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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently turned over P7.6 million worth of farm machinery, trucks, and inputs to members of nine agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. The turnover was led by DAR Undersecretary for Filed Operations Atty. Kazel Celeste at the Catuguing Multipurpose Cooperative in…
DAMAGED INFRA. Bricks fall from a century-old building within the Badoc church compound in Ilocos Norte. The July 27, 2022 earthquake damage to Ilocos infrastructure has reached over PHP136 million. (Photo courtesy of BFP Badoc) LAOAG CITY - The provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur have incurred over PHP136 million estimated damage to infrastructure, mostly affecting schools and century-old buildings, from last week's strong earthquake, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) from both provinces reported on Monday. In Ilocos Norte, the PDRRMC said there were ...
LAOAG CITY- The local government unit of Pinili in Ilocos Norte province is starting a solar revolution to secure its food production. Vice Mayor Maynard Francis Bumanglag said Tuesday that at least 25 barangays in Pinili town have installed solar pumps to irrigate their rice fields. "This is just the initial installation of solar pumps in our town while we are working on other Barangays to follow suit," he said in an interview. For farmer Ryan John Pascua, the installation of the solar water pumps is a big help as they no longer need to worry about the high cost of fuel when irrigat...
PDEA logo LAOAG CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Ilocos Region (PDEA-1) announced Monday that a total of 382 villages in Ilocos Norte have been cleared of illegal drugs. PDEA-1 agent Farlyn Sheen Vinluan said this accounts for 74.42 percent of the total 525 drug-affected barangays in the province. To date, Vinluan said 143 affected barangays are still in the process of securing documentary requirements before being declared "drug-free," most of which are in Bangui, Badoc, Pinili, and Paoay. Vinluan said the provincial oversight committee - composed of the PDEA, th...
A Filipino-Chinese joint venture failed in its bid to compel the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to implement a contract for it to provide information and communications technology systems allowing mobile betting for the PCSO’s lotto games.