The Ilocos Times

THIS is both the task and the challenge of a good teacher. He has to know how to proclaim the truth about the subject he teaches. He has to dish out the pertinent data, information, and other trivia. But he also has to wage a continuing dialogue with all the relevant references of his job, so that his stock of knowledge would not grow idle, stagnant, if not dead.   A teacher who has been teaching the same subject in school for years has to make continuing research and study, and be sensitive to the developments of his field that these days are in a galloping state. He has to pay attention to the authorities and experts of his field, as well as to his students in their concrete situations and conditions. In a sense, he is like a mediator, a bridge. In fact, if he has to stay afloat in his work or business, he has to continually find new frontiers. He should not be contented with what he already knows and has achieved. Though there are things that by their nature will stay perm

  Sen. Grace Poe eating empanada at the Batac Public Market (Lei Adriano) By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY — Some Ilocanos in this province known as the Marcos bailiwick said the “solid north” vote goes to Vice Presidential candidate Ferdinand “ Bongbong ” R. Marcos Jr. but added they prefer Ms. Poe-Llamanzares for president. Several members of the local business sector here particularly the mango growers from Ilocos Norte and nearby Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan provinces welcomed Ms. Poe-Llamanzares with placards and tarpaulins with her photo along with FPJ and Susan Roces. "We [give] our all-out support for Senator Bongbong but we want Grace for president. We want a new leader untainted with corruption. Someone who is not indebted to anybody like old politicians and our old government system so that she can institute reform and clean our government,” said Ricardo Tolentino, a well-known mango magnate in Northern Luzon who even brought a bouque

  Local businessmen led by "Mango King" Carding Tolentino welcome Sen. Grace Poe at the Laoag International Airport. (Lei Adriano) By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter BATAC CITY—Presidential candidate Sen. Mary Grace Natividad S. Poe-Llamanzares vowed to promote tourism in Ilocos Norte to generate more employment and income opportunities for residents here. Speaking before Batac City officials and employees on February 11, Ms. Poe-Llamanzares acknowledged the huge potential of the tourism industry in the province, where her father, Fernando Poe Jr. shot his most popular movie series, “Ang Panday.” “ Batid natin ang potensyal ng turismo dito ay napakalaki dahil nga ang ganda-ganda ng inyong lugar. Noon pa pinaplano kung papa’no palalawakin ang airport at kung ano pang pwedeng gawin para dito ,” she said. Ms. Poe-Llamanzares said the expansion of the Laoag International Airport would help boost tourism in the province as it will allow more foreign v

Expansion in food trade must support national and global food security objectives, FAO report says Rome — Rules governing international trade of food and agricultural products should be crafted with an eye to improving countries' food security and other development objectives. For this, a pragmatic approach that would align agricultural and trade policies at the national level is needed, a new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report argues. The expected increase in global trade of farm products along with shifting patterns of trade and multiples sources of risks to global supplies will give trade and its governance a heightened influence over the extent and nature of food security everywhere. As a result, the challenge for policy makers has evolved into one of ensuring that its expansion "works for, and not against, the elimination of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition," according to  The   State of Agricultural Commodity Markets  (SOCO). The ne

With personal effort and with collaborative and collective effort most of these I consider my humble accomplishments in God’s Blessings and guidance: I was elected delegate and representative to the Annual Diocesan Convention and the Regional of the Hawaii Episcopalian 2015, St. Paul’s Church, Honolulu; Chosen a Champion of the Quarter Department of Transportation, Highway Division as Chairman of the Adopt a Highway Clean Up Project under the OFCC; Took pride as co-chair for Ways and Means, Fundraising Committee joint project of Annak Ti Sinait Iti Hawaii and Sinait National High School Alumni Assn of Hawaii for the successful HOKU BBQ chicken fundraising in March 2015 for Medical Mission and Operation Fund; Took pride as co-chair for the ISAH 2 nd  President Elpidio Quirino Leadership and Humanitarian Award June 4, 2015 Hawaii Prince Hotel; Took pride as co-chair for Mrs. ISAH 2015 Hilton Hawaiian Village October 24, 2015; Took pride as Chair ISAH Special

Mizpah Grace G. Castro PGIN-CMO Laoag CITY—“Eventually, I'll help Ilocos Norte.  Kung mayroon mang mga trabaho na pwedeng makatutulong sa  development ng Ilocos Norte, I will choose to be a part of it.” Czarina Berlynne Donne M. Agustine is the second of four children of a tricycle driver and an office clerk. A resident of Laoag City and graduate of the Ilocos Norte National High School-Special Science Class (INNHS-SSC), she is now a freshman at the Mariano Marcos State University-College of Arts and Sciences (MMSU-CAS) in Batac City, and a beneficiary of the "Iskolar ni Manang Imee" scholarship program. Czarina Agustin ( Reu A. Flores) According to Berlynne, she initially qualified for and was accepted into the Sirib Academic Scholarship program funded by the Sirib Youth Office (SYO). When Sirib officers noticed her latest general weighted average (1.25), they encouraged her to apply for the "Iskolar ni Manang Imee" scholarship instead.

A “safe haven” in immigration parlance is a disposition of a criminal case against an alien that does not trigger adverse immigration consequences like removal (deportation). An experienced and an excellent immigration/criminal defense attorney who has a lot of imagination and the patience, persistence, and perseverance to do research and fight for you should be able to find a safe haven for an alien criminal defendant. If the lawyer you hired cannot find a safe haven, fire the ineffective lawyer and get one who can find a safe haven.   A safe haven can include outright acquittal, dismissal of the charge, a charge bargain, or a sentence bargain. Charge bargain A charge bargain (plea bargain) involves negotiation between the prosecutor and defense counsel so that the charge will be reduced to a non-deportable offense. For example, where an alien is charged criminally for theft which is a crime involving moral turpitude and therefore a deportable offense, defense coun