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LAOAG, Ilocos Norte–If there’s one thing that Sandro Marcos has learned from his father Bongbong Marcos, it’s the meaning of the Filipino saying “Ang pikon, talo (He who is sensitive, loses).”

LAOAG, Ilocos Norte–The country’s national language “will go back to Ilocano”.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is optimistic that the expansion works at the Port of Currimao in Ilocos Norte will further bolster the tourism industry and woo investors and entrepreneurs in the Ilocos Region (Region 1).

The tandem of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential bet Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio attended a huge rally Thursday, Feb. 24 in Iloilo.

An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 4.0 hit Ilocos Norte around 8:16 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos’s eldest son, Sandro Marcos, asked his fellow Ilocanos on late Wednesday night, Feb. 17 to help return a favor that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has done for their family.

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. returned to his home turf Ilocos Norte on Wednesday, Feb. 16 for a campaign rally that was expected to gather a plethora of supporters to show off the strength of “Solid North”.

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.

For Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc, the mere presence of former senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in his province Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 16 says a lot about the tandem.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said 92 plant species were to be included in a two-year research study seeking to identify possible allergenic airborne pollen in Ilocos Norte.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters in Ilocos Norte, the political bailwick of her rival, former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., bravely backed her presidential bid by wearing pink shirts and parading her tarpaulins and posters in Laoag City.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Tuesday, Nov. 16, announced that the Department of Education (DepEd) has been allowed by the President to make important decisions on expanding the pilot study of limited face-to-face classes.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has announced new risk-level classifications for Abra, Baguio City, Bohol, and Ilocos Norte, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement on Thursday night, Sept. 23.

Despite the numerous challenges brought by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to work tirelessly by reaching out to the most vulnerable.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has provided ready-to-apply Carrageenan Plant Growth Promoter (PGP) products worth more than P200,000 to farmers in Ilocos Norte to help them increase their harvests.

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has announced that a research and development center which seeks to increase competitiveness of the country’s garlic and other agri-food condiments industry has been launched in Batac, Ilocos Norte.

A group of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholars has launched a charity project named “PailaJuan” which seeks to electrify remote areas in Ilocos Norte.

Twenty-three units of modern public utility jeepneys (PUJs) were launched on over the weekend by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Ilocos Norte to ply the Laoag City–Bacarra–Pasuquin route.