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One of these days, my friends and I are going to Vigan to see for ourselves how it landed among the Top 14 official finalists in the last round of the search for the “New7Wonders Cities.”

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Garlic totaling 8,000 tons were delivered to Metro Manila a week ago.

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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Vigan, Ilocos Sur before dawn Tuesday and was felt in several towns, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

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Farmers are looking forward to the strengthening of the threatened garlic and onion industries in the Ilocos provinces after government leaders came here to look into the problems besetting the local crops.

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One of the country’s biggest travel groups is pushing for the promotion of Northern Philippines as the next tourism industry frontier.

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Gov. Manuel Ortega has ordered the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to investigate thoroughly the effects of the oil spill on coastal communities before filing charges against the owner of M/V Arita Bauxite, a Myanmar ship that sank off Bolinao, Pangasinan last Feb. 17.

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A former village chairman in Narvacan town in Ilocos Sur was immediately killed on Monday after he was peppered with automatic gunfire right in front of his own house.

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Tropical storm Igme (international codename: Tembin) intensified further as it remained almost stationary off Aparri, Cagayan, the state weather bureau said Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-20 08:18:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826374 [Title] => Group says mining policy full of lies [Summary] =>

  The new mining policy issued by President Benigno Aquino III on the protection of at least 78 eco-tourism sites in the country through Executive Order 79 is "deceptive and bereft of truth," a militant fisherfolk group said on Tuesday.

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The country’s biggest fishermen’s organization has urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to junk 158 applications for black sand mining over wide areas in the Lingayen Gulf.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Vigan beckons
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One of these days, my friends and I are going to Vigan to see for ourselves how it landed among the Top 14 official finalists in the last round of the search for the “New7Wonders Cities.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134227 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20141029/vigan-ilocos-1.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1341876 [Title] => DA floods Metro with tons of garlic [Summary] =>

Garlic totaling 8,000 tons were delivered to Metro Manila a week ago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140703/garlic-vendor-GEN9.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1314776 [Title] => Magnitude 5.9 quake hits Vigan [Summary] =>

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Vigan, Ilocos Sur before dawn Tuesday and was felt in several towns, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-22 08:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140422/vigan-earthquake.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252670 [Title] => Garlic farmers cry for help [Summary] =>

Farmers are looking forward to the strengthening of the threatened garlic and onion industries in the Ilocos provinces after government leaders came here to look into the problems besetting the local crops.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1067501 [Title] => Travel agencies push Northern Phl as next tourism frontier [Summary] =>

One of the country’s biggest travel groups is pushing for the promotion of Northern Philippines as the next tourism industry frontier.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917393 [Title] => Ortega: Probe effects of oil spill [Summary] =>

Gov. Manuel Ortega has ordered the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to investigate thoroughly the effects of the oil spill on coastal communities before filing charges against the owner of M/V Arita Bauxite, a Myanmar ship that sank off Bolinao, Pangasinan last Feb. 17.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 887484 [Title] => Former village chief shot dead [Summary] =>

A former village chairman in Narvacan town in Ilocos Sur was immediately killed on Monday after he was peppered with automatic gunfire right in front of his own house.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-18 16:58:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840222 [Title] => Storm 'Igme' intensifies, still threatens North Luzon [Summary] =>

Tropical storm Igme (international codename: Tembin) intensified further as it remained almost stationary off Aparri, Cagayan, the state weather bureau said Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-20 08:18:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826374 [Title] => Group says mining policy full of lies [Summary] =>

  The new mining policy issued by President Benigno Aquino III on the protection of at least 78 eco-tourism sites in the country through Executive Order 79 is "deceptive and bereft of truth," a militant fisherfolk group said on Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-10 10:01:38 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754038 [Title] => DENR urged to reject black sand mining applications [Summary] =>

The country’s biggest fishermen’s organization has urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to junk 158 applications for black sand mining over wide areas in the Lingayen Gulf.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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