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unusual facts about Piddig, Ilocos Norte


Basi

The 1807 Basi Revolt in Piddig, Ilocos Norte, occurred when the Philippines' Spanish rulers effectively banned private manufacture of the beverage.


Abraham Sarmiento

He completed his primary and secondary education in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class.

Badoc Island

Badoc Island is an uninhabited island located about a kilometer off the shore of Barangay Pagsanahan in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.

Dingras, Ilocos Norte

On October 9, 2007, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines eyed a "Guinness World Records" certification after baking a kilometer-long "bibingka" (native cake) made from 1,000 kilos of cassava and eaten by 1,000 residents.

Guane

The Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much as they did in their home country, in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela.

Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat

On Apr. 8, 2013, BRP Romblon (SARV 3503) was deployed when a Chinese fishing vessel ran aground in Tubbataha Reef.

On Dec.24, 2009, an Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat, BRP Nueva Vizcaya (SARV 3502), along with BRP Pampanga (SARV 003)and MT Tug Habagat (TB-271) was deployed to Cavite to conduct search and rescue operations when MV Catalyn B, a wooden hull motorized vessel collided with the fishing vessel FV Anatalia and sank some 2.8 nautical miles northwest of Limbones Island at 2:25 a.m.

The Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat is a series of four vessels in active service of the Philippine Coast Guard.

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

The party still enjoys great support in President Marcos' home province of Ilocos Norte, but retains little outside of it.

Michael Keon

Keon's former wife, Elizabeth Marcos, was first the vice-governor and then governor of the Philippine province of Ilocos Norte (1971-1983).

Piddig, Ilocos Norte

Piddig is the birthplace of Teófilo Yldefonso, a Filipino swimmer who is the first Filipino to win an Olympic medal, and the only Filipino to win multiple medals.


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