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...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 1 advised travelers and motorists that roads in Ilocos Sur are closed to traffic due to massive rock and soil erosion/slope collapse. As of Thursday, DPWH said in statement that Barangay Balidbid (K0 362+930),...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, delivered 200 hygiene kits and 400 jerry cans to Barangay Puro, Caoayan in Ilocos Sur on Aug. 2. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) Located in a coastal area, PRC said that volunteers needed to...
ILOCOS SUR -- A total of 3,284 damaged houses here were reported as of Friday after last Wednesday’s (July 27) magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon. There are 96 totally damaged houses and 3,201 partially damaged houses, according to the latest report from the Ilocos Sur Provincial...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) distributed potable drinking water to residents of Santa, Ilocos Sur who were affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon on July 27. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Ninety-two gallons of potable water were brought by the PCG to quake...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways identified three roads in Ilocos Sur that are not passable, and roads in La Union and Pangasinan that can accommodate only light vehicles. Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez along with DPWH 2nd Pangasinan...
ILOCOS SUR -- Around 20 tourist attractions and establishments in Bantay town and Vigan City here were found to have sustained minor to major damages during the magnitude 7 earthquake on Wednesday, July 27. Ancestral house in Vigan City sustained damages from the earthquake. (Contributed photo by...
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Mayor Jose “Bonito” Singson Jr. has ordered private establishments to check and ensure the structural integrity of their buildings following the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27. Singson, in Executive Order No. 7, Series of 2022, issued Wednesday, said there is a...
TUPAD workers clean the street in front of the Vigan Cathedral in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Thursday, July 28. (DOLE photo) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Workers under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Worker (TUPAD) program were deployed for earthquake clearing and cleanup...
