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		<title>PGIN, IT launches touchpad gizmo to  check Capitol employees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To encourage efficiency among capitol employees, transparency and  attendance in the workplace, and promote good governance, Gov. Imee R. Marcos with the IT Department of the Provincial Capitol launched the PGIN Attendance and Leave Monitoring Systems or simply PALMS. Provincial IT Staff Roderick P. Basilio said that the new system, the PALMs is capable of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/08/19/pgin-it-launches-touchpad-gizmo-to-check-capitol-employees/</link>
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		<title>Ilocos Norte is going solar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Imee R. Marcos and other provincial officials will look into the possibility of using solar power in all government establishments in the province.  The governor came up with the idea after their recent visit in the province of Shandong, China together with some municipal and provincial officials including Vice Governor Angelo Marcos Barba to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/08/04/ilocos-norte-is-going-solar/</link>
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		<title>IN, Shandong eyes renovation of Currimao, Laoag ‘ports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a demonstration of sincerity to the sisterhood agreement between Ilocos Norte and Shandong, China, both provinces showed interests to renovate Currimao Seaport and the Laoag International Airport.  Shandong Commerce Department Deputy Director Yan Zhaowan said that Shandong is capable of modernizing said ports with the assistance of their locals who are into building air [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/08/04/in-shandong-eyes-renovation-of-currimao-laoag-%e2%80%98ports/</link>
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		<title>Ilocos dragon fruit delights Chinese tummy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The dragon fruit, locally grown in Ilocos Norte as Saniata has reached Shandong, China with a hit that delighted the officials and businessmen here.  In a recent visit made by Ilocos Norte Governor Imee R. Marcos and a number of local officials in this biggest agricultural crops producing province of China, the hosting local officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Marcos, IN officials visit Shandong, China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Province of Ilocos Norte headed by Gov. Imee R. Marcos was warmly welcomed by businessmen and government officials alike headed by Shandong, China Gov. Jiang Da Ming when Gov. Marcos paid a 5-day visit to the said province to strengthen ties.  Being one of the most affluent in China, Shandong is one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/08/04/gov-marcos-in-officials-visits-shandong-china/</link>
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		<title>DA to revive bawang industry in I.N. – Sec. Alcala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala’s recent visit in Ilocos Norte may save the dying industry of garlic in the province. In the recent years, local garlic producers have been complaining of low income from garlic production due to the entry of imported garlic in the country. Local producers said they cannot compete with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/07/23/da-to-revive-bawang-industry-in-i-n-%e2%80%93-sec-alcala/</link>
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		<title>Manang Imee eyes ‘organic’ Ilocos Norte in 3 years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of her commitment to engage Ilocos Norte into “New Agriculture”, Gov. Imee R. Marcos revealed in a consultative dinner meeting with Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala her plan to make Ilocos Norte the center of orgnic farming in the north. The meeting was held last July 20, 2011 at the Plaza [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/07/23/manang-imee-eyes-%e2%80%98organic%e2%80%99-ilocos-norte-in-3-years/</link>
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		<title>Creative media can bring money, jobs in Ilocos Norte</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative media is a catalyst for development in the province of Ilocos Norte. Gov.Imee Marcos said during the Looking for Johnny Moon: The 1stIlocos Norte Creative Media Arts Festival held last July 14-16, 2011 at the Plaza del Norte. “Johnny Moon” is the modernized name of one of the greatest painter the Philippines has ever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/07/20/creative-media-can-bring-money-jobs-in-ilocos-norte/</link>
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		<title>Ilocos Norte and Cebu now sisters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte and Cebu, represented by Governors Imee Marcos and Gwendolyn Garcia, enter a sisterhood relationship that will enable both provinces to an exchange of ideas and opportunities on investment, tourism, and research &#038; development. The Sisterhood Pact was signed July 2 at the Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol, witnessed by Mayors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ilocosnorte.gov.ph/2011/07/19/ilocos-norte-and-cebu-now-sisters/</link>
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		<title>Gov. Gwen Garcia proud to be adopted Ilocana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia thanked the ilocanos for their “incomparable hospitality” during her 3-day visit in Ilocos Norte together with mayors and provincial officials of Cebu last July 2-4, 2011. Governor Garcia’s group was here in the province to attend the 82nd birthday of Rep. Imelda R. Marcos as well as to sign the sisterhood [...]]]></description>
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