The province of Ilocos Sur will get the biggest share from the proceeds of the RA 7171 Virginia tobacco excise tax fund in Fiscal Year 2020 while the province of Isabela will receive the highest share from the Burley and Native tobacco excise tax fund pursuant to RA 8240. In the Local Budget...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- At least 13 members of Communist Front Organization (CFO) surrendered recently to police operatives in La Union and Ilocos Sur through the implementation of the revitalized Philippine National Police’s ‘Kasimbayanan’ program in the region. Police Brigadier...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union -- Police operatives arrested three suspects in separate theft and robbery incidents in Region 1 provinces and Cordillera region in a checkpoint operation in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur early Saturday morning, Jan. 7. Ilocos region director PBGen John C. Chua...
CANDON City Mayor Eric D. Singson (right) solemnizes the wedding of Michael Tiu and Clarissa Carpio on Dec. 29 at the City of Candon Hospital. (Freddie G. Lazaro) CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Mayor Eric D. Singson married a couple in a hospital after the woman gave birth on the day of a mass wedding...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A 25-year-old laborer and a 24-year-old man died in motorcycle accidents in San Juan, this province, on Monday, Jan. 2. Police said Muhammad Rakim, 24, died while his back rider, Christian Kim Vaquilar, 20, was injured when the motorcycle they were riding...
ILOCOS SUR—Hostilities in five sports blast off on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the start of the 2022 Philippine Sports Commission-Batang Pinoy National Championships in various venues here. Preliminaries in archery, badminton, chess, swimming and table tennis start prior to the 3 p.m. open ceremony at...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will be mounting a mobile outreach program in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur on Dec. 8, 2022. The initiative, which aims to bring PRC’s services closer to Filipinos, will be conducted in Vigan City Provincial Farmers Livelihood Training Development Center in...
Authorities have destroyed marijuana totaling P4,827,500 in the boundaries of Ilocos Sur and Benguet. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Ronald Allan DG Ricardo said that they uprooted more or less 11,200 fully grown marijuana plants and seized 2,000 marijuana seedlings...
VIGAN, Ilocos Sur -- Governor Jerry Singson issued executive Order No.18-2022 ordering the suspension of classes in all levels of public and private schools and work in public offices in the province of Ilocos Sur on Aug. 23 as a safety measure and to minimize the adverse effects of tropical storm...
The city government of Cebu donated P3 million to the city of Vigan and the municipality of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur for the restoration of buildings affected by the magnitude-7 earthquake last month. CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama (third from right) in Ilocos Sur. (Vigan City FB) Cebu City Mayor Michael...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Ilocos Sur 2nd District Engineering Office (DEO) has yet to fully clear the Junction Candon-Salcedo-Del Pilar Road due to continuous rain that triggers land and rockslides. The Ilocos Sur 2nd DEO said Monday,...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Fourteen qualified farmers' associations and cooperatives in Ilocos Sur received 19 farm machineries and equipment and 920 agricultural supplies from the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office-1 on Thursday, August 11. Photo via Zaldy Comanda A total of 939...
