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Topic: Sarrat, Ilocos Norte


In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Ilocos Norte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ilocos Norte faces the South China Sea to the west and the Luzon Strait to the north.
Ilocos Norte is noted for being the birthplace of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who led an authoritarian rule over the country during the latter half of his incumbency.
Ilocos Norte was the birthplace of president Ferdinand Marcos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ilocos_Norte   (170 words)

  
 Laoag City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laoag City is a 2nd class city in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
It is the capital city of Ilocos Norte, and also the province's political, commercial, and industrial hub.
The municipalities of San Nicolas, Paoay, Sarrat, Vintar, and Bacarra form its municipal boundaries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laoag_City,_Ilocos_Norte   (297 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ferdinand Marcos
Sarrat is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Ferdinand Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos, a lawyer, and Josefa Edralin, a teacher.
The late strongman's remains are currently interred inside a refrigerated crypt in Ilocos Norte, where his son, Ferdinand, Jr.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ferdinand-Marcos   (5278 words)

  
 Ferdinand Marcos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos, a lawyer, and Josefa Edralin, a teacher.
The late strongman's remains are currently interred inside a refrigerated crypt in Ilocos Norte, where his son, Ferdinand, Jr, and daughter, Imee, have since become the local governor and representative, respectively.
Imelda Marcos was found innocent in 1990 of embezzlement by a U.S. court, but she was convicted of graft in a trial in the Philippines in 1995.
1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/f/fe/ferdinand_marcos.html   (2265 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte is the northernmost province on the western side of Luzon Island.
Ilocos Norte and Sur used to comprise one province of Ilocos under the early Spanish regime.
Ilocos Norte was previously considered the center of tobacco growing in the Philippines.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/ilocosnor.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Ilocos Norte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the west, and Abra and Ilocos Sur to the south.
Ilocos Norte | Ilocos Sur | La Union | Pangasinan
Albay | Camarines Norte | Camarines Sur | Catanduanes | Masbate | Sorsogon
www.esdng5.com /en/wikipedia/i/il/ilocos_norte.html   (172 words)

  
 Ilocos Times - Online
INPPO Provincial director Juan G. Luna inspects the body of slain Laoag City Vice Mayor Jimmy O.Chua, as he was personally instructed by Ilocos Norte Governor Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr to conduct a thorough investigation of the grisly crime.
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte—Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap arrived in Ilocos Norte on March 31 to personally inspect the Northern Foods Corporation (NFC) tomato paste plant located in the province to assess the plant’s current operations.
The Ilocos Times also learned that NFC had requested for an estimated P121 million fund from the DA for the upgrade of the processing plant’s facilities.
www.ilocostimes.com /mar28-may01-05/topnews_9.htm   (590 words)

  
 Ilocos Times - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SARRAT, Ilocos Norte—This town has always been known to be a municipality cut into two by Padsan River as residents from the two opposite banks of the river need to travel around just so they could meet with one another.
Abad, who was recently re-elected as Ilocos Norte mayor’s league president, mentioned in an interview with The Ilocos Times that planning for the construction is already underway and that the bridge would be “My legendary project to my town mates and all her constituents in the province.”
Sarrat is known as the province’s “vegetable bowl” for being the biggest supplier of vegetables in the province as farmlands located in the town are well suited for any vegetable and agricultural crops.
www.ilocostimes.com /jul26-aug01-04/topnews_1.htm   (615 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > P500-M bridge approved   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte—The government has given the go-signal for the construction of a bridge that will directly connect 13 barangays which have been isolated from the town proper for years.
What was more significant, Abad said, was that the Palace gave the green light for its construction although Ilocos Norte went for the actor Fernando Poe Jr., the closest rival of President Arroyo in the May 10 election.
She explained that the bridge would give easy access of farmers in the 13 barangays of Sarrat, described as the “vegetable bowl” of Ilocos Norte, to their markets now only in the town but the whole of the province.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/jul/28/yehey/prov/20040728pro4.html   (943 words)

  
 Obituaries
Born in Narvacan, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, she is survived by son Robert C. and four grandchildren.
Born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, she is survived by husband Patricio; sons Antonio and William; daughters Shirley Bolton, Clarita Bugarin and Rosemarie Agodong; brother Andres Pasion; sister Petra Calaramo; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, she is survived by sons Filemon, Federico, Alfredo, Marcelino, Esmenio and Manuel; 26 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
starbulletin.com /97/04/29/community/obits.html   (842 words)

  
 Fabian Ver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fabian Ver (January 20, 1920 - November 21, 1998) born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, was a former General and the former Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos.
He died on November 21 and his remains were brought back to the Philippines.
He was buried in his hometown of Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fabian-Ver.htm   (359 words)

  
 Ferdinand Marcos article - Ferdinand Marcos September 11 1917 September 28 1989 President Philippines December - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was a brilliant student and speaker, topping the Philippine bar exams after attending the University of the Philippines and placing high as a marksman in the university team.
The promising young lawyer then became an aide to Manuel Roxas, the first president of the country after independence, and was elected to congress in 1949, serving in the House of Representatives (1949–1959) and Senate (1959–1965) for Ilocos Norte.
Having many of his authored bills making it into republic statute books, he then served as Senate President (1962–1965), thus gaining the distinction of being the last Senate President to become the President of the Philippines.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Ferdinand_Marcos   (2277 words)

  
 Camiling, Tarlac
Other districts are Capaoayan (Paoay, Ilocos Norte) of which the Abad and Vigilia families are part of; Caviganan (Vigan, Ilocos Sur); Cabatacan (Batac, Ilocos Norte); Casarratan (Sarrat, Ilocos Norte); Cacabugaoan (Cabugao, Ilocos Sur), now Cayaoan; among others.
When the new province of Tarlac was created, Camiling was the town with the biggest land area and population among the towns that composed it.
It can be inferred from the location of their farms that they were already latecomers for these are located a good distance from the town center.
www.mcfly.org /wik/Camiling,_Tarlac   (874 words)

  
 Ilocos Times - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SARRAT, Ilocos Norte—A couple was on their way home to Solsona, Ilocos Norte on board a motorcycle when unidentified assailants wearing full-head helmet also riding on a motorcycle opened fire on them along Barangay 18, Gaño Hill in this town on October 4.
The Sarrat PNP recovered six empty shells of.45 caliber pistol from the crime scene but they said they still do not have any lead on the crime.
Jocelyn was an employee at the Provincial Treasurer’s Office in the Provincial Capitol while Darwin serves as a caretaker of an Ilocos Norte Water District (INWD) pump station in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte.
www.ilocostimes.com /oct04-oct10-04/news_4.htm   (465 words)

  
 National Government Agency: NORTHERN FOODS CORPORATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Every year since 1987, in the months of October, November and December, about 3,000 farmers in 25 municipalities of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur plant an average of 850 hectares to tomatoes.
Because of the fact that NFC is an anchor processing center, its beneficiary reach is regional encompassing two provinces, and its economic impact is national, its concept and operations fall squarely wihin the objectives of EO # 866 (LIVECOR’S Charter).
In October 1984, the Province of Ilocos Norte acquired from 52 farmer-landowners a total of 4.3 hectares of land which in turn was leased to NFC for 25 years.
www.nfc.gov.ph /index.php?id1=3   (221 words)

  
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Gregorio AglipaL represented his home province of Ilocos Norte and was among those who affuted their signatures to the Constitution which was adopted by the Congress.
Aglipay was raised to the rank of vicario general castrence (military vicar general) by General Aguinaldo in a decree issued on the 20th of October.
His remains were buried in his hometown, in Batac, Ilocos Norte, after having been interred first at the Aglipayan Cathedral in Tondo, Manila, and later, after the cathedral was destroyed in 1945, at the Temple of Maria Clara in Sampaloc.
www.geocities.com /sinupan/Aglipay.htm   (991 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > Ambushers silence Ilocos broadcaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte—A hard-hitting broadcast journalist in this town was gunned down while on his way home to Barangay Peralta, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, on Saturday evening by still unidentified assailants after anchoring his daily evening investigative program in the local radio station MBC-dzJC.
The victim was taken to a funeral home in Barangay Santa Rosa, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, where members of the National Bureau of Investigation from Manila immediately conducted an autopsy.
Ferdinand R. Marcos of Ilocos Norte, who said the killing was a blow to press freedom, ordered Senior Supt. Rolando Rabara of the Provincial Police Office in Camp Valentin Juan, Laoag City, to conduct a manhunt for the assailants.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/aug/02/yehey/top_stories/20040802top4.html   (779 words)

  
 Ferdinand Marcos - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Having survived the Bataan Death March, he then led a group of resistance fighters known as the "Maharlika"; however, U.S.government archives showed that he played a rather intermittent role in the guerrilla warfare during the Japanese occupation from1943 to 1945.
The promising young lawyer then becamean aide to Manuel Roxas, the first president of the country afterindependence, and was elected to congress in 1949, serving in the House ofRepresentatives (1949–1959) and Senate(1959–1965) for Ilocos Norte.
Having many ofhis authored bills making it into republic statute books, he then served as Senate President (1962–1965) He was the last Senate President to become the President of thePhilippines.
www.aaez.biz /?t=Ferdinand_Marcos   (2070 words)

  
 Maui News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pan said he just wanted the children to have an experience outside Taiwan and said he was “very touched” by their reaction to the island and the festival itself.
For Corazon J. Ruiz-Abad, the mayor of the municipality of Sarrat in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines, the festival was a chance to enjoy Maui for a second time and to invite residents of Maui to visit her home.
Ilocos Norte, according to Ruiz-Abad, is second only to the city of Cebu among top visitor destinations in the Philippines.
www.mauinews.com /print_version.aspx?id=9643   (657 words)

  
 Ferdinand Marcos - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He ruled the islands from December 30, 1965 until February 25, 1986.
Having survived the Bataan Death March, he then led a group of resistance fighters known as the "Maharlika"; however, U.S. government archives showed that he played a rather intermittent role in the guerrilla warfare during the Japanese occupation from 1943 to 1945.
Having many of his authored bills making it into republic statute books, he then served as Senate President (1962–1965) He was the last Senate President to become the President of the Philippines.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /ferdinand_marcos.htm   (2379 words)

  
 A.M. No. 704   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Harold M. Hernando of Sarrat Ilocos Norte by Mercedes Hernando Reyes Vda.
Hernando filed in the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte a complaint for partition against Mrs.
H or 1); that Mateo told him that the special power of attorney of his other nieces had already been mailed and he would receive it in due course, and that after the said persons revoked the power of attorney and manifested that they were disinclined to appear as plaintiffs, he (Atty.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1975/nov1975/am_704_1975.html   (984 words)

  
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LAOAG CITY — A lady provincial government employee was killed and her husband was seriously wounded when they were ambushed by two motorcycleriding gunmen near the Gaño Hill at barangay Pariir, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte last Monday afternoon.
Chief Inspector Jeffrey Gorospe, Sarrat police chief, identified the fatality as Josie Balino-Lorenzo,36, clerk at the Ilocos Norte treasurer’s office.
Meanwhie, the family of grenade-blast victim Edimar Saludares of Nagbakalan, Paoay, Ilocos Norte received a financial aid from the Provincial Police Office.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/10/05/PROV2004100519928.html   (529 words)

  
 Manila in byte size edible pieces {Sta Monica Church, Sarrat}   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sta Monica Church in the town of Sarrat is a beautiful red brick church of Baroque and Neo Classical style.
The church is such famed for its beauty that former Philippine President Marcos' daughter, Irene, had her fairytale like wedding in the church complete with red carpet stretching for kilometers.
monica church is not in laoag city...it's in sarrat (ilocos norte)
www.mymanila.net /archives/000233.html   (157 words)

  
 Ilocano.org : Singsons warn of an 'Ilocos Republic'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Singson said majority of representatives and governors in the four provinces in Ilocos are open to a federal system in the country.
Ilocos Sur Rep. Eric Singson said the "Ilocos Republic" is not a mere response to the move to oust Ms Arroyo.
Governor Singson said the proposed "Ilocos Republic" would include the provinces of the Ilocos Region (Region I)-Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.
www.ilocano.org /community/index.php/topic,81.0   (569 words)

  
 The Philippines: Then & Now - Filipino History, Culture & Tradition
The Ilocanos live in the Ilocos region in northern Luzon, particularly Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, but many of them have migrated in large numbers to central Luzon, and, of course, to the United States.
The Bicolanos are in the southeastern Luzon and nearby islands, including the provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, etc. The Pampangueños or Kapampangans live in central Luzon, particularly in Pampanga Province.
Quirino, a native of Vigan, Ilocos Sur won as president in the 1949 election against Jose P. Laurel, who was president in the Second Puppet Republic during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
www.filipinoamericans.net /thennow.shtml   (7136 words)

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