this province this month. In an advisory, INEC said the residential power rate is down to P11.5517 per kilowatt hour (kWh) inclusive of Value-Added...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – One-hundred fifty-one applicants were hired on the spot during the “Naruay a Panggedan” job fair held in a popular mall here in line with the 106th birth anniversary celebration of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. recently. Anne Marie Lizette B. Atuan,...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – One person died and four others were injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Nagpatpatan, Solsona, this province, on Sunday, September 18. Police identified the fatality as Bong Valera, a resident of Barangay Catangraran, Solsona. The injured, Melencio Juan, Vick...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte reported no damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked extreme Northern Luzon on Tuesday night, September 12. However, the Office of Civil Defense said on Wednesday, September 13, that five people were reported injured due to...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two persons died and three others were injured when their motorcycle with sidecar or “kurong-kurong” collided with a bus on the national highway in Barangay 18, Magnuang, here on Sunday, September 10. Police identified the fatalities as Jonathan Parbo, 40, farmer,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) has unveiled a rice paddy art of Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. RICE paddy art of Gov. Manotoc. (Contributed photo) Vice Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos represented Manotoc during the unveiling...
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...
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...