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.

Committed to maintain Vigan as the cleanest, greenest and safest city, the city government provided pedicabs to all streetcleaners on September 11

The 39 barangays of the city represented by members of the erstwhile Barangay Disaster Coordinating Councils now known as the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils led by their punong barangays attended a one-day seminar-workshop on “Building Self-Reliance on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management” at the Vigan Culture and Trade Center last July 23. The seminar was one of the highlights on the observance of the National Disaster Consciousness Month with theme “Pag Alerto, Malayo sa Pel...

The new set of officers of Iskolar ng Vigan inducted into office by Mayor Eva are as follows; President-Claret Janine Alcedo, Vice Pres.-Jimuel Cabotaje, Secretary-Agustin Tacud, Asst. Sec.-Janet Domalanta, Treasurer-Richard Racca, Asst. Treasurer-Jasmine Cuyo, Auditor-Dexter Supnet, Business Managers-Edmund Damasco and Errol Jay Aslor, P.R.O.-Eric Cantilla, CBAA Representative-Bernadette Dana, CAS Representative-Jubie Bartolay, CEng Representative-Loiue Pascua, CFA Representative Switzem Andall...

Ti gobierno siyudad Vigan ket nangangay ti patorneo iti chess a naaramid ditoy city hall. Daytoy a pasalip ket maysa kadagiti tinaw-en nga isaysayangkat ti gobierno siudad a paay-ayam kas paset ti youth and sports development program. Dua a categoria ti pasalip. Ti umuna ket categoria ti ub-ubbing, agtaw-en ti 16 agpababa wenno junior category ken 17 nga agpangato met ti categoria ti natataeng wenno senior category. Agarup 49 players ti nakipartisipar ti junior category ken 31 met ti senior cate...

For the 2nd time in 3 years, the League of Barangay Secretaries of Vigan City, with the support from the city government through Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina, was given a chance to spend time together in what maybe their last bonding before the forthcoming barangay elections. The long over-due trip was part of the league’s activities after their latest training on computer enhancement . On August 15, 2010, twenty nine (29) barangay secretaries led by Mrs. Mel Quibilan were off for a two (2) day lak...

Seventy nine participants from different sectors of Vigan attended a flower arrangement seminar workshop, a thrust of the City Government to develop the competitive skills of Bigueños for poverty reduction, held from August 5-6 at the Vigan Skills Training Institute. The facilitator of the workshop was Mr. Nick Andrei J. Rabino, an interior designer. (by henry)

Villa Fernandina de Vigan, TAGUIG CITY, PHILIPPINES. On August 2-4, 2010, Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina led the city government of Vigan on a three-day strategic planning workshop to craft its development plan for the next three years. Participants in the workshop came from different sectors—Sangguniang Panglunsod led by Vice Mayor Ryan Singson, departments of the city government, barangays, NGOs, NGAs, and the media. They were grouped by multi-sectoral representations. Professor Edel Guiza of the A...

Vigan City Philippine National Police led by Police Superintendent Elpidio Nartatez conducted two (2) drugs demand reduction activities to support their advocacy against illegal drugs through an information dissemination campaign for secondary students of the University of Northern Philippines and Ilocos Sur National High School on July 11 and July 27, 2010, respectively. Subjects discussed at the symposia were about illegal drugs, their ill effects, the punishable acts and penalties under Repub...