Tag: Vigan

Take a look: The beauty of Ilocos

By M.R. Faith Bonalos Eagle News Service   Are you looking for a place where you can release your stress away from the city and work? Then take a tour of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur where you can relieve that stress and take away all your worries, even just for a while.   The views will surely take your breath away and make your heart flutter. We took a couple of days to check […]

It only just Vigan! Vigan City hailed as one of the New 7 Wonder Cities of the World

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, May 20) – Almost every Filipino is familiar with the image of the cobblestone streets, horse-drawn kalesas and old houses. This image is the first to come to mind at the mere mention of Vigan. The fact that the city was able to preserve this piece of 16th century intact is so incredible that the effort was rewarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which declared Vigan […]

Ilocos Sur, naglaan ng P2M para mapabilang ang Vigan sa New7Wonders

VIGAN CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) – Para sa mga Bigueno, parang ginto ang bawat sandali hanggang sa Disyembre 7 para mapabilang ang Vigan sa New7Wonders Cities of the World. Naglaan ang pamahalaang probinsyal ng P1 milyon na inaprobahan ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan para sa kampanya para magamit sa text voting at maitaguyod ang Vigan sa naturang prestihiyosong kompetisyon. Ayon kay Gob. Ryan Luis Singson, ang laban ng Vigan ay laban ng sambayanang Filipino. Aniya, kung mapapabilang […]

Vigan moves to final round of New 7 wonders cities race

VIGAN CITY, Oct. 11 (PIA) – Vigan Mayor Eva Medina has renewed her call for Filipinos here and abroad to continue voting for Vigan after it has moved to the final round of the New7 wonders cities race.  “Let’s start voting again. Laban ng Vigan, Laban ng Sambayanan (battle for Vigan is battle for the nation),” she said.  Medina said Vigan and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia are the only surviving cities in Asia who made […]