The Ilocos Times

Dua a nataenganen a padamin a limmas-ud iti payapay ti pitopulo, ti nagkuna iti nagduma a kapanunotan: Umuna:  Nataenganakon, awanak ditan, bagiyo metten. Maikadua: Addaakto latta aginggana ti kabaelak ken ipalubos ti salun-at, bagi ken panunotko iti rummuar ken makidanggay iti agus ti biag. Makidanggay. Makipagtunos. Makikaykaysa. Mangted ti panawen.  Kasta ti naawatanmi iti kinuna ti maikadua. Nalpasakon. Panawenyo metten. Didak ibibiangen. Kasta met ti nagawatak iti kinuna ti umuna. Ania kadagitoy ti pangipuestuantayo ti bagitayo, kalpasan a nakaawattayon ti nangato a pammigbig kas ‘kangrunaan a pammadayaw’.  Agsardengtayo kadin? Adda sumagmamano nga am-ammomi ti nagkuna: “Adda man ken awan ti plake wenno sertipiko ti pammadayaw, saandak a mapasardeng nga agaramid iti mabalinko nga aramiden a patiek a pakairanudan ti sabali.” Iti kaudian a OFCC board meeting itay Marso 30, 2014 iti FilComCenter, kadagupan iti aganay a 38 a lider ken kameng iti komu

Department of Agriculture Sec. Proceso J. Alcala lauded the Central Luzon farmers for helping achieve the highest rice harvest in the Philippine history during the Farmers` Lakbay Palay hosted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, April 1-4. Despite strong typhoons that ravaged agricultural lands last year, Alcala told about 1,500 farmers that they had produced 18.44 million metric tons of rice, enlisting the Philippines as the fastest growing rice production country in Asia. The production also made the country 97-percent rice self-sufficient in 2013. Although three-percent short of the 100 percent target, the country, however, registered a 16-percent increase within three years. The country was only 81-percent rice self-sufficient in 2010. With the rice sector`s performance last year, the agriculture secretary discouraged the public from focusing on the deficit in the 100-percent rice self-sufficiency target. “We have tried h

Bimmaba ti bilang dagiti out-of-school youth idiay Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte.sipud nanayonan ti bilang dagiti Iskolar ni Manang Imee iti benneg ti elementaria ken sekondaria. Iti panagturong ni Ilocos Norte Gobernador Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos idiay Pasuquin a nagibununganna iti stipend dagiti ubbing a maibilang nga “Iskolar ni Manang Imee”, kinunana a dandanin awan ti out-of-school youth iti elementaria ngem adu pay laeng dagiti saan a makaturpos iti sekondaria. Gapu iti daytoy, impasingkedna a masapul nga ikarigatan a pagbalinen a 100 a porsiento a makalpas amin iti high school dagiti taga Pasuquin. Naragsakan met ti gobernador kalpasan a naammuanna a libre wenno awan ti bayadan dagiti ubbing nga agluglugan iti Sirib bus nga inpaay ti probinsia gapu ta ibakbaklay daytoy ti gobierno munisipal. Makita met ti gobernador ti rigat dagiti ubbing nga aggapu kadagiti nasilunek a barangay. Gapu iti daytoy, kidkiddawenna ti tulong dagiti agtuturay idiay Pasuquin a pagtiti

By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff Reporter Carasi , Ilocos Norte—Citing “unfriendly and unhealthy working environment”, Dr. Jerwin Johnted Asuncion filed his irrevocable resignation as Carasi’s rural health unit chief. The resignation letter was addressed to Carasi Mayor Rene Villa Gaspar and effective April 15, 2014. Asuncion admitted that his decision to resign stemmed from an incident where a patient died due to a puncture wound. The victim was identified as George B. Ganojera, who suffered the wound from accidentally stepping on a nail. Blamed Asuncion was later blamed for the incident as he allegedly did not attend to the victim immediately. To exacerbate the situation, Asuncion was also alleged to have injected the wrong drug. The incident transpired on January 20 wherein Ganojera went to the RHU seeking medical assistance for his wound. According to Asuncion, the victim was immediately attended to. The victim was also instructed to undergo a tetanus toxoid

Ket sirmataek ti parbangon A pammasungad agdanapidip a kiray Ti kinamaladaga ti linnaaw iti agsapa Dagiti maipasngay nga  ayat muyong Nasudi a samiweng sonata ni ayat Dagiti sirayak a raya ti init iti agsapa Kas met iti panagukrad ti sabong Itag-ay ti init ti alibungubong banglo-sam-it Umaddang ti aldaw a kantaan ti kulibangbang Uray dagiti napudaw a kalapati ken pagaw Napintas ti aglawlaw iti rayray ti init Sagut met ti ibabangon iti agsapa Iti sabali a panangrugi a mangtunton Ti dalan ti panagbaniaga….. Agtindek manen ti init ti kinasin-aw Lumabas ti oras tarakitik ti pagorasan No aglikig ti init malaylayto ti sabong Ket sumurot met a matnag ti bulong Ngem saan a dita ti paggibusan Ta iti ilalabas iti igid ti lansangan Ti metropolis, uray ditoy ili ti daan a kaunasan Dinto met mapunas ti ladawan ket tugot Sakasaka a sakada a nangibuat ti ekonomia Ta ti malem addanto met pannakaimbirna Iti laem ti sardam ti panaginana Mainawto ti

YEAR 2014 is fast becoming a very special year for me. There actually are many reasons for this, and all of them leave me profoundly thankful and nervous. But among the reasons is the most gratifying fact that two men, very close to my heart, will be raised to the altars in this Year of the Laity. One is Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, successor of Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, who will be beatified in Madrid on September 27. He ordained me to the diaconate in Rome on January 28, 1991. It was his first time to ordain candidates to the priesthood, since he was just consecrated bishop a few weeks earlier that year. The other is Blessed Pope John Paul II who will be canonized saint on April 27. By an extreme stroke of luck and, I believe, a pure bolt of grace, I was chosen as one of those to be ordained priest by him in Rome that year on May 26, Trinity Sunday. The moment I was told I would be ordained by Pope John Paul II, I literally froze in disbelief. Spontaneous