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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
Despite having been born and raised in Paoay, a renowned weaving town, and having relatives who play significant roles in preserving the tradition, my appreciation for Philippine weaving did not take its full form until just recently. My affinity to weaves, nevertheless, may have always been in my DNA. I…
WATER IS LIFE.A small irrigation development project is now completed benefiting cotton farmers in Barangay Lumbaan Bic-bica, Pinili, Ilocos Norte. The project is worth more than PHP18 million courtesy of the National Irrigation Administration. (Photo courtesy of PIA Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY -Cotton growers in a rural village of Lumbaan, Pinili, Ilocos Norte were elated on Thursday with the inauguration and turnover of the Lumbaan-Bicbica irrigation development project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Lerwin Pidot, Grupo ti Zanjera Lumbaan Bicbica Irrigators Association Inc. president, said they are lucky for being the major recipient of the more than PHP18-million worth of projects which will revitalize cotton production in the community. According to NIA, the project covers an area of 25 hectares directly benefiting around 20 farmer beneficiaries. Completed on October 11, 2021, the project aims to increase the productivity of farmers by giving them more options to pla
LAOAG CITY – Cotton growers in a rural village of Lumbaan, Pinili, Ilocos Norte were elated on Thursday with the inauguration and turnover of the Lumbaan-Bicbica irrigation development project of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Lerwin Pidot, Grupo ti Zanjera Lumbaan Bicbica Irrigators