Toyota Motor Philippines has opened its 74th outlet in the country in Candon City to serve the mobility needs in the Ilocos Region. Toyota Ilocos Sur will be a ‘3S’ Facility that provides sales, service, and spare parts. Situated in a 2-hectare lot, the dealership will have a total floor area...
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...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A student died while one other was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in fell into a drainage canal in Barangay Nalvo in Sta. Maria town, this province, on Friday, May 12. Police said that Mark Lawrence Canezo, 18, a Grade 11 student, the...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The rice production in Region 1 for Calendar Year 2022 increased by 3.31 percent, according to the report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Ilocos. Regional Executive Director Annie Q. Bares of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Four farm-to-market roads and a barangay health center under the 2022 Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were formally opened on May 5,...
DAGUPAN CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-Ilocos is preparing for the coming El Niño. A BACKYARD garden like this is feared to bear the brunt of the looming El Niño. (Liezle Basa-Inigo) NIA-Ilocos Manager Engr. Gaudencio de Vera said they have come up with several...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Armed Forces' 38th Balikatan Exercises 2023 have taken a significant step towards improving the lives of the residents of Barangay San Joaquin, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. A newly constructed health care center opened...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – A tricycle driver died while his wife and two-year-old child were injured when the tricycle they were riding in crashed along the national highway in Barangay Dariwdiw, Batac City, Ilocos Norte on late Thursday evening, April 27. Police Lt. Col. Adrian Gayuchan,...
(Photo courtesy of DepEd) A teacher from the Ilocos Region is the Philippines’ fifth recipient of the prestigious 2023 Princess Maha Chakri Awards (PMCA), the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. Jerwin O. Valencia, Teacher III of Digras National High School in Ilocos Norte, is one of 11...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a P3.8-million road project that improved access to tourist spots in Piddig, this province. DPWH-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Ronnel M. Tan said that the Maruaya road project has fast-tracked the mobility of...
The accomplished goal of the upgrade of Maruaya Road is a welcome breakthrough to the tourism development in Piddig, Ilocos Norte based on the report of the Department of Public Works (DPWH). (Photo: DPWH) In a report to DPWH Regional Office 1 Director Ronnel Tan, DPWH Ilocos Norte First District...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 1 said graduating students and undergraduates are welcome to join job fairs in the Ilocos region on May 1 in celebration of Labor Day. DOLE-Region 1 Director Exequiel Ronie A. Guzman said that students graduating in May or June...
