The City of Batac celebrated
mayor Albert Chua’s birthday with the distribution of farm machineries and equipment for select farmer
beneficiaries held at the Imelda Cultural Center. Witnessing the blessing are
Chua, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod headed by Batac vice mayor Windell
Chua and the city’s department heads. The farm machineries and equipment distributed
were 1,000 units of water pump; 1,800 rolls of irrigation hose; 500 units of 2-in-1
knapsack sprayer; six units walk-behind transplanter; 30 units of riding type
hand-tractor; 30 units of multi-cultivator; 40 units rice reaper; 40 units
hold-on thresher; two units of amphibious
vehicle; one water tanker; three garbage compactor; one manlift and two dump trucks.
Chua said the funding for these came from the city’s RA 7171 share. (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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