Brgy. 15 citizens association of Laoag City, a registered civic association with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), celebrate Valentine’s day, as a reminder of the “Rose He gave me long ago”, by the one and only. From L facing camera: Dolores Pedro, secretary; Romana Fernandez, retired cashier of Philippine National Bank (PNB), Laoag; Lola Valentine, Loida Fausto, retired court interpreter, RTC branch 15; Segundina Julian, retired supervising nurse, provincial hospital (RBAMH), and Editha Ocimas, OFW balikbayan, give each a red rose representing love to all mankind. (Inset) Former punong barangay 15 Marino Basilio, place the big Valentine’s Heart to the Valentine Queen Loida Fausto, and the members pinning a small red Valentine heart with each other.
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte—Taking pride of this town ’s favorite Ilo cano dish, locally known as pinakbet, a mix of indigenous vegetables steamed in fish sauce, residents here ushered the opening of the third Pinakbet festival. “Pinakbet” came from the contracted Ilokano word ‘pinakebbet ’ which means “ shrunk ” or “shriveled.” As a way of thanksgiving, the Pinakbet festival is a repository of the town ’ s “ani” [harvest] festival being celebrated every month of March but this was later moved to December to accommodate more balikbayans wanting to join the festivity. Residents in this agricultural town derived most of their income from the harvest of high value crops, including rice, tobacco and corn as staple crops. This year, the week-long festivity highlighted a grand parade around the town plaza and a pinakbet cook fest at the municipal gymnasium to showcase the best pinakbet in town. A boodle fight followed suit. Earlier, a fun run was participated by various groups ...

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