The Ilocos Times

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—The Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office (INPPO) welcomed at least 77 newly downloaded personnel at the Camp Valentin S. Juan, this city. Geared towards the realization of Patrol Plan 2030—an approach to further improve effective and credible police service, the neophyte police personnel are expected to hone their skills, knowledge and core values to carry out the Philippine National Police transformation to promote peace and order in local communities. In his short speech, provincial police director P/Sr. Supt. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. reiterated to the new cops to always follow discipline and dedication to their mandated tasks. The downloading of the new PNP personnel is in compliance with the directive of the PNP Central leadership to increase police visibility in the community and conduct regular patrolling activities to prevent commission of crimes. Earlier, all police inspectors and police officers 1 in th

LAOAG CITY—The government-owned Ilocos Norte Water District (INWD) is considering a possible joint venture with Prime Water Corporation (PWC). Prime Water Corporation is water distribution system company based in Metro Manila. INWD general manager John Teodoro confirmed this as a proposed public and private partnership agreement which is expected to improve water supply in the province. With the on-going infrastructure developments in the province, Mr. Teodoro said it is high time to consider this joint venture with a private company. As of this posting, Mr. Teodoro reported about 90 percent of the 132 permanent and job order employees may probably consider to transfer with Prime Water once the agreement will be finalized. This is because the private party offers better compensation and benefit packages to its employees. As part of the government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) of the Philippines, INWD will still regulate the activities of the priv

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ILOCOS NORTE FIRST JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH XVI, LAOAG CITY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE PROBATE OF HOLOGRAPHIC WILL OF BASILIA S. ANDRES WILFREDO G. ANDRES, JR. Petitioner, SPEC. PROC. NO. 17153-16 FOR PROBATE OF HOLOGRAPHIC WILL OF BASILIA S. ANDRES x---------------x ORDER A verified petition has been filed by the petitioner wherein he prayed the Court that after due notice, publication and hearing the holographic will of the late BASILIA S. ANDRES be declared her last will and testament and that the petitioner be appointed as executor and/or administrator of her estate and serving as such without a bond. The petitioner likewise prayed for other just and equitable reliefs. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the hearing of the same is hereby set for September 27, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. before this Court sitting at the ground floor of the Marcos Hall of Justice, Laoag Ci

Laoag City's controlled dumpsite By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff reporter Laoag City—The city government here found Brgys. Salet-Bulangon and Balatong as possible sites for a sanitary landfill. This came after the planned partnership with the Government of Laoag Employees Development Cooperative (GLEDCO) to build and operate a sanitary landfill at Brgy. Lagui-Sail here was cancelled. City assessor Engr. Ruben Domingo said soil-testing was already conducted on the Brgy. Salet-Bulangon site. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), however, has not issued the test result yet. Mr. Domingo added that during the MGB testing in the said barangay, they pointed out that the 3.3-hectare land area is small for a landfill. They also noticed that some residential houses are also near the site. The assessor disclosed further, that he, along with the MGB personnel, visited the ongoing construction of a sanitary landfill in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. They then recommende

The United States of America’s State Department issued an official report on the country conditions in the Philippines in 2016 which states in part: “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, elected in May, began the first year of his constitutionally limited six-year term on June 30…. Since July police and unknown vigilantes have killed more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers and users as the government pursued a policy aimed at eliminating illegal drug activity in the country by the end of the year. Extrajudicial killings have been the chief human rights concern in the country for many years and they increased sharply over the past year. https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper   There is at least one mother in Hawaii whose son, who was suspected of being a drug user, was reportedly the victim of an extrajudicial killing in Ilocos Norte, Philippines after President Duterte came to power. Can the mother sue the Republic of the Philippines for the extrajudic

By Bernard Ver Contributor Grace Leaño Arnaiz a native of Barangay 5, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, a registered nurse in Yardley, Pennsylvania and currently the vice-president of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA-Pennsylvania) was awarded the Outstanding Migrant Award for Community Service and Promoting Cultural Diversity in Pennsylvania, USA. Grace left the Philippines when she was only 21 years old. She petitioned her parents and sister Nenita Leaño Andres to USA so they could be together. She followed her sister Winda Leaño Almazan’s, a registered nurse, footsteps. She is the youngest in a brood of three; one is a teacher and she and her other sister are nurses. Grace is the daughter of Cecilia Sambrano and Nonito Leaño, both teachers by profession. She studied nursing at Philippine Women’s University in Manila. She has three kids: Richard Dengah, 35; Michael Dengah 34, with his wife Shery Dengah; and Fatima Dengah, 33 who helped her in a medical mission in the Ph

By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff reporter Laoag City—The city government here honored and recognized four centenarians at the City Hall during two flag-raising ceremonies. They are:  Lucia Corpuz Colobong of Barangay 52-A (San Mateo) who turned 101 on August 16, 2017; has 11 children, 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Mrs. Colobong said she lives a healthy life by eating vegetables and rarely of meat. Narcisa Alonzo Corpuz of Barangay 43 (Cavit) was born on January 16, 1916. What is very interesting according to her is, she drinks soda and smokes tobacco which she believes makes her live longer. However, she emphasizes that despite of her vices, she eats lots of food for her to become stronger. Mrs. Corpuz said she enjoys her 101 years of existence with her 6 children, 14 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.  Pedro Tangonan of Barangay 39 (Sta. Rosa) also believes that age is just a number. He is engaged in farming but found his “love” in public servi