Laoag City Fiesta is Ilocos Norte Fiesta
Laoag City Fiesta is schedule from February 1-10 each year. However, when Laoag City celebrates its “town” fiesta, the whole Ilocos Norte celebrates with it. Thousands of people from all over Ilocos Norte come to Laoag City for the annual fiesta which showcases concerts, Hawaiiano Nights, parades and of course, the “Perya” or carnival. Students [...]
Filipino Nurses Attend Jobs Fair in Ilocos Norte, Reflects Unemployment Rate
Many Filipino nurses attended the jobs fair held here in Ilocos Norte last week. The event was sponsored by the Philippine Overseas and Employment Agency (POEA) and the local government of Ilocos Norte. It aimed to provide jobseekers (from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Cagayan and other provinces) venue to apply for jobs that suit them [...]
Motor Vehicle Registration at LTO
Today, my Jeep was registered with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and it took another whole day of my time. We arrived at the office at 8 o’clock in the morning and went home at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. It was really a grueling wait-and-see experience.
This experience prompts me to seek help from friends [...]
Ilocos Norte is Safe From Typhoon Frank
As many of you do not know, Ilocos Norte is not affected by typhoon Frank. Typhoon Frank hit the Visayas area hard especially Romblon and Iloilo. News on GMA TV and ABS CBN confirm this report.
I was just wondering where PAGASA got its data flagging this province as Signal Number 2. It’s [...]
When Cars Get Naughty
Have you ever wondered if your car will get naughty like the one shown above? I certainly don’t want mine to make me wait for it to hit the road. The Chevrolet Europe does not do that. It’s smooth and won’t make the owner wait for it to get into the right [...]
Belated Happy Father’s Day!!!
In Ilocos Norte, we do not have any fancy celebration of Father’s Day. We just greet our dads and maybe kiss them and thank them for all that they’ve done for us through the years. It’s quite difficult to ignore our dads during this day because some families even have a little party for their [...]
Salazar Takes Position From Aquino as Mayor of Piddig
Ilocos Norte Politics Update: Politics here in Ilocos Norte has always been hot since the time of Ferdinand Marcos.
Local news here as of late indicate that the new town mayor of Piddig, Ilocos Norte formally assumed his post Thursday morning after the Supreme Court issued an order instructing the former local chief executive to [...]
Quality of Education is Getting Worse in the Philippines
Television and print news imply that the quality of education in the Philippines is getting worse every year. Statistics also support the growing number of students every school year but the number of classrooms remain almost the same. This means that there is a lopsided student-teacher ratio which is supposed to be 1:40 [...]
