Ilocos Times - Online

The ILOCOS TIMES Online Issue Vol. VI No. 44-45
Latest Update: June 04, 2006

LATEST UPDATEs (as of 6/08/06) Another Philippine's Pride:
FIL-AM WINS IN JEOPARDY

Cebu Pacific now flying to Laoag

HEADLINE

Despite overcharging issue
NEA gives INEC A+ rating for 2005 performance

With the controversial overcharging issue still hanging over its head, the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) was given an A+ rating by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for its performance in 2005.
FULL STORY

Prov’l dad slams INEC anew for delay in refund
But INEC says they will wait for motion result

Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Mariano V. Marcos II hit the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) again for the still unimplemented refund order made by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as he called INEC’s motion for clarification filed at the ERC as a “delaying tactic.”
FULL STORY

Proposed P420-M convention center under ‘critical study’

The proposed P420 million convention center, which is expected to be constructed this year and would cover at least four hectares of the former Paoay Sports Complex, is undergoing “critical study” at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
FULL STORY

NYC chair elected as chair of ASEAN youth group

National Youth Commission (NYC) Chairman and CEO Richard Alvin Nalupta was elected chairman of the Committee for ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] Youth Cooperation (CAYC) during the 15th CAYC National Secretaries’ Meeting at the International Youth Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 17, 2006.
FULL STORY

LC to participate in nat’l 108th Independence Day rites

After topping the float competition in the recently concluded Aliwan Festival 2006 held in Manila, Laoag City has been invited by the Department of Tourism (DOT), through the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to participate in the grand celebration of the country’s 108th Independence Day to be held in the Quirino Grandstand on June 12.
FULL STORY

Other News...
... STL, jueteng operation in LC still illegal—Manuel
... SC grants petition to move Mariano case to Manila
... Computer literacy training for teachers launched
... LGUs prepares for ‘e-community
... INEC Press Corps visits NEA; meets 2 coop execs in Baguio, San Carlos
... Marcos money comes in trickle for agrarian program in ‘Marcos country’
... BIR collection up 19%
... Laoag sanitary landfill is now 70% complete
... CHO urges school peddlers to secure health permits
... LC reclassified as 3rd class city
... City gov’t to renovate LC public schools
... Tap water in Batac brgy, no longer safe for drinking
... MMSU to accept barangay scholars anew
... INEC targets rehab of hydro power plant to reduce power cost
... LC DepEd to allow enrollment
... LC BFP starts inspections of schools, boarding houses
... LC investment code proposed
... LCCC ‘bagsakan’ transfer still uncertain
... RONDA NORTE - Solsona Mayor to give reward for illegal loggers’ arrest

SPECIAL FEATUREs
THE CANADIAN CONNECTION - Canada: A Slice of the Poverty Pie?
PARADISE PAGE: Ni Julie ti napagasatan a Ms Valentine’s 2006: St. Paul’s Church - Honolulu, Hawaii

SPECIAL EVENTs
Dingras High School Class 65 Reunion
Dingras High School Class 65 North America Chapter

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS of FILIPINOS in HAWAII

EDITORIALs
A time to kill...A time to heal

Overcharged

Opinion / Columns :
... IN & OUT - Vision…and Retribution
... IN-DEPTH - What’s in a name?
... ANALYSIS - Family and school
... KA IKING 4U - Road safety standards
... RISSIK - Storm surge

FEATURES :
... Maui Mayor visits San Nicolas
... Metropolitan convenience in the heart of the Ilocos countryside
... Traveling For Peace (conclusion)

ILUKO articles
... BANDU ILUKO - Villa Del Mar delights balikbayan

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