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DRUG-FREE.Mayor Robella Gaspar of Carasi town, Ilocos Norte province receives a certificate as a drug-free workplace from officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Ilocos Norte police on Feb. 15, 2023. Prior to its declaration, all personnel of the municipality including its policemen underwent surprise drug testing and all test results yielded negative.(Photo courtesy of PDEA Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY -Employees of local government units (LGUs) and uniformed personnel in the province of Ilocos Norte are leading the way to make their communities drug-free. Of the 23 barangays in Piddig town, only one barangay is up for deliberation to be declared as drug-free, and the remaining 22 now enjoy drug-free status. Farlyne Vinluan, public information officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), reported that 521 or 77.11 percent of the 559 barangays in Ilocos Norte are drug affected since December 2022. As part of the intensified drive to get rid of prohib ....
HEALTHCARE BOOST. Rev. Father Engelbert Elarmo blesses five units of fully-equipped ambulances in Laoag City on Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023). These are meant for the Gov. Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital as well as the district hospitals in the towns of Bangui, Vintar, Sarrat and Piddig -all in the first district of Ilocos Norte province. (Photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner is now available at the provincial government-run Gov. Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital (GRBASMH) in this city, in a bid to expand and upgrade the healthcare services of the province of Ilocos Norte. Funded by the Department of Health for PHP48.5 million, the MRI is meant to provide diagnostic procedures to stroke victims among others. In his short speech during the inauguration at the provincial hospital on Wednesday, Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc said it is the first time that the provincial hospital is getting this kind of medical equipment. In addition, five ....
CLUSTERED FARMING. Farmer associations in the province of Ilocos Norte receive farm inputs on Friday (Sept. 16, 2022) at the Ilocos Norte Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Center in Laoag City. Farmers are advised to proceed to the center to request any agriculture support. (Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY - Ilocos Norte has started to roll out clustered farming of tomatoes in 40 hectares of land in various parts of the province. Acting provincial agriculturist Ma. Teresa Bacnat confirmed this on Tuesday following the distribution of 400 cans of hybrid tomato seeds to farmer-cooperators in the towns of Sarrat, Dingras and Paoay, as well as in the cities of Batac and Laoag. To complement the free seeds distribution program to farmers, the Ilocos Norte government has also distributed 400 bags of organic fertilizer, 200 bags of complete fertilizer, 80 bags of muriate of potash, 40 bags of calcium nitrate, 80 kilos of foliar fertilizer, 80 laters o ....
LAOAG CITY - A total of 2,218 rice farmers here each received a PHP5,000 cash aid on Thursday to boost their competitiveness amid a looming food crisis. The distribution of financial assistance is part of the Department of Agriculture's continuing efforts to help eligible farmer-beneficiaries to cope with the surging prices of fuel and agricultural inputs, among others, through the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program under Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law. As he affixed his electronic signature to an online database of farmer-beneficiaries at the Laoag central terminal, Ernesto Bacud from Barangay Balacad said he was thankful that the government shares the plight of farmers in these difficult times. "Thank you to our local officials and the government. This helps a lot," he said. With a barely 5,000-square-meter rice farm, Bacud said his harvest could hardly support his growing family as the price of palay continued to drop. In his speech, Ilocos Nor ....