The Ilocos Norte Provincial Board or Sangguniang Panlalawigan today approved Resolution No. 2017-06081, which declares 1st District rep. Rodolfo “Rudy” C. Fariñas as “persona non grata.” The resolution is sponsored by SP Member and Lawyer Vicentito “Toto” M. Lazo and Vice Governor Angelo Marcos Barba. Technically, the legal term “persona non grata” means “unwelcome person,” […]
Archives for June 2017
Ilocano tobacco farmers urge release of ‘Ilocos 6’
Tobacco farmers in Ilocos Norte expressed their support for the release of six employees of the Provincial Government who were detained at the House of Representatives last May 29, following the third Congressional hearing about the province’s use of its Tobacco Excise Tax or Republic Act (RA) 7171. The said fund was used to purchase […]
