The Ilocos Times

Volunteers flock to DSWD to help in relief for Bohol quake Volunteers from University of the Southern Philippines, University of Cebu and other civil society groups and individuals strike a pose at the DSWD grounds after sorting and packing relief goods. DSWD Over a hundred volunteers flocked to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Field Office VII to help out in sorting, packing, handling and hauling relief goods for the victims of the earthquake. Heidelin Demecillo, who is currently taking up her studies in the University of the Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF), together with her classmates, helped in packing relief goods at the grounds of the social welfare agency. “We don’t have classes today so we thought of volunteering and helping out however we can”, she said. “We always welcome the help of the volunteers since they augment the disaster operations of the agency especially when most of our staff still also have to continue with t

I WAS coming home from saying Mass in Lahug, Cebu, when it happened. All of a sudden the car I was driving shook abnormally. I tried to ignore it at first, but it persisted. When I saw the posts swinging and the building nearby swaying, the idea came to me in a flash. This is an earthquake! A shot of terror suddenly hit me. I was hoping it would just be a brief spasm. But it took long, like an eternity, and the temblor became wilder. People started to come out into the street, all looking alarmed. The women passengers in the jeepney in front of me were crying and holding tightly on whatever their hands could get hold of at that moment. Immediately all sorts of thoughts came to mind. Will the ground open up? Will I see things falling down? Is this it? Am I prepared? It was amazing that at that moment I was expecting and preparing myself for the worst and yet also hoping and praying for the best. The here and now got automatically related to the ultimate. All in an instant!

Ingiddan dagiti pannakabagi ti Municipal Health Unit iti Bacarra, Ilocos Norte ti  Garantisadong Pambata a programa ti Dept. of Health bayat iti Manang Imee’s Capitol Express a kaadu ti tao iti Brgy. Pasiocan iti nasao nga ili. Segun ken ni Myrna Lezlie Cadiz, public health nurse ti Bacarra, dagiti ubbing nga addaan iti innem a bulan ket maipaayan da iti  Bitamina A  idinto a dagiti addaan met iti pito a bulan ket maikkanda met iti pagpurga nga agas. Kunana a malaksid kadagiti ubbing a maipaayan iti bitamina, maikkan pay dagiti agdadagsen. Naammuan nga adda pay ti maaramid a lecture kadagiti buntis kadagiti bukodda a barangay pakaseknan iti napintas a panangtaripato ti bagi pakairamanan iti im-imeten a maladaga. Uppat a barangay iti sinerbian ti Manang Imee’s Capitol Express idi October 16, idiay Bacarra a pakaibilangan ti Barangay  Pasiocan, Pasngal, Bungon ken ti Barangay Sangil. 

CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO--The police force of Ilocos Region will not only be busy serving and protecting thousands of Filipino people during the election period, but will also be busy running after illegal drugs and drug groups.   This, after Police Regional Office 1 formally opened a seminar on Anti-Illegal Drugs Operations and Investigation on October 14, 2013.  Fifty police officers composed of 11 commissioned officers and 39 Police non-commissioned officers designated as investigators of the local police stations of the four provinces of Region 1 participated in the seminar training conducted by personnel of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force (AIDSOTF). The said task force is led by P/Chief Inspector Roque Merdegia Jr., chief of legal and investigation division based in Camp Crame.  Police Sr. Supt. Alexander A. Pumecha, PRO1 Deputy Regional Director for Operations who served as the guest of honor and speaker, encouraged the participants to take th

Daytoyen ti gundaway dagiti agessem iti horror films a mangipakita ti laing ken talento iti nasao nga industria. Mainaig daytoy iti maisayangkat a Second Shor tHorror Film Competition kas paset iti Semana ti Ar-aria nga aktibidad ti gobierno probinsial iti daytoy a bulan ti Octobre. Gagem ti nasao a pasalip ket tapno agtitipon nga agaramid iti makaay-ayo dagiti ubbing nga Filmmakers a mangselebrar ti nadakamat nga aktibidad a daytoyen ti maikatlo a tawen a selselebraran ti probinsia. Linnaingan ken pinnintasan iti aramiden a nakabutbuteng a horror film iti maaramid a kompetisyon. Ti nasao a pasalip ket silulukat kadagiti amin nga estudiante manipud sekondarya ken college levels. Maysa nga entry iti kada grupo nga addaan iti 10 a miyembro a pakaibilangan metten ti production crew a bukbuklen ti camera man, director, scriptwriter ken dadduma pay ken ti main casts, mairamanen ditoy ti main actors ken characters. Gapu iti daytoy, iyaw-awis ni Gobernador Imee Marco

Impasingked ni Mayor Joe Foronda  a ti mausar a pundo ket manipud iti bingay ti probinsiya  nga RA-7171 wenno  excise ti tabako . Kuna na a malaksid iti pannaka-aspalto ti dalan, masemento  pay iti paset na ti Parut  kalpasan a nabayag metten a nabid babaen iti nangabak a contractor. Inlawlawag na a lima a barangay amin idiay Vintar ti pakaibukbukan iti pundo manipud ti bingay ti probinsiya iti excise tax ti tabako. Kuna na a sagtatallo gasut a ribu a pisos ti nailatang a pundo iti kada barangay nga aganay amin iti 1.2 milyon a pisos. Ti aw-awaten a bingay ti probinsia manipud iti excise tax ti tabako wenno RA-7171  ket ibur-buray ti gobierno probinsial babaen iti lideato  ni Gob. Imee Marcos  kadagiti nagduduma nga ili  para kadagiti proyekto infrastractrura tapno paginamayan dagiti umili kangrunaan na kadagiti agindeg iti nalengleng a barangay. (PGIN-CMO) 

By Reynaldo E. Andres Contributor   BATAC CITY —A Science and Technology (S&T) Park will soon rise inside the campus of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac City to cater to the growing demand for MMSU technologies to be commercialized. Some of these technologies are in line with agricultural commodities and food products. According to Prof. Samuel Franco, the S&T Park will house, among other things, the highly-industrialized equipment for food processing and is mandated to serve a venue to transfer basic and applied technologies developed by the university to those who may want to engage in food processing as a business venture. It will also be a venue to teach the prospective entrepreneurs the skills in producing community-based products and the production of high value meat products to the countryside for rural empowerment and to spur socio-economic development, and to showcase the technologies being developed by the university and those of p