PREPARATION.A worker on a boom lift fixes the new welcome arc of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, along the Gilbert Bridge, in this undated photo. Laoag is preparing for the Pamulinawen Festival on Thursday (Feb. 10, 2022), a non-working holiday in the city. (PNA photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - The Pamulinawen Festival will be celebrated here on February 10 despite the threat of Covid-19. Malacanang has declared it a special non-working day under Proclamation No. 1088 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. The Pamulinawen Festival's new normal edition will conform with minimum health and safety protocols, as approved by the Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force. Pamulinawen is an Ilocano folk song about a tough woman. As per tradition, a band will march around the city at the first light of day, followed by a Mass and a theatrical presentation, dubbed Comedia Ilocana, featuring a moro-moro (scripted) fight due to the forbidden romance between a prince