Dingras Mayor Erdio Valenzuela and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Saguid—set
to swap positions on June 30,2019—lead the blessing and inauguration of their
town’s Double "A" type slaughterhouse located at Brgy. Cali. The said
project is worth PHP7.5 million with the municipal government providing the
backfilling, fencing, water system and the lot. The municipal government has since
complied with all the requirements the National Meat Inspection Council set
forth in their earlier visited the project. This said project is ready for its
full operation after the local government installed the required electric power.
The only other Double “A” slaughterhouse in the Ilocos Region is in Sta Cruz,
Ilocos Sur. (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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