FARINAS CAMP. Former Laoag mayor Roger Farinas (middle) and sons Raffy and Roger John hold a press conference on Wednesday (April 27, 2022) to present their side on the scuffle with a rival camp. Laoag City is being considered an election area of concern due to reported harassment of rival candidates. (Photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Former Laoag City mayor Roger Farinas said Tuesday's scuffle between their party and their rival's stemmed from his attempt to expose alleged vote buying by the latter camp. In a press conference at the Java Hotel on Wednesday, Farinas denied barging into the Megapolitan Builders, a private property owned by neophyte Laoag council candidate Bryan Alcid, during an event on Tuesday. Videos earlier circulated showing Roger's son, Raffy, hitting Alcid's wife Jojami during the commotion. The Alcids claimed two others were hurt in the incident, alleging Farinas suddenly barged into their property and tried "grabbing" document
COMMOTION. Jojami Lei Alcid, the wife of Laoag council candidate Bryan Alcid (right), narrates in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon (April 26, 2022) how the group of former Laoag City mayor Roger Farinas barged into their private property. Jojima and two others were hurt in the commotion. (PNA photo by Leilani Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Barely two weeks before the May 9 elections, three people were hurt when the group of Roger Farinas, the former city mayor and brother of gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Farinas, barged on Tuesday morning into a private property owned by Bryan Alcid, a candidate for Laoag councilor. As shown in trending videos posted on Facebook, Alcid's wife Jojami was hit by Roger's son, Raffy. At a press conference later in the afternoon, the Alcid family said two more individuals were hurt during the commotion, including a guard on duty. Jojami appeared during the press conference with a bandage on her left arm. "I was pushed, kicked and strangled from
ASSISTANCE.A sari-sari store in Pandan, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. The provincial government, through its Small and Medium Enterprise Office, is giving each small sari-sari store at least PHP2,000 worth of grocery items as part of the Covid-19 recovery assistance to the vulnerable sector, head of the office, Elma Gabriel, said Thursday (Oct. 28, 2021).(Contributed photo) LAOAG CITY-Ilocos Norte's provincial government, through its Small and Medium Enterprise Office (SMEO), is giving each small sari-sari store at least PHP2,000 worth of grocery items as part of the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) recovery assistance to the vulnerable sector. Based on the latest data of the SMEO, 9,000 pre-identified sari-sari store owners in the province need immediate assistance and 715 of them are from the towns of Bacarra, Sarrat, Piddig, and Laoag City have received the grocery pack aid. Head of the SMEO, Elma Gabriel, said Thursday due to the rising cost of basic commodities, Governor