100 PERCENT. The Mariano Marcos State University has posted a 100-percent passing rate in the Bar exam, according to results released by the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 12, 2022). Two of the school's 12 new passers got an exemplary performance with a rating of 85 percent to 90 percent. (Photo courtesy of MMSU Stratcom) LAOAG CITY - Keeping its tradition as one of the best law schools in the country, the state-run Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac City has posted a 100-percent passing rate in the Bar examination, according to results released by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Out of the 12 takers of MMSU who passed the Bar exam, two got an exemplary performance with a rating of 85 percent to 90 percent, way higher than the national passing rate of 71.28 percent. They are Ofe Marie L. Balalio and Czarina Mae Claudine F. Cid. Aside from the two, the other new Ilocos Norte-based lawyers are Nikki Joy F. Barroga, Juan Paulo P. Flojo, Alyssa Marie A. Jacinto, Leidee Janu
DEED OF DONATION.Members of the Ilocos Norte Board deliberate on a proposed resolution granting authority to Gov. Matthew Joseph Manotoc to enter into a deed of donation with Magdalena Gamayo. The lot will be used to construct a weaving center in Pinili, Ilocos Norte.(PNA photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY -Ninety-seven-year-old Magdalena Gamayo, an Ilocano master weaver in a rural village of Lumbaan, Pinili town, is donating a portion of her family lot in her hometown just to make sure the "inabel" weaving tradition will stay through the years, even when she is gone. Through a provincial resolution certified as urgent by Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Joseph Manotoc, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board) unanimously approved on Monday the proposed conditional deed of donation of a 290-square meter lot of Gamayo in favor of the Ilocos Norte government. As agreed by both parties, provincial legal counsel Erme Labayog said Monday the area will be dev
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ILOCANO BIKERS. Residents resort to biking in Laoag, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday (March 15, 2022) amid the surging cost of fuel. They said they now prefer biking to work or for leisure since it keeps them fit. (Photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - In light of the rising cost of fuel, Ilocanos here shared some practical tips on how to cope with it. In Burgos town, Julius Managad Castillo, 38, of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, has shifted gears from commuting via motorcycle to bicycle to save on fuel. Managad said he has saved PHP200 in gas allowance per week since he started using his bike, which he rarely uses at home in Barangay Nagsurot, about five kilometers from his workplace. "As of Tuesday, [the fuel price at] a local gas station in our place is pegged at PHP91 per liter," he said, adding that biking to work is more practical these days as it does not only help the environment but also improves his health. "Biking is helpful for me a
SOLAR-POWERED IRRIGATION.DAR Secretary Bernie Cruz visits Nagpatayan village in Banna, Ilocos Norte to lead the formal turnover of a solar-powered irrigation system to the Nagpatayan Agrarian Cooperative on Wednesday (March 9, 2022). With a total cost of PHP856,204, the project can irrigate five hectares of farmlands during the dry season.(Photo courtesy of Jorge Richard P. Guerrero) LAOAG CITY-With the rising cost of fuel, the government is harnessing solar power to help farmers irrigate their farmlands. In a remote village of Nagpatayan in Banna, Ilocos Norte, some 26 agrarian reform beneficiaries are assured of a good harvest with a stable source of water without worry of expensive diesel pumps. Florentino Pitpit, the chairperson of the Nagpatayan Agrarian Cooperative, said Wednesday they are "thankful and blessed" for the timely intervention of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) when it funded the installation of a solar-powered submersible pump to sustain their crop