Tagilako ti Ylocos, a trade fair now on its 4th year was again successfully held. The said affair was participated in by different small and medium scale entrepreneurs from regions 1, 2, 3 and CAR. Clients from all walks of life came to gawk, buy and eat at sections systematically arranged for the convenience of the patrons. Furniture from the Vigan Antiques Association were displayed near the entry point while furniture from La Union, Ifugao, Nueva Viscaya and Cagayan were positioned at the ais...
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Vigan participates in good barangay governance seminar
Upon invitation of the Pimentel Center for Local Government of the University of Makati (PCLG-UMak) and the Pimentel Institute for Leadership and Government (PILG), the Vigan City Government sent representatives to their inaugural seminar, “Good Barangay Governance for National Transformation.”
Planning Officer II Desiderius Martinez of the City Planning and Development Office and former Ilocos Sur Provincial Board Member/barangay captain Heredio O. Bello Jr., a consultant at the Office of the C...
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City Council holds Legislator’s Week
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...
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Livelihood Seminar naisayangkat
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...
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Beautification of Plaza Burgos
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
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Toilet bowls and drum distributed to 433 families
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...
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Pantay Fatima waterlily bag ken slipper makers, naglakbay-aral diay Marikina ken Las Piñas
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...
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Alay Lakad 2010, a walk for the out-of-school youth
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 ...
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Employees celebrate Family Day
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...
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Art exhibit opens
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...
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