The Vigan City Council celebrated the 3rd Legislator’s Week last September 27-30 with the theme, “Empowering the Bigueño through Dynamic and Responsive Legislation.” The series of events started with a Holy Mass celebrated at the St. Paul Cathedral followed by the flag raising ceremony attended by SPM Lourdes Baquiran, Loreto Quibilan, Henry Formoso, Audie Agdamag and PPSK Edreen Pajaro. A motorcade participated in by Vice Mayor Ryan Singson, all Sangguniang Panlungsod Members and SP employees w...

Kas parte ti panangselebrar iti Vigan iti Solidarity Day, naisayangkat dagiti seminar iti hair rebonding ken fantasy make-up. Agarup 20 nga Bigueños ti nasursuruan no kasano ti ag-hair rebond babaen iti grupo ni Ivo Malaguena ti Fil-Hair International a nakabase sadiay Manila. Tunggal trainee ket naikkan iti libre nga gamit a pagrebond iti buok. Agarup 30 met ti nagsanay ngem 24 ti nakisalisal iti fantasy make-up. Sangapulo ti napili a kas most outstanding ken naipaayan iti tig-Php1,500.00. Ti c...

The Plaza Burgos gardens were freshly planted with carabao grass by the city government thru the Vigan Heritage Administration office, the General Services Office and the City Environment Office.//esra

Toilet bowls and drums were distributed to 433 families identified to be financially incapable of providing for their own. The City Government provided the materials needed while the recipients provided the labor in their installation. Earnings lost for a day’s work were each compensated with 1 cavan of rice from the World Food Programme Food-for-Work. Mayor Eva is shown during the distribution with Councilor Loreto Quibilan and Henry Formoso. The City Social Welfare Office, City Health Office a...

Ti women’s group ti Pantay Fatima a nagtraining iti panagaramid iti bags ken tsinelas nga waterlily ket naikkan ti gundaway babaen iti tulong nga inpaay iti gobierno siudad ti Vigan panangidaulo ni Mayor Eva nga naglakbay-aral idi September 24 - 26, sadiay Las Piñas ken Marikina tapno maadal da dagiti wagas nga mabalin da nga adaptaren para iti panagaramid iti tsinelas. Sadiay Las Pinas nakitada ti naduma-duma nga produkto nga naaramid iti badok-badok ken waterlily kas koma iti bags, baskets, tr...

Alay Lakad in Vigan City was conducted last September 26. Mayor Eva led the city councilors, barangay officials and members of NGOs, NGAs and civic-spirited organizations in this annual event. The walk started at 6:00 A.M. from the identified starting points: Camanggaan, Rugsuanan, Pantay Fatima, Bulala and Salindeg. They later converged at Plaza Burgos for a short program. Child representatives of the City Council for the Protection of Children started the program with Daryl Hipolito of Ilocos ...

The celebration of National Family Week is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 60 issued on September 18, 1992 which declared the last week of September as National Family Week to promote and strengthen the Filipino family. This year's Family Week celebration from September 20 - 26, has the worldwide theme "The Impact of Migration on Families Around the World" while the theme for observing this in the Philippines is "Pamilya ng Migranteng Pilipino, Patatagin at Paunlarin.” In line with th...

Part of the weeklong festivities celebrating the World Heritage Cities Solidarity Day was an art exhibit titled Vis-A-Verse mounted from September 8– 12, at the Vigan Culture and Trade Center by Art Ventures@Conspi, UNP-FineArts and Travelling Bonfires. Aside from paintings, also featured were a series of poems by Arnold Molina Azurin singing paeans to the rural landscape, folk life and historic legacy of Vigan and the Ilocos Region. Former Governor Carmeling P. Crisologo and Provincial Board M...

Solidarity Day and cultural festival successfully held September 8 - 11. Pages of history came alive in the major streets of Vigan City as the pageantry of the Repazzo de Vigan unfolded once again to showcase the glorious past of Cuidad Fernandina de Vigan last Sept 11, 2010 to celebrate the UNESCO World Heritage Cities Solidarity Day. Opened formally on Sept 8, the event started with a eucharistic celebration and a renewal of pledge (see page 7) to heritage conservation followed by an opening...

On behalf of the city government, Mayor Eva Marie Medina and the Ilocos Sur Medical Society represented by Dr. Evangeline de Vera entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation on September 11 in the preparation, evaluation and implementation of health programs to benefit the people of Vigan, including information dissemination on matters related to health.