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                                             Photographers joins the 1 st Vigan Photo Walk VIGAN CITY – Tagged as “Capture the Vigan Experience”, the local government in this city organized their first ever photo walk. The participants were photographers from different places in Luzon. The activity aims to capture the beauty of different tourist spots in Vigan such as Plaza Salcedo, St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Syquia Mansion, Pagburnayan and the picturesque Calle Crisologo.  The photographs will be used to promote Vigan on different social networking sites and websites. “Magandang advertisement ito ng Vigan dahil sa mga makukuhang larawan mas lalong mapapamahal o maeenganyo ang mga turista sa lungsod. All participant...

ILOCOS SUR – The few remaining “pasyon” readers in this province are alarmed that the tradition they inherit from older generations would no longer be heard during Lenten season.  Vicky Lucero, 59 and Agapita Llanes, 80 are two of the few remaining “pasyon” readers in the province. They are tandem in performing the leccio (term use by locals instead of pasyon), Vicky is the first voice and Agapita is the second voice.  They both learned performing the “pasyon” during their younger years. Now, they fear that they will not be able to pass on to the younger generation the tradition that became part of their devotion as well as too many Ilokano listeners.  “Sana may matuto na din talaga at seryosohin dahil matatanda na kame, ako ay 80 years old na, mahirap lalo’t hindi naman natin alam kung ano ang mangyayari sa buhay. Gusto ko din sana na bago man lang ako mawala may papalit na din sa akin para sa mga susunod na taon na kahit maging moderno naroro...

WATCH: Provincial Board Members in Ilocos Sur uses Ilokano in their Regular Session ILOCOS SUR – Every Tuesday afternoon is a regular session for the provincial board members in this province, but their session on one Tuesday in the month of February was extra ordinary. Instead of using the English language on their deliberation and reporting they used Ilokano. In 2013, a resolution was passed encouraging the use of Ilokano during regular sessions in the month of February while the province is celebrating Kannawidan Ylocos Festival and its founding anniversary. It is also a way of promoting the beauty of the Ilokano language especially to the youth who are now fun of mixing it to other languages such as Filipino and English. “Mas maganda para mas maintindihan ng mas nakararami na nakikinig sa radio at nanunood sa local na telebisyon, at para hindi palaging english ang ginagamit natin maiparinig din natin ang kagandahan na ating salitang Ilokano” Board Member Pabl...