NARS program to address unemployment in Lanao Norte

NARS program to address unemployment in Lanao Norte by Lorry V. Gabule Iligan City (18 March) — Nurses will be deployed at an average of five per municipality, for a six-month tour of duty, in the province of Lanao del Norte which takes effect on April 1. Labor Officer Remegio Cabanog, head of the...

572 displaced families in Lanao del Norte to return home

Iligan City (4 December) — The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 10 announced that as a result of the series of dialogues with the internally displaced persons (IDPs) housed in the town of Munai in the province of Lanao del Norte last November, at least 572 are scheduled to return to their places of...

AFP wants to implement rule of law on “rido”

Implement rule of law on “rido”, says AFP official ICC Iligan Dispatch — Lt Col Jones F. Agustin, commanding officer of the 32IB, Philippine Army, based in Magsaysay town, Lanao del Norte province said one of the military’s aims is to settle “rido” (armed settlement of a...

History of Iligan City

Iligan has its beginnings in the village of Bayug, 2.5 kilometers north of the present Poblacion. It was the earliest pre-Spanish settlement of native sea dwellers, known as Maragats. The monotony of indigenous life in the territory was broken when in the later part of the 16th century, the inhabitants of...