Photos of the Year 2012: Gov. Imee

Here are my favorite photos made in 2012 while working as Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos' official photographer.

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos welcomes a crowd of school children eager to visit the Provincial Capitol and all its offices during "Open Capitol", held in part of the 194th Foundation Anniversary of the Province on Feb. 2, 2012.

Gov. Imee explains to a crowd of Barangay Health Workers and Day Care teachers during the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Caravan in Lanao, Bangui last March 6 how the PGIN determines the recipients of the insurance cards being distributed. The I-Cards cover accidental and natural death, dismemberment and total disability and are distributed to the indigents identified by the MDG Office under the Office of the Governor.

Getting ready for the press launch of "Paoay Kumakaway!" tourism campaign of Ilocos Norte in Bonifacio Global City. March 8, 2012

Rampang Ganda: Kinni-Kinni for Women's Rights
March 20, 2012 / Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

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La Milagrosa Festival Libot around Laoag City.
May 5, 2012

The Governor gets to know the wife of Alex Cariaga, listed as #3 in Ilocos Norte’s “Most Wanted Persons Involved in Shooting Incidents” arrested last June 2012 after 15 years of hiding. The arrest was made possible thru the Provincial Anti-Private Armed Group Task Force which the Governor established in 2010.

Cariaga was arrested in Quirino province and was presented to Governor Imee Marcos and the members of the media at the Ilocos Norte Capitol last June 22, 2012. Cariaga, rumored to have ties with a notorious syndicate of hired killers, admitted to the 1997 killing of Kagawad Agustin of Barangay Bagbago in Solsona, Ilocos Norte.

Prepared for Typhoon Dindo . June 28, 2012 / Ilocos Norte Capitol.

"DPWH-made calamity" is how Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos described the situation in Bangui after Typhoon Dindo hit the province last June 28 because of the construction of a new bridge there which made the town unpassable to vehicles. The previous alternate road provided by DPWH was the riverbed itself which is now filled with water. As a result, majority of the travelers last Thursday were stranded in Bangui, sleeping at the Municipal Hall or in their vehicles, until the next morning when locals created a foot bridge.

Dozens of private vehicles, public utility vehicles (PUVs), and cargo trucks piled up along the highway.  Commuters were fortunate enough to find PUVs on the other side of the river while private vehicle owners had to drive back to where they came from and traders had to hire porters to carry their goods across the foot bridge. Stranded fruit vendors sold their goods on the side of the road at low prices just to break even.

Meanwhile, Governor Marcos stayed in Bangui almost the whole day of June 29, 2012 and regularly visited on the following days to oversee the delivery of relief goods and the construction of a more convenient foot bridge and a new alternate road.

Dinner with China's Ambassador to the Philippines Ma Keqing
Malacañang of the North
Paoay, Ilocos Norte / July 27, 2012

As part of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos’ efforts to encourage parents to let their children finish schooling, 893 underprivileged elementary and high school students received stipends, through the “Iskolar ni Manang Imee” program, last August 7, 2012 in the town of San Nicolas. The Millennium Development Goals Office under the Office of the Governor identified the students who need financial assistance in order to pay for miscellaneous school fees.

The 13 schools where the students come from also received school supplies such as books, chalk boards, and chart racks, as well as cleaning supplies and nebulizers.

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas, jr. meets Governor Imee Marcos at the Ilocos Norte Capitol last August 24, 2012 on the eve of the "America in 3D" roadshow in Ilocos Norte which is organized by the U.S. Embassy.

The Marcos Family at the Malacanang of the North, which overlooks the Paoay Lake, during the 95th Birth Anniversary of the late Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos on Sept. 11, 2012. From left to right: Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., 2nd District of Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Romualdez-Marcos and Irene Marcos-Araneta.

Governor Imee talks to women farmers after the distribution of garlic and onion bulbs to farmers from Pasuquin, Badoc, Paoay, San Nicolas, Bacarra, Vintar, Piddig and Laoag City as part of the Millennium Development Goals program of the Provincial Government and the High Value Crops Development Projects of the Department of Agriculture. Farm inputs such as fertilizers and vegetable seeds as well as knapsack sprayers were also distributed to the farmers last Oct. 18, 2012 at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in Laoag City.

Nearly 300 children together with their parents celebrated Halloween by trick-or-treating Oct. 26 at the Ilocos Norte Capitol offices, which were all decorated by the employees in a spooky yet fun way for the 11 days of festivities of the Semana ti Ar-aria, organized by the Provincial Government. The children roamed the Capitol in their best costumes and were given prizes for being scary-looking, cute, healthy and having the most elaborate disguise.

Gov. Imee's birthday
Nov. 12, 2012 / Ilocos Norte Capitol

"Tan-ok ni Ilocano: the Festival of Festivals" contingent from Pinili rush to the stage to receive their 3rd Place award from the Governor. / Nov. 17, 2012

Gov. Imee meets a recipient of the Livestock Dispersal Program of the the Provincial Government during the MDG Christmas Caravan in Pinili, Ilocos Norte last Dec. 15, 2012.

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