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  The Kannawidan Festival in Ilocos Sur is being celebrated in the province to commemorate the anniversary of Ilocos Sur as a province. It is being celebrated every month of February and it is very significant to us Ilocanos because it is the grandest festivity celebration of the province and it even lasts almost the whole of the month. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the usual activities during the celebration were not undertaken.  When we hear the word “kannawidan” it comes in our minds a very grand and enjoyable celebration of culture of Ilocanos, as all “kaprobinsyanos” are coming to Vigan City to attend and participate the different activities and programs. It usually showcases all the cultures and traditions of Ilocanos from different municipalities. Due to pandemic the local government of the province did not conduct the usual programs because of the strict implementation of the IATF protocols to avoid the spread of the virus. This year’s celebration of the said fe...

The celebration of the Vigan City Fiesta for the 2020 is not the usual way as it was before. This is because of the pandemic being experience by us. It is only this year that usual activities being undertaken by the City Government could not be possibly done due to the COVID 19 that stroke the whole world. It is somehow lonely this year because no crowd people is being seen or roaming around the city. Limited and selected events were undertaken just to commemorate or celebrate of the feast day of the city. This is due to the travel restrictions being implemented by the IATF and local government of Ilocos Sur. The “carnaval” and  “bargain” sections that we enjoy during day and night time before the 25th day of January were not anymore allowed. However, a simple activity was undertaken by the Vigan City government just to celebrate the feast day of the place.  Although it was a simple way of celebrating it, what is important is  the unity, public service and care that a...

 New Year New Me      Every year we use to make our New Year’s Resolution and most of the time we reminisce our bad attitudes and try to change them every beginning of the new year. We all wanted to change for the better because we all want to improve our personalities as the years pass by.      Yes, new year is really new me! This year 2021 where pandemic still exists, I came to adopt to the new normal. As expected, I have to change my perspectives in life of which I have to adjust my usual activities to the new normal. Because of the health crisis we are experiencing, our family travels have been affected. We can not be able go to other places we are wishing for because of travel restrictions being implemented by the government. I became a homebody because most of the time I was confined inside our home to be safe from the corona virus. This year I learned to do household tasks and helped my parents to accomplish different tasks inside our house....

  Global warming and climate change have both effects on physical environment, ecosystems and human societies. We need to be aware and be informed of their causes for us to do our parts in the prevention of their incurrence. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has different programs to help preserve our natural resources and protect them from natural hazard and calamities. Their programs includes on how for us to be aware of these programs towards the causes and effects of global warming and climate change and to encourage us to do our part for their prevention.  We need to extend our active participation for us to be of great help. As responsible citizens we need to know the concept, causes and the effects of global warming and climate change as well. Because of ignorance and unawareness of some of us we tend to do things that will contribute to their incurrence. In effect we all suffer for their consequent effects in our environment. The DENR is th...

        The National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill program of our government is being implemented by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). This is being done nationwide in order for us to be will be well-prepared in the event  there is an occurrence of earthquake. Our participation in the drill is very important for us to be knowledgeable  of  information regarding disaster awareness especially during earthquake.  The earthquake drill is very important for us to  be able to know  and be informed of the precautionary measures and important things to do in the event  of  occurrence of an earthquake. NDRRMC who are in-charge of its implementation simultaneously conduct the drill entire the Philippines and was being participated by different government offices, commercial establishments and non-government organizations.  The said drill has become a mandatory requirement for the NDRRMC’s prepared...

                                 In this challenging times, are the school learners both pupils and students still achieve quality education? Yes, we are in what we call “The New Normal” in which the modalities of schooling of learners have diverted to on-line, modular and blended methods of learning. However, the big challenge and question is - Are these modalities of learning will equally and effectively substantiate the traditional way of  learning or what we call the face-to-face method? The COVID 19 pandemic which had stricken the whole world has a very stern effect on the education of learners. In fact, the Department of Education authorities had experienced hard times to formulate solutions on this problem because classes within the year has suddenly shutdown and the next school calendar year had affected. Finally, they recommended to implement the on-line schooling, modular and blended ...

       The declaration of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) on March 15, 2020 in our country due to  COVID-19 pandemic had greatly affected our economy.  Some economists stated that we will be at our economic downfall that will have a negative impact on the business stability. To us Filipinos, the challenge now is on how are we going to cope up this health crisis that affected the lives of most of us. How do our leaders strategize so that we will be able to survive this crisis so that Philippines will still become a more resilient country? With the pandemic, majority of  Filipinos are greatly affected such that some business establishments resorted to closure and in effect many workers were laid off that greatly affected their living. Thus, the economic stability of our country had also affected. Also, the regular classes of students were interrupted and that DepEd resorted to blended learning rather the face-to-face mode of learning. Ofcourse ...