LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A pack of suspected floating shabu was discovered in the sea of Barangay Masintoc, Paoay, this province, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) chief, said a 37-year-old resident found the contraband in a...
President Marcos has signed a law declaring the Paoay Lake area in Ilocos Norte as protected landscape for better management and appropriate funding. Marcos made the declaration by signing Republic Act 12230 on Aug. 4. According to the law, the declaration of the Paoay Lake Protected Landscape...
Seven houses and a gasoline station were damaged by a whirlwind in Barangay Nagbacalan, Paoay, Ilocos Norte on Saturday afternoon, July 26. Jesus Bacena, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (MDRRMO), said the whirlwind struck at 4 p.m. Nobody was hurt from the 40-second...
Another pack of floating shabu valued at P6.8 million was recovered in the West Philippine Sea in Ilocos Norte. The contraband was found by a fisherman in Barangay Callaguip, Paoay, on Friday, June 13, one day after a pack of shabu was recovered in nearby Barangay Pangil, Currimao, on Thursday,...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – A 42-year-old farmer drowned in a creek in Barangay 26, Oia-Upay Abulao, here on Tuesday, March 19. Police Capt. Sygman Benigno, Paoay police chief, said on Thursday, March 21, that the victim, Artemio Bailon, a resident of Barangay 26, Oiag-Upay Abulao, had a drinking...
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...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – The two-day Himala sa Buhangin Arts and Music Festival on May 13 and 14 drew a total of 30,000 tourists and residents, the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO) said. The first night featured the pop-rock band "The Juans" who sang iconic songs "Hindi Tayo Pwede," "Atin ang...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – Following the declaration that the Paoay Lake Water Park is safe for water adventure activities, the local government unit (LGU) of Paoay, in collaboration with the provincial government of Ilocos Norte and the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation (PCKDF),...
New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell shared how he spent his weekend at Ilocos Norte, the home province of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell points to the teenage photo of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the...
The US top diplomat in the Philippines is currently exploring President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. home province, Ilocos Norte, not only to discover Washington's potential programs there but also to see its wonders. In a series of Twitter posts that started on Feb. 7, Ambassador MaryKay...
An official close to the BBM-Sara UniTeam campaign trail is expecting nothing less than a "mind-blowing" reception for the tandem in Ilocos Norte. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (center) arrives in Pagudpod, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 16, 2022. To her right is House...
Indigenous and gluten-free Kamangeg cheesecake has been developed by the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) and is expected to be exclusively available in Taguiporo Paoay Lake Resort. Kamangeg Cheesecake (DOST-PCAARRD) Also known as mountain potato (Dioscorea luzonensis), Kamangeg is a root...
