. Gladys Mae Menor,
president of the Calayab Association Hawaii Chapter leads the oath-taking of
the new officials of GUMIL Ilocos Norte Chapter at the MMSU-CTE Social Hall on
February 17, 2016. The new elected officials for CY 2016-2017 are: Mario Tejada
(president), Leilanie Adriano (vice president), Aileen Rambaud (secretary),
Elmer Lopez (sub-secretary), Avelina Fe Camacho (treasurer), Adoracion Salantes
(sub-treasurer), Ederlina Acantilado (PIO), Leonor Melchor (auditor), Daniel
Nesperos and Delfin Dumayas (business managers), Narcisa Acosta, Milagros
Sagadraca, Renato Taylan, Edna Nagtalon, Elma Santos, Rodolfo Guittap (Board of
Directors), Elizabeth Raquel, Cles Rambaud, Severino Pablo, Joel Manuel,
Rosario Bingayen and Jorge Placido (advisers). (Lei Adriano)
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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