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DOMINGO Ambrocio flashes the peace sign with a supporter while campaigning for mayor of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte in the May elections. (FB photo) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Mayor Domingo Curimao Ambrosio Jr. of San Nicolas, this province, died of a heart attack Wednesday, July 20, at the Lor

More than a week after assuming office, President Marcos has yet to choose the next chief of the 226,000-strong Philippine National Police.

Wallace Stegner is a giant in the literature of the American West. So why is his 1945 collection of essays about racism in California so forgotten?

(PNA file photo) LAOAG CITY - The Ilocos Norte government is calling on interested farmers to venture into goat and poultry farming to boost food sufficiency in the province. Except for goats and poultry, the Provincial Agriculture Office has reported a more than 100 percent sufficiency level in terms of food production in the province. The Provincial Veterinary Office urged Ilocano hog raisers previously hit by the African swine fever (ASF) to adopt livestock production alternatives while the p...

The Philippine Army and the US Army Pacific are planning to hold large-scale ‘Salaknib’ exercises in 2023, reported Philippine News Agency.

Neophyte congressman, Rep. Sandro Marcos of Ilocos Norte's 1st district has hit the ground running in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and his father, President Bongbong Marcos (Facebook) Rep. Marcos, the eldest son of President Ferdinand "Bon

PLANNING. Philippine Army officials and their US Army Pacific counterparts meet in Hawaii to discuss the 2023 edition of "Salaknib" training exercises. The officials are eyeing to scale up the exercises next year. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) MANILA - The Philippine Army (PA) and the US Army Pacific (USARPAC) are eyeing a bigger version of the "Salaknib" training exercises next year. In a statement Sunday, Army spokesperson Xerxes Trinidad said both the PA and USAR...

A constellation of foreign and Philippine stars in politics, business and showbiz graced the June 30 inauguration of President Bongbong Marcos, including Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley, China’s Vice President Wang Qishan (who had separate meetings with Marcos and former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos) and US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.

The past cannot be undone, but the future holds great promise. Forgive and forget whatever was done in the past.

PUBLIC VIEWING. Employees of the Laoag City government and some guests watch the inaugural address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the National Museum on Thursday (June 30, 2022). The LED wall at the Gilbert Bridge also showed live coverage of Marcos' assumption as the 17th President of the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of Christian Francis Garvida) LAOAG CITY - Ilocos Norte was at a standstill on Thursday as locals watched the live coverage of the inaugural ceremony of President Ferdina...