The Ilocos Times

No suratek ti biagko: kastoy Napno iti pannakigasanggasat Napno iti utang iti kinaimbag Napno iti pannakadillaw Tiltilennak ti pannakaitublak Dagiti pannakapaay, no dadduma Pannakaumsi itoy a kinasiasinok Dagiti panagkatangkatang Da west, da nort, da est, da saut Dagiti adu a kasaor ken dugudog Ti panawen, dagiti panawen Itoy agrikrikus a planeta. No iladawak ti biagko: kastoy Addaan isem: napait-naalsem Ngem iti likudanna: nasam-it Dagiti katawa ken garakgak Iti aklili ti pasugnod ken Pasidumri, uray dagiti aglemlemmeng A panagsangit Adda iliw, adda segga Kadagiti saan nga agpabatubat Nga awis umel a komunikasion. No timbangek ti biagko: kastoy Kalawakaw, mabalin pay a bukaw Dagiti eppes a namnama a napaay Adda waw, saan a kaasi, saan a danum Isuda ti ayat, isuda ti kinnaawatan Saan ketdi a panagpuor Wenno panagrebba ti rangtay Ti ayat dagiti dumaldalinesnes A gagar: itan, naglikudandan Ti ruangan a sinangpetan iti yuul

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—Reaching out to the Ilokanos, a new language school and training center is now in the city offering Nihongo and German languages to interested applicants. Located at the heart of city, the Talaytayan Language and Training Centre Inc. is now accepting enrollees who wish to learn a foreign language for a better employment here and abroad. Founded by Riza Tongson-Espe, a specialist nurse who is now based in London, United Kingdom, the Talaytayan Language Center-Laoag branch aims to cater to students, caregivers, nurses or whoever that is interested to study Japanese or German languages. Research study shows that Japanese is one of the five hardest languages to learn, along with Arabic, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese. However, the Talaytayan Language Center has designed a comprehensive and convenient way to teach foreign languages. According to Ms. Espe, who is a native of Piddig, Ilocos Norte, thousands of hea

Atty. Judita Montemayor Tungol, new regional director of Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office 1, underscored the need to stomp out red tape and corruption in the government. The Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) of Region 1 and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) held their quarterly assessment on May 2-3, 2018 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.   The DARAB, particularly the provincial adjudicator, determines the primary and exclusive original jurisdiction and adjudicate agrarian disputes arising within their territorial jurisdiction. Among the topics discussed in the said activity was DAR Administrative Order No. 2—Series of 2018. The said administrative order aims to simplify cancellation cases of emancipation patents, certificates of land ownership awards and other titles issued under any agrarian reform program. The speakers in the quarterly assessment were DAR assistant secretary Jim Coleto and Atty. Judita Montemayor Tungol, the new

ANG  Pangkabuhayan party-list Rep. Dennis Laogan  meets with Currimao mayor Gladys Cue and other municipal officials as he attended the recently concluded Dinaklisan Festival 2018. Mr. Laogan promised to give PHP4 million for the Wilbor Go Elementary School. He later paid a courtesy call to MMSU president Shirley Agrupis to discuss the ongoing construction of the school’s multi-purpose building worth PHP5 million. Mr. Laogan funded the project through the Dept. of Public Works and Highways. Mr. Laogan also visited some of the projects he initiated in the province including the farm-to-market roads in Solsona, Badoc, Dingras and Vintar; the rehabilitation of diversion projects in Brgys. Palongpong and San Mateo in Batac City worth PHP5 million; and the National Irrigation Administration projects in San Nicolas, Dingras and Batac City with a total worth of PHP 10 million. (Doms dela Cruz)

The   Laoag City police holds a simulation exercise (SIMEX) on a hostage crisis incident stemming from an armed robbery. Laoag police officer-in-charge P/Supt. Dominic B. Guerrero led the exercise with supervision from Laoag mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas and the Police Regional Office 1 Red Team  P/Chief Insp . Freddie Evangelista and P/Chief Insp. Claro Pagdilao together with INPPO’s P/Chief Insp. Lauro Milan. The police held the exercise at a pawnshop along Gen. Segundo Ave. corner D. Samonte St. During the exercise, experts trained Laoag police officers on the police’s area of responsibility, the appropriate police response in accordance with law and human rights-based standards, and the procedural rescue operation conduct. They also explained the investigation process of the crime scene. After the SIMEX, the trainors noted that the  first responders are almost at the proximity of the crime scene; police line should be wider; and the negotiator should not be so close to the hostage ta

A Filipino who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States “but has not always acted lawfully,” according to Justice Kagan, because he committed two crimes of burglary in California was saved from deportation by the vote of Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s appointee to the Supreme Court who voted with the four liberal justices to create a 5-4 majority. As to why Gorsuch sided with the liberals, see https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/why-neil-gorsuch-sided-with-the-liberal-justices-in-sessions-v-dimaya.html ) The case had languished in the Supreme Court for three years because the justices had split 4-4, on whether to deport the immigrant. This case illustrates that persistence pays off even if one is a convicted felon and should serve as an example for other criminal defendants hundreds of whom are innocent but simply wilt like an unwatered flower in a vase and plead “not guilty” or “no contest” even though their case is less odious or is defensible. James