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| Laoag Liga ng mga Barangay president and council ex-officio member Mikee Fariñas along with her fellow barangay officials pay a courtesy call to Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon. The other Laoag barangay officials are Brgy. 16 chairperson Rey Carlos Farinas, Bengcag chairperson Cathleen Ubay, Barit chairperson Ruben Ancheta, Brgy. 26 chairperson Romulo Gabriel Jr., Brgy. 1 chairperson Melvin Santos and their barangay council members. The courtesy call was witnessed by Laoag Vice mayor Vicentito Lazo. Mr. Keon asked the help of the ABC President to forge stronger unity of all punong barangay in the city for a better and new Laoag. (Photo courtesy of Laoag CMO) |
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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