by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano OFW Journalism Consortium, in partnership with The Philippine Star   MAKATI CITY—A FORMER ship captain’s low-income hometown is 151.66 kilometers away from here. The structures in his hometown of Bautista, Pangasinan have nothing on the slickness of the marbles, tiles, and furnishings of the multi-storey office building of Capt. Manolo Gacutan. [...]

By Christine Ma. Verzosa   “Uray no agtudo iti brreta…” Iti pagsasao ni Ilocano, nalabes unay a pannakapaay ti kaipapanan daytoy. Nabantot la unay ti bakbaklayen a dagensen. Iti kastoy a pagsasao, saan a daydiay ibagbagana ti direkta a kayatna a sawen no di ket adda sabali a pakaitarusanna. Kasta ngamin dagiti tayutay. Kas kadaytoy, [...]

Living treasures of Ilocos Sur were also recognized during the weeklong festivity. Thirty two individuals and groups were included in the list of this year’s awardees. Plaques and cash were given to all the awardees as the provincial government’s approach to persuade them to continue what they are doing and to encourage the younger generation [...]

By Mancielito S. Tacadena   The City of Candon emerged as the overall champion during the awarding ceremony of the Salisal Iladawanna Gaget ti Lumugar, Agsaknap ti Timpuyog (SIGLAT) Awards. Candon City bagged five major and 8 minor awards while Cabugao which came second had 4 major, 7 minor and 1 individual awards. Sto. Domingo [...]

Komentario Ni Melvin F. Bandonil   Dakkel unay a banag ken tulong ti intervention wenno pannakaipaset ti sekretario ti agrikultura iti pannakabiag manen ti industria ti bawang iti Ilocos lalo iti pannakaisardeng iti iseserrek dagiti ismagel a bawang. Daytoy ngatan ti senias wenno kuldit ti tignay a sumaranta manen daytoy nabaybay-an nga industria iti Ilocos? [...]