Ilocos Norte
1st district representative Rep. Rudy C. Farinas (1st district,
Ilocos Norte) distributes 65 multi cabs to the different barangays of the province’s
first district. The allotment for the multi cabs came from his 2012 PDAF. Aside
from multi-cabs, the congressman also distributed materials for the
construction of barangay halls, box culverts, cementing, and others the requests
of barangays. The distribution was held at the Bacarra Auditorium last month
and was attended by the barangay officials who are beneficiaries. Joining the
congressman for the distribution is his daughter, Sangguniang Panlalawigan
member Ria Christina Farinas. (Doms dela Cruz)
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 ...
Comments
Post a Comment