CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A 54-year-old businessman was gunned down in broad daylight in Barangay Bayubay Sur, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur on Thursday, March 23.  Police identified the victim as  Agustin Pajarillo of Barangay Mira, Bantay, Ilocos Sur.  Investigation...
House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has once again topped a survey on the job performance of Ilocos legislators. In a survey conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) between Feb. 25 and March 8, 2023, Marcos, a neophyte...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A magnitude-3.4 earthquake rocked this province on Friday morning, March 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake occurred at 9:13 a.m. The tectonic quake’s epicenter was located three kilometers southwest of this city...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Aira Cassanda S. Castro, who topped the recent March 2023 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE) with a grade of 89 percent, preferred to teach the medical students of the Mariano Marcos State University - College of Medicine (MMSU-COM) while serving in the government...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – The first-ever Miss Tobacco Philippines will be crowned at the Candon City Arena on March 25, Mayor Eric D. Singson said. FIFTEEN candidates in the Miss Tobacco Philippines are presented in their casual wear at the Civic Center of Candon City on March 4. (Freddie G....
She had been a long-forgotten dream, only subsisting in faint memories of a ‘90s family road trip. Today, her allure grows more than ever, thanks to the monuments and men (and women) who have shaped her. More than 20 years after I first visited Ilocos Norte, I returned with a lens of naturalism...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep Sandro Marcos has posted a congratulatory message for his provincemates who dominated in the recent March 2023 physician licensure exams. In fact the province produced the exam's topnotcher in Dr. Aira Cassandra S. Castro, who garnered a score of 89 percent....
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -- Operatives from the different units of the Police Regional Office Region 1 (PRO1) arrested 230 wanted persons and 92 drug suspects during a nationwide implementation of Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) on January 23-29,...
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...
A first-of-a-kind planetarium has been unveiled by the Philippine Science High School - Ilocos Region Campus (PSHS-IRC) as part of its plan to enrich STEM education offered on the campus. PSHS-Ilocos Region Campus Director Dr. Ronnalee N. Orteza, PSHS Executive Director Lilia T. Habacon, Former...
LA UNION – About P7,564,000 worth of marijuana plants were uprooted during joint eradication operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office I (PDEA ROI) and other law enforcement units in Sitio Balay, Barangay Sapdaan, Santol, La Union on Friday, Jan. 27. PDEA...
SUYO, Ilocos Sur -- The municipal mayor of Suyo, Ilocos Sur is seeking the implementation of more infrastructures, particularly road concreting projects, to bring more economic development programs in the depressed areas in his town. Suyo town Mayor Mario B. Subagan said the newly opened 250-meter...
