Provincial Jail
This building was originally constructed to house the municipal jail in 1657. When Ilocos Sur became a province in 1818, it was converted into a provincial jail. Repair work on the prison was undertaken in 1855. Taken over by revolutionaries under Col. Juan Villamor in 1898, it was later used by American forces to house detained political leaders Mena Crisologo, Estanislao Reyes and Enrique Quema in 1899. The former president, Elpidio Quirino, was born inside the building on November 16, 1890 when his father was the jail warden.
accomplishments, innovations and best practices, resulting in more productive and self-sufficient barangays. SIGLAT search areas were generally focused on: 1) Health, Nutrition and Environmental Protection; 2) Peace and Order, Protection and Public Safety and Disaster Risk Management; 3) Education, Culture and Youth Development,; 4) Agricultural Productivity, Cooperative Development and Entrepreneurship and Job Creation and Income Generation; and 5) Governance and Administration. The search, a showcase of accomplishments and innovations, is open to all qualified barangays vying for the Best Program Implementation award as well as minor and individual awards. A SIGLAT evaluation team, composed of representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government and other national government agencies, including department representatives of the provincial government, was created to determine the indicators in the search area and to document the program processes of the barangays that would serve as bases for the evaluation. Cash awards and citations are given for the following categories: Cleanest, Greenest and Safest LGU, Cleanest Coastal Area, Cleanest Inland Body of Water, Best LGU-NGO Project Based Practices, Best LGU Practice and Best LGU based on the Local Government Performance Management System (LGPMS). The “KASIGLATAN� (Champion) Awards, in the form of cash and citations for First, Second and Third Runners-up, are also given to Local Government Units (LGUs) with the most number of awards received during the contest period. The SARANAY Program, on the other hand, is for a smaller setting or cluster of Raising the Banner for Progress and Prosperity 145