The Ilocos Times

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—The Diocese of Laoag has called on its faithful to surrender cursed rosaries circulating in the province. Father Philip Anthony Dimagiba, Ilocos Norte Provincial Police Office Chaplain said the presence of cursed rosaries here shocked him. According to Fr. Dimagiba, some parishioners surrendered some of these items to him. When asked about the indicators of a cursed rosary, he explained, “No INRI symbol, the Luciferian sun is present, four actually, the sun is the symbol of Lucifer, the angel of light before he rebelled versus God, there is a snake at the back of the crucified Lord, again the snake is the ancient serpent, the dragon who is Satan in the garden of Eden, who tempted men to disobey God not to eat the fruit.” Should a Catholic believer encounter any of these “diabolical” rosaries, he said they should surrender them to parish workers for destruction. “The object is cursed because it was offered in pr

RESOURCE  persons from the Benguet State University give hands-on demonstrations and lectures on ginger processing to the members of Saguigui Multipurpose Cooperative in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.  (Jopo Guerrero) The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently conducted a training on ginger processing for the members of the Saguigui Multipurpose Cooperative in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. Provincial agrarian reform program officer (PARPO) II Vic M. Ines said the Saguigui MPC has the largest production of ginger among the local producers in the province, hence the officers thought of ginger tea or salabat production as their value-addition enterprise. “Food processing also helps farmers manage their yields and get better returns since processed foods fetch comparatively higher rates than the raw produce itself,” said Ines. Resource persons from the Benguet State University gave hands-on demonstrations and lectures on basic production skills, packaging, labeling, product prici