The Ilocos Times

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter Laoag City —Another business processing outsourcing (BPO) company is offering free training, this time, for nurses who may be interested to shift careers but still in a related field. Nicole Rudio, provincial manager of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said Monday the free training is open to all graduates of nursing who would like to apply in BPO companies. According to Ms. Rudio, the four-week training to be slated this August is a great opportunity for nurses to advance their career in clinical research and pharmacovigilance. For interested applicants, Ms. Rudio said the PESO located at east wing of the Provincial Capitol building is accepting applicants for their registration and interview. In support of the provincial government’s “Sagip Nars” program, BPO companies have extended their job recruitment to nurses, a course which many Ilocanos completed but now has a very limited job opportunities. “They may

Inbalakad ni Ilocos Norte Gobernador Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos kadagiti maseknan nga opisial ti panangkita iti pagayusan ti danum kadagiti drainage wenno kanal a nabangedan kadagiti kayo wenno basura no kastoy a panawen ti panagtutudo. Kuna ti gobernador a masapul ti panagtitinnulong dagiti opisial ken dagiti maseknan tapno madalusan ken maliklikan ti pannakalayus iti bukod a lugar. Dinakamat ti gobernador nga ehemplo ti ili a Paoay no sadinno a dagiti dadduma a basura manipud iti siudad ti Batac ken ti Currimao ket agturong ken maibangenda idiay Paoay a poon iti pakalayusan ti ili no kasta nga agtudo iti napigsa. Gapu iti daytoy, kidkiddawen ti ina ti probinsia kadagiti maseknan ti panangadal ken panangkita amin dagitoy a problema tapno awan ti agsakit  ken malayus no dumteng ti kastoy a panawen. (PGIN-CMO)

Flexibility is one thing that rice can boast of as a living organism, PhilRice Executive Director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr. said. This he noted in the midst of abnormal weather challenges that confront rice production. In a statement Rasco noted the ability of rice to withstand a wide range of ecosystems, given appropriate technologies and environments. “Rice can actually survive disasters. We just need more R&D to continue to improve our outputs and bring technologies to farmer. Matching these technologies to suitable environments is the key,” Mr. Rasco said. Mr. Rasco added that the natural calamities experienced in the country have only become a constraint because of the lack of efficient infrastructure, specifically shipping which, according to him, is still very primitive, unreliable, and costly. “Our neighboring countries have also had their share of floods, drought, pests, among other challenges that confronted their rice production. But they managed to move on

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff Reporter LAOAG CITY—Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) in this province is moving to institutionalize the practice of organic agriculture in the province to ensure healthy foods and cope with the international organic agriculture movement. A draft provincial ordinance no. 2014-06-025 was passed for second reading at the SP session hall to encourage all farmers in the province to adopt a sustainable habit of organic farming which will eventually pay off in the long run. This is also in support of Republic Act 10068 or the so-called Organic Agriculture Act 2010, which aims to “cumulatively condition and enrich the fertility of the soil, increase farm productivity, reduce pollution and destruction of the environment, prevent the depletion of natural resources, further protect the health of farmers, consumers, and the general public, and save on imported farm inputs.” Provincial agriculturist Norma Lagmay, who was invited as resourc

Kasapulan a maaddaan ti probinsia iti napintas a pagurnongan iti danum kas iti watersheds zone no kastoy a panawen ti panagtutudo. Kuna ti gobernador a babaen iti daytoy ket adda ti nakasagana a maparuk-atan a danum no panawen met iti tikag. Inbatadna a saan a maaw-awatan ti klima gapu ta siam a bulan nga awan ti mapasaran a tudo ngem no agtudo ket agpaut met iti dua a bulan ken adda pay ti panaglayusna kadagiti nababa a lugar. Inlawlawagna a daytoy ti maysa a makitana a mangsolbar iti problema dagiti mannalon no panawen ti panagtatalon gapu ta adda nukuan sindadaan nga usarenda a danum a pagtalon. (PGIN-CMO)

The San Agustin Church in Paoay (File photo) By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter Laoag City —The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is urging all local government units (LGUs) and other concerned stakeholders to protect local heritage sites in Ilocos Norte. NCCA Sub commission on Cultural Heritage and Technical Assistance Program representatives were in Laoag City to conduct workshop on heritage law and basic conservation methods while sending other technical experts composed of structural engineers to assess various old churches in need of immediate repair and rehabilitation. Attended by parish priests, policy makers, tourism officers and engineering and architecture instructors, the workshop held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall at the Provincial Capitol aims to familiarize participants specifically on what LGUs can do to protect local heritage. The seminar also discussed the salient features of Republic Act No 10066, or the National

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter Laoag City —The National Tobacco Administration’s (NTA) Farm Technology and Services Department (FTSD)  is holding various livelihood trainings for women  and children of tobacco-growing families in the Ilocos region. For the whole month of August, a series of trainings on bread, cake and pastry making and herbal tea making is being conducted to interested participants at the NTA AgriPinoy Tobacco Farmers Food Processing Plant and Trading Center in Nanguneg East, Narvacan in Ilocos Sur. The first batch of trainees for bread, cake and pastry making opened   on August 5 with three more batches to follow on August 7-8,   August 26-27   and August 28-29 . On the other hand, another four batches with at least 30 participants per batch will also undergo training on herbal tea making on August 12, 13, 14 and 15. In the previous months of June and July, training facilitators from the NTA also conducted trainings on organic fertilizer