Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Angelo M.
Barba, standing in for Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee R. Marcos, leads the distribution
of relief packs to typhoon Mario victims. The packs included construction
materials, vegetable and corn seeds, fertilizers and livestock among others.
The distribution was held on Sept. 30 at the Imelda Cultural Center. Batac
mayor Jeff Nalupta thanked the provincial government for their help to his
constituents. Also in the event are other Batac officials led by Batac vice
mayor Allan M. Nalupta. (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 ...
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