Candon Times online site syndication http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline 2010-09-07T23:52:18+01:00 text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/236/2/ Candon City, being an agriculture based city, puts much premium on its farm outputs. Its agricultural gains mean a lot to the growth of the city economically and its people. The rebounding of the tobacco industry, the city’s chief cash crop, is welcome development to the tobacco growers and to the city as a whole. Candon City is the country’s biggest producer of Virginia tobacco with more than three million kilos output annually. It affects about one thousand farmers directly involved in the industry. The city is well compensated by the tobacco industry. With tobacco industry rebounding, the tobacco growers are the biggest gainers. Their gains are budgeted for their year round needs including the education of their children. Over-all, the tobacco growers and the whole people of Candon as beneficiaries because of the tobacco excise tax ( R.A. 7171). The city government received at least P15 million annual city share from RA 7171. The funds are budgeted for... text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/234/2/ Congratulations to the new president of Bago National Cultural Society of the Philippines (BNCSP); Alexander G. Bistoyong of Suyo, Ilocos Sur; new Vice President; Evaristo A. Belloza of Candon City, Ilocos Sur, new Board of Directors; Shan Tumacdang, Rogelio Collado, Eddie Garnace, George Banayos, Tito Dictaan and Prospero Abadayan and to the new consultant Eng’r Orlando B. Balloguing, the immediate past president who served the BNCSP for 8 years.* * * * * * Bago tribe, the most dominant among the indigenous peoples in Region 1 in terms of population based from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) census, is the most organized tribe nationwide according to Commissioner Rizalino “Langley” Segundo and director Ruben S. Bastero of NCIP Region II during the 5th Bago Congress and Cultural Festival held in barangay Sta. Cruz, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya on April 22-24, 2009.. The Bago Tribal Congress and Cultural Festival is a regular activity of Bago tribe every 3 years to showcase cultural presentations, discussion of issues that concerns them, drawing of a development plan for the coming years and election of sets of officers. This year’s Congress enthemed “Strengthening the Unity Among... text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/235/2/ Today is the beginning of April, and for high school student, it’s graduation. Education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. For a school, “we learn to look at things differently, to discover to increase our knowledge and acquire wisdom,” Or in the words of our ignorance. The value of education is bountiful. It prepare us to discuss any current or old ideas, historical events, the Big Bang Theory, the religions of the world and the first man ever day. This is education, new ideas are learned because knowledge is limitless, and this is a product of our limitless ignorance. Whether we are graduates- high school, college, masteral or doctoral- and teachers , we remain as student for education is forever. As one writer says, “Education should never be snobbish. We subject ourselves not just to learning but knowing,... text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/233/2/ The phenomenon of today at the cyber space is the social networking.Through the super power of the internet, people around the world are now practically side by side or facing each other as far as their communication or networking is concern.The trend of social networking today is so dynamic that all of us with basic in internet are now intertwine and interconnected.As starter let’s go to the basics. Social networking, also referred to as social media, encompasses many Internet-based tools that make it easier for people to listen, interact, engage and collaborate with each other. Social networking platforms such as Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/), MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/), Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/), blogs, message boards, Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com/) and countless others are catching on like wildfire. People use social networking to share recipes, photos, ideas and to keep friends updated on our lives. In many cases, you can use social networking tools from mobile devices, such as Blackberries and iPhones, as easily as from a PC or Mac. By its very nature, social networking is interactive. You can tell anyone (that you want to talk... text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/220/2/ Newly installed Officer- In- Charge Chief of Police P/Supt. Emmanuel Reyes immediately plunged into action. His first target is to put break on the increasing motorcycle accidents happening around the city. “We need to strengthen checkpoints as one way to solve the most prevalent concern of the city today which is the motorcycle accidents,” Reyes said. text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/217/2/ One of the most dynamic city of northern Luzon had blossomed as it reached its eight anniversary with festivities befitting it. A successful week long fiesta, 8th Tobacco Festival, was the centrepiece of the celebration. text/html 2009-06-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/218/2/ Instead of the usual round plastic beads, Candon City’s favorite delicacy’ calamay ( glutinous rice cake) was utilized as beads on March 25 in honor of the annunciation of the Bless Mary and in line with the thanksgiving offer for the said product for the city’s fiesta festivities. text/html 2009-04-28T11:00:00+01:00 http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline http://candoncity.gov.ph/candontimesonline/content/view/219/2/ Take it from the chair himself, the 2009 tobacco festival was very successful from all angles. This is how City Councilor George Valdez, Fiesta Executive Chairman 2009 said as his post evaluation. “It was a resounding success because we have very nice show and full backing of everybody and officials like the Deputy Speaker Singson and city officials,” Valdez said. Valdez said that the week long “Tobacco Festival” continuous to improve to meet the demands and expectations of the Candonians and tourists.