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ISABELA PBOC PROCLAIMS ALL ELECTED WINNERS
Monday 20th of May 2013
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 20 (PIA) --The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) had officially proclaimed all the winners during last week’s elections, including four district representatives.
Lawyer Abraham Johnny Asuncion, Acting Provincial Election Supervisor and Chairman of the PBOC, led the staggered proclamation on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
The proclamation was staggered due to the delay in the transmission of results from five localities.
On Wednesday last week, the PBOC proclaimed reelected Governor Faustino G. Dy III and newly-elected Vice Governor Antonio Albano, who is the brother of Isabela First District Representative...
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16May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 16 (PIA) -- The provincial government here has allotted more than P4.8 million for the holding of the 5th Grand Ammungan Festival on May 19-24. The event, which is part of the 174th founding anniversary of Nueva Vizcaya, seeks to gather the ethnic tribes Isinai, Ibaloi, Kalanguya, Iwak, Gaddang, Bugkalot, Kankanaey, and Ifugao, including lowland inhabitants such as the Ilocanos, Tagalogs and Pangasinenses, among others. The term “Ammungan” (gathering) was pop...
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16May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region II (BFAR-2) has installed Quirino fisherfolk leader Marlon Prado to be this month’s Regional Fisherfolk Director (RFD). BFAR-2 Director Jovita P. Ayson said that Prado will have a seat in the fisheries bureau to further dramatize and popularize fisherfolk empowerment and participation as government partners in fisheries development pursuant to Department of Agriculture Special Order No. 88 (Fisherfolk D...
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16May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 16 (PIA) -- After 25 years of governance by a single family, this city of the Ibanags finally elected a new mayor. Retired Police General Jefferson Soriano of the Nationalist People’s Alliance won by a margin of 1,132 over reelectionist Filipino-Chinese Mayor Delfin Ting in a hotly contested mayoralty race never seen before by the residents. The race was so intense that for the first time in the history of the city that it was included as one of the areas of con...
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16May2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 16 (PIA) -- Reelected Governor Faustino G. Dy III vowed to continue and strengthen the programs and services he has delivered to Isabelinos. Dy was proclaimed at the Capitol Session Hall yesterday after garnering 358,998 votes. Other gubernatorial candidates Mario Angelo Padaca got 42,354 votes while Glorieta Almazan got 8,986 votes. Dy said that he will strengthen the programs and services implemented in the province under his leadership particularly on health, educ...
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16May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 16 (PIA) -- All three husband and wife political partnerships in Cagayan handily won the May 13 elections as shown by final and official results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Cristine Allas identified the couples as Marilyn and Washington Taguinod of Peñablanca, Juditas and Ferdinand Trinidad of Iguig, and Violeta and Vincent Unite of Ballesteros as Mayors and Vice-Mayors, respectively. Comelec records show ...
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15May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Members of the “Team Bantay” international observers from five countries have declared a peaceful and orderly conduct of election in Cagayan. Observers from Australia, Japan, Germany, Spain and Thailand observed that the election here was done smoothly, the voters are already knowledgeable on the operations of PCOS machines, and the voters’ turnout was very high as the voting public were very participative. Adele Webb from Australia and Mariko Ishii of Ja...
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15May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 15 (PIA) -- Officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) yesterday proclaimed provincial candidates who won in their respective positions after the elections last Monday. Proclaimed were incumbent lone district Representative Carlos Padilla who won for his third term bid while his wife Ruth, a nurse by profession and former commissioner of the Philippine Regulations Commission(PRC) also won in the gubernatorial race. Comelec’s official and final result of...
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15May2013BASCO, Batanes, May 15 (PIA) -- The local government of Basco hosted the 6th Kulay Festival to celebrate Basco Day last April 15-19 with chains of indigenous and colorful motifs. Basco Day on April 15 opened at 7 a.m. with a parade led by the first local government unit's (LGU) drum corps with 6 muses aboard barangay floats portraying local product designs. Each barangay had their street dancers in indigenous attire. These were followed by six barangay delegations led by athletes, municipal o...
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14May2013KAYAPA, Nueva Vizcaya, May 14 (PIA) -- This town’s name truly resonates persistence in the face of challenges that come in their way. This was proven through a multi-sectoral effort to revive the once forgotten traditional art and skill of loom weaving. For many years, the Igorot (people of the mountain) settlers, composed of the Kalanguya, Ibaloi, Kankanaey, Ikalahan, Iwak and Bontoc tribes’ art of loom weaving has vanished, leaving the skills of the elders not transferred to the youn...
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14May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 14 (PIA) -- Political allies of President Benigno S. Aquino III in the province are ahead of their rivals in the congressional, gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial race in this province. Partial official results from the Commission on Elections(COMELEC) show that in the congressional race, incumbent Representative Carlos Padilla is ahead with 66,737 votes against incumbent Governor Luisa Cuaresma who got 40,720 votes covering the towns of Aritao, Bagabag, Bayomb...
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13May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 13(PIA) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino recently approved a bill creating a national high school in this province. The bill, proposed by incumbent Rep. Carlos Padilla (Lone District, Nueva Vizcaya) will benefit the youth especially those who come from poor families and indigenous communities in upland and remote barangays. House Bill 1210 as Republic Act 10482 or an “An Act Establishing a National High School in Barangay Dagupan in Quezon town called the ...
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13May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , May 13(PIA)– The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office(PSWDO) has distributed a total fund of more than P3.8 million to various livelihood organizations and groups in the province as capital assistance to jumpstart their micro business ventures. Jojo Celestino, PSWDO administrative officer said the livelihood fund was given to 303 groups such as persons with disabilities, senior citizens, women’s cooperatives, tricycle operators and drivers association...
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13May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 13 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office(LTO) here has surpassed its more than P43.3 million 2011 revenue collection with its 2012 total take of more than P45.3 million. Claro Labitoria, LTO district chief said the increase in their 2012 agency collection was due to the increased compliance of motor vehicle owners and operators on transport laws. “One of the major factors that led to our increased revenue collection for last year was the implementation of t...
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13May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 13 (PIA) -– The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 02 has set an all-time high record in the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) for this year. Director Rosario S. Ilo during the awarding of certificates of scholarship here said OWWA is very proud to have the 50% passers from region 2, adding that out of 126 passers in the country, 50% or 63 passers came from Region 02 aside from one passer under the Education for Developm...
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12May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 12 (PIA) -- Bishop Ramon Villena of the diocese here and in Quirino province urged voters in the province to cast their votes wisely and in accordance with their conscience for the national and local elections on Monday. In a statement, Villena said that there are already vote buying attempts and incidents in the province such as in the form of distribution of grocery packs, liquors with appetizers, conduct of seminars and provision of cash assistance among local...
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10May2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 10 (PIA) -- For the third year, the municipality of Diffun has again succeeded in maintaining its Green Banner Award being the Most Outstanding Municipality in the province during Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Plan Implementation (MELPI) for nutrition for 2012. The MELPI is a management tool used in assessing efficiency and effectiveness of programs and projects for the improvement of the nutritional status of populace. LGU Diffun has an overall score of 94.33....
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10May2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 10 (PIA) --The four-member Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team has just concluded its three-day evaluation in the six Municipal Nutrition Committees and the Provincial Nutrition Committee to assess their accomplishments to curb malnutrition in the province in preparation for the national evaluation on May 27-30, 2013. “We are here not only to assess your accomplishment but to provide technical inputs to the nutrition committees so that they can further enhance the...
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09May2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 9 (PIA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Isabela has reported that of the 1,338 PCOS machines that were tested last Monday, only six malfunctioned and these were immediately replaced upon request of the election officers concerned. Comelec – Isabela election assistant Marites Salvador said the six PCOS machines that malfunctioned during the final testing and sealing are assigned in the municipalities of Benito Soliven, Burgos, Echague, Ramon, San Guil...
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09May2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 9 (PIA) -- Governor Faustino G. Dy III declared May 10, 2013 a special non-working holiday in the whole province of Isabela in commemoration of the province’s 157th founding anniversary. Dy said in Executive Order 2013-07 that the declaration will encourage the public and private sectors to contribute in promoting Isabela’s cultural heritage and the growth of the local economy. Dy said that the province of Isabela has a well-established tradition of annually celeb...
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09May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- With almost a year of pilot testing, the On-Line-Application System of the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) was proven to be effective in fast tracking the applications of board examinees. Professional Regulations Officer III Arnel M. Melad said the online system has several of benefits not only to the examinees but also to the PRC which decongested the office from examinees who usually flock to ther office to file their application. Melad said that...
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09May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- Media practitioners in Cagayan offered mass today to seek blessings for the safe conduct of the election coverage on May 13. The mass, led by the Philippine Information Agency Region-2 and was held at its Conference Hall, was attended by representatives from different media institutions in the province. Officiating priest Fr. Domingo Langcay encouraged media practitioners to serve as instruments of truth during the election and to campaign for fair election. He...
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09May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 9 (PIA) -- Various fishing paraphernalia for distribution to island municipalities and Pacific coast areas of Cagayan Valley region and fishery projects will highlight this year’s celebration of Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month in Region 2. Director Jovita P. Ayson of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that the agency has identified the island barangays of Calayan island including the municipalities of Isabela along the Pacific coast ...
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09May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 9 (PIA) -- This province’s dependence on the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) has been improved over the years with the emergence of robust local tax sources. Reports said that in 2005, Nueva Vizcaya has been faring at a 93-percent IRA dependence rate which dramatically improved to 72 or 73 percent at present, even lower from the 88 percent National IRA Dependency Average Rate (NIRADAR). “Our province’s reduction of its IRA dependency rate simply means th...
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09May2013AGLIPAY, Quirino, May 9 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue here has rolled out its massive tax mapping operations in business establishments in the entire province as part of the strategies to meet collection target. Assistant Revenue District Officer Vivian Tarectecan said that they have already exhausted their soft approach in collecting taxes yet some business establishments are still unmindful of their efforts so there is no other choice except to employ the stick approach. Tarectecan...
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09May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 9 (PIA) -- Hundreds of mountaineering enthusiasts and environmentalists from all over the country are expected to stay in this province by the end of this month for the four-day mountaineering event at Camp AGBAPER in barangay Masoc here. The conduct of the 8th Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines, Inc.(MFPI) Summit from May 30 to June 2 will showcase the eco-tourism adventure potentials of Nueva Vizcaya, said Raymond Zamora, president of the Nueva Viz...
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09May2013DIFFUN, Quirino, May 9 (PIA) -- The Metrology Division of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 2 will conduct a training for gasoline station owners and municipal treasurers on May 16 at the DOST-Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC), QSU Compound in this town. Daisy Simon of the DOST-PSTC Quirino said that the participants will be trained on the Verification of Commercial Balances and Fuel Dispensing Pumps. Simon said that they have required all the 14 gasoline st...
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09May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 2 conducted a two-day motorcade around Cagayan province to drumbeat the quest for a Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2013 on May 13. Police Regional Director Atty. Rodrigo Purisima-De Gracia, Cagayan Police Provincial Director PSSupt. Gregorio N. Lim and other police officials led the advocacy campaign on their motorcycles, armed with flyers and leaflets, together with some 250 participants. PNP personnel from different Cagayan towns...
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06May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 6 (PIA) – The Commission on Election (Comelec) Region 2 has already began the final testing and sealing of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in the precinct level today. Comelec announced earlier that all PCOS machines were already delivered to the precincts and turned over to the Board of Election Inspectors for the testing and sealing. The testing and sealing was spearheaded by the Board of Election Inspectors and Canvassers, witnessed by the official poll...
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06May2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 5 (PIA) -- After the successful conduct of Diskwento Fair at Diffun town last year, the Department of Trade and Industry-Quirino Provincial Office will duplicate said activity this time at the Provincial Capitol Grounds here on May 15-16, 2013. Dubbed “Balik Eskwela Diskwento Caravan, the activity aims to help parents save money by making discounted products accessible to them. Susan Janer, senior trade and industry specialist said 21 entrepreneurs have confirme...
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03May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The Parish Pastoral Council for responsible Voting (PPCRV) in the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao has conducted a forum to present possible frauds in the 2013 midterm elections. Fr. Archie Intenggan of the PPCRV presented to the participants from different sectors the unrevealed fraud happened last 2010 automated elections which might again happen in the incoming May 13 elections. Intenggan stated that based on the review of the automated elections there were three sa...
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03May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- Manager Eden P. Seno of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) here recently informed stakeholders about reforms being instituted under the new leadership of Chairman Daniel L. Lacson Jr. In the recent re-orientation dialogue-meeting with the member-agencies’ liaison officers (LOs) of national government agencies and local government units, Seno said that as promised, the new leadership is committed to to be more transparent, consultative, and member...
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03May2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment – Isabela Field office (DOLE-IFO) reported today that at least 266 job applicants during the May 1 job fair held at Santiago City were hired-on-the spot by local and overseas employment agencies. Gerardo Nicolas, administrative officer and concurrent communications officer of DOLE-IFO, in a news release, said 263 were hired on the spot by local employment agencies while three were hired for overseas job. Nicolas said...
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03May2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, May 3 (PIA) -- At least five vintage bombs dug inside a construction site in Barangay Cabaruan in this city on Tuesday by a construction worker had been turned over to the police. Police authorities said the vintage bombs were used during World War II. Senior Police Officer I Lupo Duarte, investigator of Cauayan city police station, said the place was once a junk shop and the owner might have left the vintage bombs in the area placed inside a sack. Duarte said the bom...
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03May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 3 (PIA) -- Cagayan Valley power firm SN Aboitiz Power-Magat (SNAP-Magat) recently received an environmental award from a pollution control body for its various programs which contributed to the reduction of gas emissions. The award was given by the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCAPI) to SN Aboitiz Power-Magat (SNAP-Magat) through its recent annual awarding ceremony and national convention at the KCC Convention Hall in General Santos C...
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03May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 3 (PIA) -- Police and Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials are in the process of checking the arrival of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines intended for the May 13 polls in the province. Police Sr. Supt. Valfrie Tabian, provincial director of the Philippine National Police(PNP), said the 401 PCOS machines are now being processed through an inventory system to ensure their proper documentation and operation. Several police cars from the 15 munici...
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02May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 2 (PIA) – To build safer, adaptive and disaster resilient communities, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Region 2 has started formulating its long term management and capacity enhancement plan. In collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the council members, spearheaded by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), has initially drawn the region’s plan to include determination of strengths, weaknesses, opportu...
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02May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 2 (PIA) – Eleven (11) private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Cagayan Valley Region filed a letter of intent to increase tuition fee for this school year, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) revealed. Dr. Antonio Pascual, chief-education program specialists, said they have reviewed and assessed the merits of the intent to increase tuition fees and they ordered these schools to conduct consultation with the stakeholders in their respective institutions especiall...
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02May2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, May 2 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Isabela said it has ironed out kinks in preparations to ensure a peaceful and orderly elections. Acting Isabela Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Johnny Abraham Asuncion made the statement after all concerns from security to safe distribution and transport of election paraphernalia including the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines had been ironed out. Last week, Comelec – Isabela held a meeting with t...
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02May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 was able to assist some 8, 238 job seekers through its Provincial Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in the different provinces of the region in the first quarter of 2013. During the quarter, there were 12, 390 job applicants who registered for job matching in the different vacancies posted in their respective offices as well as on-line. Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., regional director, said the applicants are n...
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01May2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 1 (PIA)—As it awaits the coming of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) next week, the Provincial Nutrition Committee of this province has nothing but hopes for the most coveted First Year Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) maintenance award. Luningning Pacudan, provincial nutrition officer, said the PNC and the different Municipal Nutrition Committees visited most of the 132 barangays to conduct actual weighing, site visitation...
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01May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 30 (PIA) -- Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) will be collaborating with loom weavers here in order to present their products in local and international markets. This year, loom weavers in the upland town of Kayapa are expected to attend the five–day China ‘Expo’ in September this year to showcase their local products and discover links to the international market. “With this exposure, they can learn new technologies and skills...
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30Apr2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, April 30 (PIA) – The Commission on Elections – Santiago City has distributed voters information and instruction sheet (VIIS) to the voters in every barangay in the city. The VIIS contains the information for voters where to vote and schools where to cast their votes. It also gives instruction to the voters where to locate in the Comelec website the sample ballot that will be used by voters and how to feed in the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machine after fi...
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30Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 30 (PIA) – Two weeks before the May 13 national and local elections, official ballots that will be used during the elections arrived yesterday morning at the provincial treasury office and immediately distributed to the municipal and city treasury offices of Isabela and the police guarded the safe transport by the police. The provincial treasury office together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Isabela received the official ballots that arrived yesterd...
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30Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The labor department, together with its attached agencies, is set to conduct two job fairs in region 2 this labor month. Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., labor regional director, said a job fair will highlight the Labor Day celebration in Santiago City on May 1 wherein 40 companies for local and overseas employment will be joining to serve applicants for the 1,200 job vacancies for local employment and at least 2,000 jobs for overseas employment. He also said there...
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30Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 30 (PIA) – Of the thirteen candidates invited, only five took the courage to face the challenge in the "2013 Candidates Forum" sponsored by the Regional Development Council (RDC) Region 2,through the Committee on Development Information and Communication and the Committee on Development Administration (CODA), yesterday at the Cagayan State University. The two candidates for congressman of the 3rd district of Cagayan, the incumbent Randolph S. Ting and former board membe...
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30Apr2013DIFFUN, Quirino, April 30 (PIA) -- To reduce the number of malnourished children in the municipality, the local government has provided seeds and seedlings to all families in the 32 barangays here through Aldaw Ti Umili “Pasadang Pangkalusugan sa Barangay” program which ran from January to December last year. “This is one way of sustaining food supply for every family,” Ramillosa said. He added that the main cause of malnutrition in the municipality is low food intake due to foo...
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30Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 30 (PIA) – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) distributed assorted farming tools to farmers this morning as part of its efforts to empower them as partners for nation building. Engineer Francisco Domingsil, NIA provincial director, said the farmers received a mountain bike, grass cutters and shovels during the congress between the members of the Provincial Federation of Irrigators’ Association (PFIA) and NIA officials. “The farming tools and ot...
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30Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) promised to review the existing wage order after the celebration of the Labor month. Atty. Sixto Rodriguez, Jr., labor regional director and chairperson of the RTWPB, explained that they could not review the existing wage order because it was only approved and took effect last May 16, 2012 and there were no petitions also from the employees sector. “There is a prohibition in the labor law that wag...
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30Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 30 (PIA) -- The city government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) has formed the City Inter-Agency Council Against Human Trafficking (CIACAT) to prevent human trafficking in the city. The CIACAT will ensure the safety of its residents against human trafficking and enable the city government to act and respond on cases of human trafficking and put perpetrators to jail, Rubilyn Ancheta, social welfare officer of CSWDO – Cauayan city, ...
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29Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 29 (PIA) – In its aim to improve the life of every Filipino through quality infrastructure, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had employed of Indigenous People groups for the various infrastructure projects in the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. DPWH-2 OIC-Director Melvin B. Navarro reported to Secretary Rogelio L. Singson 30 Agtas/Aetas, 21 Kankanaeys and 3 Ibalois are presently working in the on-going Cordon-Diffun-Madella-Aur...
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29Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 29 (PIA)--Thirty two schools of the Department of Education here will be given additional classrooms to address the needs of the increasing number of pupils in the province. In Diffun district, the classrooms will be constructed at Dona Imelda Elementary School, and other elementary schools such as San Pascual, Baguio Village, San Antonio, Liwayway, Rizal, Gulac, Maria Clara, Villa Pascua and Upper Gabriela. In Maddela, the classrooms will be constructed at Vill...
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29Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 29 (PIA)---The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 2 (DOLE-2) is set to conduct job fair and services caravan this May 1 at the City Hall of Santiago City as part of the nationwide celebration of the Labor Day,said DOLE Regional Director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, Jr. “The theme for this year’s celebration is Manggagawang Pilipino, Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon. This is timely because the new millennium is going global and our workers are not exe...
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29Apr2013COMELEC grants election ban exemption on SPES By Reginald B. Estioco and Oliver T. Baccay TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 29 (PIA) --The Commission on Election (COMELEC) Region 2 has already released the ban exemption for the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this election period. In the reply of election Regional Director Atty. Julius D. Torres he specified that “pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 9581, the request for exemption from the election ban of Att...
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29Apr2013RDRMMC conducts earthquake drill at the rehabilitation for youth By Oliver T. Baccay ENRILE, Cagayan, April 29 (PIA) – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Region 2 has conducted earthquake drill at Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth. Frank Lopez, disaster action officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office (DSWD), the drill aims to orient the Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) and the staff of the center for them to be able t...
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29Apr2013BASCO, Batanes April 29 (PIA)--Food handlers promoting the festival food bazaar of Basco Day have lighted up the tennis court at the Rizal park during the recent celebration of Basco Day . There are fifteen food handlers who installed their booths around the tennis court. It is most sought from 5:00 p.m toward midnight. The tennis court is also the nightly entertainment site. Outside the tennis court but along the walls between the park and municipal hall building there are 20 mini-huts in unif...
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27Apr2013
Comelec – Ilagan City prepares transport of election paraphernalia, PCOS machines to far flung areas
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 27 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections – Ilagan City is ironing out the safe transport of election paraphernalia and three Precinct Count Optical Scan machines to distant barangays of the city to begin next week. The city has a total of 91 barangays, most of them far flung. Lawyer Alexander Pilotin, Ilagan City election officer, called village officials, board of election inspectors from the 60 barangays, the police, military personnel and meet Friday to iron out... -
26Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Education here is expecting around 29,342 elementary and 11,144 high school students to flock at different public schools in the province for school year 2013-2014. Based on the consolidated report of the early registration in the secondary level, the Diffun High School has the biggest number of enrollees with 1,601 followed by Quirino General High School, Saguday National High School, and Maddela Comprehensive High with 1,003, 1,0...
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26Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 26 (PIA) -- The SM Foundation has selected 14 indigent students from this city for year 2013-2014 who are entering college. These scholars successfully passed the aptitude test and interviews conducted first week of April in the city said SM Foundation executive director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde. Atayde said the lucky scholars are Mercedes G. Acosta, Jhun King Alindayu, Arnie T. Antonio, Jennifer O. Arcadio, Jermagne A. Ceria, Myrna P. del rosaio, Joseph C...
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26Apr2013BASCO, Batanes, April 26 (PIA) -- A memorandum of agreement (MOA) on a project called "Demonstrating the Eco-Town Framework in the Municipality of Ivana, Batanes" was signed by lawyer May Ann Lucile L. Sering, vice chairperson and executive director of the Climate Change Office, and Mayor Anastacio A. Barsana of LGU- Ivana at the Sulu Hotel last April 11. Mayor Barsana was accompanied by his municipal planning and development officer, budget officer and treasurer. Ivana municipality was cho...
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26Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 26 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Cauayan City is conducting regular inspections to business establishments in the city to avoid fire incidents caused by faulty electrical wiring or gas tank leaks in restaurants. Senior Fire Officer I Marcelo Guingab said the fire bureau in the city is conducting daily inspections to business establishments to ensure establishments are safe from fire incidents. He said the high temperature can also cause fire inc...
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25Apr2013Ruben Sanchez, chieftain of the Agtas in Nagtipunan town considers himself and his fellow Agtas fortunate for receiving much attention from the government. "We are thankful to our government for mainstreaming the marginalized sector like the Agta tribe," Sanchez said adding that they would have been wandering from one place to another if not of the help of the government. Speaking in fluent Tagalog, Sanchez said they thought that they were heading the right way but they realized that they ...
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25Apr2013DIFFUN, Quirino, April 25 (PIA)-- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled a temporary shutdown of some of their transmission facilities in the whole province of Quirino today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. NGCP’s corporate communication officer Lilibeth Gaydowen has advised the affected distribution utility, the Quirino Electric Cooperative, to take the necessary preparations and precautions for this scheduled interruption. Gaydowen said the temporary shutdown is due to...
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25Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – Despite massive information dissemination and warnings to political candidates, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 has received several complaints that some political candidates are utilizing and even harassing some beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps). DSWD 2 Regional Director Violeta Cruz said they have recorded complaints from beneficiaries of the municipalities of Lasam, Sta Teresita and Ballesteros of...
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24Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 2 has urged incoming tertiary students to enroll in the four under-subscribed courses in higher education institutions in the region. Dr. Antonio Pascual, chief-education program specialists, said agriculture, entrepreneurship, engineering and medicine courses are under-subscribed or sometimes no enrollees despite several scholarship programs offered by the CHED and other government agencies as well as politica...
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24Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 24 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture -2 (DA-2) has started to roll out its soil analysis services in the provinces through its newly-acquired P3-million mobile soils laboratory. The mobile soils laboratory will enable the farmers to avail themselves of DA's soil analysis services to be able to use the right fertilizers and volume on both to rice and corn farms. Margaret Aguinaldo, DA – 2 soil laboratory chief, said through soil analysis farmers will know ...
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24Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – Out of 550 applicants, 147 incoming tertiary students qualified in the different scholarship grants of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 2. Engr. Honorato Alzate, supervising education program specialist, said a notice of award were already given to each of the qualified scholars, who are poor and deserving students from different provinces of the region. Alzate said they screened rigidly the applicants to determine who are the most qualified ...
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24Apr2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya , April 24 (PIA) -- At least 49 unwed couples availed of a free mass wedding on April 23 in this town as part of the local government unit’s celebration of its town fiesta. Mayor Clarita Egmin-Epi said the program seeks to help poor couples get legal marriage through the Municipal Civil Registrar’s(MCR) office. “This is a yearly program for all unwed couples in our town so that they can formalize and legalize their marriage vows which have not been materia...
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24Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 24 (PIA) -- The Diocese of Ilagan vowed to help the government in its environmental awareness campaigns to mitigate the effects of climate change as part of Earth Day observance. April 22 each year is declared as Earth Day where various activities from the government and non-government organizations are conducted in support to the Earth Day observance but the diocese of Ilagan has reset it on Saturday. Fr. John Couvreur, parish priest of Quirino, Isabela and an envi...
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24Apr2013DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya , April 24 (PIA) – The national government’s “Lakbay Kalusugan” event held yesterday benefited at least 296 families in this town as part of the local government unit’s culmination activity of its town fiesta celebration. With the theme: “Walang Iwanan sa Biyaheng Kalusugan,” the health promotion caravan with interactive health promotion exhibits and lectures seeks to bring essential health information and basic family health services to the poor, said...
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23Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 23 (PIA) – The provincial government of Isabela in coordination with thE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 2 has conducted a one-day anti-drug summit in the province last week aimed at strengthening the linkages of government agencies and the different sectors in the fight against illegal drugs. Retired police chief superintendent Jimmy U. Rivera, acting vice chairman of the Isabela anti-illegal drugs task force, said the anti-illegal drugs summit aims to i...
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23Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 23 (PIA)—This province is among the 172 local government units in Northern Luzon included in the Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs) awarding at Baguio City Country Club for completing their CLUPs. The province received a plaque of appreciation under the bronze category, Daniphine Badua of the Provincial Planning and Development Office said. She said that the six municipalities have already submitted their CLUPs to the Provincial Land use Committee for review...
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23Apr2013GAMU, Isabela, April 23 (PIA) -- A Philippine Army official ordered the 5th Infantry Division soldiers to remain neutral and non-partisan during elections and stand to guard the conduct of elections. Army commander Col. Noel Coballes made the call during his visit in this camp last week where he met officials and soldiers of the camp and brigade camps. In his visit, he said the main role of soldiers is to protect the state against aggression, invasion to the country and government and shall r...
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23Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture- Livestock Division has formally opened on Monday the four-day ‘Livestock and Poultry Exposition 2013” at the Cagayan State University, Andrews Campus, here to promote the region’s livestock industry and showcase the technological innovations of agricultural scientists and researchers. Agriculture Regional Executive Director Lucrecio R. Alviar, Jr. said the exhibit of the livestock and poultry of the region plus the techno...
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22Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 22 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has set a two-day power interruption to several service areas of Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) I. Lilibeth P. Gaydowen, NGCP north Luzon corporate communications and public affairs officer, said the power interruption will be experienced on April 24 and 25, Wednesday and Thursday this week. The affected service areas on April 24 are barangays District 1 and 2, Buenaswerte, Labinab, Culalaba...
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22Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 22(PIA) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) here will be closely evaluating the actual tax payments of several doctors and lawyers wth their yearly income to further boost the collection of proper revenues from the professional and self-employed individuals. Lawyer Ma. Isabel Utit, BIR district officer, said the move will be done in the wake of low payment of these sectors when it comes to taxes. “Doctors and lawyers in our province are paying taxes...
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22Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 22(PIA) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) expects to collect some P90 million from the town of Alfonso Castaneda for its accumulated withholding tax from 2008 to 2011 which remain unremitted up to this time. “We are closely monitoring and assisting them because we see some problems, particularly on their tax remittances. But setting the record straight, this problem has nothing to do with the non-release of their fund share from the provincial governme...
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22Apr2013GAMU, Isabela, April 22 (PIA) -- At least 40 youth leaders who are sons and daughters of army soldiers from 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army had undergone a three-day youth leader summit held in this camp last week. The youth leadership summit is a program of the army division aimed at preparing the young people to be God-fearing leaders in the country and move away from societal problems like drug addiction, criminality and influence from the rebel groups. Colonel Loreto Magundayao Jr,...
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22Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 22(PIA) – A forum highlighting the recent celebration of the Earth Day in this province generated support, proposals and recommendations from political candidates. Sponsored by the religious sector and civil society organizations here, the forum was attended by Congressional candidates Carlos Padilla and Lawrence Sta Ana, gubernatorial bets Ruth Padilla, Jose Gambito and John Severino Bagasao and vice gubernatorial candidates Lambert Galima, Patricio ...
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22Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 22(PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) district office here is set to deploy its personnel within the mining project in barangay Didipio in Kasibu town in a bid to monitor the outflow of extracted minerals from the site. Lawyer Ma. Isabel Utit, BIR district officer said the presence of their personnel within the compound of Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc.(OGPI) which is now in full commercial mining operation will be an important action in ensuring t...
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20Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 20 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections – Isabela and the provincial treasury office has started distributing election paraphernalia that are classified as non-accountable forms to municipal and city treasurers together with the election officers in the different municipalities and cities of Isabela. City and municipal treasurers merged yesterday at the capitol, particularly at the provincial treasury office and received the election paraphernalia to be used in the...
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20Apr2013SAN MATEO, Isabela, April 20 (PIA) -- The local government unit of San Mateo has intensified the implementation of Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as the Solid Waste Management Act of 2001. The town is champion in solid waste management implementation having been adjudged as regional winner (1st to 3rd class municipal category) in solid waste management program in 2005. Acting Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer (Menro) of LGU-San Mateo Erwin Paranan said the municipal gov...
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20Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 (DSWD-2) has urged stakeholders to help address shortage of chairs for the learners in schools, both elementary and high schools, in the region. Based on the assessment conducted by the said agency, the result shows that of the 353,324 elementary pupils regionwide, there are only 351,838 available seats which translate into a shortage of 1,486 chairs. For secondary level, there are 121,577 students but ...
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19Apr2013GAMU, Isabela, April 19 (PIA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have joined together in promoting and showcasing the different techniques in vegetable, root crops and livestock production aimed at helping farmers to increase their yield. The activity was conducted last Tuesday and Wednesday this week at Gamu Rural School where participants were taught how to produce and grow vegetables and livestock animals. Dubbed as campus agri-fiesta, the campus...
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19Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 19 (PIA) – The Department of Justice Region 2 (DOJ-2) has conducted a series of trainings to improve their capacity of the police officers in the implementing the Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Human Trafficking in Persons Act, Prosecutor Alejo Tangaro, Jr., DOJ focal person on trafficking, said the training aims to orient police officers on the provisions of the law as well as to capacitate them on the conduct of operations, especially on rescue of victims and apprehe...
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18Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 18 (PIA) -- To ensure smooth elections on May 13, the Commission on Elections here will hold a committee conference with the Quirino Police Provincial Office, Department of Education, municipal election officers, municipal treasurers and Precinct Count Optical Scan) or PCOS machines technicians next week to assess the ongoing preparations for the said event. Lawyer Manuel Castillo, provincial election supervisor, said they will discuss their deployment plans and...
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18Apr2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, April 18 (PIA) -- There are at least 1,200 job vacancies awaiting job seekers who want to be employed locally and internationally, the public employment service office (PESO) here announced. Antonio Carreon, city human resource management officer and designated PESO manager, said the city government will host a Jobs fair to be conducted on May 1, or Labor Day at the city hall grounds aimed at helping job seekers in the city and from nearby provinces in the region to ...
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17Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 17 (PIA) -- The yearly Le Tour De Filipinas, a cycling event in the country, has been drawing more participants from other countries, organizers here boasted. “By leaps and bounds, we are growing in terms of participating countries and teams from our country but we only have to accommodate an ideal number based on our resources,” said Gary Cayton, one of the organizers of the cycling event. Cayton, along with hundreds of cycling enthusiasts and athletes, in...
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17Apr2013ECHAGUE, Isabela, April 17 (PIA) -- To equip marginalized farmers with updated agricultural farm technology on high value crop production, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 (DSWD-2) will provide them trainings to increase the profitability for their harvest even with limited planting space. In a memorandum of agreement signing together with SM Foundation, Inc; Department of Agriculture; Harbest Agribusiness, Corp.; and Isabela State University, the DSWD committed to assi...
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17Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) – Due to high demand in the market, the Department of Agriculture in Region 2 now ventures in artificial insemination to boost goat production in the region. Dr. Geronima Ludan, chief-livestock division, said there is a high demand of goat meat in the region but there are only few goat raisers that is why they are introducing new technology on how to enhance productions and encourage more investors on goat raising. Ludan said aside from the high demand of goat...
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17Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture – Livestock Division of Region 2 is set to showcase native animals in a ‘Livestock and Poultry Expo” on April 22-25, 2013 at the Cagayan State University, Andrews Campus, here. Dr. Geronima Ludan, chief of livestock division, said the activity aims to let farmers, specially animal raisers, be educated on the proper way of backyard animal farming and let them know of the benefits of investing into native animal productions ...
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17Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- To induce balance between livestock production and agricultural production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 has encouraged more investors on corn feed processing production to boost economic and livelihood growth in the region. Dr. Geronima Ludan, chief-livestock division of DA-2, said Cagayan Valley is number one corn producer in the country and it also has a huge grassland area for livestock production, however, there are only few who invest on l...
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17Apr2013RAMON, Isabela, April 17 (PIA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Ramon led on Monday the “operation baklas” against illegally posted campaign materials on the stretch in major thoroughfares and barangay roads here. Ramon town election officer Teresita Angangan led the removal of illegally posted campaign material together with Ramon police station personnel, fire bureau and municipal environment and natural resources office personnel. Angangan said most of the campaign materia...
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17Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said five courses are over-subscribed in the higher education institutions in Cagayan Valley Region. These courses include information technology, teacher education, business and accountancy, hotel and restaurant management, and nursing, Rey S. Tabao of the CHED Technical Services Division said. The findings was based on the validation and assessment conducted on tertiary schools. Tabao urged incoming first college ...
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17Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 17 (PIA) -- An official of the National Food Authority here said that their warehouses are now full of palay products sold by farmers from all over the province. NFA Assistant Provincial Manager Pat Avila said they noticed that more farmers now prefer to sell their palay products to the NFA because of the softer policy of procurement being implemented by the Agency. “The higher buying price plus the relaxed procurement policy have motivated our farmers to se...
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16Apr2013BASCO, Batanes April 15 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) and National Telecom Commission (NTC) conducted a joint program and project on nutrition in Batanes last April 8 to10. NNC Asec Bernardita T. Flores with Mr. Kiko T. Flores, project team leader for nutriskwela and party, formed two groups for the training of government employees. The hands-on training covered community radio broadcasting, including running the batang radyo nutriskwela at TESDA and DEPED respectively. Twe...
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16Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , April 16 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) tax collections here went up in the first quarter of this year after receiving a huge tax payment last month from an Australian mining firm -Oceanagold Philippines Incorporated(OGPI). Lawyer Ma. Isabel Utit, BIR district officer said, the windfall tax collection amount which she refused to reveal came from the settlement of OGPI’s excise tax dues from its extraction of mineral ore, sand and gravel in bar...
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16Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 16 (PIA)— The Department of the Interior and Local Government here said majority of the 132 barangays of the province took part in the synchronized barangay assembly day last month. Provincial Director Ruperto Maribbay of DILG Quirino said this is an indication that the barangay officials are now fully aware of the provisions of Republic Act 7160 or the local government code stating that there shall be a barangay assembly composed of all persons who are actual re...
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14Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 14 (PIA) -- Three barangays of Cagayan Valley Region are among the national finalists in this year’s search for Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award (LTIA). The regional selection committee has endorsed Barangay Centro East, Santiago City, Isabela for the city category, Barangay Centro 1, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan for the 1st-3rd class municipality, and Barangay Ibung, Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya for the 4th to 6th class municipality category. Estela Aggabao, chief-local gov...
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14Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 14 (PIA) -- Eight aspiring students are now being evaluated by the Regional Selection Body (RSB) to be the region’s candidates in the national search for modern Rizal. Dubbed “Makabagong Rizal,” the contenders must display the qualities of the national hero, show active involvement in the society, and exhibit commitment to the community/school/region’s goals. The eight nominees are: Honesto M. Andres, Jr. and Danhill P. Fernandez of North Eastern College, Jayso...
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12Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 12 (PIA) -- Former Regional Development Council 2 Chairman Bishop Ramon B. Villena celebrated his golden sacerdotal anniversary last Friday, April 5, 2013 at the St. Dominic Cathedral in this town. Prominent personalities in politics and the religious joined the festivity honoring Villena’s 50 years of pious service to the community. The Bishop led the thanksgiving mass, with the presence of Archbishop Diosdado Talamayan of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao City,...
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12Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- With the establishment of its new office, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) - Cagayan is now confident to manage any worst case scenario which may happen in the province. Resty Vargas, Chief-Administrative and Training Division of the PDRRM office, said that they have just conducted series of capacity building trainings and seminars with the council members, volunteers and rescue teams about the different aspects of disast...
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12Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 2 (BFAR-2) has identified various endemic species in Region 02 which were categorized as endangered, of high economic importance and both. In a recently conducted meeting attended by representatives from Provincial Agriculture offices and state universities and colleges as well as concerned staff of the bureau to Fisheries Regional Director Dr. Jovita Ayson said that while the bureau promotes the cultur...
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12Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 12 (PIA) -- Cagayan Valley region’s “Protocol on Warning and Disaster Reporting” is expected to be submitted to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) middle of next month. The assurance was made by Director Norma Talosig of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) after the regional council members finalized their roles and responsibilities on disaster risk reduction management in a meeting yesterday. Talosig said that the protocol ...
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11Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 11 (PIA)--The Bureau of Internal Revenue-District Office 16 here said business owners have only until June 30 to renew their business receipts. Assistant Revenue District Officer Vivian Tarectecan said that this move aims to regulate further the printing of all invoices by setting a validity period. She explained that under Revenue Regulations no. 18-2012, all persons, whether private or government, who are engaged in business shall secure /apply from the Bureau of ...
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11Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 11 (PIA) -- The Isabela police will intensify implementation of Roadside Assistance Monitoring Booth (Rambo), a unified peace and order program. Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) community relations head Superintendent Narciso Paragas said that Rambo is a unified anti-criminality campaign of the IPPO which was designed by Police Regional Office 2 and aimed at ensuring a peaceful and orderly Cagayan Valley region. Paragas said that the objective of Rambo is to...
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11Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 11 (PIA) – The city government of Cauayan is set to inaugurate the newly-constructed City Animal Impounding Center located at barangay Tagaran in this city. The impounding center was built by the city government to be used to hold stray animals found in the city like dogs, cows, goats and other animals which sometimes cause danger to the public and motorists. City Planning and Development Officer Oliver Francisco said the city government found it necessary to con...
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11Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 11 (PIA)--The National Food Authority (NFA) in Quirino assures the public that they should not worry about rice shortage in the province as they have sufficient supply of rice. “We don’t have to be apprehensive about rice shortage as we have sufficient stocks of rice in the province that could last even up to the next cropping season,” said NFA Assistant Manager Patricio Avila. In an interview, Avila disclosed that even there are no rice stocked in households ...
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10Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 10(PIA) -- Local officials here are crafting a program that will provide social pension benefits for poor senior citizens in support of the Senior Citizens Law. Mayor Flaviano Balgos said that the social pension will be part of their Municipal Poverty Reduction Plan (MPRP) which will benefit senior citizens of their municipality especially those classified within the poverty mark survey. “We have already formed our Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT)...
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10Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 10 (PIA) -- The provincial government-managed Paraiso Tribu Biskayano Resort in Diadi town continue to generate income for the province. Provincial Cooperative Affairs Officer Dr. Benjamin Daquioag said that as of March 18, 2013, the collected amount has already reached more than P2.5 million through the resort’s various amenities and facilities. The resort, which is one of the major eco-tourism sites in the province, was formally opened in March last year. ...
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10Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 2 (BFAR-2) is proposing a new technique in fish cage operations based on the result of the harvest field day demo and research project at the Magat Reservoir. Information Officer Max Prudencio said that the demo and research project, which showcased the viability of fish cages in the Magat Aquapark, aims is to revitalize the once-vibrant aquaculture industry in said area. Prudencio said that the aquacultur...
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10Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 10 (PIA) -- The newly-installed Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) chief expressed his desire to deliver the highest police service to Isabelinos upon his assumption as head of the Isabela police force on Monday, April 8. Police Senior Superintendent Sotero G. Ramos Jr., who assumed the post as Officer-in-Charge of IPPO, said that the people of Isabela deserve to be served well especially in maintaining the peace and order of the province. Ramos replaced outgoi...
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10Apr2013BASCO, Batanes, April 10 (PIA) -- Provincial veterinarian Alberto Tabile has reminded livestock producers to consult veterinarians when animals show sign of ill-health. Tabile said that animals should not be given self-medication but recommended consultation with veterinarians as he confirmed that there are animal illnesses that cannot be healed by medicines. "There are also animal illnesses that cannot be healed by antibiotics," Tabile added. “Correct dosage of medicines for instance that...
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10Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 10 (PIA)--Assistant Revenue Officer Vivian Tarectecan of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here said they will closely monitor political candidates’ compliance with the directives of Project: Iboto Mo. Project: Iboto Mo imposes a five percent creditable withholding tax (CWT) on all election campaign-related expenditures for the coming May 13, 2013 local and national elections. Tarectecan explained that the five percent withholding tax on all political contributi...
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09Apr2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya , April 9 (PIA) -- The local government unit here has recently passed an ordinance in a bid to institutionalize the spirit of ‘Bayanihan’ in uplifting the plight of the poor in the municipality. The Municipal Ordinance which was unanimously approved last March 22 also declared this town as Gawad Kalinga Zone and appropriated funds yearly in order to implement its component programs and projects. “This is one of the results of the recently conducted B...
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09Apr2013APARRI , Cagayan, April 9 (PIA) -- Expect a more accurate and dependable weather forecast in the country, particularly along Northern Luzon. This after the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Atmospheric, Geo-Physical, Astronomical Services Administration (DOST-PAG-ASA) installed one of the four Doppler radar systems in this municipality which is expected to be inaugurated any time this year. “The system is equipped with the latest weather monitoring technology with a range of...
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09Apr2013SOLANA, Cagayan, April 9 (PIA) --Twenty ‘Kalesas’ were painted with ten nutritional guidelines in the Kalesa painting contest here to promote good nutrition in this town, led by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 2. The contest kicked-off the project in partnership with LGU-Solana, Municipal Health Office, different departments of the said LGU and the barangay officials highlighting the nutritional guidelines which will help public understand and follow the guidelines to improve ...
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09Apr2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has already enrolled 85 percent of their total target families in the province, officials here said. “For this year, we have already accomplished 85 percent of our target. Right after the elections, we will closely coordinating with local officials to orient them on how to enroll their council members to the PhilHealth program,” said Rey Ferrer, PhilHealth provincial officer. At present, PhilHealt...
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08Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 8 (PIA) – There is enough water in the city and neighboring towns. This was the assurance made by the Metropolitan Tuguegarao Water District (MTWD). Despite the extremely hot weather condition, water supply is adequate at source especially at the water reservoir in Penabalanca and Solana towns, Engr. Miller Tanguilan, MTWD general manager, said. He allayed fears among consumers on possible occurrence of drought in the whole province. “So far, we have enough water...
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08Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The Cagayan State University (CSU) is currently proposing two programs that would lead to the improvement of local governance in the region, to include the establishment of an Institute of Local Governance under the CSU- College of Public Administration (CPAd) and the Barangay-based Integrated Capability Building Program (BICBP). Dr. Lily M. Tamayao, Dean of CSU-CPAd, in her presentation to the Committee on Development Administation (CODA), said the proposed e...
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08Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 8 (PIA) – The provincial social welfare and development office has intensified its “no to epal” campaign to spare the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries from politics. Lucila Ambatali, provincial social welfare and development officer, said the campaign aims to protect the 4ps beneficiaries from being used in advancing the interests of politicians in gaining votes which may destroy the integrity of the program. Local candidates have already ...
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06Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- Four Japanese researchers have successfully completed a 421-kilometer journey from Baler, Aurora to Sta. Ana, Cagayan to conduct survey on the dynamics between fishers living within the area and the sea. The activity, led by Dr. Kosaku Yamaoka, professor of the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology of Kochi University in Kochi, Japan, is in line with Kurushio science – an ongoing study being led by Kochi University with collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and...
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06Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- Some 4,503 poor but deserving students are expected to be employed under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this summer of 2013 in Cagayan province. Elmer Lumauan, head of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Cagayan, said 3,939 students will be employed in 27 local government units and national government agencies provincewide, while 564 students in 17 private institutions. “A total of P8.19 million is already allocated f...
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06Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 6 (PIA) -- More than 300 students of different courses graduated yesterday holding the distinction as pioneer graduates of Quirino State University- Cabarroguis campus, formerly known as Quirino Polytechnic College. It was established in the early part of 1980s as Quirino Community College then it was renamed Quirino Colleges and Quirino Polytechnic College. Through the initiative of the father and son tandem of Gov. Junie and Cong. Dax Cua, the former provincially-...
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06Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- The technical working group of Regional Population Executive Board has planned several activities to celebrate the Population and Development or PopDev week in November this year, Theresa C. Soriano, information officer of POPCOM, said among the activities are battle of the band and on-the spot poster-making contest based on this year’s theme, “Pag-aaral ay para sa hinaharap, huwag ipagpalit sa sandaling sarap.” The battle of the band is open to seco...
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05Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 5, (PIA) -- The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) announced there were no casualties and severe damages reported in Cagayan Valley Region of the intensity 5, magnitude 5.4 earthquake which affected large area of the region Thursday morning. Regional Director Norma Talosig, chair-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said in the rapid assessment and damage analysis held right after the earthquake, there were no human casualties and properties that were s...
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05Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 5 (PIA) – The Department of Health (DOH) Region 2 has noted significant decrease in dengue cases in the first quarter of the year in the whole region 2. Alan Sibal, information officer, said the dengue cases for the period of January to March this year has decreased to 35 percent with 643 cases as compared to last year with 989. There was also a significant decrease in the number of death toll, 85 percent, comparing the only one case this year to that of five deaths in ...
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05Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 5 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment – Region 2 (DOLE-2) has requested the Commission on Election (COMELEC) an exemption from the election ban for it to implement the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this mid-term election. Regional Director Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr. cited in the request that the SPES is a regular program that is usually implemented during summer months when the students are on vacation to help poor students earn money...
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05Apr2013BASCO, Batanes April 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has 18 on-going infrastructure projects in the province as of March 2013. Most of these projects were begun in 2012. A report from the DPWH said these projects include: -- Dam construction Phase 7 in the Itbayat Integrated area development project, Irrigation component, 78.87% accomplished as of February 2013; -- concreting of Tit-tit Sayetdan farm to Market road (FMR) in Basco 56.91% February 2013; Constr...
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05Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 5 (PIA) – A 3.0-magnitude earthquake shook Isabela at 10:27 a.m. yesterday. Local authorities through the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) immediately monitored any damages brought by the earthquake that struck the province as the same was felt in nearby western, southern and eastern Isabela towns of Isabela and as of press time there were no reported damages particularly on infrastructures. At the Isabela capitol, employees insid...
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04Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 4(PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) through the north Luzon corporate communications and public affairs office served notice of scheduled power interruption on Friday, April 5 to eight localities that are served by Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) I and II. In the power advisory sent to PIA, Lilibeth P. Gaydowen, north Luzon corporate communications and public affairs officer said the power interruption will start from 8 a.m. unt...
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04Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 4(PIA) -- The city government of Cauayan hold a two-week celebration of the city's 12th founding anniversary and the 2013 Gawagaway-yan festival. This year's celebration will be from March 30 to April 14 with street dancing, thanksgiving mass, search for Mutya ng Cauayan and recognition for outstanding residents. During the start of celebrations last Monday, Mayor Bartolome Malillin, who just assumed the post after following the passing on of Mayor Benjamin Dy, s...
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04Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 4 (PIA) -- Isabela electric Cooperative II has assured its member-consumers of enough power supply despite the reduced water elevation of Magat dam due to absence of rain. The Magat dam reservoir is one of the power sources operated by SN Aboitiz Power that supplies the power supply in Luzon grid. ISELCO II manager David Solomon Siquian said SN Aboitiz Power has assured enough supply of electricity to its distribution utilities like ISELCO II. Siquian said th...
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04Apr2013DIFFUN, Quirino, April 4 (PIA) -- Mayor Marlo Guillermo will lead the drug testing of male employees to avoid a repeat of the problem where one of the LGU's employees was arrested due to violation of RA 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive. Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The employee was arrested last March 28 at 10:49 p.m. by joint team from Diffun Police Station and personnel of the Quirino Police Provincial Office while they were performing anti-criminality campaign and conducting intel ...
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03Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 3 (PIA)— Commissioner Percy Brawner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples said that the Commission has increased the educational assistance for the scholars under the Educational Assistance Program or NCIP-EAP. Under the new guidelines, there are three components, namely the regular EAP which will provide P10,000 to qualified and deserving IP college students; Merit-Based Scholarship which provides free tuition and miscellaneous fees, book and uniform a...
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03Apr2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 1st engineering district said the P700-million Ilagan bridge project is nearing completion. Engr. Renato Ubina, 1st engineering district chief, said the bridge will be useful in the transportation of farm products that are produced by residents of the towns of Delfin Albano, Quirino, Mallig, Quezon and other northern Isabela towns and even ease students from the said places in attending their classes in ...
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03Apr2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, April 3 (PIA) -- National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) commissioner Atty. Percy A. Brawner assured the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for a better education curriculum for the IPs in the coming years. Brawner was the guest of honor during the recent commencement exercises of the Diuryong Elementary School here, the first school exclusively for the Agtas in the country. He also expressed optimism for the establishment of a secondary schools in the area to ensure c...
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03Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 3 (PIA) -- Two local newspapers--Northern Forum and Northern Digest--made history here when it published the same set of stories, including layout, as part of Women’s Month celebration this year. The lay-out was provided by PIA as a guide for the weeklies and was expected to follow its own editorial policies, Philippine Information Agency Director Purita S. Licas said. The Northern Forum is a pioneering local paper in Cagayan Valley while the Northern Digest...
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02Apr2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 2 (PIA) -- The local government unit here in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be building at least 15 housing units for the poor. Mayor Flaviano Balgos said the municipality will be funding the construction of the housing units at P70,000 each in barangay San Antonio North here this year to provide safe secure and comfortable abode for the poor. “The lot has already been donated for this housing project and we are...
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02Apr2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 2 (PIA) -- Poor families will be given livelihood assistance from the P15 million incentive given by the Department of Interior and Local Government(DILG) in this town. The fund will be spent based on their Municipal Poverty Reduction Program(MPRP) which will be implemented by the local government unit next year upon completion of the needed documents and other requirements, mayor Flaviano Balgos said. “With this amount, we will be giving livelihood projects f...
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02Apr2013SAN MTEO, Isabela, April 2, (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire – Isabela was adjudged as champion during the Cagayan Valley Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Fire Prevention Olympics held in this town last week . The Fire Prevention Olympics was the highlight of fire prevention month in March with the theme “Sunog at Sakuna Paghandaan, Kalikasan ay Pangalagaan nang Matamasa ang Pag-unlad ng Bayan”. BFP-Isabela emerged first place as it had shown exemplary performance in a mock fire prevention...
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01Apr2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Health’s conduct of its ‘Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan’ or RP on Wheels in this town has served more than 1,700 poor families. As a component of the five-day Bayani Challenge 2013 event that focuses on health, the one-day activity featured the provision of free dental, minor surgical, medicines, medical check -up and lectures on nutrition, family planning, PhilHealth benefits and responsible parenthood, among others for the children...
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01Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 30 (PIA) -- A branch office of the Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) I based in this city has started clearing operations on the transmission lines of its area of operations to ensure that there will be no power interruption on election day. ISELCO I Cauayan City branch manager Bernardino Alindayu said his men had started to remove tree branches touching electricity lines and are checking transformers near polling precincts in their area of operations. Alinda...
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29Mar2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 29 (PIA)-- Three initial houses built, more than 5,700 sandbags done, various schools were repaired and more than 1,500 tree seedlings prepared these are some of the gains by recipient communities after the conduct of the Bayani Challenge 2013 from March 23 to 24. The more than 1,700 participants composed mostly of youths ended their volunteerism work with musical entertainments, dances and testimonies from local officials and students and a joint ‘b...
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28Mar2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, March 28 (PIA) -- The Diuryong Elementary School at Sitio Dionuan, Dicimungal here, the first ever school exclusively for the Agtas in the country, hold its first commencement exercises with at least 10 pupils as its pioneer graduates. Alona David, the class valedictorian thanked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, provincial government of Quirino and the Asisi Foundation for making education accessible to the Agtas. She said she wants to be a teacher so ...
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28Mar2013When multi-awarded Cagayano social worker Edna T. Junio finally hangs her fiery red work uniform anytime this year, she knew it is time to serve herself. All these years, she has been thrown into the center of eerie howling winds and turbulent flood waters during calamities trying to save lives and serving the victims the best way she could. A ray of sunshine in any gloomy day, she has perfected the art of compassion, understanding and rationalizing the various situations her clients are thro...
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28Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 28 (PIA) --Tuguegarao archdiocese Archbishop Sergio Utleg has called-on Catholic devotees to meditate during the Holy week observation. Utleg said before visiting known tourist spots or elsewhere, the people must participate in the observation of the days of sacrifices of Lord Jesus Christ to redeem the sinful world. “It is not bad to go and enjoy the vacation but we advise the people to seek first God’s kingdom and reflect on His sacrifices, above all, God is our sa...
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28Mar2013SANCHEZ MIRA, Cagayan, March 28 (PIA) -- A total of 556 job applicants registered during the two-day job fair that was conducted on March 21-22 held at the Cagayan State University (CSU) – Sanchez Mira Campus. The activity, which was jointly conducted by the Local Government Unit of Sanchez Mira, CSU, and the DOLE, was participated by 14 local employers and 10 overseas recruitment agencies. The job vacancy offerings totaled to 3,937 in which 581 were for local employment and 3,356 for ove...
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27Mar2013To be functional, the famous double-bladed weapon, Veinte Nueve, needs constant sharpening. So does Josephine Decena of Laurel, Batangas who calls Barangay Maddarug, Enrile, Cagayan, her home for the last 30 years or so. The silent worker behind the very successful family-owned Fresh Kanok chicken meat production industry in Northern Luzon, Josie has been working all her life even as she was destined to be an entrepreneur. Unlike those born with the proverbial silver spoon, she virtually starte...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 27 (PIA) – To provide venue for local candidates to present their platform of government and for the voting public to make the best choice among the candidates, the Regional Development Council (RDC) Region 2, under the Committee on Development Information and Communications (CDIC) and the Committee on Development Administration (CODA), will be conducting a “Candidate’s Forum” next month. In the proposed activity design submitted by the Philippine Information Agen...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA), March 27 – Archbishop Sergio Utleg of the archdiocese here emphasized on the Catholic Church’s thrusts such as the preferential option for the poor and the perpetuation of the spirit of stewardship over God’s creation. Archbishop Utleg said while people live in a very competitive world, the poor and the neglected have to be given attention for them to cope with life’s challenges. “We (the Church) may not be able to help build houses for them but we have gone a ...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Mar 27 (PIA) –- The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 2 (DILG-2) has urged government employees and the public to actively participate in the conduct of the simultaneous barangay assembly on March 30. Vincent G. dela Rosa, information officer, said all barangays are directed to conduct barangay assemblies on the said date for the first semester of the year. He stated that based on their observations during barangay assemblies, very few professionals or g...
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27Mar2013True or false? You’re not a true-blue artist if you don’t have the so-called artist’s tantrum. It’s false! Take it from Dr. Chita Cabrera-Ramos, Northern Luzon’s dance sport competition choreography queen of many years. Now the Cagayan State University Director for Culture and the Arts, the petite and beautifully-tanned Ramos raised an already arched brows when the question was asked. “I just don’t have it. I am always relaxed. How can you create better ideas if you’re a...
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27Mar2013Standing at 4’10”, Blessida Garcia-Diwa is a giant of a woman. Today, the loss of the nursing profession is the gain of the business sector and tourism industry where our main woman shines brightly even in the midst of adversaries from both sectors. Growing up in dusty yet proud Barangay Ugac Norte in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Blessida has always been an empowered woman even when the word has yet to be invented. Writing her story is like writing a book with a sequel. Her accomplishment...
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27Mar2013The national hero could have engaged her in a fierce debate over a flickering light of a lamparita under a full- bloomed Indian mango tree with flirting fireflies hovering. She could have argued her case, her disposition, actually, that the hero’s heroine, the epitome of Filipina submissiveness, Maria Clara, does not exist anymore. “Women then were timid, hesitant to speak their heart out. Not anymore,” said this mother of two and an academically-glamorous grandma of three. When she said...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Region 2 (DOLE-2) warned employers to follow holiday pay rules this Holy Week. “The labor and employment secretary, Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, had earlier issued Labor Advisory No. 06, Series of 2012, promulgating the implementing guidelines, specifically on the pay rules, that shall apply as required by Proclamation No. 459 on the Payment of Wages for the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-working) Days, and Special Holid...
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27Mar2013Her name alone evokes serenity and goodwill, possibly culled from one of the world’s greatest tableau ever, the Nativity. Her mother, a certified educator, came from one of Tuguegarao City’s famous clans whose women are known to be compassionate at the right place and feisty when provoked. For Maria Belen Lingan Barias-Lim, family comes first. This was the reason why in the early 1980s, she exchanged a rather progressive and challenging career as a professor of the University of the Philip...
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27Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 27 (PIA) -- While national and local agriculture officials in this province where greatly saddened when 19 of their 105 Agriculture Extension Workers(AEWs) went out of their supervision to seek greener pasture abroad and in politics, they bid them good luck with pride. “Some of them were trained to speak publicly through our trainings in 2008 and therefore after a while, they decided to try their luck in politics and elsewhere,” said Fidel Ballesteros, as...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 27(PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment Region 2 (DOLE-2) has consulted stakeholders on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10361 or the Kasambahay Law last 22 March 2013 at Hotel Carmelita, this city. The consultation was actively participated by leaders and representatives from the Tripartite Industry Peace Councils, trade unions, government agencies, and media sector. “The consultation is part of the strategy of the DOLE to soli...
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26Mar2013STO. TOMAS, Isabela, March 26 (PIA) – More than 2,000 families sought health services in the medical, dental and surgical mission conducted as part of the 2013 Bayani Challenge here, spearheaded by the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 2, in partnership with the Local Government Unit of this town, the Provincial Government of Isabela and the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC). Dr. Babilyne Agagon, municipal health officer, said most of the families who ...
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26Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 26(PIA) – Government and private groups conducted an anti-rabies campaign in three barangays here. At least 290 dogs were given anti-rabies vaccines by members of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines(F&), Provincial Veterinary Office(PVO), Rodeo Club Philippines(RCP) and veterinary students of the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU)covering three barangays in this town. Medik Ralleta, F& Worshipful Master said the activity is an annual collaborative ...
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26Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 26 – A general assembly of 1,173 Barangay Health Workers(BHWs), composed mostly of women served as one of the major highlights of the month-long celebration of Women’s Month in this province. The BHW General Assembly at the provincial capitol grounds was sponsored by the provincial government through the Provincial Health Office(PHO). The participants also received briefings and orientation on the “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan” program of the national govern...
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26Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 25 (PIA) – The City Veterinary Office (CVO) of Tuguegarao City has announced that the city has zero human death case from year 2010 onwards because of intensified campaign and linkages to partner agencies through barangay and school fora. In a press conference, Dr. Pastor C. Tumaliuan of CVO said every year their office goes to every barangay to give pet vaccine. “The vaccination is not only for the protection of human but also for animals because rabies is a disea...
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26Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 26 (PIA) – At least thirty families from the flood-prone areas near the Cagayan river at barangay Malapagay, Santo Thomas, Isabela are beneficiaries to the DSWD’s core shelter assistance project (CSAP) that are being built by volunteers of the 2013 Bayani Challenge. Gloria Manaligod, one of the 30 beneficiairies, expressed thanks to the government under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III for providing them houses and to barangay Bagabag, Santo Tho...
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26Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 26 (PIA) – The provincial government has declared March 27, 2013 as a special non-working holiday in all public and private offices in Isabela in observance of "Isabela Bayani Challenge Day." Governor Faustino G. Dy III signed Executive Order 2013-05 last Friday March 22, 2013 before the opening ceremony of the 2013 Bayani Challenge in the province and announced during Saturday’s opening ceremony at sports complex. Dy said in his order that “it is the policy ...
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26Mar2013STO TOMAS, Isabela, March 26 (PIA) – Celebrity couple and volunteer advocates Mikee Cojuangco and Robert “Dudut” Jaworski, Jr., called for more volunteers to join the Bayani Challenge for nation building in Isabela province. Dudut Jaworski, in a media interview, said his family has been active in volunteerism activities and advocacy. “The essence of volunteerism here, especially in the Gawad Kalinga house building concept, is not just building a home for the homeless but it is more on ...
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26Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 26(PIA) – Provincial candidates here yesterday joined the multi-sectoral call for a peaceful, orderly and honest conduct of the upcoming May 13, 2013 elections. The highlight of the political gathering was the signing of the Peace Covenant at the St. Dominic Parish in this town which was attended by most provincial candidates from congressional, gubernatorial, vice gubernatorial and provincial board member candidates. The event was organized by the Philippine ...
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26Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police(PNP) here is closely coordinating and monitoring with its civilian counterparts inorder to safeguard and secure the journey of commuters along the national highway and Holy Week devotees to the famous Bangan Hill in barangay Magsaysay in this town. Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director said they have already prepared their operational plan in coordination with various civic organizations in t...
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25Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25 (PIA) -- This province, including two of its 15 municipalities have been recognized as some of the Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awardees for 2012. Nueva Vizcaya, along with the local government units of Aritao and Solano were cited by the Department of Agriculture(DA) for their achievement of 4.53 Average Production per Hectare(APH), strong support of local government units to their local agriculture programs and the cooperation of farmers to new farming techn...
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25Mar2013BASCO, Batanes March 25 (PIA)-- Women's Month celebration here culminated last week with different activities attended by provincial and municipal local official and employees. The celebration was highlighted by presentation of the six oldest and healthiest women from the six municipalities. Plaques of recognition were awarded to the honorees by Gov. Vicente S. Gato and assisted by Vicenta V. Hidalgo, the guest speaker. The awardees were Prudencia Zabala of Basco, 98 years old, with thr...
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25Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) here will be putting up their sub-offices in watershed areas in the province to raise the awareness among villagers in protecting and preserving the environment. Forester Henry Patricio, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer(PENRO) said the establishment of sub-offices in watershed areas of the province is necessary to enhance their condition and to closely monitor their growth ...
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25Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25 (PIA) – Organic agriculture in this province is now aggressively pursued with the support of the provincial government through technical training of key personnel, promotion of organic fertilizers and provision of technical facilities. Felipe Panganiban, provincial agriculturist said one of the development paths of the organic farming in the province is the creation of the Provincial Local Technical Committee(PLTC) chaired by governor Luisa Cuaresma through ...
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25Mar2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25(PIA) -- The provincial government has allotted P1.4 million for the purchase of materials needed for the construction of 14 housing units in Barangay Sto. Domingo in Bambang town. Willy Delizo, executive assistant on housing, said the housing units will be given to poor families to relocate them from their temporary habitats classified as danger zones. “With this housing project, they can be assured of safe, secure, and comfortable environment to live...
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25Mar2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25 (PIA) -- Hundreds of volunteers from various municipalities in this province joined Saturday’s program which started the five-day volunteerism event that aims to build houses, refurbish schools, provide free medical services for poor families and regreen the environment, among others. These volunteers used their own resources like fare, food, time. Governor Luisa Cuaresma, along with town officials led by mayor Clarita Egmin-Epi inspired the participa...
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25Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- After almost two months of waiting, the new regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 has already received the key of responsibility in a formal installation last Friday afternoon. Assistant Secretary Javier Jimenez witnessed the turn-over ceremony held at Crown Pavilion, here wherein outgoing Regional Director Arnel Garcia passed-on the key of responsibility to incoming Regional Director Violeta Cruz. Cruz came fro...
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25Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 25 (PIA)—At least 84 women employees of the provincial capitol were given free bone scanning services, while 25 women availed themselves of free eye check- up during the recent celebration of Women’s Month here. The said medical services were initiated by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office in collaboration with the Provincial Health Office. Laura Matammu, provincial social welfare and development officer, said bone scanning is important for ...
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25Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 25 (PIA) -- Tonight, 10 Cagayano women will take their bow in recognition to what they have done to their communities in a fitting award ceremonies at the Victoria Hotel, this city. The recognition, called 2013 Iddu Women Honor Roles Awards, is a project of the Philippine Information Agency region 2 and the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Cagayan as part of the Women’s Month celebration this year. PIA Director Purita S. Licas said this year’s recogn...
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25Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 25 (PIA) -- Thousands of volunteers from Isabela and Cagayan joined the 2013 five-day Bayani Challenge, a volunteerism activity initiated by the provincial government in coordination with the Pilipinas Natin movement and Gawad Kalinga. In an opening program held at the Isabela Sports complex, Governor Faustino G. Dy III welcomed the delegates from the different sectors of Isabela and Cagayan who converged and joined the first day of the volunteerism activity. Dy ...
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24Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured the public that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will never be stopped just because of political rivalries and intrigues. Assistant Secretary Javier R. Jimenez, during his visit here, said it is unfair for the beneficiaries to be deprived of the opportunity to improve their status in life through the poverty alleviation programs of the government just because of some politicians w...
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24Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 24 (PIA) -- The continuing receptivity of farmers on new agricultural technologies, coupled with the repair and construction of irrigation systems and farm-to-arket roads (FMRs) have become the major driving forces in sustaining the rice productivity of the province, local agricultural officials here disclosed. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist, said that while Nueva Vizcaya has barely 17,0000 hectares (ha) of rice production areas compared t...
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23Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- In observance with the National Meteorological Day celebration Friday , the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) northern Luzon has announced its efforts in enhancing its equipment and weather monitoring facilities for accurate weather forecasting. Engr. Leo Bunyag, assistant weather bureau chief, said part of the enhancement efforts now is the operationalization of doppler radar in Aparri Cagayan, installation of ad...
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23Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 23 (PIA) -- Farmers here recently received certified rice and corn seeds, assorted vegetable seeds and fish supply to boost food production and income of of farmers in the province. In a report, Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist said that from January to March this year, they have distributed 300 bags of registered rice seeds which can produce 2,400 bags of certified seeds for farmers. “These seeds can produce more than 19,000 bags of c...
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22Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 (DSWD-2) has recognized the efforts of the Informers Club (i-Club) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 2 in communicating effectively the social services programs and projects to the beneficiaries. In the recognition held during the conduct of the Tipon-Tipan sa PIA, involving different line agencies, newly installed Regional Director Violeta Cruz of the DSWD recognized the active role a...
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22Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 22 (PIA) -- The provincial government here recently recognized 12 women with exemplary accomplishments as mother, wife and community leaders as outstanding women of Quirino in the recent celebration of Women’s Month dubbed as “Pagpupugay sa mga Kababaihan ng Quirino.” The awardees were Lilia A. Lucena-Aglipay; Remegia B. Caldaera-Aglipay; Fely D. Manuel-Cabarroguis; Belen T. Domingo-Cabarroguis; Gilda G. Reola-Diffun; Dolorita T. Olpindo-Diffun; Gloria J. Fon...
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22Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE-2) is consulting the public concerning the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10361 or Kasambahay Law today at Hotel Carmelita, this city. The Kasambahay Law was signed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 18, 2013 and is expected to benefit at least 2.5 million domestic workers. “This is part of the strategy of the DOLE to solicit inputs, recommendations, suggestions, and c...
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22Mar2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 22 (PIA) -- At least 300 poor families in this town will be given free medical services from March 23 to 27 with the conduct of the national government’s Bayani Challenge 2013 for health. Dr. Antony Cortez, Municipal Health Officer (MHO) said coordination works are now being done in two barangays such as Sto. Domingo and Aliaga to encourage poor families to avail of the free health program. “These families have been chosen through the conduct of the National H...
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21Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) conducted a fora at the Ivatan Conference Hall, Department of Education,on March 12 to campaign for 100 percent iodized salt utilization as a strategy to improve nutritional status of Filipinos. The fora was attended by 29 barangay nutrition scholars in the province, provincial nutrition council members, Department of Health staff, provincial heath staff, and rural health units in the province. The DOST and Food...
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21Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry in Region 2 (DTI-2) conducted a symposium and workshop in celebration of World Consumer Rights Day with the theme, "Consumer Justice Now” on March 15 at Villa Blanca Hotel, Ugac Sur, this city. Atty. Ma. Esperanza C. Bañares, regional director, said that this activity aimed to promote the basic rights of all consumers, demand that these be protected, respected. It also brought to fore protests against market abuses and s...
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21Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 21 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System from Manila and Region 2 conducted orientations yesterday to clients on retirement updates. The topics discussed were: a) the retirement modes, the difference between Life Endowment Policy and Enhanced Life Policy (ELP); the basis for computation of retirement pay; the retirement laws RA 660 or Magic 87, RA 1616, RA 1146 and briefly RA 8291; and the portability law RA 7699. Vice-president Eduardo Fernandez, of the Luzon...
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21Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 21 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Isabela in cooperation with the Pilipinas Natin movement is preparing a five-day volunteerism activities to start on Saturday until Wednesday next week encouraging the various sectors from the province to join the 2013 Bayani Challenge. The Bayani Challenge is a program of Pilipinas Natin movement that promotes volunteerism to all Filipinos. This activity is a call for active involvement of the citizens, empowering a nation ...
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21Mar2013ECHAGUE, Isabela, March 21 (PIA) -- To address the backlog as well as the public school system’s incremental classroom requirements, the Department of Education in Region 2 (DepEd-2) is set to construct additional 547 classrooms in 353 elementary and secondary schools in the region. This is the second phase of the department’s large-scale classroom construction project through the public-private partnership scheme for school infrastructure said Regional Director Lourdes Angoluan. “This p...
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21Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 21 (PIA) -- The organization of task forces in the 15 municipalities in this province had reduced the number of dengue cases, provincial health officials here said. Dr. Arnel Magdirila, assistant provincial health officer, said dengue cases from 2010, 2011, and 2012 dramatically decreased with 1,811, 1,866 and 1,617 cases respectively because of the multi-sectoral efforts being done to control it. “We have good performance because we controlled it in major tow...
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21Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- Hundreds of tertiary students of Cagayan State University (CSU),registered voters, joined the candle lighting last night to rally for clean, fair, and clean election this May 2013. Janine Arevalo, campus student government governor, said, “The Youth Rising for Change” is an advocacy encouraging young voters to be actively involved in the conduct of clean, fair and peaceful election on May. In a declaration of commitment involving all the participants, eve...
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21Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 21 (PIA) -- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program(4Ps) will be rounding up at least 12,758 poor families in this province for validation and provision of benefits this year. Marissa Tongdo, 4Ps provincial link said the figure will be subjected for the National Household Targetting System(NHTS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) in order to check their qualification for the 4Ps. “This figure may be reduced depending on the result of ou...
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20Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 20 (PIA) -=- The Bureau of Fire Protection here has sought the support of the provincial government in rehabilitating their unserviceable fire equipment and for the acquisition of a new fire truck to improve their services during emergencies. Chief Inspector Rogelio D. Parallag, fire marshal, asked Governor Junie Cua to facilitate the agency’s request for a firetruck from the BFP national headquarters intended for the municipality of Saguday and one rescue van/...
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20Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 20 (PIA) – Another potential area for mineral exploration has been showing positive indications in barangay Didipio in Kasibu town, raising optimism to an Australian mining company Oceana Gold Philippines, Incorporated’s (OGPI) that their 15-year gold-copper mining project in this province will go beyond the initial contract. Brennan Lang, Didipio project operations manager , in a briefing at the recent inauguration of their information center here said...
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20Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 20 (PIA) – The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Region 2 is set to administer police entrance and promotional examinations on May 26, 2013 to be held at the Cagayan National High School, here. Regional Director Danilo Pacunana said prior to the conduct of the scheduled examinations, aspiring police officers should file their applications on-line for easy access and processing of application following the newly implemented On-line Examination Application Scheduling ...
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20Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 20 (PIA) - The national government has amended its approach on its anti-illegal logging campaign from a mere civilian to military. Forester Marcelo Bumidang, Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer(CENRO) here said the Jointt Resolution No. 2013 which amended the earlier creation and operation of the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force(AILTF) has expanded its coverage in Central and Northern Luzon. The Joint Resolution was signed by the secretaries...
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20Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 20 (PIA) – The Isabela Green Ladies Organization (IGLO), a women organization that delivers the welfare of Isabela women, were reminded of their rights and privileges in the community and in the country as a whole. In a simple women’s month celebration held at capitol last week, the capitol women employees and IGLO chapter leaders converged at the capitol and conducted a unity walk from capitol to St. Ferdinand cathedral as part of the . At the cathedral grounds...
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20Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Regional Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking (RIACAT) of region 2 has intensified its campaign against the trafficking in persons through massive information dissemination regionwide. In a press conference held at PIA conference hall, the members of the regional council reported that there were already 16 cases filed in court and one was already prosecuted last year. Prosecutor Carolyn Deray said the council has became very active in implementing the...
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19Mar2013ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 19 (PIA) -- The provincial government here will be funding the construction of at least 10 housing units for poor families within the Gawad Kalinga community in Barangay Beti here. Wilfred Wross Delizo, provincial government’s executive assistant on housing, said the houses will be built through the convergence of efforts of community volunteers which is expected to be generated with the forthcoming Bayani Challenge 2013. “These housing units will be turned-o...
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19Mar2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 19 (PIA) -- Municipal and provincial assessors here recently asserted that they can help in the growth of their province. In the joint conference of municipal and provincial assessors at the Hill side Resort in this town, they prioritized this year the assessment procedures in their respective municipalities regarding taxable properties and areas. “Our role is very important in addressing the vacuum in settling political boundaries and delineation of proper are...
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19Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 19 (PIA) -- Isabela is one of the top 10 provinces in the country that gained recognition as agri-pinoy rice achiever for 2012. The agri-pinoy is a Department of Agriculture’s initiated program aimed at recognizing provinces, cities, towns, irrigator associations, and agricultural extension workers in the country which excelled in rice production. The awarding ceremony was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) last week. Agriculturist Dani...
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19Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The clergy of the archdiocese of Tuguegarao here in Cagayan province welcomed with gladness the result of the conclave and welcomed the newly elected head of the Catholic church worldwide--Pope Francis. In a radio interview, Archbishop Sergio Utleg said the result of the conclave was done through the guidance of the Holy Spirit that is why the clergy believes that Pope Francis’ leadership will bring reforms for the furtherance of catholic church’ developme...
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18Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 18 (PIA) -- Checkpoints were intensified in the province as the May 13, 2013 elections draw nearer to ensure that the conduct of elections is peacefully. The Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) ordered its 37 police stations to intensify checkpoints in their area of operations so that lawless elements who want to sow terror before, during, and after the elections will be thwarted. Senior superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, IPPO chief, made the standing orde...
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18Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in Cagayan Valley has recently released a new guideline on the required documents needed for the transport of used lumbers retrieved from old, demolished, or dismantled houses in the region. The new guideline was issued by DENR regional executive director Benjamin Tumaliuan on January 22 in view of the noted increase of transport of lumber from dismantled houses within barangays near fo...
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18Mar2013ALCALA, Cagayan, March 18 (PIA) -- People’s Champ, Saranggani Congressman Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao, inspired thousands of poor striving Cagayanos in his visit here yesterday. The Philippine pride boxing icon served as the guest of honor in the birthday celebration of Agbiag Partylist Representative Patrick Antonio Sunday at Alcala gymnasium this town. Thousands of barangay folks and the whole local officialdom of Cagayan welcomed Pacquiao in his first ever visit in the province. Pacquiao...
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18Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 18 (PIA) -- A top official of the assessor’s office here said tax gains and upcoming collectibles from the province’s utilization of its rich mineral resources are expected to boost the general fund of the local government in the coming years. “We are expecting a huge windfall for our increased collection of real property tax (RPT) for this year. This tax collection will have a major impact in our general fund,” said lawyer Frederico Andaya, provincial a...
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18Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA) March 18 – Rep. Randolph S. Ting has cited the advancements of women of the city and those of Cagayan province during the Women’s Day celebration here Friday. In his message before over 2,000 women and male guests, Ting said women today who were then relegated and treated as next only to men have metamorphosed. “Women, in some instances, have proven to be co-equal of men in all fronts, if not surpassed them in some endeavors. “Tuguegarao City is one of the citie...
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17Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has created municipal-based task forces to intensify the campaign against illegal logging in various parts of the country. Forester Constante Espiritu, Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer(CENRO) of this town said the creation of the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) was formed last year in the 15 local government units in this province to help the agency in curbing illega...
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17Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- The Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) inaugurated and launched the new TB drug resistant satellite treatment center at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center last March 15. Dr. Vivian Lofranco, operations manager of PMDT, said the satellite treatment center will serve patients from all over Cagayan Valley Region and its neighboring provinces, Kalinga and Apayao. She explained that the center caters to referred drug resistant patients fr...
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16Mar2013ALICIA, Isabela, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform 2 turned-over 57 farm machineries with an estimated cost of P21M to 11 agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organization (ARBO) under Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services program (ARCCESS) held here last March 14. Assistant Sec. Teofilo Q. Inocencio of DAR, said that these common service facilities (CSF) will help the farmers to enhance agricultural production and productivity in a sustainable ma...
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16Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 16(PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council 2 (NNC), in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources recently created a task force named as Balay ni Ifan Task Force Guraman to promote seaweeds as aquatic vegetable to combat malnutrition. Members of the task force include media practitioners, regional line agencies, non-government organizations and religious organizations. Regional Director Rhodora Maestre of NNC said the task force will bring awarene...
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16Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office 2 has turned over common service facilities or farm equipment to five Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations in the province under the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity & Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) program of the Department. The beneficiaries include Villa Pascua Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Diffun; Ganano Irrigators MPCO-Diffun; Quirino Farmers MPC-Nagtipunan; ARBA Tres Reyes, Saguday ...
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16Mar2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela March 16 (PIA) -- The city election office and police here have conducted an information and education campaign to senior students of Isabela State University – Cauayan City campus. Efigenia Marquez, city election officer, said voters are given the right to choose qualified and dedicated leaders and that right must be exercised by voters. Marquez also allayed fears of voters on the capability of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) in counting and transmitting the r...
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16Mar2013ROXAS, Isabela, March 16 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Isabela through the Isabela Culture and Arts Council (ICAC) honored cultural groups and artists in an awarding ceremony held at Roxas Astrodome last March 13. Constante Andres, executive director of ICAC, said the awards will serve as an inspiration to Isabelinos whose interests are in literary arts and local government units which are supporting arts and culture promotion in their respective localities. Andres said ICAC has been ...
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15Mar2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 15 (PIA) – This summer, the Southern Isabela College of Arts and Trades (Sicat) is offering short courses needed in industry today and that suit the interest of students or out of school youth. Engr. Dominador Dizon, vocational supervisor of Sicat, said these include short courses on technical and skills development such as defensive driving, computer hardware servicing, construction service, and automotive repair service. He said the courses are in-demand jobs...
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15Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 15 (PIA)—The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) conducted last month a three-day seminar on Barangay Governance Performance Management System (BGPMS) for Punong Barangays, Barangay Secretaries and Barangay Treasurers of the entire province. The seminar is a capability building intervention of the DILG-Quirino, in collaboration with the Liga ng mga Barangay, in its continuing effort to enhance the proficiency of barangay officials in performi...
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15Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 15 (PIA) -- After registering the first fire incident in the province for this year, the Bureau of Fire Protection here has further intensified its fire prevention campaign by boosting its capability to suppress fire and through stricter enforcement of the Fire Code or RA 9514. Chief Inspector Rogelio D. Parallag said the fire happened yesterday at Pinaripad Norte, Aglipay where a residential house owned by Rosalinda Agtarep was totally razed. Parallag said they ...
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15Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) Northeast Luzon area has hailed Ballesteros Post Office (PO) in Cagayan as the “Most Client-Friendly Post Office” in the area in a fitting ceremony held on February 20. Participated by all post offices of Northeast Luzon Area that included the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and all provinces of Region 02 except Batanes, the winning PO garnered 3,034 votes from the mailing public, followed by two...
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14Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 14 (PIA) -- Twenty – three elementary and secondary schools assisted with planting materials for the Gulayan sa Paaralan by the Department of Agriculture-Island Agricultural Research Outreach Station (DA-IAROS) were among the schools which hosted agro-industrial fair last February 28, March 1, 4 and 5. Schools had their own schedule of agro-fair. Parents also brought to the fair their own farm products. Basco District integrated into one big agro-fair composing five ele...
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14Mar2013CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, UPI, Gamu, Isabela, March 14 (PIA) -- Government's integration program for rebels will encouraged more insurgents to surrender and be part of the mainstream society. Brigadier General Arnulfo Marcos, assistant division commander of Camp Melchor Dela Cruz, said the government’s integration program would be a giant step towards attaining peace in its area of operations once the rebels will avail of the program and be spread to their comrades. He said the integration pr...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Cagayan State University (CSU), Carig Campus, launched a writing project called Project WAW (Writing-A-Worktext) to improve the performance of students in the classroom. In a simple ceremony which opened the workshop on worktext writing, CSU Carig Campus Executive Officer Arthur G. Ibañez said the project will offer good opportunities for faculty members to develop textbooks with a local touch that will ultimately strengthen the performance of students in...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The buzz word nowadays in select society is stem cell treatment so much so that fly by night establishments are cashing in on the highly sought treatment. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) will regulate stem cell treatments in the country to ensure safe operation and laboratory practices. Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, FDA director-general, said cancer patients and ageing individuals are now resorting to stem cell treatments in the country and even abroad; t...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE - 2) has found out that there are more job vacancies in the province of Cagayan now than applicants as a result of the recently conducted series of job fairs here. Reginald Estioco, information officer, said, in a series of three consecutive job fairs conducted in the last two months, in partnership with the provincial government of Cagayan, there were only 773 applicants who registered as against 1, 190...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) Region 2 have passed recently a joint resolution requesting the Philippine Navy (PN), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help address poaching problem in the bodies of water covering the Island of Batanes and Cagayan provinces. The resolution seeks consideration and support of the law-enforcing agencies for the deployment of additional ...
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12Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 12 (PIA) -- The province of Isabela is aiming to be the country’s volunteers' hub as mounts another “Bayani Challenge” on March 23-27, 2013. Lawyer Noel Manuel R. Lopez, provincial administrator, urged Isabela youth to join the eventthat will be held in the province. He said the provincial government will try another milestone to prove to the country that Isabela is igniting the desire of youths in the province into becoming volunteers through encouraging the...
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11Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- The Cagayan State University (CSU), Carig and Andrews Campuses, in cooperation with the Cornerstone of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Publishing, will sponsor two national workshops in April this year. The first is the National Seminar-Workshop on Materials Development on April 15-17, while the second is the National Seminar-Workshop on Doing Action Research on April 22-24, 2013. A senior trainer for the Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching (ACELT) and Ched P...
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11Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA) March 11 -- Two senior professors of the Cagayan State University (CSU), Carig Campus, were promoted international engineers after having been accepted new members of the elite Asian Federation of Engineering Organization (AFEO). Engr. Arthur G. Ibañez, the campus executive officer of CSU Carig, and Engr. Nestor Rivera, department chair of the electrical engineering program at the College of Engineering, went to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this year’s venue of the internatio...
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09Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Director-General Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go issued public health warning on the risks of buying medicines from unlicensed outlets including sari-sari stores. In a press conference here, Dr. Go said there is no assurance that the medicines sold at these outlets were manufactured under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) which may cause health risks to consumers and patients. He explained that medicines displayed in sari-sari store...
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08Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 8 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has started the training for teachers who will be serving in the May 13 automated polls to acquaint them with the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines. The series of training which will run from March 8-21 will be conducted at Villa Diana Hotel, Cordon, Isabela and will be attended by the teachers comprising the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs). The training will be led by Atty. Erwin Valeroso, form...
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08Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- A hundred of young environmentalists and media practitioners converged in a mission to produce wildlings or seedlings that grow wild in the forests, for a reforestation project in a watershed and protected landscape area in the municipality of Penablanca, Cagayan on February 9. The activity was organized in collaboration with the Informers Club (i-Club) of Cagayan, a media organization here, and the Bible Readers Society (Bread) in partnership with the Metropol...
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08Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 8 (PIA) -- More than two months before the May 13 elections, the Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) presented to media all firearms that were surrendered, confiscated, and deposited to Isabela police stations. This is the second time the IPPO presented the said 223 firearms, the first one was in January 11 with 200 loose firearms with Police senior superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag making the presentation. He said majority had unrenewed licenses. Maba...
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08Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 8 (PIA) – A top official of the Provincial Assessor’s Office (PAO) here said tax gains and upcoming collectibles from the province’s utilization of its rich mineral resources are expected to boost the general fund of the provincial government in the coming years. “We are expecting a huge windfall for our increased collection of Real Property Tax(RPT) for this year. This tax collection will have a major impact on our general fund,” said lawyer Frederico...
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08Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 8 (PIA) – Three towns in Isabela have conducted simultaneous peace covenant signing as part of the Commission and Elections (Comelec) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) objective to attain a secure and fair elections in Isabela. The peace covenant signing were held in the towns of San Manuel, Sto. Thomas and Gamu. Police Senior Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag said the signing of a peace covenant is an activity encouraging local candidates to peaceful...
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08Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 8 (PIA) – Seventy-two Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation presidents participated in a two-day orientation workshop on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) held last February 27-28, 2013, here. Vincent dela Rosa, LGOO II, said the training is part of the promotion and public awareness about the dreaded diseases through massive information and education campaign utilizing the youth sector as one of the most vulnerable groups o...
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08Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , March 8 (PIA) – It’s a special treat for pregnant mothers here with the offering of free health assistance early next week through the conduct of ‘Buntis Day’ at the Veterans Regional Hospital(VRH) grounds in barangay Magsaysay this town. The day for pregnant mothers, slated on March 11 was jointly sponsored by the Philippine Obstetrics and Gynecology Society(POGS) in collaboration with the VRH where it offers lectures for mothers, free pre-natal check-up, l...
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07Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 7 (PIA) -- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (5ID,PA) based at Gamu town sent last week army troops composed of the camp’s engineering brigade to help in the construction of school buildings in the town of Palanan. Col. Loreto Magundayao, public affairs chief of 5ID, said the deployment in the area is part of the army’s spirit of ‘Bayanihan’ aimed at helping the government in its efforts to bring development in remote areas. Bayanihan is a flagshi...
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06Mar2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 6 (PIA) -- Hundreds of residents availed themselves of mobile health services dubbed “Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan” (LKB) on February 28 at the Bulwagan ng Mamamayan in this city. The LBK is a program of the Department of Health (DOH) launched last year. It offers mobile consultation and examination services in a bus with medical facilities. The program also is offers health classes, storytelling sessions, and entertainment shows. Dr. Rio Magpantay, Center for Hea...
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06Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 6 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has set two successive days of power interruptions in parts of the Isabela Electric Cooperative I and II’s service areas. Lilibeth Gaydowen, North Luzon Corporate Communications and Public Affairs chief said the power interruptions will start tomorrow March 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. affecting the towns of Roxas, Mallig, San Manuel, Aurora, Quezon and Quirino. Gaydowen said the reason for the powe...
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06Mar2013MADDELA, Quirino, March 6 (PIA) --The Philippine National Red Cross-Quirino chapter will formally turn over on March 19 some units of transitional houses to 27 families at Villa Ylanan, Maddela whose houses were totally razed by typhoons Pedring and Quiel in 2011. Jesusa Leal, chapter administrator of PNRC Quirino, said the turn-over will be graced by some officials of the funding institution, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). The IFRC officials will award the ready for oc...
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06Mar2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 6 (PIA) -- Four Iodized checkers and corresponding reagents were set to be given to various checkpoints in Cagayan Valley region as part of the intensified monitoring and implementation of the Iodized Salt Program. Rhodora Maestre of the Regional Nutrition Program for Cagayan Valley said that four WYD iodine checkers have been given by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Philippines including the reagents which will be used by the members of the Iod...
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06Mar2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 6 (PIA) --To step-up the enforcement of the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN) law, the National Nutrition Council Region 2 (NNC-2) has initiated the reactivation of the task force ASIN in the region. The newly created Task force includes all local government units (LGUs), Bureau of Foods and Drugs, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine National Police, Philippine Information Agency, Departmen...
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06Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 is set to start the second level of assessment and evaluation of local government units (LGUs) to obtain the seal of disaster preparedness. Marydine Cambri, focal person on the seal of disaster preparedness, said that last year there were 47 LGUs that were enlisted as pilot areas for the first level assessment and evaluation for the seal. She said the towns are those that were categorized as high...
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06Mar2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 6 (PIA) -- Mayor Teodorico Padilla, Jr. here recently pledged his all-out support to the implementation of the Salt Iodization Program or Asin Law. He bared his support during the recent conduct of a consultative meeting on the implementation of Asin checkpoint in this town to prevent the entry of non-iodized salt products from other provinces. Padilla also reiterated the role of their municipality as a strategic area to thwart the proliferation of non-iodized sa...
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06Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) based at Echague town said that the recurrence of northeast monsoon is bringing light to moderate rains in Isabela. PAGASA Weather Specialist Ramil Tuppil said that the northeast monsoon usually occurs from December to February but sometimes extended up to first half of March. The remaining half of March will bring about the tail of the cold front or a ridge of high ...
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05Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 5 (PIA) -- Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Reynalda Bangunan of the Department of Education-division of Quirino has expressed optimism that the next school year is going to be a better year for the K to 12 curriculum. In an interview, Dr. Bangunan admitted that they had problems in the first year implementation of K to 12 in terms of materials because the procurement for the last quarter just arrived so they were not able to maximize the use of these materials. ...
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05Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 5 (PIA) -- Tuguegarao City Archbishop Sergio Utleg lauded the authors of the book, “Earthsavers Viewpoint,” for coming up with the book's second edition after it was launched in 2010. The book contains news write ups, opinions, observations and many suggestions for the public to protect Mother earth. Archbishop Utleg, once Isabela Bishop, earned support from Isabelinos because of his adamant fight against illegal logging when he was still in the province. ...
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05Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 5 (PIA) --The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded a plaque of recognition to Batanes for its outstanding achievement for the year 2012. Said award recognizes the exceptional leadership of Gov. Vicente S. Gato in achieving economic development for Batanes, which improved the living condition of Ivatans. Rolando Ventolero, provincial planning and development coordinator (PPDC), handed over the award to the Gov. Gato before an audience of provin...
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05Mar2013DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, March 5 (PIA) -- Cagayan Valley power firm, SN Aboitiz Power – Magat(SNAP-Magat) recently turned-over one set of computer to Barangay Butao here as part of its mission to bring villagers and officials closer to the worldwide web. Veronica Adsuara and Jerry Baniqued of Aboitiz handed over the computer set to Barangay Captain Dominick Bandao. Adsuara said the assistance was given through the hydropower firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) support to local gover...
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04Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Members of the Cagayan Valley Occupational Safety and Health Network (CV-OSHNet) elected its new set of officers for 2013 in their general assembly on February 16, 2013. The newly elected officers, who took their oath of office before Regional Director Atty. Sixto Rodriguez, Jr. of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), are : Lilian Cacayurin of the Cagayan Electric Cooperative I as president; Mark Luke Rivera of the North Matrix Development Corporation...
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04Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Environment Management Bureau (EMB) Region 2 has urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to incorporate climate change adaptation subjects to tertiary courses curriculum. Regional Climate Change Coordinator Romeo Fragata said that climate change is one of the pressing issues worldwide that need to be addressed to mitigate its effect to human and the environment. Fragata said several moves have been initiated by different groups and organizations to...
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04Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 4 (PIA) -- The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO)-Isabela launched today the second edition of the book titled “Earthsavers Viewpoint”, a compendium of environmental issues and concerns. The book contains selected -lingual news, editorials and views of writers from PENRO and from the Isabela monthly newsletter “Kalikasan Updates” and compiled into a book. “The Earthsavers Viewpoint, Second Edition, book came into reality due to th...
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04Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Some civil society organizations in Region 2 were consulted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the budget proposal of the agency for 2014 programs and projects. DSWD Information Officer Angely Lubo said that the consultation is in compliance with the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) memorandum circular to integrate citizen’s participation in the budget process as means of enhancing transparency and accountability in the...
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02Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 2 (PIA) -- Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo, the most multi-awarded Ivatan, received yesterday the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining award for Outstanding achievements and contribution in the field of culture and arts. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) 2012 highest award in the arts was bestowed to two Thomasians - Zenaida Amador, founder of Repertory, and Florentino Hornedo scholar-writer, per report of the writer Romina Louise C. Cunanan, contributor to the Varsitarian Circ...
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01Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 2 has urged heads of agencies to let their rank and file employees undergo regular medical examinations. Regional Director Rio L. Magpantay said studies show that 35 percent of employees, whether in the government or private institutions, are suffering from mental disturbances that lead to health risks and complications which eventually may result into low productivity and service deliv...
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01Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The Isabela Police Provincial office (IPPO) expressed support to the move of police hierarchy to replace the present police-guards in police camps with civilian security guards. Police Senior superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, IPPO chief, said that the planned replacement of police camps guards could save the police in terms of manpower expenses. These police guards will be assigned in police works like crime prevention and crime solution as well. Ma...
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01Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- After the successful trial of the biggest looser program of the Department of Health Region 2 (DOH-2) last year, the agency is again set to conduct the “Katawang Pamporma” or KP program in a larger scope involving obese employees of different government line agencies. The DOH-2 has started the program last year involving their obese employees in weight loose challenge within six months. Dr. Elsie Pintucan, medical specialist III, said with the success of...
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01Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 1 (PIA) -- A hundred and one teachers were recently selected from thousands of teacher-applicants to teach in the different elementary and secondary schools in the Department of Education - Division of Quirino. Of the total, 44 will be teaching in the elementary division and 57 will be in the secondary division, in addition to the 1,405 teachers of the Division. Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Reynalda Bangunan said these teachers were hired based on the DepEd O...
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01Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 1 (PIA) -- OceanaGold Corporation, an Australian-based company said they are on track with its mining operations in Barangay Didipio in Kasibu town. In an email update by OcenaGold, it said ramp up of the process plant continues to track well accounting for 2,500 tonnes of copper-gold concentrate which has been delivered to Port and in excess of an additional 2,500 tonnes which has been produced and is awaiting transport from the minesite. It added that the comp...
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01Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office in Region 2 (NSO-2) lauded the efforts made by the local government unit of Ilagan City and other localities in Isabela for legalizing the union of unwed couples. NSO-2 director Annabelle Langbayan expressed her appreciation to the local officials of Ilagan City and municipalities of Isabela which sponsored the mass weddings as these efforts benefit the less fortunate unwed couples. In this city, there were 258 couples who a...
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01Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission announced the extension of filing of applications for career service examination – paper-pencil test until March 5, 2013. CSC- Isabela chief Jospeh Paggao said the extension will give time and opportunity to applicants to file their applications to the CSC field offices in the region. He said interested applicants must visit the CSC field offices located in their areas, bringing with them the complete requirements and P50...
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01Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) --Fifty-three tricycle drivers in Gattaran, Cagayan received livelihood assistance amounting to P330,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2(DOLE-2) on February 25. “The beneficiaries are members of the Gattaran East Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (Getoda) who requested for financial assistance to start a motorcycle parts trading livelihood,” said DOLE Information Officer Reginald Estioco. In a simple awarding ceremony held at ...
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01Mar2013DIFFUN, Quirino, March 1 (PIA) -- Tubig Talino bottled water, an iodine-rich drinking water, is now being produced and sold in this town, particularly at the Watah! H2O Purified Water Station located at barangay Andres Bonifacio. Tubig Talino, one of the developed technologies of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), is now available for commercialization to interested private entrepreneurs to enable water-refilling station to prod...
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01Mar2013SOLANA, Cagayan, March 1 (PIA) -- A Cagayan health official is encouraging barangay officials in every town to pass a resolution urging pregnant women to deliver in health facilities. Dr. Marcos Mallillin, provincial health officer, said the Department of Health (DOH) has ordered all local health workers to advocate to the grassroots that all birth deliveries should be in a health facility, whether in the barangay health center, rural health unit, or the nearest hospital. “This is to help el...
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01Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Isabela may be renaming the Cauayan city district hospital to Governor Benjamin G. Dy District hospital in honor to the late former governor and Cauayan City mayor. The move is now being studied by the members of the SP who have seen the need to honor the late governor and mayor Benjamin G. Dy of Cauayan City who helped the district hospital in upgrading of its facilities. It is recalled that the city government of Cauayan ...
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28Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 28 (PIA) -- The provincial government here has identified key personnel to oversee submitted public documents in its website and posting areas in a bid to bring transparency more and closer to the taxpayers. “The provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya has recently formulated the team implementing the amended guidelines on DILG memorandum circular 2010-083 titled Full Disclosure of Local Budget and Finances, and Bids and Public Offerings,” said Genaro Basil...
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28Feb2013SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Another public-private partnership has been forged in this part of the country as the local government unit here recently tapped the resources of a corporation for a water system development project which will benefit 22 barangays. Through a memorandum of agreement(MOA) signed by Mayor Phillip Dacayo and Joseph Chua, president of MacroAsia Properties Development Corporation (MPDC), the complete waterworks system will be built this year to provide, clean,...
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28Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 28 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced today eight hours power interruption tomorrow (March 1) at Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) I’s few villages. In a news statement from NGCP, Lilibeth P. Gaydowen, North Luzon Corporate Communications and Public Officer, said the power interruption will start at 8 a.m. up to 4 p.m. affecting parts of ISELCO I’s service areas. Gaydowen said that the six Santiago City villages of Batal...
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28Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Farmers in Kasibu town have asked government agencies here for financial assistance to operationalize their proposed citrus wine-processing project. Engineer Henry Balangatan, district head of the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) said they will be visiting the proponents of the project in Barangay Malabing in Kasibu town to check and further study the citrus farmers’ wine processing project. He said they are also coordinating with the departm...
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28Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Echoing Education Secretary Armin Luistro’s order in the conduct of this year’s graduation rites, Schools Division Superintendent Reynalda Bangunan of the Department of Education here, has enjoined all school officials and teachers to abide with the “no-collection” policy of the Department. “Every year, we have been reminding our school heads and teachers to avoid asking for contributions or donations from the graduating students as contained in...
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28Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb 28 (PIA) -- February, as arts month, is observed by schools accordingly. The education sector, understandably, is the most active agency in arts because the talents of students shine through. St. Dominic College (SDC), the only private institution here, had its college day through music, dance, sports and search for Miss and Mr. SDC on February 21-23. Batanes National Science High School, meanwhile, will hold its Field Day/Arts Month on March 1 at the Basco oval, by playg...
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27Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- An eight-kilometer Walk for Fun and a bloodletting activity will highlight the 18th anniversary celebration of the Catholic Media Network’s DWRV (Radio Veritas) here on Saturday, March 2. The Walk for Fun will start at 5:30 a.m. from the Tomas Dacayo Community Center in nearby town of Solano to the center of this town before winding up at the DWRV radio station. A holy mass will also be celebrated which will be followed by a simple breakfast among t...
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27Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here is set to kick-off the Fire Prevention Month on Friday, March 1, with a unity walk and a motorcade in this city. Fire Inspector Franklin Tabingo, BFP information officer, said that the unity walk will signify close collaborative effort of different partner agencies and organizations to instill awareness and keep the public prepare for any fire eventualities. With this year’s theme, “Sunog at Sakuna Paghandaan, Kalik...
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27Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Officials and employees of the Bureau of Internal Revenue-District 16 headed by Revenue District Officer Ignacio I. Camba Jr., got thumbs up from Regional Director Marina de Guzman of BIR Region 3 for exceeding their January 2012 collections by 25.55 percent. De Guzman who graced the Tax Campaign Kick-off here last week, thanked the RDO 16 personnel for their continuous efforts in improving the tax collections of the province. In January 2012, BIR-RDO ...
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27Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The city government of Ilagan is set to conduct a mass wedding today to couples who are living together without being legally married. Ilagan City Information Officer Antonio Montereal said that the mass wedding which will be the first since the Ilagan became a city will benefit at least 258 couples. Montereal said that the mass wedding is an annual activity of Ilagan and this activity will be continuously conducted to give unmarried couples the opportuni...
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26Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 26 (PIA) – When one of the Farmers’ Market Day(FMD) event was held at the provincial capitol in this town, local and national employees as well as officials got a taste of what the exhibitors were selling – an array of organically-produced vegetables, fruits and native meat. The demand was high that the farmers closed right at lunch time with their products sold out in a few hours. “I was hurrying to buy a kilo of native pig’s meat but it was already s...
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26Feb2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, Feb. 26 (PIA)— Thousands of Nagtipuneros trooped to their municipal gymnasium at the town proper of Ponggo to participate in the three-day celebration of the town’s 30th founding anniversary and 8th Penenkakasisit (unity) festival from February 25-27 with the theme, “I Love Nagtipunan.” On her remarks, Mayor Nieverose Camma Meneses thanked the Nagtipuneros for their overwhelming support to the event saying that their presence and participation manifest their burni...
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26Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 26 (PIA)—The provincial government through the Provincial Population Office (PPO) will be recognizing 12 women in the province to highlight the Women’s Month celebration dubbed “Pagpupugay sa mga Kaababaihan ng Quirino” on March 8, 2013 at the Capitol Gymnasium here. Jovita Cabanag, provincial population officer said the 12 women will be chosen from the different offices of the provincial government as well as from the municipal local government units. “The...
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26Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 25 (PIA) – Farmers producing organic products will soon have a trading center of their own with the proposed establishment of the Organic Farmers Trading Center(OFTC) in barangay Magsaysay in this town. Located near the national highway and the Agriculture Research Training Center(ARTC), the project will serve as one-stop-shop among consumers patronizing organically – produced vegetables, poultry and pork. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist ...
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26Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 26 (PIA) -- The Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking 2 (RIACAT) member-agencies vowed to pursue cases on trafficking in persons (TIP). In a recent meeting held at Hotel Carmelita here, Prosecutor Alejo S. Tangaro, Jr. of Department of Justice (DOJ) said the task force have been active in pursuit of TIP cases that early this year, the council already conducted two rescue operations in Tuguegarao and Ilagan cities and a conviction in Isabela. He added t...
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26Feb2013SOLANA, Cagayan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) mobile clinic of the Department of Health (DOH) has reached out to the poor and sick families of this town through a health caravan Monday. Almost 2,000 individuals registered in the medical check-up, mostly beneficiaries of the social welfare department’s conditional cash transfer program in the 38 barangays of the town said Mayor Meynard Carag. Floro Orata, health promotions officer of DOH Region 2, said the primary objecti...
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26Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Members of the youth organization in the province have vowed their full support to Bayani Challenge 2013 which will be held sometime next month. The event, which seeks to attract around 2,000 volunteers in the province features a five-day gathering of volunteers where bayanihan spirit and love for the country are showcased through building of homes, schools, health missions, climate change mitigation activities, among other activities. Aileen Ellamil...
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26Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 26(PIA) – The provincial fishery office distributed 25 fish cages and fingerlings to fish farmer trainees who have undergone a three-day training on fish cage design and management last week. Nimfa Aquino, provincial fishery officer, said the 25 fish farmers who completed the training were given fish cages to be used in their respective fish ponds for bigger production. The training was held last Wednesday at San Pablo, Isabela where the provincial fishery office ...
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26Feb2013STA. TERESITA, Cagayan, Feb 26 – The six-day 1st National Eco-Tourism Festival will kick off today with Senator Loren Legarda as guest and resource speaker. Mayor Lolita Garcia said, "We’re lucky to have been chosen as the host of such event of a national scale.” Eco-tourism has been eyed as a possible One Town One Product commodity of Sta. Teresita. More than 10,000 visitors, a conservative estimate mostly mountaineers and back-packers are expected to jampack the camp site, a few met...
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24Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Aside from dried fish, ginger tea, garlic and onions, add bottled fish to your list of ‘pasalubong’ products from Batanes. Locally called “Libang” among Ivatans or flying fish (Exocoetidae), the entire Rural Improvement Club members of the island has started to process them in bottles after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) provided them with a series of first processing and value-adding training for the said specie. BFAR ...
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24Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 24 (PIA) --The Department of Agriculture- Livestock Division Region 2 is identifying potential recipients of domestic animals to be dispersed as part of the agency’s thrust of enhancing further the livelihood of the lowly farmers. Dr. Ronnie Ernst Duque, veterinarian, said the division is currently conducting genetic improvement of pure breed livestock, production of goats and sheep in the breeding stations in Cagayan and Isabela provinces to increase number of high bree...
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22Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 22 (PIA) – Police authorities in this city have intensified operations against loose firearms through regular conduct of checkpoints and visiting registered gun owners that have not renewed their firearms for them to surrender their firearms to the police. This measure will enable the police to ensure peaceful elections and stop election-related crimes during the duration of the 2013 mid-term elections. The ‘oplans bakal, sita, katok’ of the city police starte...
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22Feb2013APARRI, Cagayan, Feb 22 (PIA) – A total of 2,067 farmers of this town received farm inputs from the Local Government Unit of Aparri as part of town’s agenda to boost livelihood of the farm laborers as well as the local economy. Mayor Ismael Tumaru, together with the other local officials and department heads, distributed corn seeds and water pumps to the beneficiaries in the different barangays. He said the cereal dispersal was intended to rehabilitate the cornfields of farmers which were ...
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22Feb2013AMBAGUIO, Nueva Vizcaya, February 22(PIA) – A P4.5 million Philippine National Police(PNP) building has been formally inaugurated by police and local government officials here yesterday. The building will serve as a comfortable center and office for the town’s policemen and villagers as they work together in ensuring a peaceful and orderly situation of the municipality, said mayor Moises Amokla. “It has been our dream to have one like this in the past and now it was realized. Let us all...
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21Feb2013The first time residents of Northern Philippines heard the name vannamae (others spell it as vannamei), most thought it was a lady’s name or even the name of a popular rock band. For the equally curious, vannamae is a shrimp. It is the scientific name of the Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Pandeus vannamae, actually. It is the same specie which can bring tourism prestige to the fast-emerging eco-tourism haven of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan. Plans are on the drawing board as to how the specie can likew...
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21Feb2013Beyond the rustic simplicity of Buguey, Cagayan’s former biggest barangay, Barrio Namunit, is a sleeping tourism gem waiting to be polished so as to shine on its own. In the early 1950s, the tranquility of the Barrio Namunit became a thing of the past when loggers from other provinces in Luzon started to ravage its forest of high-priced timbers. Unknowingly, the activity spurred the development of present-day Sta. Teresita town. Barrio Namunit was inaugurated as a separate municipality know...
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21Feb2013PENABLANCA, Cagayan, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 and the local government unit of Penablanca recently awarded 110 core shelter units amounting to P7.7 million to families left homeless due to typhoons and other natural calamities in Barangay Quibal, this town. Angely Lubo-Mercado, information officer, said each core shelter unit costs P70,000 per family beneficiary while the location site, engineering supervision, site development, and grave...
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21Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 21(PIA) -- A five-day volunteerism event dubbed Bayani Challenge next month will be focused in the town of Dupax del Norte in this province, organizers here said. Dupax del Norte is a third-class municipality inhabited by the Isinais, one of the 15 tribal groups in Nueva Vizcaya. Its barangays are Belance, Binuangan, Bitnong, Bulala, Inaban, Ineangan, Lamo, Mabasa, Macabenga, Malasin, Munguia, New Gumiad, Oyao, Parai, and Yabbi The Bayani Challenge 2013 is a pr...
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21Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The National Voluntary Blood Services Program (NVBSP) is calling for more walk-in blood donors for to be used in urgent blood transfusions. Amelia P. Cacatian, medical technologist, said the blood bank is welcoming and even encouraging potential blood donors to submit themselves for screening as they need to continuously collate blood units for the day-to-day needs of the patients. She explained that, although various organizations and line agencies help them i...
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21Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 21 (PIA) -- A hundred and sixty-five couples whose marriages have not been legally solemnized for years were finally realized through a free mass wedding offered by two local government units as part of the Civil Registration Month celebration. Engineer Manolito Lumidao, Municipal Civil Registrar(NCR), said the free mass wedding which was carried out by the local government units of Bayombong and Bambang were separately implemented to help indigent couples av...
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21Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 21 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged urged voters to visit their office to check their names and the polling precincts where they will cast their votes. City election officer Efigenia Marquez said the computerized voters list are now posted in the premises of its office in this city. She said voters can do this as early as now, so they can avoid the hassle of having to correct data errors on election day. Cauayan City has more than 60,000 voters as...
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21Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Candidates in this city have joined the call of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the local police here for a covenant signing to ensure a peaceful and orderly elections on May 13. City Election Officer Efigenia Marquez said that though the city has no history of election-related violence in the last elections and the Comelec did not declare the city under “areas of immediate concern,” a peace covenant signing is necessary to encourage candid...
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21Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration – Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) called on rice farmers to use irrigation waters wisely especially now that the agency is implementing rotational water release. The rotational water release is a measure seen by the MRIIS to ensure continuous supply of water on rice fields until the harvesting season. Engr. Mariano Dancel made the call on farmers to share water resources with other farmers. ...
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21Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The Cagayan delegation ranked first among other delegations during the four-day and just concluded Cagayan Valley Regional Athletic Association (CAVRAA) meet hosted by the province of Isabela. The CAVRAA was held in Isabela from February 16 to 19 at the Isabela Sports Complex at Alibagu, Ilagan city. CAVRAA official results show that Cagayan earned 721. 50 points followed by the host province of Isabela with 598 points and Nueva Vizcaya as third with 58...
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21Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here recently gave recognition to its partner government agencies for their help in raising the amount of tax collected in 2012. Lawyer Ma. Isabel Utit, officer-in-charge of the BIR district 14 office here, handed the award during their agency’s Kick-Off of Tax Campaign Activities last February 15 at the provincial capitol through the nationwide Tax Campaign Theme “I Love the Philippines, I Pay Taxes Correctly....
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21Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The conduct of the first provincewide assessment of readiness called School Readiness E Assessment (SREA) to kindergarten pupils is scheduled on March 2012-2013. Clarita Doplito, education supervisor of DepEd Batanes, recently attended a three-day training on SREA in Baguio City to ensure a strong foundation for Grade I entrants. Doplito further said that the SREA aims to reduce remedial classes purposely to bridge the gap of low performance before Grade I. ...
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21Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 21(PIA) -- A hydro power project is expected to be constructed this year through the Cagayan Valley power firm SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP Group) and De La Salle University’s Center for Micro-Hydro Technology for Rural Electrification (DLSU-CeMTRE) to provide power to communities at a lesser cost. Once established and completed, the P2.6 million to P3.5 million pico hydro power project will address the demand for electricity among the villagers of Barangay P...
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21Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Amidst the circulation of text messages on the alleged memorandum relative to the grant of performance based bonus and salary increase, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Region 2 has issued disclaimer of the grant of P10,000 performance based bonus and 15 percent salary increase. Jose Pamittan, information officer, said DBM has not issued any memorandum stating that there will be grant of P10,000 performance based bonus of government employees and sa...
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21Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE-2) has increased the target beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) in the region this year to 14,009 students as compared to 10,337 beneficiaries in 2012. Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez Jr., DOLE director, said the beneficiaries will be employed in 71 government offices and 29 private establishments throughout the region as office aides, service crew, utility workers, and ...
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20Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 20 (PIA) -- Artemio Gavino Jr is the newly designated Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (Cenro) of Cauayan City. Gavino is a regional awardee for being outstanding Cenro in the region. He vowed to continue environmental programs like anti-illegal logging operations and the government’s national greening program. Upon assumption last week, Gavino has initiated the improvement of office physical facilities of Cenro-Cauayan City office as he wanted...
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20Feb2013SAGUDAY, Quirino, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- To ensure adequate supply of safe blood for patients here, the municipal council headed by Vice Mayor Marcelina M. Pagbilao enacted an ordinance mobilizing all sectors of the community to participate in programs and initiatives for voluntary and non-profit collection of blood in the municipality. Under said ordinance, the Municipal Blood Council (MBC) has been organized to implement the Municipal Voluntary Blood Services program, in cooperation with the Sout...
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20Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 20 (PIA) -- To further increase the foliage for the greening program of the national government and to meet its target up to 2016, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources in Region 2 (DENR-2) in targeting 14, 532 hectares of land to be planted with 7.36 million seedlings of different species of trees all over Region 2. The target is almost thrice bigger than the target of 5, 995 hectares and even the actual accomplishments of 6, 776.56 hectares with 3.29 mill...
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20Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 20 (PIA) -- At least 305 poor villagers in 25 barangays in this town received free PhilHealth ID cards from the provincial government and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation(PHIC). The ID cards will cover the health benefits of the recipients and their families for one year, said Dr. Edwin Galapon, acting provincial health officer. The ID cards were funded by the provincial government as part of its commitment in expanding the membership of families to ...
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20Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 20 (PIA) -- The Bayani Challenge (BC) 2013 will be launched here this week with a program and a forum among the youth as major highlights. Invictus Buenaventura, Pilipinas Natin coordinator, said the forum will be participated by members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) from the 15 towns of the province and some local officials and civic organizations. “This is our formal launch to make our presence felt all over the province. We hope that this activity will en...
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20Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection here will be spearheading various activities in line with the observance of the 2013 Fire Prevention Month which will be simultaneously conducted nationwide from March 1-31. Among the planned activities are "walk for a fire-free and fire safe nation,” blowing of horns, conduct of fire safety awareness campaign, Berong Bombero sa Paaralan, fire safety Olympics, house-to-house fire safety inspection, fire prevention games and...
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20Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 20 (PIA) -- Isabela residents are in deep sorrow upon learning of the death of their governor died last Saturday. Former governor and incumbent Cauayan City Mayor Benjamin G. Dy is remembered by Isabelinos as a leader who turned the province into what it is now in terms of development and progress. The flags of the provincial government and Cauayan City hall are in half mast and his remains are now at the capitol to give chance to Isabelinos to see and pay their las...
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19Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- Philippine Red Cross-Quirino chapter administrator Jesusa N. Leal thanked runners, volunteers, and supporters of the Million Volunteer Run 2 for their contribution in the attainment of their goal to raise P-1 million fund for the chapter’s rescue, relief and rehabilitation programs for victims of calamities in the province. “It was really an ambitious goal but we made it through the help of our supporters, Leal said, adding that Gov. Junie Cua who is ...
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19Feb2013STA PRAXEDES, Cagayan, Feb 19 (PIA) -- Forest law enforcers have successfully seized P1.3-million worth of illegally cut forest products in this town last February 13. In a report of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 2 (DENR-2), the illegal transport of 74 pieces of narra, molave, and tindalo flitches with a total volume of 2,604.74 board feet with an estimated worth of P1.3 million aboard a 10-wheeler Mitsubishi truck was foiled by a composite team from the DENR an...
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19Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 19 (PIA) -- The provincial government and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation(PHIC) here distributed free PhilHealth cards to at least 305 poor villagers from the 25 barangays in this town. The ID cards will cover the health benefits of the recipients and their families for one year, said Dr. Edwin Galapon, acting provincial health officer. The ID cards were funded by the provincial government as part of its commitment in expanding the membership of f...
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19Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) -- Almost a hundred of employees and workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 2 (DSWD-2) gladly shared their blood in a bloodletting activity initiated by the department as part of its 62nd Founding Anniversary. Dubbed, “Share your Blood, Save others’ Lives,” the bloodletting activity was not just merely donating blood but realizing the essence of giving new life and hope to other people, said Angely Lubo, information officer. Newly...
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19Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) -- Everything is already set for the first National Ecotourism Festival on February 25 to March 2, hosted by Sta. Teresita in the province of Cagayan, with the theme, “Gifts of Nature: Discover and Protect.” The event primarily aims to promote environmental awareness, protection and conservation of the area as it showcases the different ecotourism attractions in the municipality. Tourism Regional Director Blessida G. Diwa said the Department of Tourism in Reg...
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19Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 19 (PIA) -- The remains of Cauayan City Mayor Benjamin G. Dy is set to arrive today at the capitol for a three-day wake in order for his constituents to pay the last respects. Dy’s remains will stay at the capitol amphitheater for public viewing until February 21 to start at 12 noon, Tuesday, and after the three- day stay at the capitol, will be transported to Cauayan city hall. Dy died from his ailment last Saturday at a hospital in Manila while undergoing medica...
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18Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Some 3, 500 individuals from Cagayan Valley joined the first Nationwide PhilHealth- Department of Health (DOH) run in the region, yesterday. Regional Vice President Oscar Abadu was amazed of the unexpected personal participation of runners from the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela as well those who came from the far municipalities of Cagayan. Abadu said the overwhelming support of the different agencies, local government units (LGUs), and Civi...
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18Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment here, in partnership with the local government units and a private institution, is now hiring student workers and out-of school youth for its Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) for this coming summer vacation. Around 1,340 high school, college, vocational students or drop-outs will be hired to work this summer said DOLE Provincial Director Ma. Theresa Ronquillo. Interested applicants may apply at...
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18Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, February 18(PIA) –The Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines(F&), Amaranth Sierra Madre Court No. 43 and health workers of the Veterans Regional Hospital(VRH) in this town have conducted a blood-letting activity to raise the level of blood supply for their blood bank. Magat Lodge Worshipful Master Medik Relleta said the joint activity with the Bongolan Lodge is a regular program designed to sustain the supply of sufficient blood at the VRH’s blood bank in th...
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17Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb 17 (PIA) – Pilipinas Natin balangayan fora were held in two separate public and private tertiary institutions in Cagayan Valley. The first Pilipinas Natin balangayan forum in the province was held at Patria-Sable Corpuz College in this city today where students in the college attended the event and another at Isabela State University (ISU) main campus in the town of Echague in the afternoon. Vic Buenaventura, Pilipinas Natin coordinator for Cagayan Valley and spe...
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17Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 17 (PIA) – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Region 2 (PhilHealth-2) noted an increasing membership coverage and improvements in health insurance deliveries. Regional Vice President Oscar Abadu said this during the celebration of PhilHealth's 18th founding anniversary yesterday. Abadu said, last year alone, they registered 12 percent membership growth rate and it is still increasing as they do continue calling on partner officials and individuals to enroll in the h...
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17Feb2013ALICIA, Isabela, Feb 17 (PIA) – At least one hundred couples exchanged marriage vows in a mass wedding held on Valentines Day in this town as part of civil registration month celebration. The month of February was proclaimed by the government as civil registration month. At this time, most local government units conduct mass wedding to help unwed couples living together legalize their marriage. The mass wedding in Alicia town is sponsored by the local government unit where couples without f...
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17Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) – Officials of the city government of Tuguegarao have conducted a conference on environment and development to create awareness on the city’s susceptibility on disaster and to strengthen public preparedness. Mari Fe Agu-Villania, city planning coordinator, presented to hundreds of the city’s constituents the vulnerabilities of the city on typhoon, flooding and landslide. She said studies show that frequency of typhoons is increasing and the heat temperatur...
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16Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 16 (PIA) -- The province of Isabela will host this year's 2013 Cagayan Valley Athletic Association (CAVRAA) to be held at Isabela Sports Complex. Delegates composed of coaches and athletes from different provinces and cities in the region started to arrive since Wednesday in Isabela and are now housed at elementary schools in Ilagan City and at nearby town of Gamu. The provinces to compete on different sports events are Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes, Cagayan and the...
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15Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 15 (PIA) -- Isabela Bishop Joseph Nacua expressed his understanding and respect to the decision of Pope Benedict XVI to resign as the highest leader of the Catholic Church effective February 28, 2013. Nacua said that Pope Benedict XVI may have felt that he might not be able to completely perform his duties and responsibilities as the Catholic leader due to his deteriorating health. Nacua added that the pope’s resignation might be the right decision and this decision...
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15Feb2013CUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 15 (PIA) -- School employees and students of Cauayan City National High School will soon be using its own gymnasium when its construction is finished before graduation exercises are scheduled next month. The city high school was national champion in the search for best school forest park gaining accolades from different parts of the country. As a national winner for the said search, the city high school was awarded P1.2 million in a form of a project and the school o...
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15Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) - Santiago City was accorded by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) with the Seal of Service Excellence Award with a rating of 94.7% for citizens satisfaction. The Service Excellence Award is a program of the CSC aimed at recognizing government agencies including government owned and controlled corporations which excelled in providing utmost service to the public. Joseph Reyes, PhilHealth-Santiago ...
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15Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 15 (PIA) -- Officials and employees of the Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP) are conducting trainings of volunteer villagers in various towns to tap them as auxiliary force and front liners during calamities and disasters. Senior Inspector Apolonio Diaz, acting provincial fire marshal, said they are currently organizing municipal-based emergency response teams to address disasters, accidents, and other emergencies in their respective communities. Trainings, he said, ...
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15Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 15 (PIA)--Atty. Manuel J. Castillo, Jr., the new Provincial Election Supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in this province made an assurance that their preparations for the upcoming midterm elections are progressing as planned, and that all the instructions coming from the central office through Comelec resolutions are complied with. In an interview, Castillo said that he had an initial impression that there would be lesser violations in so far as this ...
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14Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Feb 14 (PIA) -- Government agencies and private organizations here have created a Provincial Joint Security Coordinating Center (PJSCC) to ensure peaceful and orderly elections in May. Police Sr. Supt. Valfrie Tabian, Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Director, said the PJSCC comprises representatives from the Commission on Elections, the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, religious sectors, and civic organizations in the province. “This...
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14Feb2013DIFFUN, Quirino, Feb 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST-Quirino) here has targeted P7 million-fund assistance this year to assist the micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province. Jonathan R. Nuestro, engineer and OIC - Provincial Science and Technology director, said P6.65 million assistance will be for Set-Up (core) and P0.35 million assistance for Set-Up (non-core) were allocated for the agency’s Small Enterprise Upgrading Program (Set-Up). Set-Up (Core...
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14Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture Region 2 (DA-2) is encouraging farmers to integrate planting of coffee and cacao which are now listed as focused commodities under the High Value Commercial Crops (HVCC) in the region. Hector Tabbun, information officer, said farmers need to be competitive not only locally but also in the world market that is why they are introducing investments on farm produce that are now in demand and of great value, globally. He explained that...
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14Feb2013ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 14 (PIA) -- Construction workers here recently turned over a Japanese vintage bomb to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in this town. Police Chief Inspector Chevalier Iringan, said the World War II bomb was dug up by construction workers using heavy equipments along the on-going road development project in Barangay Carolotan here. “The workers discovered the explosive as they were doing construction works along the proposed Aritao-Carranglan, Nueva Ecija alte...
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14Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb 14 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) - Santiago City and the Santiago City Police Office led local candidates in the signing of a peace covenant at the Saint James Parish Pastoral Center on February 12 here. Lawyer Alexander Pilotin, city election officer, said the peace covenant expresses the candidates' willingness to cooperate for an orderly, peaceful and fair conduct of elections by upholding Comelec guidelines. Police Senior Superintendent Severino...
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14Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The first batch of beneficiaries of the Cash for Training program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in this province, mostly out of school youth, are now undergoing skills training. The 400 beneficiaries, which were recommended by the DSWD, are composed of out of school youth (OSY), unemployed youth, and 4Ps beneficiaries. TESDA-Isabela Specialist Fatima Carag ...
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14Feb2013SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Officials of the municipal local government unit here and Macroasia Corporation on Thursday signed an agreement to jumpstart the construction and establishment of a water system in this town. This first public and private partnership venture aims to provide potable water supply for the 22 barangays of this municipality. Councilor Roland Carub, who witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), said that the project will initially benefit six...
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14Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb 14 (PIA) -- Presidents of the fifty Neighborhood Associations for Shelter Assistance (NASA) in the province wrote a letter to Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, Jr. seeking exemption of the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP) and Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) in the election ban on donations. Assistant Provincial Social Welfare Officer Agaton Pagbilao said that the NASA projects fall under donations in kind which is prohibited under Section 104 of the Omnibus E...
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14Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- To meet the target increase in corn production this year, the Department of Agriculture in Region 2 (DA-2) has already started its cloud seeding intervention to water cornfields in the region to ensure good harvest for this cropping season amidst drought. Rafael Balbuena Jr., senior agriculturist and engineer, said they have started cloud seeding last February 7 as El Nino phenomenon is again creeping in. He said the program is a strategy to attain the region...
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13Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 14 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corp of the Philippines (NGCP) announced through a news statement to this office an eight-hours power interruption right on Valentines Day (February 14) affecting six northern Isabela towns. Lilybeth Gaydowen, north Luzon corporate communications and public affairs chief, said the power interruption will start at 8 a.m. until 4p.m. Gaydowen said the affected municipalities are Sto. Tomas, Delfin Albano, Tumauini, Cabagan, San Pablo, and S...
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13Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb 13 (PIA) -- Officials of the provincial government and Philippine National Police (PNP) have impounded five cargo trucks recently for attempting to transport mineral resources without proper permit from the local government unit. The five cargo trucks which contained mineral resources with copper concentrate were without quarry permit, said lawyer Leslie Costales, provincial legal officer. The trucks came from Barangay Didipio where a gold and copper mining proje...
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12Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- Isabelinos who shared their time and treasure had converged early morning of Sunday, February 10 for the nationwide million volunteer run (MVR) season 2. Antonita Asis, Red Cross – Isabela chapter administrator said the agency has registered 10,643 red cross volunteer runners during the volunteer run much higher than their original target of 7,000 runners. Asis expressed gratitude to the different agencies, local government unit and non-government org...
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12Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- A total of 3, 408 volunteers successfully finished the five-kilometer run organized by the Philippine Red Cross-Cagayan chapter Sunday, February 10. Aileen Torres, PRC Cagayan administrator, said the activity is in support to the nationwide Million Volunteer Run aimed to encourage individuals to run to save lives. She said the run-for-a-cause also serves as a driving force in advancing the spirit of volunteerism to address humanitarian challenges as Red Cross ...
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12Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 12(PIA) -- The recent conduct of the Million Volunteer Run 2 in the province has attracted more than 4,500 participants from all walks of life. Organized by the Philippine National Red Cross(PNRC), the Million Volunteer Run 2 started at the Tomas Dacayo Gymn in Solano town and ended at the provincial capitol in Bayombong town offering more than 7 kilometer-distance run. Maragarita Dumlao, PNRC Nueva Vizcaya Chapter head said, the Million Volunteer Run 2last S...
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11Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb 11 (PIA) -- Going by the recent report of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), five infra projects had been completed, and 12 projects of significant progress are still on-going. Completed infra in the month of January 2013 are: a) varayvayan farm-to-market road (FMR) in Itbayat (93.71 percent on Dec. 31, 2012); b) Uyugan flood control, Uyugan (90.71 percent as of Dec. 31); c) upgrading national interior road Uyugan to Mahatao (51.58 percent as of Dec. 31); d)...
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11Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The provincial government here have started to distribute packages of assistance to various Gawad Kalinga sites in the province as part of its program to help poor families. Willy Delizo, provincial government’s executive assistant on housing said free gift items, food packs and vegetable seedlings among others are now being distributed to seven GK sites such as the KL Lumabang-Queensland Australia GK Village in barangay Bascaran in Solano town, KL ...
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11Feb2013Antosa Ongaty, 50, an Ibaloi native from Barangay Anayo in Aritao town tends to her stall inside the public market in Bambang town, hoping to make a killing by selling a variety of flowers this season of hearts and for the coming Valentine’s Day. “This has been our source of livelihood since time immemorial. Our children finished their studies with the financial support coming from our business," she said. Ongaty is one of the less than 10 flower vendors in this town who have established...
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11Feb2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- Prices of flowers in the province have increased as the Valentine’s Day nears bringing hope for flower sellers to earn huge income. Flower varieties sold at a dozen rate are anturiums, from P60 -P70, roses at P150-P200, aster for P20, malaysian P30 and yellow and white fiji from P80-P100. Other varieties also include renik flower, white spider, violet cleopatra and white anturiums. Antosa Ongaty , a 50 year old Ibaloi native from barangay ...
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11Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Some media entities and practitioners were recognized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue-Revenue Region No.3 (BIR-RR 3) for their support in the dissemination of its programs and activities which helped them exceed tax collection for 2012. The awarding ceremony which was held last week served as one of the highlights of the 2013 Tax Campaign Kick-Off held at Santiago City with BIR RDO 15 based at Ilagan, Isabela as host. Dir. Marina de Guzman said they appreciate...
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09Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- At least 200 information technology and computer science graduates lined-up Friday at the Commission on Elections – Ilagan City hoping to be hired temporarily as precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) technicians for the 2013 elections. This will be the second time that the country will be using PCOS machines for election process to elect twelve senators, congressmen, party -list representatives governors, vice-governors, sangguniang panlalawigan members, ma...
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09Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- To empower disadvantaged youths, government is providing them skills training and assistance towards gainful employment and entrepreneurial activities. Here, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched the Cash-For-Training (C4TP) program for these youths. Regional Director Violeta A. Cruz said the program is a nationwide joint project implemented by DSWD and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). In the region, t...
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09Feb2013ENRILE, Cagayan, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) has strengthened their joint forces in running after illegal drugs in the province. In a buy-bust operation, elements of the Enrile Police Station and PDEA agents successfully arrested one suspect in the act of selling dried marijuana bricks at Barangay Liwan, this town this morning. Senior Inspector Ramon Macarubbo Jr., chief of police, said they conducted the operation afte...
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09Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Febr 9 (PIA) -- Provincial and municipal agriculture and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) officials of Isabela met Friday in crafting solutions and measures to mitigate the worsening impact of dry spell in Isabela particularly to rice crops. Provincial agriculturist Danilo Tumamao said the effect of El Nino is already being felt by Isabela rice farmers particularly in areas of rain-fed rice farms. He said the five-croppings-in-two-years scheme might also be affect...
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09Feb2013STA TERESITA, Cagayan, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Tourism Regional Director Blessida G. Diwa is eyeing Sta Teresita town to be the ‘Vanamae’ capital of north Philippines. Diwa said the town has hectarage of aqua farms that produce up to 30 tons of ‘Vanamae’, a species of shrimps that live in salt water. Mayor Lolita Garcia said ‘Vanamae’ culture is one of the best earning livelihoods of the people of Sta Teresita in which a kilo costs up to P250. “The farms operators can sell up from 2.5 ...
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09Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office – Ilagan City district has intensified the implementation of the motorcycle helmet law. LTO enforcers have been checking motorcycle riders passing the national road to ensure that they are following the regulations imposed by the agency on wearing the prescribed helmets. Romeo Sales, LTO-Ilagan district office chief, said the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has coordinated with the LTO in ensuring that motorcycle...
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08Feb2013STA. TERESITA, Cagayan, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- This north-eastern Cagayan town prefers to be different when it comes to its One Town, One Product (OTOP) commodity. The OTOP is a priority program of the government where local executives of each city or municipality identify, develop, and promote a specific product or service which has a competitive advantage. Instead of the usual products, the local government unit here has identified ecological tourism as its biggest OTOP. According to Mayor Lolita ...
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08Feb2013STA. TERESITA, Cagayan, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Sta. Teresita town, together with the Department of Tourism and the Sierra Madre Outdoor Club (SMOC), is set to host the first ever National Ecotourism Festival on February 25 to March 2. Mayor Lolita Garcia said that everything is now set to stage the festival which will mark as history to the youngest and second smallest town of Cagayan province. Garcia said that Sta. Teresita will showcase its unexplored caves, lagoons, aqua farms and its rich biodive...
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08Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections office in Cauayan City is now recruiting Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machine technicians for the May 2013 national and local elections. “We will be recruiting IT experts beginning this month to man the operations of the PCOS machines to ensure prompt election result and electronic transmittal this coming May 2013 elections," City election officer Efigenia Marquez said. Information technology graduates are preferred. Sh...
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08Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. (PIA) -- Vice Mayor Jolly Taberner was recently sworn in as mayor of Maconacon town taking the place of slain Mayor Erlinda Domingo. Taberner and senior council member Rolly Quebral took their oath of office as mayor and vice-mayor respectively before Gov. Faustino G. Dy III at the provincial capitol on February 6. The succession is mandated by Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. Taberner vowed to continue the programs, projects and activitie...
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08Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 8 (PIA) -- This province’s Anti-Crime Task Force will involve village officials in security preparations to ensure a peaceful conduct of the 2013 midterm elections. Task Force head Ysmael Atienza said he will be meeting soon with barangay officials and tanods in the province. He said barangay officials and tanods are important partners of the provincial government and the police in maintaining peace and order. Village officials are usually present at the perimete...
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08Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Region 2 has conducted orientations in different colleges and universities in this city on the use of its new online application system for board examinations. Professional Regulation Officer III Arnel Melad said the online application program launched last year is easier to use, and is less time-consuming. Melad added that the program also helps reduce the bulk of daily clients who troop the PRC during office hours....
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08Feb2013BASCO, Batane, Feb 8 (PIA) -- The Batanes National Science High School (BNSHS) multipurpose covered basketball court in Basco has been completed per report of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The roofing and pavement project was started June 4, 2012 but due to shortage of materials, it was completed on December 31, 2012. It has tile-flooring, its roof is structured with ventilation similar to the Basco gymnasium. The covered multi-purpose building is located between two build...
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08Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 8 (PIA) --Three students of the Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trades brought pride to their school after bagging the championship medals in the provincial Super Quiz Bee in Mathematics, Makabayan and Science categories held on February 5. Joey Apostol with Nerliza Domingcil as coach and Milennia Ria Garcia with coach Elvira Dayag emerged champions in Mathematics and Makabayan categories while Cherry Ann Dagdag who was accompanied by coach Jessica Ar...
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06Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- With the implementation of the Commission on Elections’ reshuffling of election officers for the May polls, this province’s new election supervisor took his post on February 4, 2013. Atty. Abraham Johnny Asuncion, the election supervisor of Nueva Vizcaya, was assigned in this province to supervise the conduct of the May 13, 2013 elections. Meanwhile, Isabela Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Manuel Castillo is assigned to supervise the conduct of 2...
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06Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Provincial Cooperative Development Office will be releasing on Friday, February 8, more than P33 million interest-free livelihood assistance loans to individuals and cooperatives in this province as a support to boost local economy. The interest-free loan is a program of the provincial government aimed at giving capitals to small and medium entrepreneurs who are willing to put up small businesses in Isabela. Provincial Cooperative and Development Offi...
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06Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Majority of Isabela capitol employees are set to join the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Million Volunteer Run Season 2 on February 10 according to Executive Assistant Jessie Geronimo of the office of the governor. Geronimo said that the provincial government sees the importance of joining such event as this will develop camaraderie among runners, help the PRC pursue volunteer trainings and activities, and most of all, improve the individual’s body system. G...
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06Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The municipal government of Mahatao in Batanes is intensifying vegetable production by implementing its crops development program to improve quality of life of farmers and fishers. The intensified vegetable production is maintained by 232 farmer-beneficiaries who are promoting the Gulayan sa Barangay, legume production, garlic production, bio-intensive gardening, camote production, onion production, pinakbet vegetable production, and Food Always in the Home prog...
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06Feb2013BASCO, Batanes Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The livestock development program of the town of Mahatao in this province complements its intensified vegetable production program, per report from its agricultural technologist. The livestock development program has three components namely: upgrading of breed through artificial insemination (AI), livestock dispersal, and animal health management, said Alejandro Camacho, the town's agricultural technologist. Camacho said that under this livestock development pro...
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06Feb2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) advises the public to be ready with the scheduled power interruption tomorrow, February 7, in Quirino and parts of Isabela from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the shutdown of some of its transmission facilities. In an email to this office, NGCP Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Officer Lilibeth Gaydowen said that the affected distribution utilities include the Quirino Electric Cooperative (Quirelco) a...
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06Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Region 2 (DOLE-2) is set to conduct a region-wide job fair this February and March as part of its employment facilitation strategy which aims to provide a venue for job seekers, employers, and overseas recruitment agencies. The job fair will be held on February 8 at the Medical Colleges of Northern Philippines; on February 13-17 at the Cagayan Provincial Capitol; and on March 26-27 at the municipal hall of Sta. Praxedes, Ca...
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06Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Batanes was awarded the 2012 National Honor Award last year, the highest award given by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to local governments that perform well for improving the nutritional status of residents. For winning, the provincial government was given a cash prize of P500,000 and a Nutriskwela Community Radio Station which will be launched on the first week of March this year. The radio station, which will be based in ...
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05Feb2013SANTIAGO, Isabela, Feb. 5 (PIA) --The Bureau of Internal Revenue, Revenue District No. 15 based in Naguilian, Isabela sponsored yesterday the 2013 Tax Campaign Kick-Off of the BIR Revenue Region No. 3 at All-K Venue, Santiago City. The event, which was participated by the BIR district offices of Cagayan, Batanes, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino was graced by some BIR top brass officials headed by Commissioner Celia Capuchino King. Among the highlights of the event were the signing of memo...
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05Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- Some 2,000 volunteers will be mobilized next month to do charity work for the poor in the province as part of the Bayani Challenge 2013. The Bayani Challenge 2013 is a project of the Presidential Communications Operations Office through its volunteerism program Pilipinas Natin. The challenge is a five-day gathering of volunteers where bayanihan spirit and love for the country are showcased through building of homes, schools, health missions, climate ch...
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05Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 2 (DSWD-2) has warned organizations and individuals soliciting without permit from the said department or from local governments. Marilyn T. Taguinod, head of the standards regulatory unit, said only those with permit from DSWD or LGU are allowed to conduct fund raising in any point of the region. She specified that any organization or individual who plans to conduct a fund-raising activity in any form...
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05Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb 5 (PIA) -- An extensive soil analysis of soils in farmlands is seen as one of the measures to increase rice yields in the region. In a forum of municipal agriculturists, agricultural technicians, national irrigation officials, and Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag asa) at Cagayan Valley Integrated Agricultural Resources Research Development (CVIARRD) in Ilagan City last week, Dr. Ernesto Guzman, Department of Agriculture 2...
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05Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled another power interruption today in the provinces of Ifugao and Nueva Ecija to give way for technical work to further improve and sustain a reliable flow of electricity. NGCP North Luzon Communications Officer Lilibeth Gaydowen said that the eight-hour power outage in Ifugao and Nueva Ecija will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gaydowen said that the power shutdown in some of its transmissi...
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04Feb2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The city government of Cauayan was adjudged as the Best Local Government Unit (LGU) for winning different contests in the Bambanti Festival held on January 27-30 in this province. For its feat, Cauayan City received a Bambanti trophy and P1 million worth of project funds from the provincial government. City Planning and Development Officer Oliver Francisco said the city government will use the award for development projects that will benefit every Cauaye...
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04Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has assured the public of stable and reliable power supply during the coming May elections. NGCP Spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza said in a statement that they have formed a special task force which will ensure the smooth transmission of electricity and the creation of contingency plans and measures during the political exercise. Alabanza said that the task force will commence its operation as ...
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04Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here will be releasing livelihood funds this year for 13 organizations based in the province. DOLE District Manager Engr. Henry Balangatan said that a community-based organization and a workers’ group will be recipients of their Integrated Livelihood Assistance Fund while 11 groups will be beneficiaries of their Promotion of Rural Employment and Entrepreneurship Development. “Our livelihood funds have i...
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02Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb.2 (PIA) -- The bio-intensive gardening (BIG) project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) implemented by the local government of Basco municipal agriculturist office (MAO) have new members/takers in January compared to 2012, said Josephine Castillo, Basco municipal agriculturist. In 2012 the project had 59 members in Basco; this January, an additional 38 had signed up. Castillo conducted last Wednesday evaluation session and to update members on the progress of the bio-in...
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02Feb2013SAN GUILLERMO, Isabela, Feb 2 (PIA) -- A nursing graduate from this province emerged second in the nursing board exam from the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) making residents proud. In January 30, the PRC released the result of the nursing board exam held last December showing Alfa Cresia Nasino Nilo as second placer with a rating of 85.40 percent. Alfa Cresia Nilo hails from San Guillermo town and studied Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Saint Mary’s University in Bayombong, N...
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02Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Thousands of volunteer runners in the province are expected to participate in the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) million volunteer run season 2. The million volunteer run is a program of the Red Cross aimed at advancing the spirit of volunteerism to address humanitarian challenges and to raise funds for PRC youth and volunteer trainings on disaster management and equipping every community with lifesaving skills. Antonita Asis, PRC – Isabela chapter administ...
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02Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) here has released more than P1.482 million to at least six livelihood organizations last year to operationalize their various business ventures. Engr. Henry Balangatan, DOLE district manager said the fund were given through their Integrated Livelihood Program which benefited 174 farmers, rural workers, ambulant vendors and disabled persons. “This is part of our mandate to help the marginalized sector so t...
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02Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Two livelihood organizations in this province recently received financial assistance from the provincial government to start up their business and further boost their income. The two recipient organizations which are both based in Aritao town were the Darapidap Auto Savings Group(DASG) which received P25,000 for their tamarind production and the Youth Students Alliance and Community Transformation(YSACT) with P20,000 for their livelihood project ...
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02Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Isabela Consumer Watch Group is asking the help of the public in reporting any establishment overpricing goods and commodities. The Isabela consumer watch group is a non-government organization in the province that helps the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) monitor prices of goods and commodities. Isabela Consumer Watch Group head Raffy Jacinto said his group and the DTI in the province are not enough to monitor the prices of commodities that is...
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02Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) region 2 is now processing the financial assistance for livelihood projects of organized fisherfolks in the coastal towns of the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela. Assistant Regional Director Milagros Morales said part of the integrated coastal resource management program of BFAR is the organization of the fisherfolk sector to be deputized as their partners for the ‘aquasilvi’ culture project to reforest the...
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02Feb2013DIFFUN, Quirino, Feb. 2 PIA) -- A two-day learning activity on the System Information Service (SIS) was held here on January 24-25 to enhance the skills of the local government units’ legislative staff on the Legislative Tracking and Performance Monitoring Project through the adoption of Information Technology (IT). The activity was participated by Sanggunian Bayan secretaries, information technology (IT) experts, computer programmers/computer operators and other participants from the muni...
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02Feb2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) has set aside more than P3 million for the implementation of the Special Program for Employment of Students(SPES) here this summer. Engineer Henry Balangatan, DOLE district manager said the fund will be used for the payment of the students’ incentives and benefits which will be jointly shouldered by the DOLE and their respective employers. “This year, we are expected to employ some 1,935 students throu...
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01Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections in Region 2 (Comelec - 2) urged media institutions to strictly follow and monitor as well the time limit rule on political advertisements of candidates for the coming 2013 elections. Atty. Julius Torres, regional director, said that media has a very important role to play in the upcoming elections not only in disseminating election related information to public but also to monitor strictly the observance of the advertisement time lim...
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01Feb2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) –- Basketball varsity players from the different state universities and colleges in the 3rd district of Cagayan will prove who among them are the best in the recently launched first-ever Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament which will run up to March. Representative Randy Ting, who spearheaded the event, said the tournament was conceptualized as a venue to develop young basketball enthusiasts from the province who could compete in the national and other larger...
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01Feb2013BASCO, Batanes, Feb. 1 (PIA)-- The municipality of Mahatao will be celebrating Heart's month from February 3 to 28 with several activities. A Walk for a Cause from the municipal plaza to Sitio Diura around three kilometers to eastern Mahatao kicks off the event to be followed by the Hataw of the residents. Proceeds from the educational walk will be used for the non-communicable disease program of the Municipal Health Office. The activities are sponsored by sectoral group: the municipal go...
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01Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Provincial Joint Security Coordinating Council (PJSCC) has no recommendations for declaration of areas of concern nor areas of immediate concern in the province since the start of election period on January 13. The PJSCC is composed of the Comelec as chairman, police provincial director and the military’s brigade commander as members which jointly oversee and recommend measures to ensure peaceful and orderly elections this coming May 13. The police a...
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31Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Director Ruperto Maribbay of the Department of the Interior and Local Government here said the provincial government has marked a smart take off for its Local Government Performance Management System (LGPMS) as shown by its early orientation of programs and activities for the year 2013. Maribbay said Governor Junie E. Cua spearheaded the orientation on January 8. The assembly provided a venue for all department heads and focal persons of DILG-assisted ...
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31Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Two hundred ninety eight disadvantaged youths have been identified as scholars under the Cash-for-Training Program (C4TP), a joint program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Technical Educational Skills Development Authority (Tesda). The beneficiaries are mostly sons and daughters of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries, and those who qualified under the expanded government internship program of the DSWD. The progr...
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31Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 31 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council of Region 2 (RDC - 2) has announced that His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III has already acknowledged receipt of the North Philippine Coastal Tourism Development Plan of Cagayan Valley which aims to develop tourism as a major contributor to the economy of region. In his acknowledgement receipt, President Aquino has instructed the RDC to formulate a business strategy concept plan to effect the tourism master plan. Engr. Ronilo...
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31Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Various agriculture products and tourist destinations from the province’s 33 towns and three cities were showcased in the four-day Bambanti Festival at the capitol grounds in this city from January 27 to 30. After Sunday's formal opening ceremony of the festival, Governor Faustino G. Dy III led the ribbon-cutting of the Agri-trade and Eco-tourism Fair. Governor Dy said that Isabela has its potentials both in agriculture and tourism industry and are seve...
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30Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) --The Department of Agriculture Region 2 (DA-2) and Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA) in Cagayan simultaneously launched the 2013 National Year of Rice at the Cagayan provincial capitol and at the city gymnasium here with the theme “Sapat na Bigas, Kaya ng Pinas.” The launch is a communication strategy and an advocacy campaign enjoining stakeholders including the public to support the campaign. Dr. Lorenzo M. Caranguian, Regional Technical Direct...
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30Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 29 (PIA) -- A total of 1,311 student scholars from the 3rd district of Cagayan province have received their educational assistance in an awarding ceremony held on January 19 here. The RST scholars, named after the initials of Congressman Randolph S. Ting, received P 2,500 each as educational assistance for the second semester of the school year 2012-2013. Ting said 56 of the thousand scholars were also given additional P1,500 each for maintaining high grades and very sati...
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30Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Cagayan has awarded a total of P8.7 million pesos to 77 barangays all over the province as incentives for the Barangay Integration for Excellence and Good Governance program of the provincial officials here. Each Barangay assessed with good standing and performance is entitled to a financial assistance amounting to P100,000 to fund different development projects such as road concreting, water systems construction, multi-purpose pav...
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29Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 2 is conducting the search for five outstanding “Pinoy Drayber” for the year 2012. This aims to uplift the morale of public utility vehicle drivers as well as government vehicle drivers. Nominations and recommendations are now open for the five categories, namely: bus, jeepney, tricycle, van and government service drivers. Project Coordinator Dennis Buendia said that the objective of the search is to recognize...
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29Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 29 (PIA) -- At least 31 farm extension workers (FEW) in the province are expected to get awards for assisting farmers in sustaining their good production yields. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist, said the extension workers will be receiving the regional award sometime next month from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Provincial Agriculture Office (PagRo). “These FEWs were able to assist our farmers in increasing their yield and sust...
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29Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 29(PIA) – The campaign on proper nutrition will be brought to the barangays (villages) to eradicate malnutrition in the country, an officer of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) said. “We will be bringing regular information to the communities on the importance of maintaining proper nutrition not only among children but also adults,” said Rhodora Maestre, regional nutrition coordinator for Cagayan Valley. She made the statement during an informal media int...
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29Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 29 (PIA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has urged candidates not to get involved in early campaigning to avoid being subject to disqualification cases. City Election Officer Efigenia Marquez said that candidates who are engaging on early campaigning like posting of campaign materials in public places will face disqualification cases and will be barred from running as candidates once proven that they have violated regulations imposed by the poll body. ...
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29Jan2013BASCO, Batanes, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The National Power Corporation (Napocor) is expected to deliver today 767,000 liters of fuel for the Batanes Electric Cooperative to supply the province’s electricity for the period February 1 – May 30, 2013. Chairman Charles Ibañes of the Batanes Multi-Purpose Cooperative , the winning bidder to haul the fuel, said that his company already chartered a fuel tanker in Manila which will make one trip hauling the fuel to the Basco port. The fuel due to be d...
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29Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 29 (PIA) – A Catholic bishop in Quirino province has urged policemen in the province to be neutral and ensure the conduct of a peaceful elections in May this year. “We are asking you to be apolitical and assist our voters so that they will not fall prey to vote-buying,” said Bishop Ramon Villena of the diocese here. The bishop made the call during the courtesy call of Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director and his staff early this mon...
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28Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 28(PIA) -- National and regional officials of the National Nutrition Council(NNC) in collaboration with allied government agencies will be creating a task force to check the entry of iodized salt in the province and Cagayan Valley region as a whole. The task force is called "Asin (salt)." “Considering the location of Nueva Vizcaya as an entry point of all products, we will be establishing a task force here to ensure that only iodized salt are circulated here and ...
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28Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 28 (PIA) -- The capital city of Isabela will strengthen the implementation of "Tapat ko, Linis ko (My frontage, my responsibility)" aimed at maintaining cleanliness in the entire city. The program was launched a few years back and the city government will strengthen its implementation this year in support of the environmental program of government. Jun Montereal, information officer of Ilagan City, said the program will be implemented in the city’s central busines...
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28Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 28 (PIA) -- Cauayan will construct public facilities in the city to better serve the residents of Cauayan. Oliver Francisco, planning officer, said the public facilities will include the construction of a police station, a jail, and a youth center a few kilometers away from the city hall and the public market. This is so, Francisco said, to decongest traffic in the present two facilities which are within the public market and transferring is one of seen measure to ...
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28Jan2013LUNA, Apayao, Jan 28 (PIA) -- Four officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) were formally adopted as sons and daughter of Apayao after a resolution passed by the legislators. JICA Minister for Health Akio Isomata, Second Minister for Health Dinichi Nita, Chief Project Advisor Dr. Makoto Tobe, and Minister for Economic Affairs Fude Takasyohi, including Health Undersecretary for Luzon Gerardo Bayugo were formally declared Yapayaos (residents of Apayao) after the ceremonial a...
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28Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- This province is hosting the 13th and 14th stages of the Ronda Pilipinas 2013, a cycling race aimed at showcasing the beautiful tourist destinations in the country. Ronda Pilipinas cyclists, organizers and their coaches will be temporarily accommodated in the province from January 28 to 30 before resuming the race to Baguio City. Lawyer Edgardo Balgos, provincial administrator said an environmental clean up drive was held at Mapallao Falls in Quez...
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27Jan2013LUNA, Apayao, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has turned-over equipment to different health facilities of government units of Apayao province on January 24-25. Officials from the of JICA in the Philippines headed by the Minister for Health Akio Isomata personally handed birthing equipment to the officials of the different towns of Apayao headed also of Gov. Elias Bulot Jr. Dr. Makoto Tobe, chief advisor of the project, said the project is part of their advoca...
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27Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 27 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Cauayan City Police Office (CCPO) are preparing a peace-covenant signing among candidates in the city who are running for city positions for the May 2013 mid-term elections. There are at least 15 candidates who filed their certificates of candidacy for the positions from mayor to city councilor and these candidates are soon to be invited by the Comelec. Efigenia Marquez, city election officer, said although the ci...
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27Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 28 (PIA) -- Athletes of Cagayan province are now undertaking rigid training for the incoming 2013 Cagayan Valley Regional Athletic Association (CAVRAA) which will be conducted on February 16 at the Sports complex of Ilagan City, Isabela. One of the coaches, Roel Reyes, said they need to train well all of their players in the different events to ensure their physical as well as mental fitness before the actual regional athletic meet. Cagayan ruled 2012 CAVRAA that is wh...
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26Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 26 (PIA) -- The city veterinary office announced that the free artificial insemination services is continuously offered at the artificial insemination center in Barangay Tagaran in this city. City veterinarian Ronald Dalauidao said that since the artificial insemination center was established in August last year, residents in the city and from nearby towns who have goats, pigs, cows and other livestock animal have availed of the free artificial insemination services. ...
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26Jan2013BASCO, Batanes Jan. 25 (PIA)-- Members of the Regional Nutrition Council (RNC) oriented its core staff of the soon-to-be launched 1st nutriskwela community radio station in the province. The nutriskwela community radio station is part of the award of Batanes for having achieved the 2011 National Honor Award from the National Nutrition Council (NNC). The P500,000 award was received last November 9 by Gov. Vicente S. Gato and Dr. Roel Nicolas, provincial Nutrition action officer (PNAO) concu...
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25Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections in the province has expressed optimism for a safe and fair elections in the upcoming midterm elections as it has sustained peaceful elections in the past years. Atty. Erwin Valeroso, election officer, said there were no election-related violence recorded since the start of the election period in January 13 and there were also no identified election hotspots in the province. The election officer, however, said they will not be c...
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25Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (MRIIS) official called on farmers to conserve water and use it wisely. Newly-installed MMRIIS operations manager Mariano Dancel appealed to farmers in its service areas to use irrigation water wisely saying ‘close water turnouts when water in rice field is already sufficient’. In a statement from MRIIS, Dancel said that beginning this month of January the irrigation diversion requirement has been reduced ...
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25Jan2013DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The provincial government recently distributed free PhilHealth ID cards to 50 poor families in this town as part of its drive to expand the enrolment of indigent sector to the program. The PhilHealth ID cards were handed through Acting Provincial Health Officer Dr. Edwin Galapon and Provincial Administrator Atty. Edgardo Balgos during the inauguration of the Diadi Emergency Hospital in barangay Poblacion here. “These cards are only initial and we will p...
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25Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Education has named Dr. Denizon P. Domingo, assistant division superintendent of DepEd- Isabela, as acting city schools division superintendent of DepEd Ilagan City. In a simple but fitting installation ceremonies held during Monday’s flag raising at Ilagan city hall, Mayor Jose Maire L. Diaz acknowledged the DepEd for immediately establishing a city division office after Ilagan was converted into a city last year. Diaz assured that t...
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25Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) based in barangay San Marcos here has marked another year of successful collection efforts after it exceeded its annual collection target by 2.74 per cent. Revenue District Officer Ignacio T. Camba Jr. said that this is considered a big accomplishment for the district considering that Quirino is a small province with only few companies contributing to the BIR’s total revenue collection. In 2012, the district targete...
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24Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- January 30, is a non-working holiday in the whole province in celebration of the four-day Bambanti Festival on January 27-30, 2013. Isabela Governor Faustino G. Dy III signed Executive Order 2013-01 declaring 30th of January 2013 a non-working day to allow Isabelinos and the public to witness and participate in the various activities prepared during the celebration. “The province of Isabela stages a yearly festival called Bambanti or Scarecrow Festiv...
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24Jan2013SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya has inaugurated a new school building inside the compound of the Solano East Central School (SECS) in barangay Roxas in this town. The P10.6 million school building with eight classrooms was constructed through the Special Education Fund of the provincial government and the income out of the operation of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project in Alfonso Castaneda town. “This is the biggest an...
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24Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office here said that everything is set for the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries which will commence next month. Engr. Cherry Grace Agustin, Provincial Statistics Officer said the survey is conducted every 10 years and the reference period for this year’s survey is from January to December 2012. “We are in our third level training for the enumerators who will be deployed in the municipalities. They will be oriented on t...
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23Jan2013DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The provincial government will be pouring more funds for further improvement of the Diadi Emergency Hospital (DEH) in barangay Poblacion here, in addition to the P11 million funds which was used for its construction and completion. Governor Luisa Cuaresma said that while the DEH got the biggest chunk of health funds from the provincial government for its construction, they will not stop and will further sustain their efforts to fully transform the medical...
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23Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- Isabela government officials expressed condolences to the family left by Maconacon town mayor Erlinda Domingo who was shot dead on Tuesday (January 22) night in Quezon City. Governor Faustino G. Dy III and Vice Governor including town officials are one in condemning the act committed by perpetrators saying the lady chief executive of one of the province’s coastal towns is a good, honest and dedicated public servant. “Mayor Domingo have shown exemplary...
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23Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- National Artist Napoleon Abueva’s “The Rice Planter” will mark the boundary of Cordon town and Santiago City in Isabela as part of the latter city’s tourism promotion. Santiago City government employee Juanito Ocampo said the choice of the marker was personally offered by the multi-awarded Abueva to him during his visit to the national artist’s residence last year. Like Abueva, Ocampo is also an artist from the University of the Phili...
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23Jan2013CABAGAN, Isablea, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The municipality of Cabagan is featuring its famous Pansit Cabagan festival or the Pansi' Festival in its patronal town fiesta from January 16-25, 2013. Tourism Regional Director Blessida G. Diwa said the foundation of the town which is on the January 25 is lined-up with week long activities to instill to the hearts and minds of every Cabaguenos the gratitude to Almighty God for the blessings, safety and prosperity they received. On his part, Mayor Christoph...
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23Jan2013SOLANA, Cagayan, Jan 23 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth council) members of Cagayan province have initiated a post Christmas gift-giving activity at the Reception and Study Center for Children at Lingu, here. The activity, “Handog Pagmamahal ng SK Provincial Federation,” aimed to reach out to around 100 abandoned and neglected children at the center through simple gifts. Ofelio Parallag, provincial information officer, said several entertainment numbers and parlor games were ...
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23Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 is developing new products processed from the aqua-marine resources of the region. Dr. Angel Encarnacion, Chief of the Fisheries and Post-Harvest Division of BFAR, said they are now on the process of developing seaweed noodles, seaweed chips, seaweed pickles, and seaweed crackers to take advantage of the abundant raw materials from the coastal zones of the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela. Aside fro...
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23Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 23 (PIA) – The rat infestation problem in the province is under control. In a statement, the provincial agriculture office said preventive measures have been conducted to halt the large damage of rice crops. Rice produce in seven towns and three cities in Isabela were reported to have been damaged by rats, Danilo Tumamao, provincial agriculturist, said. These areas include the towns of Luna, Ramon, Tumauini, Burgos, Alicia, Roxas, San Mateo, and the cities of Sant...
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23Jan2013TUAO, Cagayan, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- Some 4,550 indigent residents of Tuao received their PhilHealth ID cards as part of the sponsorship programs of the provincial government of Cagayan for the people's health security. In a ceremony, Governor Alvaro Antonio, Vice Governor Leonides Fausto, Philhealth region 2 officials, and some board members of the region, handed the health cards personally to the beneficiaries. There were 2,176 beneficiaries from Tuao East while 2,374 from the western side of the...
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22Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- Joint personnel of Cabarroguis Police Station and Quirino Provincial Public Safety Company had apprehended the first gun ban violator in the province who is resident of Brgy. Burgos here. By virtue of warrantless arrest, the violator, 32, was arrested for having in his direct possession and control, one unit homemade caliber 38 revolver without serial number with six live ammunition, fully loaded in the chamber and five extra live ammunition including ...
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21Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 21(PIA) – An official of the Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) has encouraged business entrepreneurs to venture into projects using indigenous materials as foundations of their trade. Clifford Gregorio, DTI senior trade and industry specialist, said there is a huge market on products such as Basket/Bayong, Woodbits, Bamboo and Banana or 4Bs. “These materials are abundant in our province and therefore it can be sustained for a long time which will...
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21Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, January 21(PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) in Region 2 is reviving the soft broom-making industry in the province. Ellerie Ramel, DTI information officer, said the move aims to provide soft broom makers with adequate supply of raw materials such as tiger grass and rattan. Last year, Ramel said they have conducted a training on soft broom-making in Sta. Fe town to encourage the planting of tiger grass in various villages. “There are already resi...
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21Jan2013DIFFUN, Quirino, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- Cagayan State University was declared overall champion in the recently concluded State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) regional meet held at Quirino State University here. The SCUAA consists of five schools, namely, CSU, Isabela State University, Nueva Vizcaya State University, Batanes State College, and Quirino State University. The CSU athletes beat their opponents in athletics, football, volleyball (men and women), baseball, softbal...
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21Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- With the cloud seeding operations conducted in the Magat Watershed and Magat Dam area from December 20, 2012 until January 15, 2013, inflow at the dam has increased to 105.94 meters and elevation has been sustained at the 180-meter level, according to officials of the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (Mariis) Through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management, cloud-seeding operations have been conducted as implementing strategies to mitigate the...
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21Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 21 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here assessed that the province is relatively peaceful as no election-related violence have been recorded since the start of election period. Atty. Manuel Castillo, Isabela election supervisor, made the assessment during the meeting with police and military officials of the Provincial Joint Security Coordinating Center (PJSCC) at Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) in preparation for the upcoming May 13, 2013. Att...
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21Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 21 (PIA) – The Isabela Police Provincial office (IPPO) has put up its own operation center to monitor the election activities in the province. Senior Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, IPPO chief said the provincial election monitoring and action center (PMAC) was formed exclusively to monitor all election-related activities in the province which will serve as the center that records election events and other concerns relating to elections in Isabela. Mabanag s...
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21Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 21 (PIA) – Residents and people in public schools here have benefited from the vegetable seeds and seedlings distributed by the city government last year through the city agriculture office. The free distribution of vegetable seedlings is one of the programs of the city agriculture office aimed at encouraging residents to plant vegetables at their respective backyards for their own consumption in support to the government’s program of pushing backyard gardening. ...
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21Jan2013STA. TERESITA, Cagayan, Jan 21 (PIA) - Unlike most festivals in the country, the 1st National Eco-tourism Festival here on February 25 to March 1 will highlight a lake, series of caves and an unscaled local volcano. Mayor Lolita Garcia said the participants and other visitors will be treated to various water-based activities at the more than 200 hectares lake while at least five caves with sub-terranean rivers will be opened to the public for the first time. The festival, which is supported by...
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20Jan2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Jan 20 (PIA) -- This city’s health office has registered 233 patients with upper respiratory disease due to the cold weather affecting the city these days. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) had registered a cold 16.5 degrees Celsius in the city in previous days that has affected the respiratory system of the residents mostly children, with cough and colds. Ramoncito Bayang, assistant city health officer, said most...
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19Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 19 (PIA)-- This city’s Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) is offering a quarterly 25% discount on the total annual ecological solid waste management fee to business establishments that are religiously complying with the waste segregation scheme being implemented by the city government. Engr. Alejo Lamsen, CENR officer, said the discount would encourage business establishments to practice the waste segregation scheme to minimize the bulk of wastes tha...
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19Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration – Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) based in this city is eyeing an additional 4,000 hectares of rice land to be irrigated this year. Newly-installed NIA-MRIIS operations manager Mariano Dancel said the MRIIS at present is irrigating at least 80 thousand hectares mostly in Isabela and in Quirino provinces. Dancel said the NIA-MRIIS has targeted an additional four thousand hectares in its service...
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19Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Health has deployed 58 registered nurses in the municipalities of the third district of Isabela under the Registered Nurse for Health Enhancement and Local Service (RNHEALS) project. Elaine Colobong, DOH-2 Representative in the 3rd district of Isabela, said the deployment of nurses under the RNHEALS will complement the nurses in the rural health units and will be serving the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantaw...
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19Jan2013TUGUEGRAO CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) Cagayan has encouraged rice farmers to sell their produce to NFA as they have set a higher buying price than private traders. Natividad Arugay, assistant provincial manager, said NFA is now buying dry and clean ‘Palay’ at P17.70 a kilo which is higher than the P16.20 buying price of traders. She emphasized that the set buying price is part of the government’s desire to help farmers earn more income and return of investmen...
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19Jan2013BASCO, Batanes, January 19 (PIA) -- The products of LGU-Basco employees derived from its one-site green revolution project are now available in a mini-vegetable market located in a portion of the municipal building ground floor. The mini-veggie-mart was launched last January 9 and opens on Wednesdays and Fridays only. Vegetables sold here are much cheaper than those in the community markets. For instance one bundle of pechay costs P 10 in the veggie mart, in the community it is sold at P20. ...
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18Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 18(PIA) -- Irrigators in this province are in high spirits over the resumption of the national government’s irrigation support program designed to boost their agricultural production. The Baligatan Sagip Patubig Program(BSPP) which was stalled last year over the lack of capability of local government units nationwide to provide their funding counterpart came anew with the infusion of counterpart financial help from Representative Carlos Padilla. Engineer Francis...
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18Jan2013SAN MATEO, Isabela, Jan 18 (PIA) -- The municipal agriculture office of this town is implementing programs that will prevent damages on rice plants brought by rat infestations which usually happen during the vegetative and flowering stages of rice plants and also during cold weather. Emiliano Camba, municipal agriculturist, said although the rat infestation is not yet considered alarming, the agriculture office is conducting now preventive measure to avert future damages that rats may cause. ...
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18Jan2013BASCO, Batanes Jan. 18 (PIA) -- Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Alberto Tabile bared through an interview yesterday, the dairy program of the provincial government of Batanes (PGB). The provincial government through the provincial veterinary office in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 02 and the National Dairy Authority has started upgrading cattle for dairy purposes. The partnering agencies have initially produced three Holtein-Freisian offspring and one offs...
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18Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 18 (PIA) -- Visitors to this northern region may look forward to fun and relaxation with the near completion of the Quirino Watersports and Tourism Complex this year. Located in the northwestern part of the province, the soon-to-be completed watersports facility is the latest tourism project of the provincial government aimed at boosting the tourism industry of Quirino and nearby places. The Complex is a 250.75 square meters (sq. m.) watersports complex which will be...
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17Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Region 2 (DSWD-2) is apprehensive that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya program might be utilized by political candidates in their campaign sorties. Angely Lubo, information officer, said they also launched the “Anti-Epal” campaign to call on political candidates to spare 4Ps beneficiaries from any campaign activities. She said they fear that the beneficiaries might be threatened by some candidates...
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17Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 17(PIA) -- The provincial government recently sponsored a Photo Exhibit, featuring the works of Francis Gumayagay, a photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Dubbed, "F/STOP" by FrancisGum, his works focused on fashion and beauty subjects exhibited at the Provincial Tourism Office(PTO) in this town where it was opened for public viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from December 22, 2012 to January 13, 2013. As a Hollywood lensman, Gumayagay has worked with people...
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17Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Cagayan Valley Region remains to be the top producer of corn in the whole country and second in rice production, Agriculture Regional Executive Director Lucrecio Alviar reported. Alviar, in his year end report, said the region was able to harvest 1.6 million metric tons (MT) of corn or 22.98 percent of the total rice productions nationwide, and 2.08 million MT rice production or 12.85 percent of the total production in the country for the year. He said Isabel...
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17Jan2013DIFFUN, Quirino, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Some residents of Aurora West, one of the urban barangays of this town, have been chosen as recipients of the "Pangkabuhayan sa Barangayan (livelihood in the village) program of ABS-CBN Cagayan Valley recently. Hannah Salatan said the activity is part of the station’s corporate social responsibility which aims to bring entrepreneurship lectures and skills demonstration to the communities in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Auth...
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17Jan2013DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Health secretary Enrique Ona recently vowed more assistance for the improvement of hospitals in this province. In his visit here, Ona committed the rehabilitation of Pediatric ward of the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital (NVPH) in Bambang town and the provision of equipment for the Diadi Emergency Hospital (DEH) including Rural Health Units (RHUs) and Barangay Health Stations (BHS). “The promise of quality health care is long overdue. Now is the time...
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17Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) region 2 is constructing a P33 million farm-to-market road project that will connect different barangays of San Agustin town in Isabela province. Regional Director Marjorie P. Ayson said the farmers’ dream to have their farm products be brought to the market fresher, easier and faster will soon be realized in the construction of the said road network. The San Antonio-Mapalad-Bautista farm-to-market road, in Mapalad Hil...
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17Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Around 700 members of the Red Cross Youth, Quirino chapter will be attending a two-day skills camp on February 8-10, 2013 at the Capitol Sports Complex here with the theme “Youth Involvement for Effective and Timely Disaster Response.” Led by the Philippine Red Cross, the activity aims to instill in the minds of the youth and advisers the importance of disaster risk reduction awareness and response, provide opportunity for every youth to visualize a ...
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16Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education in Region 2 (DepEd-2) is set to introduce a digital strategy of teaching dubbed Skyxplore Mobile Digital Planetarium in the K to 12 curriculum in the region. Samuel Soliven, education program supervisor, said the mobile planetarium is a teaching strategy to provide teachers and students practical and hands-on experiences on space science and astronomy. He said it is a pioneer state-of-the-art science road show program in the country...
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16Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The Isabela Volunteer Against Crime (IVAC) will intensify its anti-drug campaign and operations in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to further reduce, and if need be, eradicate the cases of drug trafficking in Isabela. IVAC head Ysmael Atienza said that the anti-crime volunteers of Isabela has greatly helped in the reduction of places in the province from 15 localities suspected and con...
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16Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The province will be celebrating this year’s Bambanti Festival on the last week of this month (January 27-30) from the usual celebration every May 1-5 simultaneously conducted with the province’s founding anniversary. The Bambanti Festival is an annual tourism, cultural and heritage event promoting the province as the country’s top corn producer and as a great ecotourism destination. Jaime Atayde, 2013 Bambanti Festival director general and Sangguni...
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16Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The city government of Cauayan has allotted this year P1.3 million for the office operational expenses of senior citizens. Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) head Leticia Lacuna said the fund from the city government will be used to implement programs, projects, and activities of their office to benefit all members. Lacuna said among the programs that will be implemented this year are the regular conduct of lectures and seminars on health, medi...
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16Jan2013CAGAYAN, Jan 16 (PIA)— The provincial government of Cagayan, in partnership with Agbiag Party List, city government of Tuguegarao and the University of Sto. Tomas Medical Alumni association of America, will be conducting a free medical mission to reach out sick and poor Cagayan residents. Ophelia Parallag, provincial information officer, said the medical and dental mission and minor surgery operations will be conducted on January 22, 23 and 24 at 9 a.m. up to 4 p.m. at old CIADPI building, Sa...
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16Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 16 (PIA) – The National Statistics Office in Region 2 is now hiring 3,603 enumerators for the conduct of the 2013 Census of Population on Agriculture and Fisheries. The enumerators will be utilized in enumerating and administering the questionnaires on the said census which will be done in April, Regional Director Anabelle Langbayan said. “We need these enumerators to effectively gather the needed data accurately from the urban up to the far flung areas,” Langabayan ...
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16Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 16 (PIA) – Local candidates here have signified their full support for the conduct of peaceful, fair and credible elections on May this year. Several local candidates from the municipal to the provincial level participated in the Unity Walk and Prayer Rally over the weekend which was conducted by the Philippine National Police(PNP) at the provincial capitol in this town. The activities included an inter-faith prayer, lighting of the unity candle and messages f...
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16Jan2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Jan 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp or PhilHealth will postpone the collection of 100 percent increase on premium contributions supposed to be collected this year as only 75 percent of the increase will be implemented for self-employed sector. PhilHealth is supposed to collect P2,400 an annual premium contribution for self-employed sector but it will only collect P1,800 or 75 percent this year. Joseph Reyes, PhilHealth – Santiago branch manager said...
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16Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 16 (PIA) – Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Enrique Ona lauded Isabela officials for prioritizing health programs for the benefit of Isabela residents Ona was in Cauayan City last Friday. Ona visited the province-run Cauayan City District Hospital and personally inspected the hospital facilities and equipment and impressed to what he saw inside the hospital particularly the well-equipped and manned hospital. He acknowledged the support and efforts of provin...
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16Jan2013CAMP MECHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela, Jan 16 (PIA) – At least 168 Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) members whose sons and daughters intend to join the military service are lined-up to enter the military service once they will pass the integration process requirement set by the military at the 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army . An integration opening program was held inside the 5ID at Gamu, Isabela held this week witnessed by military top officials and officers of the Cordill...
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16Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Jan 16 (PIA) – Imagine Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile as a fisherman after retirement. In a press conference yesterday, the Senator said he will go back to where he started- the coastal areas of Cagayan in particular- when asked what will keep him busy after retirement from politics. “I will simply go back to where I belong. I might settle in Sta. Ana, Cagayan,” he said referring to the host municipality of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) which...
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15Jan2013BASCO, Batanes, Jan 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP), a program of the Department of Energy (DOE), that aims to propagate the efficient use of energy by changing light bulbs had finally reached this island province. PEEP will be distributing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) replacing incandescent bulb (IBs) to the residents. The island has 29 barangays and DOE has allotted 10,000 pieces of CFLs to qualified beneficiaries in every legislative district in the country ...
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15Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 15 (PIA) – Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile has urged local media to serve as watchdogs in the 2013 midterm elections. In his visit to his home province, he said media has a vital role in ensuring clean, fair and honest elections as media has been one of the active sectors in watching polls down to the Barangay levels. “We are looking for clean and honest elections this time. There should be no cheating and manipulation of the result and let the voice of the public p...
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15Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- Hundreds of voters, candidates, religious leaders, law enforcers, Criminology students, Barangay Peacekeeping Action teams and government employees yesterday joined the Unity Walk for safe elections which was spearheaded by the Philippine National Police, provincial office. The two-hour walk, from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. started at the Q-LIFE and ended at the gymnasium where a prayer and simple program were held. The prayer for peaceful, orderly and fair elect...
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15Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 15 (PIA) – The Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Isabela led a ‘Unity Walk’ yesterday, a day before the official start of the election period. The election period was declared by the Comelec to start on January 13 and will end on June 16. Election day is set on May 13, 2013. Senior Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag said the unity walk called for peaceful and orderly elections. The unity walk started at...
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14Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 14 (PIA) – The Cauayan City National High School (CCNHS) won the grand prize in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) first 2012 Search for Best School Forest Park in the country. CCNHS school officials of Cauayan City National High School received P1.2 million and 20 computer units on January 10 in ceremonies held at the Department of Education office in Pasig City. The award was handed by secretaries Armin Luistro of DepEd, Ramon Paje of Department of Environ...
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14Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan 14 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross-Quirino chapter is confident it will reach its 7,000-runners target for the Million Volunteer Run 2 on February 10 with the support of the different stakeholders. Jesusa Leal, chapter administrator, said they are expecting at least 875 runners from the provincial government, 1,654 from the Department of Education, 190 from Maddela, 100 each from the other five municipalities and at least 550 from the three campuses of the Quirino St...
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14Jan2013IGUIG, Cagayan, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- The newly constructed rural health unit (RHU) of Iguig town has already started its operation serving residents on a 24-hour basis. Mayor Juditas L. Trinidad said the new RHU costs P5.5 million of which P3 million was from Agbiag Party List Representative Patrick Antonio, P1M from Rep. Randolph S. Ting, and P1.5 million from the Department of Health’s (DOH) health facility upgrading program. “We are glad and thankful that we have now new RHU with new and be...
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14Jan2013KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 14(PIA) -- OceanaGold Philippines, Inc (OGPI), an Australian mining firm, has produced and distributed 101,620 forest and fruit tree seedlings in various villages here in support of Executive Order 26 dated Feb. 24, 2011, creating the National Greening Program (NGP). The company, which operates the Didipio gold-copper project in the mineral-rich upland barangay of Didipio, made its share of the tree and fruit seedlings from 2011 to 2012 through a memorandum of agree...
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13Jan2013STA. ANA, Cagayan, Jan 13 (PIA) -- If you think you’ve seen them all, wait till the Sta. Ana Hotel, Accommodations, Resorts and Restaurant Association (Saharra) conducts its first-ever fun run with a twist. Joan Taguba, president of the association and owner of the Costa Carina Beach front said the fun run, conceptualized by British Trevor Taylor of the Jotay Resort here can be the ultimate challenge for participants and one that has never been seen before in local fun runs. “This is a thr...
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13Jan2013BASCO, Batanes, Jan 13 (PIA) -- The first municipality in this province to produce offspring of Bulgarian Buffalo is Uyugan. LGU-Uyugan local executive Olivia V. Blackburn supports the priority of the provincial administration on agriculture especially livestock. Gov. Gato was quoted by Mayor Blackburn that upgrading small and large animals is a step to dairy production in the province. Dir. Alberto Tabile, provincial veterinarian and Blackburn recommended Elpidio Cobico , a graduate of Animal...
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13Jan2013SAN MARIANO, Isabela, Jan 13 (PIA) -- Operatives of San Mariano police station in this eastern interior barangays confiscated 1, 874 board feet of illegally transported lumber while the police personnel of Santo Thomas town has confiscated 100 board feet of lumbers in the said town. San Mariano police operatives confiscated the illegally transported lumbers at the boundary barangay in Lucban, Benito, Isabela through a tip from concerned citizen of San Mariano. Police chief inspector Godofredo...
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12Jan2013DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 12(PIA) -- Officials of the provincial government and the Department of Health (DOH) have formally opened another hospital in barangay Poblacion here, increasing the number of state-run hospitals in the province from five to six. The ten-bed capacity Diadi Emergency Hospital (DEH) will serve patients mostly from the northern towns of the province, said Dr. Edwin Galapon, acting provincial health officer. DOH Secretary Enrique Ona, along with provincial and munic...
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12Jan2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 12 (PIA) – This town is truly blessed for having a year round Santa. Liwayway Caramat, 54, finds it normal to return the blessings she has received in life. Thus, she gives fellow villagers financial assistance for medicines, development projects in the villages, scholarship grants for poor but deserving students or donations for programs and events. “I grew up poor, but my father taught me the power of giving,” she says. “I learned to give not because I ha...
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12Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 12 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry and Land Transportation Office (LTO) of Isabela will be implementing this week the motorcycle helmet law. The motorcycle helmet law or Republic Act No. 10054 was signed into law on 23 March 2010 requiringg motorcycle riders, including drivers and back riders, to wear standard protective motorcycle helmets at all times while driving, whether long or short drives, in any type of road and highway. DTI Isabela consumer we...
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12Jan2013KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 12(PIA) – Employees of a mining company OceanaGold Philippines, Inc.(OGPI) here continue to share small amount from their salaries in a bid to help schoolers of barangay Didipio here in uplifting their personality and community exposure and involvement. Rhodora Songayab, OGPI's Human Resource Manager said several employees of their company have agreed to participate in a voluntary contribution under the project and movement called Children’s Hour. Through the ...
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11Jan2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform-Quirino recently launched the construction of the P138-million Katimbang Bridge and road approaches in Barangay Ponggo, the biggest Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project-Phase IIl (ARISP IIl) sub-project approved nationwide. Frelita O. Bartolome, DAR Quirino information officer said the launching activity was attended by Yukihiro Kawahara, the Japanese consultant to the project, Cong. Dax Cua, Gov. Junie Cua, offi...
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11Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 11 (PIA) -- Australian mining firm OceanaGold will implement more community projects designed to improve environmental conditions and the economic well being of villages in this town. In a recent report, Brennan Lang, general manager of OceanaGold Didipio project said, villagers in Barangay Didipio and adjacent villages were elated over the completion of an all-weather road, linking the mine site to the town and other areas including the launching of tree- planti...
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11Jan2013AMBAGUIO, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 11 (PIA) -- The construction of the P25 million-road portion in Barangay Tiblac here is expected to be completed this year, according to Mayor Moises Amokla. He said the more than 200-meter road portion and the bailey bridge are now completed halfway with the assistance of the Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP) Engineering Brigade. “We are expecting the release of the last tranch of the fund for the resumption of the road construction. We hope to complete th...
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11Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 11 (PIA) -- An executive of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) has urged local officials, government employees, and villagers here to support the Forest Land Management Project (FMLP). The 10-year program seeks to improve and enhance the watershed potentials of the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. “People’s support is very crucial to this program and therefore we are encouraging everyone to give their best effort in carrying out t...
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11Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 11(PIA) -- A temporary power interruption has been implemented by the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) in the whole province of Ifugao and parts of Nueva Vizcaya to pave the way for the repair and replacement of troubled equipment and facilities. The separate power outages will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.., 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.and 4:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. today, January 11. The scheduled shutdown of NGCP’s transmission facilities will affect the entire province of ...
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11Jan2013SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 11 (PIA) -- A massive educational summit is being undertaken by local officials in various barangays in this province to gather inputs which can be used in improving the performance of elementary and secondary schoolers. Eddie Tiongson, president of the Barangay Councilors League(BCL) said the barangay-based summit is being conducted to help the barangay local government unit in addressing problems of the education sector such the improvement of parents participation...
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11Jan2013TUAO, Cagayan, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Region 2 and the Provincial Government of Cagayan has led the distribution of PhilHealth Identification Cards to 5,000 sponsored members from the municipality of Tuao, province of Cagayan. Gov. Alvaro T. Antonio, in his message, emphasized that one of the mandates of his administration is to give health security to the Cagayanos. He also said, that through this sponsorship with PhilHealth, he is able to...
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11Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), together with its bureaus and attached agencies, is set to launch on January 28 the National Year of Rice (NYR) program aimed at achieving rice self-sufficiency in the country. Hector Tabbun, information officer, said the NYR is contained in President Benigno Aquino III’s Proclamation Number 494 which mandates the agriculture sector to achieve the rice self-sufficiency target this year. He said the program aims to ensure...
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11Jan2013BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 2 has gathered some media practitioners all over Cagayan Valley Region in Baguio City to help them widen the awareness campaign and advocacies on nutrition. Rhodora G. Maestre, nutrition program coordinator during the three-day workshop said, media has been a vital tool of the council to reach out the public to promote good nutrition as the government is struggling to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Number 1 wh...
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10Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Jan 10 (PIA) -– Supporters of PhilHealth’s “18 Sites, One Nation 2013” have started registration of their participants as part of the targeted 90,000 runners from all parts of the country, February 17. Sam Morillo, Information Officer of PhilHealth, has identified the Cagayan National High School (CNHS) in the city as the first group to register for the run. Dr. Linda Tungcul, CNHS Principal said the school has been supportive of any activity on health and has...
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10Jan2013NUEVA VIZCAYA, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Nueva Vizcaya has begun the construction of new post- harvest facility to support the farm produce of the agrarian reform beneficiaries in Barangay Palabotan, Dupax del Sur town which was launched September last year. Atty. Marjorie P. Ayson said the project costs P12.32 million under the agrarian reform infrastructure support project which includes construction of warehouses and solar dryers. In the brief profile presente...
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10Jan2013DIFFUN, Quirino, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology-Provincial Science and Technology Center here has reported its successful implementation of Non-Core Set-up projects amounting to P305,000 aimed at boosting operations of linkages and start-up entrepreneurs for the development of the province. These projects, which were funded by the local grant-in-aid of the DOST regional office, include freshwater prawn hatchery in Diffun, Product Development and Training Center (P...
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10Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued Labor Standards Compliance Certificates (LSCC) to 22 bus companies operating in the Cagayan Valley Region. The certificates are given to bus companies that have complied with the department order No. 118-12, which sets rules and regulations governing the employment and working conditions of drivers and conductors in the public utility bus transport industry. Reginald Estioco, public information officer, ...
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10Jan2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Jan 10 (PIA) – The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 has met 66 percent of its 2012 rice procurement target. The agency bought 1.2 million bags of palay last year, short of its 1.8 million bags target.of palay in 2012. These are now stocked at the different NFA warehouses in the region. NFA-2 director Danilo Pastrana said the target was not fully attained as farmers sold their palay to private traders who bought their goods at prices higher than that of NFA. Pastrana s...
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10Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 10 (PIA) – This city’s rescue unit said it responded to 2,003 emergency cases last year. Rescue 922 head Ronald Viloria said responses include vehicular accidents, incidence of mauling, stabbing and shooting and other medical and emergency cases. Viloria said Rescue 922 has responded to 902 vehicular accidents, 272 incidence of mauling, stabbing and shooting and 829 medical and emergency cases using the equipments and ambulances of Rescue 922 with a total of 2,0...
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10Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- Around 30 unregistered couples from the IP communities in Nagtipunan have been registered at the town’s Civil Registrar’s Office recently through the assistance of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) here. Manahan Attagoy, NCIP Quirino head said the IP couples availed of the free civil registration for IPs as one of the requirements so that they can legalize their marriages. Attagoy added that these couples were married in accor...
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10Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The city government of Cauayan has activated the one-stop shop inside the city hall to help ease congestion of taxpayers applying and renewing of business permits and licenses. Atty. Sherwin De Luna, permit and licensing office chief, said the one-stop shop is established inside the city hall where government agencies rendering services that are needed in applying and renewing of business licenses. The agencies that are involved at the one-stop shop ins...
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09Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Region 2 now reimburses claims submitted by engaged-hospitals and the individual members within 16 days only. Regional Vice-President Oscar B. Abadu, assured members and engaged hospitals in the region not to worry with their reimbursements filed because claims are now actually processed within 16 days only upon submission. This is relatively faster than the usual number of days set forth by PhilHealth in ...
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09Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government vowed to continue the provision of subsidies to Isabela farmers to boost production. Governor Faustino G. Dy III said that he recognizes the role of farmers in contributing to the province’s development vision and in boosting the economy of Isabela. Dy expressed his gladness that in the last harvesting season last year, farmers had increased their yields on rice from 700 thousand metric tons (MT) in 2011 to 800 thousand MT in 20...
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09Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- In its goal to make education accessible to Agta youth, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) here has opened the second Agta school at Panganian, San Martin, Maddela. NCIP Quirino provincial director Manahan Attagoy said the newly opened school will cater to elementary pupils, from pre-school to Grade 6. Two Indigenous Peoples (IP) teachers were hired under the local school board o...
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09Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 9 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE-2) has awarded a total of P9.54 million worth of livelihood projects to 1,111 beneficiaries in 2012. From this amount, 37 projects have been established by skilled workers, ambulant vendors, workers associations, displaced workers and persons with disabilities, DOLE-2 Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez said. Among the five provinces, Isabela has the most number of beneficiaries with 405, followed by Cagaya...
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09Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 9 (PIA) -- The conduct of the 2013 elections in this province is expected to be a smooth-sailing exercise with the absence of possible hotspot, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Lawyer Abraham Asuncion, provincial election officer said there are no threatened municipalities and barangays in the province because of the peace and order situation. “As of now, we do not have any election hotspot barangays in our province. This signals a ...
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09Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 9 (PIA) -- The Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has intensified enforcement of “Oplan Kontra Boga” in the province few days before the election gun ban will be imposed in preparation for the May 2013 national and local elections. Police Senior Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, IPPO chief, said the Isabela police will continue to enforce the Oplan Kontra Boga to apprehend loose firearms in their area of operations. The strict enforcement of the operat...
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09Jan2013GATTARAN, Cagayan, Jan 9 (PIA) – Students of the Calaoagan Dackel National High School yesterday were treated to three development plays as a culminating activity of a three-day theatre workshop. Edna Laserona, an English teacher, said the activity is in preparation for the implementation of a Special Program for the Arts (SPA) curriculum next school year. “As a special program, it will not be easy. That’s why we have to run to the Philippine Information Agency for assistance as we they ...
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09Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- A decrease in the number of dengue fever cases and deaths has been noted based on the report of the Department of Health from January 1 to December 31, 2012. There were a total of 7,787 dengue fever cases, 19 percent lower than the 9,603 cases in 2011. Likewise, the 28 reported number of fatalities is smaller than the 44 deaths last year of the same period. The report stated that most of the cases came from the province of Cagayan with 3,722 followed ...
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08Jan2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 8 (PIA) – The Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital (NVPH) in Barangay Almaguer North here has exceeded its 2012 taget collection. The hospital has earned P69.2 million in 2012 compared to the projected income of P55 million. “The growing collection has been made because of the continuing improvement and expansion on the menu of available services, facilities and equipments,” Dr. Edwin Galapon, NVPH chief, said. The P14.2 million income increase, he added was als...
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08Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) – Media practitioners here are in favor of the total gun ban in the country. In a Philippine Information Agency (PIA) survey of selected media practitioners in Cagayan Valley region, 20 of 25 respondents said they were in favor of the total gun ban. Three were not in favor and two were undecided. Those who were in favor said total gun ban will lessen if not totally eradicate criminal cases involving guns. “Total gun ban will help attain peace and order espec...
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08Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan 8 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology in Region 2 (DOST) last year allocated a P10-million fund assistance for the for at least 24 small, medium enterprises (SMEs) in the province under the agency's Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (Setup-Core). The 24 SMEs include food processing, furniture, marine & aquatic resources, horticulture/Agriculture, metals, gift/decors & handicraft (GHD), pharmaceutical, and information and communication technolog...
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08Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 8 (PIA) – The city government of Cauayan is set to plant 500 bamboo seedlings along the creeks and river banks of in the city to prevent soil erosion. City agriculturist Rufino Arcega said the city government has seedlings to be planted in soil-erosion prone areas like creeks and river banks of Cauayan city. The city government has expressed concern about the rising number of areas prone to soil erosion. Among these areas are barangays Amobocan, Santa Luciana, Bar...
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08Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 8 (PIA) – Just like the army camp based in the province, the Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has registered no incidence of indiscriminate firing among its policemen in welcoming the new year. Police chief inspector Rogelio Taliping, IPPO police community relations chief, said the IPPO has not received reports of indiscriminate firing from its policemen in the province as the police leadership has instructed its men to obey the order of police higher ups ot t...
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08Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the province’s proposed budget amounting to P1,881,791, 489 billion for this year in its special session last Thursday. The SP failed to pass the 2013 budget last year due to the long holiday break. In 2011, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the 2012 budget before the holiday break in December 2012. Governor Faustino G. Dy III lauded the SP led by the Presiding Officer vice governor Rodolfo Albano III for...
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07Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is calling all interested to join the Health RUN 2013, the first-ever nationwide run for mother and child protection. Sameul A. Morillo, information officer, said marathoners, athletes, running enthusiasts, professional groups and club members who wish to participate in this event and be part of the history may now visit any PhilHealth Office (regional, local health insurance offices & business centers) o...
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07Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was able to surpass its target in the greening program in 2012 nationwide as per report of in his visit here. DENR Undersecretary Demetrio L. Ignacio said while the agency targeted 300,000 hectares of national greening program (NGP) planting sites in 2012, some 329, 000 hectares of NGP sites were planted with different species of forest trees and fruit bearing trees. “This is a very good indication o...
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07Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan 7 (PIA) -- A total of 79 firecracker-related injury cases with no deaths were gathered from the different sentinel sites in the region from December 21, 2012 to January 5, 2013. Most of the cases occurred mostly on January 1, 2013. Based on the final report issued by the Department of Health in the region, occurrence of cases is lower by 25 per cent compared to last year’s 106 cases. The report stated that among the five provinces, Isabela had the most number of ca...
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06Jan2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Soon, it’s home sweet home for the 17 volunteers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development 2 and from the provincial government of Quirino who chose to serve the victims of typhoon Pablo over spending Christmas and New year with their families. The team is composed of Franco Lopez, Matthias James Tangonan, Joselito Eslabon, Manuel Bautista, Vienalyn Rafallo, Pasencia Ancheta, Hazel Taccaban, Rommel Gamiao, Carmelita Buere, Vicenta Pamittan, J...
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06Jan2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 6 (PIA) -- A strengthened multi-sectoral agreement between government agencies and non-government organizations is seen as a measure to stop illegal logging activities in areas where there are vast forest resources in the country. This was the suggestion of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office – Isabela forestry specialist Arnold Frogoso in response to a question on what should be a possible effective solution to stop illegal logging in the country. F...
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06Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- The Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health-Center of Health and Development in Region 2 reported that most of the fireworks-related injuries this Christmas and New year celebrations in the region were due to piccolo. Of the 52 fireworks-related injuries in the whole region as of January 3, 11 were due to piccolo, followed by kwitis - nine; plapla-eight; 5 star- seven; luces-five; labentador-three, and one each for whistlebomb, watu...
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05Jan2013CABARROGGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 5 (PIA)--The Quirino Police Provincial Office (QPPO) has reported a 280 percent accomplishment in its tree planting activities under the Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno Pamana sa Kinabukasan project in support to the EO 26 or the National Greening Program of the national government. The QPPO targeted to plant 18,546 trees from February 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013, wherein each of the 281 personnel was required to plant six trees every month. “We have already...
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04Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan. 4 (PIA) – Engineer Mariano G. Dancel, former acting department manager of the Operations Department of the National Irrigation Administration in Quezon City, returns and reassumes his post as operations manager of the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System. In a simple turnover ceremony today, witnessed by Engr. Robert C. Suguitan, deputy administrator for Engineering and Operations, outgoing MARIIS Acting Operations Manager Helsy S. Bermudez handed over leaders...
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04Jan2013RAMON, Isabela, Jan 4 (PIA) – The National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) and the SN Aboitiz Power Magat have started conducting cloud seeding operations to supply the Magat reservoir with enough water for irrigation and power use. Engr. Wilfredo Gloria, engineering and operations chief of NIA-MRIIS, said the SN Aboitiz Power based at Magat reservoir in Ramon town has allotted and financed 30 flying hours for cloud seeding operations to be cond...
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04Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 4 (PIA) – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio has urged law enforcers to strictly implement forest laws and help protect environment officials in enforcing the laws. Ignacio visited the region to assess the murder case of Maddela and Nagtipunan, Quirino Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Alfredo Almueda, who was shot dead by unknown armed men last January 1 while conducting check-point. He said the envi...
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04Jan2013MADDELA, Quirino, Jan 4 (PIA)—Department of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary for Operations Demetrio Ignacio said they will fully support the family of CENRO Alfredo Almueda in seeking justice for his murder by unidentified perpetrators on January 1, 2013. Ignacio who was here yesterday to condole with Almueda’s family. He also talked to Quirino Police Provincial Office chief Domingo Ramos Lucas who assured him that a task force was already formed to run after the envir...
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04Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 4 (PIA) – The country has earned an excellent rating on its environmental performance last year because of its improved forest cover, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) said. Rommel Abesamis, DENR assistant secretary for foreign-assisted and special projects, said the country achieved 100 percent Environment Performance Index (EPI) last year as reported by the World Economic Forum(WEF). He made the statement during t...
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04Jan2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 4 (PIA) -– A health official here said cases of firecracker injuries during the recent new year celebration in this province have gone down by fifty (50) percent. Dr. Edwin Galapon, chief of the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital(NVPH) and acting provincial health officer, said only three cases of firecracker injuries were recorded before and after the new year revelry. “This was a result of our massive information campaigns through the trimedia networks i...
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04Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY , Jan. 4(PIA) -- Outgoing Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) regional director Arnel Garcia here recently cited and praised the efforts and support of media practitioners in this region for helping the agency in advocating and promoting the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program(4Ps). He said one of the best practices that he will bring to his next assignment is the forging of partnerships with the government and private media in order to raise the level of awarene...
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04Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 4(PIA) -- A livelihood organization here recently received various tools and equipment from the Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) in order to start their chosen enterprise. Ruben Diciano, DTI provincial director led the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement(MOA) with the officials of the KABAILAN Auto Savings Group (KASG) as the tools, machines and equipment for the latter’s Development and Manufacturing of Coco Shells and Wood Beads Village Enterpri...
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03Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan 3 (PIA) -- This province will receive another funding assistance from the Department of Health(DOH) this year for the upgrading of its local government - managed hospitals. Governor Luisa Cuaresma has entered into a memorandum of agreement(MOA) with the DOH for the release of around P17.5 million to improve the facilities of its hospitals. These hospitals are the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital(NVPH) in Bambang town, Dupax District Hospital(DDH) in Dupax del Su...
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03Jan2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Jan 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Cauayan City has recorded no fire incidents in the city during the holiday celebrations due to the agency’s relentless campaign on fire prevention. Cauayan City Fire Marshal Michael Castillo said the BFP has conducted information campaign on fire prevention in schools, barangays, and government offices that resulted to zero-fire incident in the city before and during the holiday celebrations. The BFP - Cauayan City ...
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03Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Jan 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Health Region 2 reported a decrease by 47 percent on injuries caused by New Year revelry in Cagayan Valley in 2012. Alan Sibal, DOH information officer, said last year’s Aksiyon Paputok Injury Reduction (APIR) campto 47 percent last year compared to the same period in 2011. The 34 victims came from both the active users at 68 percent and passive users at only 32 percent whose ages range from a six month old to 63 years old. In a re...
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02Jan2013CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRU, Gamu, Isabela, Jan 2 (PIA) -- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army based at Gamu town reported that not one of its soldiers and civilian active auxiliary fired their firearms during the long holiday break. Col. Loreto Magundayao, army division’s public affairs chief, said that no one disobeyed the order of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to respect the holiday ceasefire agreed between the government troops and the rebels. “We are proud that our soldie...
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02Jan2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- More taxes will be collected by this province as Governor Luisa Cuaresma here recently signed into law a tax ordinance which will increase taxes to be exacted on mining areas. Tax Ordinance 2012-003 seeks to increase by 100 percent the real property taxes that will be collected from mineral-rich areas, including those covered by two existing large-scale mining projects in the province. The ordinance sets four classifications for ore-rich areas. Areas...
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02Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 2 (PIA) --The National Statistics Office (NSO) Region 2 has launched a pilot data information center that will showcase its products and services and provide links with other agencies. The "Juan Click NSO information center" is a system developed to provide easy access of information to the public, especially researchers, law makers and other data users via electronic search and short messaging service through cellular phones. Annabelle Langbayan, regional director, said...
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02Jan2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 2 (PIA) -- Commissioner Ma. Gracia Cielo Padaca told election officers in Region 2 to work harder in pursuit of electoral reforms, especially in the campaign of fair, clean and honest election this 2013. In her visit here, she met election officers to look into their preparations for the incoming elections as well as to assess the region’s situation, especially on peace and order, in relation to the election. “We are mandated to go around the country to assess the prep...
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30Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Dec. 30(PIA) -- Police officials here have started to seal their guns to ensure the safety, security and peaceful celebration of the coming new year. Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director led the taping of their guns at the Camp Saturnino Dumlao here in compliance with the Philippine National Police's (PNP) directive which require cops to prevent the use of their firearms during the new year revelry. “We have a stern warning among our pers...
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29Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 29 (PIA)--Following reports that illegal logging is not yet contained in the province, Gov. Junie E. Cua had asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to implement a program that will totally crackdown all illegal logging activities here. “We want to hear what are you doing to stop illegal logging in our province,” Cua told Provincial Environment Officer Celso Aresta in the recent Provincial Peace and Order Committee meeting, saying that if illeg...
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28Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- All indigenous peoples group in the province will soon be represented in the local legislative councils as they are fast tracking the organization of all tribes for the said purpose, said Manahan Attagoy, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) provincial director. Attagoy said there are now 20 organized IP groups and the NCIP is currently processing their documents for representation. He likewise said that most of the local chief executives her...
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28Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Police Senior Superintendent Domingo Ramos Lucas, director of the Philippine National Police-Quirino reported that the drug situation in the province remains manageable due to the minimal incidents on drug-related cases during the last quarter. “Our province was assessed as Less affected (LA) or scale no. 2 based on the scale provided by our higher office,” PSSupt. Lucas said. He further explained that there are five scales, namely Scale 1-Not affecte...
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28Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, December 28 (PIA) – Selected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) leaders in the city were given the chance to perform as local leaders, heads of offices and police chief for a day yesterday as part of the Linggo ng Kabataan celebration. City information officer Jun Montereal said the selected SK leaders were authorized by Ilagan mayor Jose Marie L. Diaz to perform official acts that the local leaders and heads of offices are doing in their respective offices as a way to expand the...
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28Dec2012City Mayor Ting bares Tuguegarao’s big infra projects By TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) — City Mayor Delfin Ting has presented to the public the multi-million infrastructure projects which were accomplished during his and his son’s terms. When he reported his state of the city address in the 13th Cityhood last December 18, 2012, Ting highlighted the few of the many infrastructure projects accomplished that are now the strong pillars of the city towards economic growth, livelihood developm...
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28Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Region 2 is urging miners to be responsible in their mining operations that will ensure environment and health safety in Cagayan Valley. Bureau Director Mario Ancheta said that Executive Order No. 79 advocates on safety, health, environment, and social responsibility, and encourages mining companies and small-scale miners to be responsible and law abiding. Ancheta further states the law encourages LGUs to adopt policies ...
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28Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Tuguegarao City has launched its newly adopted system to enable clients to transact business with the city government easier and faster. The Regulatory Simplification Project (RSP) which was formally launched last December 18 was a project contributory to the Aquino administration’s thrust to make the country globally competitive in service provision through its local government units (LGUs). Planning and development coordinator Maria Fe Villania said the ne...
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28Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Two fourth year students from this province will compete in next year’s National Population Quiz and Essay Writing contest jointly facilitated by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Population (PopCom). Earlyn Rachelle J. Baltazar of Aglipay National High School (ANHS) and Kathleen Thea R. Pineda of Quirino General High (QGHS) will be the region’s bet to the national PopQuiz and essay writing contest, respectively. Baltazar best...
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28Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 28 (PIA) -- Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police director here has asked the assistance of local government units in creating an ordinance which would obligate banks and other businesses as protection put up their own security systems. “This is one of our proposals among LGUs to help us in the investigation and immediate resolution if not totally prevent the commission of theft and robbery cases in our province,” Tabian said. He said they came up wit...
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28Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- The members of the Regional Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking (RIACAT) region 2 have conducted 15 surveillance and rescue operations against human trafficking in the region for the year 2012. In the report of Prosecutor Alejo Tangaro, Jr., focal person of the council, 79 victims were rescued and assisted while there were 10 offenders intercepted. “Majority of the rescued victims are female who are working in videoke bars. Most of them are not from t...
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28Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 28 (PIA) --This province has achieved a ‘zero firecracker casualty’ last Christmas through the concerted efforts of the Provincial Health Office, Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Fire Protection and the different local government units. Myrna Melegrito, PHO’s coordinator for ‘Iwas Paputok,’ campaign said that as of Thursday, Dec. 27 there were no reported victims of firecrackers in the whole province. She said they have been implementing the cam...
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27Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 2 has reported seven victims of firecrackers in the whole region as of this report. Regional Director Rio Magpantay said there were two victims recorded in Nueva Vizcaya, three in Cagayan and two in Isabela. “We continue to advocate to the public not to buy firecracker anymore just to create noise in celebration of the Christmas and New Year. There are many ways to make or celebrate...
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27Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 27 (PIA) – The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) has honored outstanding nutrition program implementers in the province. Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Dr. Rosarita Mariano and Provincial Administrator Atty. Noel Manuel R. Lopez led the recognition rites to outstanding nutrition program implementor. The awards has three category namely most outstanding municipality, outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar and Barangay Nutrition Council awards. In a statement, ...
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27Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA)--The proposal to establish Pinacanauan de Tuguegarao as Water Quality Management Area (WQMA) has been finally approved after a year of meetings, consultations and public hearings with stakeholders and local government units (LGUs). The project aims to protect and improve water quality of the river to make it a sustaining resource for the people of Tuguegarao City and Peňablanca. Engr. Cesar S. Saidor, Jr, regional director of Environmental Management Bureau, s...
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26Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Dec 26 (PIA) -- The province of Isabela has the most number of beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, so attested Arnel Garcia, outgoing director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. With 35,639 households in 34 municipalities and three cities, Isabela registered a 43.60 percent share as against Cagayan’s 35.74 percent or a total of 29,215 households in 28 municipalities and one city. Cagayan, he said, is followed by Nueva Viscaya ...
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26Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 26 (PIA) -- The number of policemen in this province has increased, making the police force more visible to the local populace. The present police to population ratio is 1:677 which increased by 43 or 5.9 percent compared to the last quarter of 2011 at 1:720, said Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director. “This increase was brought by the entry of new policemen and women in the province, which has filled up the shortages of law enforcers in the...
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26Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection here recently aired concern on the lack of fire hydrants in most of the municipalities of the province. Chief Inspector Rogelio D. Parallag, provincial fire marshal, in his report to the Provincial Peace and Order Council, said there are seven fire hydrants in the province but only five are operational, three in Diffun and two in Maddela. He said there is a need to construct six fire hydrants in Aglipay, eight in Cabarrogu...
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26Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec 26 (PIA) -- The chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has lauded the passage of the controversial Sin Tax bill into law after President Benigno Aquino III signed it for its effectivity. President and CEO Eduardo Banzon, in his visit here, said the passage of the new law will bring brighter future for the realization of the government’s universal health care program nationwide. He said the law means more funds to be accumulate...
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26Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 26 (PIA) -- The provincial government here gave recognition to farmers and fisherfolks who fared well in the 2011-2012 Search for Gawad Saka Awards by the Department of Agriculture (DA). The five provincial awardees were Renato Fronda of barangay Barat in Bambang town as outstanding hybrid rice farmer, St. Joseph Parish Cooperative (SJPC) in barangay Belance in Dupax del Norte town as outstanding barangay food terminal, former Marlboro Tour cyclist Lupo Alava of ba...
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25Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 24 (PIA) -- Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia expressed gratitude and commendation to media practitioners of Cagayan for their initiative in reaching the public through their information dissemination of the social welfare programs. Garcia appreciated the initiatives of the media in airing all activities and programs of the DSWD and for helping the agency explain to the public the concept of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino program. “You play...
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24Dec2012BASCO, Batanes, Dec 24 (PIA) -- The Christmas program and party of LGU-Basco yesterday was highlighted by an awarding ceremony. The awards given by the municipal government led by Basco Mayor Demetrius Paul C. Narag, delighted the more than 300 municipal employees with varied status from permanent, casual, contractual, on job order and elective officials. The program that started past 6 p.m. brought more excitement than the party itself. Mayor Narag, who challenged LGU overweight employees las...
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24Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 24(PIA) -- The provincial government’s release of livelihood funds have benefited 38 organizations with 958 beneficiaries this year, an initial year-end report of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office(PSWDO) here bared. Mila Sicat, PSWDO’s livelihood program coordinator said at least more than P1.1 million have been handed by their office covering the last three quarters of 2012. The amount, she said were given to various organizations to f...
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24Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, December 24(PIA) -- The provincial government here has completed several improvements on its water reservoir and system in barangay Masoc in this town. Nequita Castro, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Waterworks System(PWWS) said the improvements which were put in place this year has amounted to almost P3 million. These projects were the improvement of the reservoir tank, replacement of drainage pipe, replacement of gate valves, water proofing of the water reservo...
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23Dec2012SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- At least 50 families here received assorted gift items from the members of the Nueva Vizcaya Press Club (NVPC) as part of its mission to give joy and meaning to the indigent sector this Christmas season. “This is one of our many ways in celebrating the spirit of Christmas in our hearts. We hope we can do this again next year,” said Victor Martin, president of the NVPC. The NVPC gave assorted food packs, vitamins, medicines, toys and used clothing to...
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23Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- The city government of Ilagan honored and gave incentives to its most outstanding employees this year. The city government adopted the Civil Service Commission’s (CSCs) program on awards and incentives for service excellence (PRAISE) system to boost the city employees morale in delivering their mandate to effectively and efficiently serve the Ilaguenos. Mayor Jose Marie L. Diaz expressed his congratulations to the awardees even as he urged other employ...
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23Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) region 2 commended some media practitioners, stations and agencies as strong partners on information dissemination and advocacies in a recognition rite and year end gathering yesterday, here. Awardees include the stations of Philippine Broadcasting Service- Radyo ng Bayan, DZGR-Bombo Radyo, FBN-DZCV, DZYT-Sonshine Radio, Clearview Cable Television and RBC Cable Master System. For the individual awardees, Edmund Pancha a...
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23Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) Region 2 has conducted education campaign on Social Health Insurance Educational Series or PhilHealth SHInES project here. Philhealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Eduardo Banzon discussed to stakeholders of region 2 the scheme of the Universal Health Care program or Kalusugang Pangkalahatan program of the government in which PhilHealth plays a vital role in responding to the hospitalization expense...
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21Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 21 (PIA) -- Local as well as national government officials have vowed to support the forest management project which will be undertaken by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) in this province. Vice governor Jose Gambito signed a pledge of commitment for the 12-year implementation of the Forest Land Management Project(FLMP), which seeks to strengthen the potentials of the nine subwatersheds of the Upper Magat and Cagayan River Basin in Cagayan...
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21Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 21 (PIA) -- Isabela agriculture and provincial officials in this province are seeking palace interventions to resolve the problem of corn farmers in Isabela on the lack of rainfall in the past weeks or on the effects of El Nino now being felt in the province. Provincial agriculturist Danilo Tumamao said there are now at least 25-30 percent hectares of corn plantations mostly at the northern Isabela wilting due to lack of rainfall. Tumamao said Governor Faustino G. Dy...
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21Dec2012SAN MATEO, Isabela, Dec. 21 (PIA) – The Youth in Agriculture and Fisheries Program (YAFP) and the Expanded Human Resources Development Program (EHRDP) has assisted some communities and families in establishing some livelihood projects for them. This was one of the findings during the assessment of the program conducted here recently. YAFP President Ariel Sunio, 4th year agriculture student of Cagayan State University (CSU) Gonzaga Campus, said, “The activity generally assessed the impleme...
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20Dec2012SOLANA, Cagayan, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- Thirty-seven orphan children living in the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) Region 2 will be spending Christmas and New Year with their foster families. DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia said, in a launching ceremony of the project dubbed as “Ill be home for Christmas” a contract was signed with foster parents who were identified and assessed capable to foster a child. “These children spent time almost their whole life only here in the c...
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20Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 20(PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) here has offered its help to budding business entrepreneurs seeking to develop indigenous materials as local products. Clifford Gregorio, DTI senior trade and industry specialist said they are now promoting their basket/bayong, woodbits, bamboo and banana or 4Bs program to encourage entrepreneurs in venturing on local available materials. “These products have huge prospects on the local and international mar...
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20Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police- Provincial Office here has proposed the installation of closed circuit television technology (CCTV) cameras in ‘specially identified areas’ to support the peace and order campaign of the province. Police Senior Superintendent Domingo Ramos Lucas, provincial director, said among the areas identified for CCTV installation are the provincial capitol area, commercial establishments such as banks and pawnshops, public marke...
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20Dec2012ROXAS, Isabela, Dec 20 (PIA) -- Hospital scraps from the Manuel Roxas District Hospital were recycled by hospital personnel and used as materials for the interior Christmas decorations in the hospital. Among the hospital scraps used were syringes, vials, straws, serum bottles recycled as stars, Christmas tree and Christmas decorations in hospital alleys, rooms/wards and in hospital staff offices. Emelita Pacis, chief nurse, said management thought of conducting a contest using hospital scrap m...
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20Dec2012SOLANA, Cagayan, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- Some media practitioners gave a Christmas treat to abandoned and neglected children at the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) in region 2. The media practitioners who are members of the Informers Club (i-Club) turned over two baby strollers which were earlier included as priority need of the center for babies. The group is spearheaded by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), which chairs the i-Club, together with the Philippine Broadcasting Ser...
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20Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 20 (PIA) – The watershed potentials of this province will continue to grow and improve in the next 10 years with the implementation of a forestland management project. “We have seen a notable improvement on the watershed potentials of Nueva Vizcaya for the past years and with this project, we can be assured of its continuing growth,’ said Benjamin Tumaliaun, regional director for Cagayan Valley of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR). H...
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20Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- Almost a thousand beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) gathered at the University of Cagayan Valley gymnasium for the 2nd Convergence Caravan initiated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 2. The beneficiaries were treated as special guests of the different line agencies that are members of the Regional Convergence Committee on Poverty Reduction (RCCPR) of the region. Each agency installed booth and di...
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20Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 20 (PIA) --The Provincial Treasury Office here is reminding all real property owners who have overdue Real Property Tax payments for 2011 and prior years to pay on or before December 31, this year to avail of the extension of condonation of penalties and interest. Earlier, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan enacted Ordinance 4, series 2011 “condoning the interest and penalties on overdue real property tax payments in 2011 and prior years payable to the provincial govern...
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18Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Fifteen members of the Regional Inter-agency Council against Trafficking (RIACAT) Region 2 signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA), December 11, to enforce collaborative efforts to combat and end human trafficking cases regionwide on December 11 at Hotel Kimikarlai, here. In the memorandum, the members agreed to work on their pre-identified roles and responsibilities consistent with the objectives and thrusts of the human trafficking law. The member agencies, as...
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18Dec2012CABARROGGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Quirino province has two big environment projects to be implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) according to Natural Resources Officer Celso Aresta. Aresta said the DENR is currently implementing the Forestland Management Project (FMP) funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the local government units of this province. “The project aims to rehabilitate the degraded forestland and provide live...
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18Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Dec 18 (PIA) – The Santiago City Police Office (SCPO) has prepared a security plan for the holiday season to ensure a peaceful celebrations. Police Superintendent Alberto Baggayan, information officer of SCPO, said police personnel will be deployed near the churches, assigned traffic personnel with the help of the public order and safety department to the streets where there are traffic jams to ensure smooth flow of traffic. He said the SCPO expects at least 5,000 par...
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18Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 18 (PIA)—Land Transportation Office provincial chief Ernesto Fernandez has reminded motorcycle riders here to bring their helmets to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to ensure that these will be validated with Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers to be ready for the full implementation of the Motorcycle Helmet Act on January 1, 2013. In the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting yesterday, Fernandez said after the New year, the LTO will already ...
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17Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- The city government of Tuguegarao has marked another milestone as it celebrates its 13th year of cityhood with two-day of festivities. Mayor Delfin Ting will be reporting to the public the achievements and developments of the city on Tuesday, December 18 which was declared the official cityhood of Tuguegarao. Tuguegarao City is acclaimed as the only city of Cagayan province and one of the four cities in Region 2 today. However, it was not the first city beca...
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17Dec2012NUEVA VIZCAYA, Dec 17 (PIA) -- This year’s “Nueva Vizcaya Goes to Alabang” trade fair from August 24 to September 2 raked in more than P40 million in sales, the highest in eight years that the annual event has been held. The sales is almost twice the P28 million that the event generated when it was first conducted in 2006 at the Festival Supermall in Alabang. Started in 2006, the yearly business exposure trade fair “Nueva Vizcaya Goes to Alabang”, funded by the provincial govern...
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17Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Region 2 (DENR - 2) commended some Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (Cenros) in Cagayan for exceeding the targets in the national greening project. Forester Nilda Reguelos said five local government units: Alcala, Aparri, Sanchez Mira, Solana, and Tuguegarao City have contributed much to the program for planting 1.7 million trees in the estimated 2,000 hectares of barren land. She said th...
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17Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- Cagayan State University (CSU) Mass Communication Society swept the major awards in the recently concluded first short film production anchored on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 2. CSU bested other four contenders that include Isabela State University (ISU), University of Saint Louis (USL) and University of Perpetual Help (UPH). CSU brought home six major awards to include Best Fil...
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17Dec2012ECHAGUE, Isabela, December 17 (PIA) – At least 200 residents of barangays Mabbayad, Narra and San Miguel in this town mostly pupils and students benefited from the Philippine Army’s free medical and dental mission held on Thursday. Col. Loreto Magundayao Jr, civil military operations battalion and concurrent spokesman of the 5th Infantry Division Philippine Army based at Gamu town, said the people in the villages were elated for the health services provided to them during the activity. G...
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16Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 15 (PIA)-- Newly installed Schools Division Superintendent Reynalda R. Bangunan of the Department of Education here is encouraging newly appointed teachers to join the Quirino Public School Teachers Employees and Retirees Association for them to be able to avail of the benefits accorded to the members. Speaking before thousands of teachers during the recently concluded QPSTERA congress and Teachers Day celebration at the Quirino State University-main campus, Banguna...
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15Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- Members of the Regional Inter-agency Council against Trafficking (RIACAT) region 2 conducted a forum on anti-human trafficking in persons on December 11 here as part of the region’s observation on the International Day Against Trafficking. A motorcade around the city kicked off the activity to create awareness on human trafficking concerns in the region. DSWD Assistant regional director Ponciana P. Condoy said the region’s RIACAT is one of the most act...
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14Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 14 (PIA) -- An organic food terminal was recently opened here to boost the marketing of organic products in the province. The Nueva Vizcaya Organic Food Termina l(NVOFT), housed at the Lunduyan Pastoral Center in Barangay Don Mariano Marcos will be managed by the Diocese of Bayombong. NVOFT, which is being supported by the Department of Agriculture(DA), will be marketing rice, corn, fish, vegetables, and livestock. Bishop Ramon Villena, in his statement, has urged...
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14Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 14 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Office distributed on Wednesday free anti-flu vaccines to all rural health units (RHUs) in the province to be given to residents of Isabela. The anti-flu vaccines will be administered by RHU staff to Isabela residents in anticipation of the cold season. Rosarita Mariano, provincial health officer, said the free distribution of anti-flu vaccine aims to ensure that Isabela residents will be safe from diseases as the cold season is alrea...
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14Dec2012ROXAS, Isabela, Dec 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - Region 2 will be implementing five priority projects next year as the budget for implementation has already been given by government. Evelyn Costales, DPWH second engineering district head, said that in January next year, five projects with a total budget of P44 million will be implemented. These are the concrete re-blocking at Ilagan-Delfin Albano road; road concreting of Ilagan-Delfin Albano road; asphalt o...
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14Dec2012BASCO, Batanes, Dec 14 (PIA) -- Wilfredo Cabitac chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP-Batanes) oriented four existing airline operators in Basco, on the new system and other updates on CAAP operations, held at the pre-departure area, Basco airport at 9 am. The four airline operators represented respective airline industry : Southeast Asian Airlines (Seair), Sky jet , Lion Airlines, and North Sky. Sky jet will start its operation on December 14 Manila-Basco Manila M-...
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14Dec2012BASCO, Batanes, Dec 14 (PIA) -- One hundred nine senior citizens of Basco availed themselves of free medical, dental, and social services accorded to the elderly by LGU-Basco, municipal health and provincial health offices at the Aquino Grandstand and at the PIA office on December 11-12. Magdalena C. Villalva, Basco head, office of senior citizens affairs (OSCA) requested for free medical, dental, and social services for the elderly sector. While Mayor Demetrius Paul C. Narag hired beautician...
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14Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- The Quirino Public School Teachers, Employees and Retirees Association (QPSTERA) is among the top three contenders for the search for Most Outstanding Local Chapter in the recently concluded 2012 Philippine Public School Teachers Association (PPSTA) Search for Teachers, School Heads and Division Chapters. Filemon V. Ranchez, QPSTERA president said their association represented Region 2 in the national search being the winner in the regional search held...
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13Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 13 (PIA) – The provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) is closely monitoring sea surface at the four coastal towns of Isabela for any debris from the long-range rocket launched by North Korea yesterday. Debris form the rocket launch, which North Korea claimed was an attempt to put a satellite in orbit, were expected to have fallen within the territories of South Korea, Japan and the Philippines, based on its trajectory as monitored by the ...
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13Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army based at Gamu town is conducting a medical and dental mission including anti-rabies vaccination at barangay Mabbayad, Echague, Isabela today. The activity is part of the army division’s civil military operations battalion continuing provision of health services in remote areas in its jurisdiction. Colonel Loreto Magundayao, civil military operation battalion commander and concurrent spokesman of Camp Melchor de...
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13Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The safety and environmental programs of Cagayan Valley’s power firm SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) Group recently received certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The 360-megawatt Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) received for the first time since its operation in 1983 the ISO 14001:2004 Certificate for its establishment and implementation of the environmental management system (EMS) in compliance with the ISO r...
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12Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 12 (PIA) – The provincial government of Isabela sent on Monday two rescue teams composed of seven rescue personnel to the province of Mindanao that was hardly hit by typhoon Pablo. The rescue teams brought with the Rescue 831’s water purifying equipment to help provide potable water in the area. Noel Manuel R. Lopez, provincial administrator and action officer of PDRRMC, said the provincial government through Governor Faustino G. Dy III found it necessary to sen...
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11Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- The provincial government here will open the first ever ‘Paskuhan sa Quirino’ or Christmas Village tomorrow, December 12 at the Quirino Sports Complex. The event will run until the end of this month. Governor Junie E. Cua conceptualized the event which he considers as one of a kind celebration in the hope of gathering the community together to celebrate the Christmas season. “We are inviting you to bring your family and friends to the Christmas ...
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11Dec2012By Merlito G. Edale, Jr. ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, December 10 (PIA) – The provincial government of Isabela has donated one thousand bags of rice for the typhoon-battered residents in Mindanao through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) central office. Atty. Noel Manuel R. Lopez, provincial administrator, said Governor Faustino G. Dy III saw it necessary to extend assistance to the typhoon victims in Mindanao as an immediate need of the affected residents. Lopez said the p...
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11Dec2012Quirino Province Medical Center to be operational by June 2013 CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 11 (PIA)—Residents of this province will soon be spared from costly travel to Metro Manila and other cities to seek health services as the construction of the bigger and more sophisticated Quirino Provincial Hospital at the national highway of Mangandingay, Cabarroguis, Quirino is about to be completed. Dr. Tagumpay Felismino, provincial health officer disclosed that the construction of the hospita...
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11Dec2012By Merlito G. Edale, Jr. ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, December 11 (PIA) – The Cauayan City Treasury office has activated the task force in monitoring all weighing scales used by business establishment owners in selling products to ensure that the buying public are getting the correct volume of goods or commodity they buy. Carlito Andres, Cauayan City Treasurer, said the need to monitor the weighing scales is necessary to ensure that customers get the right volume of product they pay from business ...
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09Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 9 (PIA) -- The Environment Management Bureau (EMB) Region 2 has urged farmers not to extract waters from the underground to irrigate farmlands. Ana Cabatbat, science research specialist, said farmers using pump engines to extract underground waters to irrigate agricultural lands became widespread practice, especially during drought. She said that though the practice is effective to ensure food security, it also posts threat on water security. She also explained that of ...
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09Dec2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Dec. 9 (PIA) -- Twenty-two sitios or sub-villages in the province were energized though the Sitio Electrification and Barangay Line Enhancement Program(SEBLEP), a rural electrification program of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III, an official of the Quirino Electric Cooperative (Quirelco) disclosed. Engineer Jimmy Tumacder, general manager of Quirelco said the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Quirelco for the implementati...
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08Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 8 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (PopCom) Region 2 has unveiled the fifth series of the State of Philippine Population Report (SPPR) in a launching and declaration of support, Friday, at Hotel Roma, here. The SPPR 5 explores the interrelationship among population, health and environment, and draws attention on the need to integrate efforts to address current and potential issues considering their close linkages to arrive at efficient, effective and practical soluti...
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08Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Advisory Committee here has identified initial programs to address the needs of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries of the province. Ma. Belen M. Ong, social welfare officer and provincial link reported that 30 beneficiaries in the municipality of Nagtipunan, the pilot area in the province, availed the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) with P 10,000 each as capital seed fund. Also, some 13 beneficiaries in the same municipality are emplo...
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08Dec2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection – Cauayan City has designated a firecracker zone where all kinds of firecrackers are sold and displayed. Fire chief inspector Michael Castillo, Cauayan City fire chief, said the designation of firecracker zone aims to prevent fire hazards caused by firecracker accidents. Castillo said a vacant lot at Barangay San Fermin in this city is designated as firecracker zone and is the yearly zone used by businessmen in selling fire...
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08Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY. Dec. 8 (PIA) --The Cagayan State University (CSU) students and faculty welcomed their new president, Dr. Romeo Quilang. In his message, Quilang wishes to make the CSU as the premier and leading university in Northern Luzon. Quilang was the past president of the Isabela State University (ISU). After his term, he applied as one of the four contenders for CSU’s presidency. “I am very blessed that I belong to a university which I recognize as the best university in Luzon an...
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08Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 has met its target planting sites for the National Greening Program this year. Ricardo Soriano, assistant chief of the forestry division, said the department has targeted 5, 995 hectares as NGP site all over the region and all were planted with different species of forest and fruit trees. For this feat, the regional office was given a commendation and incentive by the DENR central office. Cagay...
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08Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 8 (PIA) -- Bright prospects await pottery makers and clay industry workers in Cagayan province as networking and building of partnerships are being done by government officials and various stakeholders. In a report, lawyer Ma. Esperanza Banares, regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said a positive development was recently gained by clay and pottery industry players in the province after a business and technology mission from Ind...
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08Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Dec. 8 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council 2 (RDC-2) and Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC-2) on November 28, 2012 here, have endorsed major plans and projects for the region, especially on agriculture, as well as the needed council support to the RDC initiatives of other regions. To increase rural incomes and enhance farm and fishery productivity, the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) with an overall cost of P27,534,817,000, was unanimously endorsed by the m...
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07Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Dec 7 (PIA) -- A top regional official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has attributed the growing job opportunities, business ventures, and quality products in Cagayan Valley region this year on the positive entrepreneurial values of the trade and industry players. “The inherent tendencies of our business entrepreneurs in exploring new ways in developing their products, particularly applying innovation and creativeness has resulted on the creation of ...
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07Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- More than P40 million in sales have been generated by various entrepreneurs in the province after participating in the recent provincial trade fair and exhibit . “This is the highest so far that the participants earned during the eight-year history of the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Trade Fair in Metro Manila. This is almost twice the P28 million sales mark that was generated in 2006,” said governor Luisa Cuaresma. Conducted from August 24 to Septe...
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06Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Region 2 is reminding private establishments in Region 2 to comply with the law in the provision of the 13th month pay of their employees. Atty. Lourdes Baricaua, labor arbiter, said Presidential Decree 851 clearly states, “All employers are required to pay all their employees receiving a basic salary, regardless of the nature of their employment, a 13th-month pay not later than December 24 of every year.” “...
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06Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 6 (PIA) -- More investments in Cagayan Valley are expected to come in with the recent launching of its image brand featuring its varied potentials as an investment hub and as a distinct growth area in the country. Tagged as “Bountiful Cagayan Valley Region,” the image highlights abundant natural resources of the five provinces in the region, namely, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, and Nueva Vizcaya. “The new image brand for Cagayan Valley is in res...
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06Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Dec 6 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) regional office based in this city assured there are enough rice for this region until the first quarter next year. NFA region 2 director Danilo Pastrana said there are more than 300,000 bags of rice stocked in NFA warehouses that will supply the needed rice requirements for a period of 198 days. Meanwhile, the NFA will continue to buy palay in all its warehouses in the region and urged farmers to sell their palay harves...
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06Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment - Region 2 (DOLE - 2) distributed 12 computer units to a number of local government units (LGUs) to make the Skills Registry System (SRS) operational in the region. Assistant regional director Elpidio Atal Jr. said the computer units will be used to effect on-line registration of skills of individuals especially those who are seeking jobs. Atal said the registry system will facilitate easy access to job opportunities avail...
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06Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Dec 6 (PIA) -- Four student-produced short films on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from colleges and universities of Cagayan Valley were premiered yesterday at a local hotel in the city. Director Arnel Garcia of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said the short films featured success stories of the program which can be utilized as an IEC material in the country sides. “It is likewise important for the young students to appreciate what gover...
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06Dec2012ECHAGUE, Isabela, Dec 6 (PIA) -- The Ugad High School in Echague, Isabela is this year’s second runner-up in the Brigada Eskuwela best implementer under exceptional school category in the region. Marisol Dumon, principal of Ugad High School, said the unity of students, parents, teachers, barangay officials, and non-government organizations is the key to their exceptional performance and subsequently, receiving the award. Dumon said the increase in enrollment rate, the improvement of school ...
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06Dec2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 6 (PIA) -- Soon, the police will have a spanking place to be proud of. A P13-million police station will soon rise in this city during the first quarter next year after the final negotiations between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government unit of Cauayan City is realized this month. City Vice Mayor Bartolome Malillin said the final phase for the construction of the proposed police building is already on its final phase of negotiations and its im...
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06Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Dec 6 (PIA) -- The city government of Santiago is holding a lantern-making contest using recyclable materials depicting the characters or values promoted by the city government. Orlando Tesoro, city environment and natural resources officer, said the participants in the lantern-making contest are villages and offices based in the city. He said the city government is promoting waste management and segregation, hence it is urging the use of waste materials in lantern maki...
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06Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry has issued Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers to 9,664 motorists in Cagayan Valley in compliance with the implementation of the Helmet Law. Lawyer Ma. Esperanza Banares, DTI regional director in a report, said the figure represents the accomplishment from various provincial offices of their agency in the region. As of October 31, 2012, out of the 10,000 helmets presented for inspection, 500 failed to meet ...
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06Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The Provincial Advisory Committee here has identified initial activities to address the needs of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries based on the results of the Social Welfare Indicators or SWI. In addition to the livelihood trainings, Gov. Junie Cua advised the 4Ps provincial link to coordinate with the Q Life, the livelihood component of the “I LOVE QUIRINO” Flagship Program of the provincial government aimed at providing additional income to the margi...
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05Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 5 (PIA) -- To recognize the outstanding performances of the barangays, municipalities, cities and provinces in the delivery of services to the public, the Department of Interior and Local Government - Region 2 (DILG-2) has awarded some officials who excelled in the different categories. For the Most Outstanding Barangay Public Information Assistance Center (BPIAC), San Marcos, San Mateo, Isabela brought home the award for the municipality category and San Andres, Santiago ...
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05Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, December 4 (PIA) – Young school kids both from public and private schools in the city were required by the Department of Education – Santiago City to form an association called Youth for Environment in School Organization (YESO) to be catalysts in schools in caring for environment. DepEd-Santiago City YESO coordinator Aida Bueno said the formation of YESO is a provision mandated under Republic Act 9512, otherwise known as an act to promote environmental awareness thr...
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05Dec2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec. 5(PIA) –- The National Electrification Administration(NEA) has energized some 17 sitios or sub-villages in eight municipalities in the province this year. Engineer Narciso Salunat, Nueva Vizcaya Electric Cooperative (NUVELCO) general manager said the electrification development program has benefited 605 households. “The project has helped a lot of our clients because they have been relieved of their responsibility in the procurement of electrical materials a...
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04Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Nurses and midwives of the Rural Health Units (RHUs) and nutrition officers of the province have undergone seven-day training on Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) at Baguio City last November 13-19, 2012. Luningning Pacudan Rhodes, provincial nutrition officer, said the training included orientation on Infant and Young Child Feeding, Pabasa sa Nutrisyon, Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF), and the promotion of eggs and vegetables. The nutrition imp...
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04Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Isabela is closely monitoring the track of typhoon “Pablo” which hit the Mindanao provinces today as it assured that it will extend assistance to the affected local government units if needs arise. Atty. Noel Manuel R. Lopez, provincial administrator of Isabela, said Governor Faustino G. Dy III has instructed the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) to closely monitor the track of the typhoon ...
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03Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- The 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) reveals that the education sector dominated the economy of Cagayan Valley in terms of number of establishments. The survey shows that the education sector has the highest number of employees in the region. In terms of compensation, education still led the sectors which provided highest compensation to their workers followed by financial and insurance activities, and the electricity, gas, steam,...
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03Dec2012CALAYAN, Cagayan, Dec 3 (PIA) -- The island municipality of Calayan up north is leaving no stone unturned in developing its premier tourism attraction, the Sibang Cove, declared winner by the Women In Travel group in 2008 as one of the unexplored new destinations in the country.. Vice Mayor Florencio De Guzman said the proposed project is focused in developing the cove as a world-class eco-tourism destination that will serve as a hub for other eco-tourism sites in the island. “We are new in...
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03Dec2012STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, Dec 3 (PIA) -- The recent celebration of Bonifacio Day in the province coincided with the conduct of a free medical, dental, surgical and gift-giving which benefited more than 2,500 villagers in this town. The project was also attended by villagers from adjacent barangays organized separately by the local government unit and a family clan here. The Caramat, Lodevico, Acosta and Soriano (CLAS) Clan conducted the free medical, dental, and surgical mission in Barangay Ta...
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03Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma has urged local media here and government communicators to help create public awareness on government’s accomplishments that benefit the general public. Coloma, in his visit here to grace the launching of the regional Information Sharing System (ISS), said there are several good news from the government that can be highlighted for public knowledge. “Most often than not media highli...
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03Dec2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- Cagayan has recognized local governments and schools that excelled on solid waste management in the province on November 28 at the Amphi Theater of Cagayan State University, here. Claveria town brought home the Cleanest and Greenest Municipality award this year as the highest award in the just concluded Friends of Environment Awarding. Next is Allacapan and Solana towns that bagged second and third placers, respectively, out of 28 towns and one city of the pro...
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03Dec2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police in Region 2 (PNP-PRO 2) has reported a crime solution efficiency (CSE) rate of 36.97 percent--or 37 cases solved for every 100 crimes reported--for the period January 1 to October 31, 2012. A total of 1,161 cases were solved out of the 3,140 crime incidents reported in the region, a PNP report said. The report said that the CSE has increased as compared to the 26.99 percent year-on-year. Cagayan PPO has the highest CSE with...
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03Dec2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Dec 3 (PIA) -- The provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) here held an emergency meeting today to tackle preparations for the possible effects of super typhoon “Pablo,” though the province is not included in provinces with typhoon signals. The PDRRMC’s holding of emergency meeting is a precautionary measure to avert any damages that may bring by the typhoon in the province. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services ...
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01Dec2012SANTIAGO CITY, Dec.1 (PIA) --The Philippine National Police reported that since the implementation of the “Operation Verification of Identification and Stickers Authenticity Card” popularly known as Oplan VISA, the number of incidents caused by motorcycle-riding criminals decreased. During the Joint Regional Development Council-Regional Peace and Order Council (RDC-RPOC) fourth quarter meeting hosted by this city recently, it was revealed that only 10 incidents were recorded for the month ...
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01Dec2012Start calling Region 2 as “Bountiful Cagayan Valley Region.” This after the Regional Development Council launched to an applauding and appreciative audience in Santiago City the regional image brand which has been in the drawing board for the last two years. Regional Director Mary Ann Darauay said the image brand was developed to distinguish Cagayan Valley from other regions in the country, particularly to effectively market the regional investments potentials and opportunities in the nati...
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30Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 30 (PIA) -- Farmers from two villages here recently received hand tractors from the government of Japan to boost agricultural production in their communities. Barangays Mauan in Bambang town and Barangay Paitan in this town received one unit of hand tractor each through the Mechanized Assistance Program(MAP) funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Fund (JICF). The hand tractors were distributed by the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) an...
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30Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- Presidential Communications Operations Office(PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma encouraged government information officers to tap social media in disseminating development information for the benefit of the public. Coloma who was the guest of honor during the Local and Regional Information Officers Assembly at the Hotel Roma here said communication to be effective needs the utilization of social media channels such as facebook, twitter, SMS and cellphones, among ...
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29Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov 29 (PIA) -- The absence of a strong political will may have caused some 400 local government units in the country to violate provisions of RA 9003 otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. Deputy Director Eligio Ildefonso, deputy director of the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) said that unfortunately, the agency has no jurisdiction over the LGUs. “All we can do is to file the report to the Ombudsman,” Ildefo...
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29Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 29 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has imposed a no fishing, no sailing at the eastern waters of Isabela as a precautionary measure to avoid any damages that may bring by the expected debris of a rocket satellite that will launch by South Korea today, Thursday. Atty. Noel Manuel Lopez, administrator of Isabela who presided the meeting of the PDRRMC, agreed that effective Wednesday, the no fishing, no sailing was imposed ...
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29Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov 29 (PIA) -- Information officers from local governments and regional line agencies said they welcome an Information Sharing System (ISS) concept developed recently by the Regional Development Council - Committee on Development Information and Communication (RDC-CDIC). Launched Tuesday by Secretary Sonny Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations (PCOO) during the Local-Regional Information Assembly held in Tuguegarao, the ISS is geared towards a much i...
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29Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) launched yesterday the new image brand of Region 2, “Bountiful Cagayan Valley Region,” a tagline which is expected to attract more investors for Region 2. RDC 2 Acting Chair and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Director Mary Anne E.R. Darauay said through the slogan, Cagayan Valley Region will be distinguished from other regions and it will have the opportunity to market its investment potentia...
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28Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 28 (PIA) -- Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma inducted, Tuesday, the newly elected officers of the Cagayan Valley Region Information Officers Association composed of information officers and designates from the national line agencies and local governments. The elected officers are as follows: President- Allan Sibal of the Department of Health- Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD), Vice president- Jun Montereal of the local government...
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28Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 28 (PIA)-- The Bureau of Internal Revenue- Revenue District No. 16 (BIR-RDO 16) collected P144,153,966.57 in tax revenues in September, exceeding its goal of P142,433,000.00 by 1.21%. Assistant Revenue District Officer Vivian Tarectecan said the increase of collection is attributed to the increase of remittances of 2% Expanded Withholding Tax by the Department of Public Works and Highways and the provincial government. She said that during the same period in ...
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27Nov2012By Merlito G. Edale, Jr. CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, GAMU, Isabela, Nov 27 (PIA) – The Department of National Defense (DND) chief visited the eight wounded soldiers at the camp’s hospital on Friday (Nov 23) and handed financial aid to the slain soldiers’ families. DND Secretary Voltaire Gazmin together with army chief Lieutenant General Emmanuel Bautista on Friday personally went to the camp and visited all the wounded soldiers and handed financial assistance to them. The wounded soldiers...
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27Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 27 (PIA) -- The local chief executive of this capital town had to hand it to the solid unity of the residents of Ilagan City in attaining the cityhood state of Ilagan today. Mayor Jose Marie L. Diaz in his first State of the City Address (SOCA) said the unity of those from Ilagan was put to test during the plebiscite -- that of turning the then municipality of Ilagan into a city of Ilagan. He said the true voice of Ilagueno was finally heard when overwhelmingly voted...
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26Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- To encourage consumers organized, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 2 has conducted the fourth Consumer Assembly here, with the encouraging theme: “Get Organized. Be Heard. Be Empowered." Regional Director Esperanza Banarez said the assembly aims to push consumer organizations to assert and advocate consumer rights and responsibilities. The eight basic consumer rights include right to basic needs, right to safety, right to information, rig...
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26Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 26 (PIA) -- A mining firm here recently opened their information center in this town to cater to various clients needing information about their operations. The information center was opened by OceanaGold Philippines, Inc.(OGPI) at the Manaig Building in front of the provincial capitol in this town. “This information center will serve as a our nerve center where we can address the people’s needs on information regarding our project,” said Brennan Lang, Didi...
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26Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, November 22(PIA) – The Department of Education(DepEd) has recently approved an initial number of 210 teaching positions for this province in a bid to help the provincial government in absorbing and promoting elementary teachers to permanent status. Lawyer Edgardo Balgos, provincial administrator said the 210 teaching slots approved by the DepEd will siphon elementary teachers funded by the provincial government’s Special Education Fund(SEF) who are still under con...
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26Nov2012RAMON, Isabela, November 26 (PIA) – The Kapisanan ng Broadkasters ng Pilipinas (KBP) – Isabela led a tree planting at barangay Aguinaldo here on Saturday in support to the National Greening Program of the government. At least 1,000 individuals joined the activity from different sectors in the province seeing the good intent of the association of helping the government re-green the environment. Alvin Alivia, KBP-Isabela chapter president said the set tree planting activity is a nationwi...
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25Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 25 (PIA) -- The National Council for Disability Affairs (NCDA) has urged local officials to establish Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) as provided for by law. Director Carmen Zubiaga said there are only few LGUs that have established their PDAO nationwide and only four in the Cagayan Valley Region to include Baggao and Lallo of Cagayan; and Kayapa and Quezon of Nueva Vizcaya. “The law requires the LGUs to establish their own PDAO to have an easy access to...
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23Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 23 (PIA)-- The Department of Tourism and the provincial government conducted a 3-day training on basic tourism statistics from November 19-21, 2012 here to orient tourism establishment owners, tourism planners , officers and other stakeholders on gathering and reporting tourism statistics and formulation of tourism development plans using collected basic data. Milagros Y. Say, chief of the DOT Office of Tourism Development Planning, Research and Information Man...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov 23 (PIA) -- Thirty one individuals and 12 groups were hailed yesterday as heroes and heroines of small and medium enterprises (SME) during the 5th One Town One Product (OTOP) Congress of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2. The Otop Congress is being held from November 22 to 28 with the theme, “Proud ako sa OTOP ko… sobrang inspired ako dito.” Among the attendees are entrepreneurs and exhibitors. Maria Ezperanza Banares, DTI regional dir...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- The police officers in charge at the women and children’s desk as well as court interpreters will be trained in sign language, National Council for Disability Affairs (NCDA) Director Carmen Zubiaga said. She explained that it had been observed that desk officers of the children and women’s desk at the police stations could hardly document complaints from persons with disabilities (PWDs), especially deafs and mutes, as well as in interpreting their testimon...
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23Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) here has tapped the support and assistance of several non-government organizations and media practitioners in its campaign to prevent people from smoking in public places. Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director, said they have deputized 23 local and national media practitioners in the province and 12 employees of local government units, private organizations, and religious groups. “By d...
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23Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 23 (PIA) -- A cooperative building worth P4 million was inaugurated recently within the capitol compound to be used as office of the provincial cooperative. The building was built by the provincial government to ease the discomfort of co-op clients who seek to avail of the assistance extended by the cooperative at its old office. Provincial Cooperative Development Officer Carlito Tumaliuan said that Governor Faustino G. Dy III has seen the need to relocate the office ...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- Before you even take a drop of that bottled water, make sure it's safe. With the proliferation of the water-refilling stations in the region, the Department of Science and Technology-Region 2 (DOST-2) has urged all refilling stations to undergo microbiological and chemical test to ensure safety to health of commercialized water. Sylvia Lacambra, an engineer and DOST chief of the laboratory section, said water refilling became a mushrooming industry in the...
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23Nov2012QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- Provincial and municipal officials have opened another school building in barangay Baresbes here as part of the local government unit’s continuing project to increase the number of learning centers in the province. The six-classroom, two-storey building worth P8.6 million is part of the 200 classrooms which were already built by the provincial government through its “Adopt A School” project in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd)...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology-Region 2 (DOST-2) added 15 Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading (Set-up) projects this year in addition to the 92 put up from 2002 to 2011. DOST-2 has received the biggest grant for the Set-Up project for this year amounting P49.3 million, higher than the total accumulated budget spent for the projects implemented in 2002-2011 which is P41 million, said Amancia Mangusib, asst. regional director of DOST. Mangusib sta...
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23Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 23 (PIA) – A one day promotional marketing fair will showcase organic products of upland farmers who have received assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Japan. Dubbed “Nueva Vizcaya Friendly Fruits and Vegetables Day,” the fair will be held today from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the People’s Stage of the provincial capitol compound in this town. Josie Almirol, marketing coordinator, said the fruits and vegetable products to be sold to the pu...
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23Nov2012SAN MANUEL, Isabela, Nov 23 (PIA) – The local chief executive of this western Isabela town is seeking the help of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to provide fire truck to be used in the town's firefighting activities. Mayor Faustino Michael Carlos Dy III said his office has already written the DILG to provide them a fire truck to be used by the town in firefighting operation. Mayor Dy said the absence of fire truck caused the facility to incur some P5 million w...
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23Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 23(PIA) – Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resouces(DENR), Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) and the local government units of this province and Quirino will launch a forestland management project today which seeks to strengthen watershed potentials of Cagayan Valley region. Wilfredo Malvar, DENR’s regional technical director for forestry, said the “Upper Magat and Cagayan River Basin Forestland Management Project”(UMCRBFM...
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23Nov2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, November 16 (PIA) – The Cauayan City National High School (CNHS) was adjudged Best Brigada Eskuwela implementer for 2011 by the Department of Education (DepEd). CNHS has also won the award in 2009 and 2010. The Brigada Eskwela was launched in 2003 with the Adopt-A-School Program (ASP) of the DepEd to encourage local residents to help repair public schools in their area through the spirit "bayanihan," a unique Filipino tradition where villagers help a household transp...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov 23 (PIA) -- Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio De Los Reyes has clarified published reports of a mass lay-off among the agency’s employees saying it is just a part of a voluntary transition period. Speaking to the local media this morning, the Secretary dismissed the report as plain ‘rumor.’ “It’s not true there is a mass lay-off at the department as perceived by some sectors. We are correcting employees’ deployment because the structure has been the...
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23Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 23 (PIA)—National Food Authority Assistant Manager Patricio Avila Sr. has allayed fears among consumers about the issue of expired i-Mix or the iron rice premix which the NFA is mixing to white milled rice to replace nutrients lost during the milling process. Avila said based on the certification issued by the NFA-Development Center, the i-Mix with expiry dates of December 2009, April 2010, October 2010 and June-October 2011 are fit for use in the production of i-...
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23Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) region 2 has installed additional four automatic rain gauges (ARGs) to help local government units in giving early warning forecast as rains and typhoons frequent the region causing floods in especially in the low lying areas of the region. Benjamin Nicdao, science research specialists said the four automatic rain gauges were installed at Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizacaya and in the cities of Ilagan, Cauayan ...
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22Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) has classified the Capissaan Cave system in Kasibu town here for protection, conservation and management of the government. “Caves are natural, non-renewable resources that are of tremendous value to man, whether scientific, economic, cultural, historical or aesthetic. Yet they are also in constant threat from destructive human activities like vandalism, treasure hunting, pollution and illega...
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22Nov2012The first Basco ecclesiastical museum is seen to be the first functional museum in the province. It is located at the ground floor of the convent, a part of the parish pastoral hall and lectors lounge that are under renovation. The museum is the 31st project and apostolic work of Rev. Fr. Ronaldo B. Manabat parish priest of Basco since May 2011. Fr. Zenki, as Manabat is popularly called, emphasized that the museum he initiated is meant to keep and preserve the native Ivatan Catholic antique...
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21Nov2012NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, Nov. 15 (PIA)—As an offshoot of the Social Welfare Indicators (SWI) survey of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in this municipality, various assistance were provided to the families depending on their priority needs. Pantawid Pamilya Provincial Link Ma. Belen Ong said 30 beneficiaries were referred by the Municipal Advisory Committee to the local government unit and some national government agencies for sustainable livelihood projects. “We will implement Su...
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21Nov2012BASCO, Batanes, November 21 (PIA) The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sought the support of service providers in Batanes to critically analyze the program registration of three institutions in this province, yesterday. TESDA invited service providers such as DTI, the provincial government, PIA and the cooperatives for the provincial consultation workshop to critically analyze the program registration of the St. Dominic College (SDC), Batanes State College (BSC)...
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21Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov 21 (PIA) – A state university here has proven its academic supremacy when it snatched the championship from 10 other colleges and universities during the 21st Philippine Statistics Quiz- Cagayan Valley regional eliminations yesterday. The board of judges chaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) awarded the trophy and cash to the entry of the Cagayan State University-Carig Campus, Frederick Realiza, Jr. Second place went to John Li...
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20Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA) -- Two of 16 development projects in Cagayan Valley regions were already completed ahead of the targeted schedules to include the 2012 road rehabilitation projects and the National Greening Program (NGP), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported. Ferdinand Tumaliuan, chief, project monitoring and evaluation division, stated that the 57 targeted roads and bridges that were up for rehabilitation regionwide have already been completed. Of these, t...
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20Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA) – The Regional Development Council - Committee on Development Information and Communication (RDC-CDIC) region 2 is set to launch the Cagayan Valley’s Information Sharing System (ISS) on November 27, 2012 at the Hotel Roma, here with Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma as guest of honor. The ISS is a mechanism established by the RDC-CDIC region 2, chaired by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), to enable Local Government Un...
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20Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, November 20 (PIA) – The family of the seven slain soldiers including the wounded ones will be receiving financial assistance from the provincial government as show of support to the military. Lawyer Noel Manuel R. Lopez, Isabela administrator, said the provincial leadership of Isabela led by Governor Faustino G. Dy III found it necessary to give financial assistance to the slain and wounded soldiers regardless of which places they reside as show of support and concern...
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20Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, November 20 (PIA) – How did residents of mountain barangays along the Sierra Madre ranges in Cagayan cope up with population and health in connection with their environment? These and other stories will highlight the State of the Philippine Population Report 5 (SPPR5) when the Commission on Population Region 02 will launch it December 6, 2012 at a hotel in this city. PopCom Director Avelino Abel said the report will give the residents of the region the real pic...
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19Nov2012CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela, Nov 19 (PIA) -- Army officials of the 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army led by the newly-installed commanding general, Major General Joel P. Ibanez, expressed condolences with families of the seven killed brave soldiers of the Division’s Reconnaissance Company while defending the state against lawless groups. Col. Loreto Magundayao, in a press statement, said the whole 5ID officials and employees expressed sympathy and condolences to the bereaved fa...
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19Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 19 (PIA) -- The dental health of residents in this premier Ibanag City has been reinforced after Representative Randy S. Ting of Cagayan donated dental equipment amounted to P0.5 million. Dr. James Guzman, city health officer, said Ting gave one dental chair complete with accessories and forceps to his office to improve health services to residents of Tuguegarao. Also, Ting donated 38 nebulizers to be distributed to the city’s 32 barangay health stations. As membe...
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18Nov2012It was dark, extremely risky, and dangerous. More than a thousand people were on board trucks, in a convoy, negotiating the lonely Middle East road towards a safe border to escape a war gone mad. The passengers are to be brought to seaports before the situation caught on them. Inside the vehicles, not a single word was spoken. Only the eyes wide open and bitten lips captured the emotions of the passengers. Checkpoints were everywhere. To add to the already hostile situation, there was no guarant...
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18Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 18 (PIA) -- Youth representatives of region 2 urged national government to increase budget of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the country. In a planning conference hosted by the National Youth Commission (NYC) at the Department of Education (DepED) region 2, youth representatives crafted the region’s youth development plan where one significant provision was the plea to national government to increase SUCs annual budget. The youth sector aired their observati...
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16Nov2012SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, Nov 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) will be rolling out a wide campaign designed to inculcate among Filipinos the importance and value of eating less rice and preventing its wastage. This developed as a PhilRice study shows that most Filipinos consume more than the average rice requirement of their nutrition and worse, some are wasted, thereby contributing to the rice shortages experienced by the country Dr. Karen Barroga, chi...
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16Nov2012SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, Nov 16 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said they will embark on a wide information dissemination to promote the significance of bio-technology as one of the alternatives that will address the diminishing potential food resources in the country. “We need to conquer hunger in order to address poverty and we can only do this by applying suitable technologies to other agricultural production areas,” said Segfredo Serrano, DA unde...
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16Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 16 (PIA) -- Two secondary schools here namely Quirino General High School (QGHS) and Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trades (CNSAT) both located in this municipality were among the 127 schools nationwide feted by the Department of Education for their exemplary performance in this year’s Brigada Eskwela. Brigada Eskwela is a school maintenance program where parents, teachers, and other stakeholders, contribute their time, effort, and resources in ensuring ...
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16Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – 1st engineering district will implement road rehabilitation works next year in its area of jurisdiction particularly the road going to the northern part of Luzon via Santiago-Roxas-Tuguegarao road. Renato Ubina, DPWH-engineering chief, said the DPWH central office has approved the engineering district’s proposal to conduct rehabilitation works to the road going to Tuguegarao city plying the western...
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15Nov2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Nov 15 (PIA) – The Santiago City health office has urged the public to be take precautionary measures to avoid respiratory diseases caused by sudden weather changes. Assistant city health officer Ramoncito Bayang said weather changes will affect the respiratory function most especially of the young and old population who are vulnerable to respiratory diseases. Bayang said children and senior citizens should not expose themselves during rainy days as they are more pr...
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15Nov2012LAL –LO, Cagayan, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- The town of Lal-lo has inaugurated its mini Christmas village at the Aladino Dupaya gymnasium and their Christmas trees at the town's Children’s Park, Wednesday night. Mayor Florante Pascual headed the simultaneous lighting of the trees, dubbed as fantastic trees, which were decorated by barangay and LGU officials as one of the highlights of the long yuletide season. Pascual also formally opened the Christmas panorama which features how the season is cel...
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15Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 15 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Region 2 is set recognize local government officials in the barangay level for their exemplary and outstanding performance along local governance. Regional Director Rolando Rafael said several categories will be conferred to winners to include Most Outstanding Barangay Executive, Sangguniang Barangay, Barangay Treasurer and Barangay Secretary; Most Outstanding Anti-Red Tape Implementer; Most Outstand...
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14Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) – Cagayan Valley Region is this year’s grand champion in nutrition after bringing home five major awards in the recently concluded 2012 National Nutrition Award held at the Philippine International Convention Center, graced by President Benigno Aquino III. Batanes Province and Santiago City, Isabela are both Nutrition Honor Awardees (NHA), the highest national award in the exemplary and outstanding performance of the LGUs after nine years of maintaining satis...
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14Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, November 14(PIA) – Farmers and livelihood organizations in the province continue to receive various assistance from the provincial government through the Provincial Agriculture Office(PAGRO). Alexander Domingo, PAGRO supervising agriculturist, said technology demonstration, support to irrigation facilities, provision of seed subsidy, and other post harvest support services have been extended this year. “Our office has already accomplished 6 out of the 8 ta...
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14Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 13 (PIA)—Pantawid Pamilya provincial link Ma. Belen Ong reported that around 6,254 households will be validated for possible inclusion in the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) next year. Ong said these households are among those who were not listed under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or NHTS-PR. The MCCT will target poor families with 0-14 years old and who are in...
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14Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- The Federation of Senior Citizens Association (FSCA) Region 2 has expressed its full support to the passage of the House Bill 2292 which is an act providing for the appointment of a representative from the senior citizens in the local legislative bodies. Romeo Allam, regional president, said if the youth sector and some other sectors are well represented in the local sanggunian and other law making bodies, it is also necessary that a seat be provided for senior...
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14Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) region 2 has urged evacuees housed in schools during calamities to take good care of its facilities. Dr. Basilio Bacuyag, disaster action officer said majority of the identified evacuation centers in the region are schools, that is why they need to educate the public to use the schools facilities properly. He said school officials in other regions have shared negative experiences during calamities when their school facilitie...
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13Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 13 (PIA) -- Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma will be visiting Cagayan Valley region on November 28 to grace the official launching of the Regional Image Brand and Investment Brochure of the region at the University of La Salette, Santiago City, Isabela. Said launching activity will unveil the region’s investment potential as the agro-industrial center of the North and the gateway of trade to East Asia. A press conference will ...
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13Nov2012While the recent All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day observance provides an opportunity for the living to be with their loved ones at least once a year, several indigenous people (IP) in the province of Nueva Vizcaya live with the dead in their homes or yard. One will be surprised to know that while Bagabag town has the highest number of public cemeteries at six located in barangays Pogonsino, Villa Coloma, Sta. Lucia, San Pedro, Murong and Villaros, in upland towns predominantly inhabited ...
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13Nov2012SOLANA, Cagayan, Nov. 13 (PIA) -- The local government unit here has relaunched on November 11 the supplementary feeding program for all day care centers as in the municipality. Haydee Canapi, municipal social welfare officer said 43 day care centers will benefit from the feeding program with 1,287 school children with ages three and four. Health services are also provided for children ages five. In an interview, Canapi said the feeding program is implemented for five days in a week for ...
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13Nov2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 13 (PIA) – Bombo Radyo DZNC, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross, has collected on Saturday 122.40 liters blood from volunteer blood donors in the provinces of Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela. The blood letting activity dubbed “Dugong Bombo, a little pain, a life to gain” is an annual activity of Bombo Radyo Philippines where Bombo Radyo local radio stations all over the country participate. At least 272 successful blood donors in the three provin...
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13Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov. 13 (PIA) -- The provincial agriculture office here said the proposed irrigation project in this city scheduled for implementation next year will irrigate nearly 800 hectares of rice lands. The project will be constructed at barangay Pasa in this city several kilometers from the national highway. Provincial agriculturist Danilo Tumamao said the irrigation project will be financed by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Tumamao said KOICA has all...
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12Nov2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is inviting the public to take advantage of the one-day “Diskwento Fair” to be conducted at Diffun Public Market on November 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Various distributors of basic and prime commodities from this province and from Santiago City were invited to sell goods at discounted prices. Susan Janer of DTI said among the invited distributors and local grocery owners who have pledged their participation in the...
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12Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 12 (PIA) -- Two types of medical services will be made available free to indigent residents of the province before the year 2012 ends, local officials said. On December 7 to 8, 2012, a free medical and surgical mission dubbed ‘Pamaskong Handog’ will be offered by the provincial government, Sagip BUhay Foundation, St. Luke’s Medical Center and the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital(NVPH) which will be held in NVPH in Bambang town. “We are now doing scree...
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12Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan , Nov 12 (PIA) -- Women from all sectors of Cagayan society had gathered here to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Woman Suffrage in the country. Three women leaders in the province discussed what it was like to be a Filipino woman who successfully exercised her rights from the 1940s to the 1970s. Perla Tumaliauan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and chair of the Committee on Women said there is a cause to celebrate the diamond anniversary of woman suffrage in the country as ...
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12Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 12(PIA) -- At least 101 slots will be filled up by registered nurses under the Registerd Nurses Health Enhancement and Local Service(RNHeals) project in the province, proponents here said. Ruth Padilla, Department of Health (DOH) consultant, said the nurses will be deployed in 101 Rural Health Units(RHUs) inorder to provide health services to some 437,468 villagers in 278 barangays of the province. “We encourage registered nurses to avail themselves of this p...
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11Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 11 (PIA) -- The ConsumerNet and the Department of Trade and Industry recently recognized the Maddela Public Market as "Huwarang Pamilihang Bayan (model public market)" in the recently concluded search for model public market and bakery as part of the Consumer Welfare Month celebration. Coming second is Cabarroguis Public Market, third-Diffun Public Market, fourth-Aglipay Public Market, and fifth-Saguday Public Market. The ConsumerNet recently visited all the public...
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09Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) here expressed elation over Obama’s re-election yesterday for second term as president of the United States of America (USA) saying Obama has done a lot for the benefits of Filipino war veterans. PVAO region 2 Officer-in-Charge Ronnie Paguirigan said that Obama’s administration has acknowledged the great contributions of Filipino World War II veterans who helped the US during the World War II. Paguirigan sa...
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09Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 9 (PIA) -- Six hundred forty-three registered nurses will be deployed in Cagayan Valley next year under the Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service Project (RNHeals), Batch IV. Ruth Padilla, Department of Health (DOH) consultant, said the following number of nurses will be distributed for the provinces: 203 in Cagayan, 255 in Isabela, 101 in Nueva Vizcaya, 42 in Quirino and 42 in Batanes. “Right now we are accepting applications for screening,...
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09Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Health- Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Cagayan Valley has gathered all health workers from the rural and provincial heath units at Cherry Blossoms Hotel here to revisit their program implementation on child survival. The forum will review the region’s milestone in the attainment of Millennium Development Goals numbers 4 and 5 which are the reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health said Regional Director Rio L. Magpantay....
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09Nov2012RAMON, Isabela, Nov 9 (PIA) -- Police scored anew after confiscating more than 1,000 board feet of gemelina forest products on Sunday, loaded in a truck going northeast passing this town. “Our men in the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and inspected the truck and found that it was loaded with gemelina square logs of different sizes but did not have the pertinent papers to show for it," Blancad said. Blancad advised the public to secure necessary documents from the Department of Environment a...
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09Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 9 (PIA) – The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (Tesda)- Cagayan has encouraged higher education institutions to implement the competency-based training delivery program. Charito B. Santos, provincial director, said the program enables every interested learner to continue and finish his course at his own pace as the program is modular, self-paced, learner-centered and recognizes prior learning. “In this program, a student who finished a module but ...
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09Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, isabela, November 9 (PIA) – The provincial legislators here unanimously approved the passage of P150-million supplemental budget to boost agricultural production in the province on Tuesday’s regular session. The Office of the Governor has requested the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for the passage of a resolution approving the allotment of P150 million from the province’s generated savings that are available. The amount is appropriated for cooperative development, livelihood, an...
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09Nov2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Nov 9 (PIA) -- This city’s veterinary office said the public should not catching migratory birds as these might carry the deadly bird flu or influenza virus, even as no cases have yet been recorded in recent months. He said bird flu virus is an air-borne disease and can even affect household pets and other animals. Dr. Solomon Maylen, city veterinarian, said the months of September up to December are the months where migratory birds are seen in fields, lakes and in ...
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09Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Science and Technology Region 2 has cited the increase in fish sufficiency level in Cagayan Valley as a result of the various projects and programs implemented by the government. Director Urdujah Tejada Tejada, at the closing ceremonies of Fish Conservation month celebration last week, said that because of the various interventions of agencies like the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the WorldFish Center, th...
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08Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 8 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently gave recognition and awards to a number of municipal local governments and barangays which showed excellent performance on local governance. “This is our way of recognizing the efforts of our local officials in their pursuit of quality service through good governance. We expect others to excel more in their respective communities,” said lawyer Odilon Pasaraba, DILG provincial direc...
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08Nov2012SAGUDAY, Quirino, Nov. 8 (PIA)-- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) awarded the 2011 National Best PESO Award- 5th to 6th class municipality category to Saguday PESO during the recently concluded 12th National PESO Congress in Baguio City Country Club. Saguday PESO has been performing functions such as encouraging employers to submit job vacancies to the PESO, providing persons with entrepreneurship qualities access to various livelihood and self-employment programs, undertaking emp...
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07Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) –The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Region 2 has initiated the creation of a protocol on disaster damage reporting. A unified system in reporting of disaster-related events should be established to effect easy, fast and smooth access of accurate and real time reports, Norma Talosig, OCD regional director and chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), said. “One major problem we encountered is the different damag...
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07Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov 7 (PIA) -- In support of the National Greening Program, the Provincial Natural Resources and Environment Office (PNREO) here spearheaded tree-planting activities on November 3 and Quirino Day on September 7. Earlier, 1,020 narra seedlings were planted at the Mt. Susong Dalaga, breast-shaped caves located two kilometers (km) from the poblacion and three km from the provincial capitol. Another 1,552 narra, ipil, guijo, and tanguile seedlings were planted at the Capito...
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07Nov2012BASCO, Batanes Nov 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Emergency Management System in Asian and the Pacific and the Department of Health (DOH) - Center for Health Development (CHD) -2 conducted a three-day orientation to stakeholders on how to respond to calamities. Per interview with Leticia C. Bayaras, DOH-Batanes representative, the orientation on October 17-19 attended by lifeline support agencies composed of DOH, Philippine National Police, Philippine Coast Guard, municipal planning and development...
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07Nov2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) president has urged newl graduates of the Philippine National Police - Regional Training School 2 based in this city to use the doctrines learned inside the training school in performing the duty as member of the police force. A police member must be guided with the regulations that are imposed by the higher police hierarchy and follow always the chain of command, PPSC President Ruben Platon said. There were 168 ...
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07Nov2012MADDELA, Quirino, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has awarded a livelihood assistance of P20,000 to at least 20 aspiring entrepreneurs in this municipality through the Department’s Kabuhayan Starter KITS project. The municipal government will be responsible in purchasing the materials that were listed by the beneficiaries which include manicure & pedicure sets, meat processing utensils, massage kits and other materials needed by the beneficiaries in starting the...
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06Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) will confer the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) to this province for winning consecutively the Outstanding Province in the Region award for three years. Department of Health Assistant Secretary Maria-Bernardina T. Flores said in his letter to Gov. Junie E. Cua that the award is based on the recommendation of the inter-agency Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET), approved by the Regional ...
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06Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The local chief executive of Isabela recognized during the recent 13th Faustino N. Dy Sr. cooperatives recognition rites all outstanding Isabela cooperatives, cooperative leaders and councils which have shown exemplary performance in managing the financial and human resources of the cooperatives. During the recognition rites, Governor Faustino G. Dy III handed certificates and plaques of recognition, trophies, and cash awards to outstanding cooperatives that...
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06Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has oriented its teachers for the implementation of the "education in emergencies" program. Due to the interruption of classes during calamities, the DepEd has issued an order to ensure continuous learning of elementary and high school students in evacuation centers, Dr. Basilio Bacuyag, disaster action officer of DepEd, said. In the event of declaration of suspension of classes in a long period of time, “Teachers should gat...
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06Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) will deploy 12,618 nurses in 2013 to provide health care services in medical centers and at the same time acquire a one-year training certificate for possible employment here and abroad. A total of 9,882 registered nurses will be mobilized to serve 1,634 cities and municipalities and 39,498 barangays and will cover a population of 89,009,307 said Ruth Padilla, DOH consultant on Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and L...
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05Nov2012BASCO, Batanes, Nov 5 (PIA) -- A two-day training on Basic Life Support (BLS) was conducted by a team of 12 from the Department of Health (DOH) - Center for Health Development (CHD) at the Human Resource Training Center here, October 15-16. The objective of the training is to orient life-line support agencies with first-aid responses such as giving cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to victims of accidents like drowning, suffocation, and choking. Participants to the training were nurses depl...
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05Nov2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Nov. 5 (PIA) -- Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III has approved the establishment of Quirino State University (QSC). Under Republic Act No. 10230, QSC is now converted into a state university and will integrate and consolidate Quirino Polythechnic College (QPC) and Maddela Institute of Technology into one. The main campus of the University shall be in the Municipality of Diffun. The bill for the conversion and merging of the three schools has been filed by then Cong. Junie Cu...
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05Nov2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Nov 5 (PIA) – The provincial government of Isabela commended the city of Ilagan winning the child-friendly municipality search (1st to 3rd class municipality category), for the regional division. In today’s flag raising ceremony at the capitol, Administrator Noel Manuel R. Lopez led the awarding of plaque of appreciation to the city of Ilagan for being the region’s best implementer of child-friendly programs. The then municipality of Ilagan, which recently turned in...
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03Nov2012BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, November 3 (PIA) – The provincial government here will be funding the construction of communal potable water systems in communities of the Gawad Kalinga (GK) in the province. Wilfred Wross Delizo, executive assistant on housing said Governor Luisa Cuaresma has approved the more than P.5 million construction and establishment of a Cylinder-Type Deep Well under the project “Water for the Thirsty” in 7 GK sites. “This project will be carried out in collaboration w...
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03Nov2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 3 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 2 has called on family beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) assessed as self-sufficient under social welfare indicator to wave their benefits. Carla Balawag, provincial link for Isabela province, said there are some family beneficiaries who were reported to be no longer deserving to the cash grants from the program because the grantees or a member of their families wer...
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03Nov2012DIVILACAN, Isabela, Nov. 3 (PIA) – As part of the long term rehabilitation project, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 2, in partnership with the Local Government Units of Divilacan and Maconacon, has built 450 core shelter which benefited families who were victims of the 2012 typhoon “Juan” in the two coastal towns. Mayor Venturito Bulan of Divilacan said his constituents were thankful for giving them shelter after the devastation made by the super typhoon in ...
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03Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, November 3(PIA) -- The Philippine National Police(PNP) yesterday has started to implement an ordinance to prevent the commission of crimes by suspected riding-in-tandem’ criminals. Police senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director said they have already started the establishment of checkpoints for the implementation of the OPLAN Verification of Identity and Sticker Authenticity(VISA) or the VISA Ordinance to ensure the safety of Novo Vizcayanos from the ...
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01Nov2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Nov 1 (PIA) -- An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) here has appealed to the residents of Nueva Vizcaya to refrain from smoking in public cemeteries as violators will be apprehended and sanctioned with corresponding penalties. This warning was made by Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, police provincial director, in the wake of observance of the All Souls’ and All Saints’ Day this week or "Undas." With the observance of the Undas, relatives of the...
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31Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Rural Improvement Club (RIC) of Barangay Mangandingay, one of the biggest women’s groups in the province, launched last October 26 its Kadyos, Papaya, Malunggay and Sigadilyas (KPMS) Boulevard. This is in support to the nutrition and "clean and green" programs of the provincial government. Zenaida Valdez, RIC president, said it is a special project aimed at promoting and advocating vegetable gardening among households with special emphasis on the K...
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31Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 31 (PIA) -- Inmates at the Batanes provincial jail found a source of income for themselves through a project recycling old newspapers and old boxes into Christmas lanterns and other decors, said Eunicia Gato, municipal local government officer of Basco and Uyugan. Gato said in previous years she would bring old materials for her town mates in prison to recycle. Labor is free and inmates have much time to recycle materials even in big volumes, she said. This year, Gato has i...
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31Oct2012Cagayan Valley Region is within the typhoon belt. It is also prone to different types of disasters such as tsunami as it has a wide coastal zone, earthquake as it is within the ring of fire, landslide because of its valleys and mountain slopes, and flash floods from the upstream to downstream. Meteorologists said the majority of the super typhoons in the past originated from east of the Philippines and tracked to pass by or enter the Cagayan Valley mainland and coastal seas. Several typhoons w...
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31Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The provincial governmet has approved the purchase of music instruments for talented inmates of the provincial jail in order for them to form a rondalla band. Governor Luisa Cuaresma said funds for the purchased has been approved already. She added that the inmates will showcase their talents and provide entertainment during special occasions and events. Cuaresma said the creation of a rondalla band was suggested by the management of the provincial j...
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31Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 31 (PIA) -- A Filipino has been voted as presiding chair in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting held at Tokyo, Japan last week. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-2 Information Officer Reggie Estioco said Director Sixto Rodriguez was picked from among 50 participants from 10 nations in Southeast Asia to sit as chair of the labor sector during the 10th Asean and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies held at the Shinigawa...
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31Oct2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-2 has awarded P322,000 funding for livelihood assistance to the St. Mary’s School Employees Association (SMAEA). This is to augment the income of the 30 employees of SMA, a private Catholic school here. Lawyer Sixto Rodriguez, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director, turned over the assistance to the association's head, Ruben Damaso and the SMAEA members in a simple ceremony held at the school. Th...
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31Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct. 31 (PIA) -- The municipal government of Basco is implementing its first one-site green revolution (GR) among local government employees in a government-owned agricultural land at barangay Tucon, south of Basco, with an area of 50 hectares. The area, according to Mayor Demetrius Narag is optional for those who have private farm, to give opportunity for those with limited fields. Data from the Basco municipal agriculturist office who heads the GR program reveals there are...
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31Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 31(PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) and Kabalikat Civicom Association, Inc. Novo Chapter signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to further improve and enhance programs, projects and activities for the maintenance of peace and order in this province. Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, PNP provincial director and Alrey Ypear, president of the Kabalikat Civicom Novo Chapter signed the agreement at the provincial police office, which was witnessed by pol...
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30Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- Thousands of voters flocked to the People’s Gymnasium where the city Commission on Election (Comelec) office has stationed their booths to accommodate new registrants and to validate registrations. Lawyer Borris Banawag, city election officer, said they already expected the scenario wherein thousands will rush on the last days of registration and validation, which is why they opted to use the gym to accommodate them and to make the processes easier and faster....
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30Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The provincial government will honor today the best cooperatives in the province, who excelled in financial management and especially in helping members uplift their living conditions. The activity is part of the cooperatives' month celebration this October, with the theme “Kooperatiba ay pagyamanin, Mga kasapi paramihin,” which connotes that cooperatives should be improved and membership should be expanded. Lawyer Noel Manuel Lopez, provincial adminis...
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30Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Isabela Volunteers against Crime (IVAC) is pushing a peace covenant for all candidates in the province for a peaceful and orderly conduct of elections next year. The IVAC is a non-government organization that helps the provincial government in its drive to halt criminal activities in the province. Ysmael Atienza, head of IVAC, said there is need to push for a peace covenant, considering the cases of election-related violence recorded in 2010 national ...
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30Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)–Cauayan City advised the public to buy Christmas lights with import commodity clearance (ICC) stickers and product standard marks to prevent the occurrence of fire caused by low quality products. Fire Officer Reagan Bernardo of BFP - Cauayan City said the buying public should scrutinize if the Christmas lights they are buying to avoid fire incidents. Bernardo urged the public to buy decorations wisely, most especially...
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29Oct2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, October 29 (PIA) -- Unregistered voters in this city are lining up at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to beat the voters registration deadline on October 31, 2012. The Comelec said registration deadline will not be extended. Atty. Isabelo Gorospe, election officer at Santiago City, said the deadline is set until October 31, 2012 only and unregistered voters are advised to visit the Comelec – Santiago City at early morning of Monday until Wednesday (October 31) an...
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29Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police-Quirino Police Provincial Office (PNP-QPPO) is on full alert effective October 30 until November 5, for the observance All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Jaime Lucas, Police Community Relations chief, said the six municipal police stations will establish motorist and public assistance centers along main thoroughfares to assist those who will be visiting their loved ones. Deployment of Task forces in busy places will also be d...
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29Oct2012DIVILACAN, Isabela, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The people of the coastal towns of Isabela urges the government to fast track the opening of the proposed Ilagan-Divilacan road network. Mayor Venturito C. Bulan of this town and Vice-Mayor Jolly Taberner of Maconacon town both want the immediate opening of the road access which, they believe, will bring lots of opportunities to the coastal towns, specifically on economic and livelihood developments. Bulan stated that the coastal towns, to include Divilacan,...
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29Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 29 (PIA) -- All forces for the provision of security as well as assistance to the public in the observation of the All Saints and All Souls days are now ready for deployment. For the police force, the Valley Cops task forces for the Oplan Undas were already created to provide police security in cemeteries all over the region. Some were already deployed in public places such as bus terminals, churches and super highways especially the exit and entry points to the city. Re...
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29Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The province of Quirino is inviting everyone to the first ever "Paskuhan sa Quirino" or Christmas Village on December 15-31 at the Quirino Sports Complex, Capitol Hills, this municipality. The event aims to gather families to enjoy the delight of Christmas through the different activities organized by the provincial government in collaboration with some national government agencies and the private sectors. The Christmas Village, which will be open every 5 ...
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29Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) will be collaborating with local government units to boost the potentials of watershed areas needed for irrigation of agricultural lands. Francisco Domingsil, engineer and NIA provincial chief, said in response to the order of Department of Agriculture (DA) Sec. Proceso Alcala to address climate change, they will be implementing tree-planting activities within watershed areas of the 15 municipalities of the p...
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29Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 29 (PIA) -- Officials of the Smoke–Free Task Force here have encouraged residents of Nueva Vizcaya to continue their support to the Smoke-Free Ordinance of the province by reporting and documenting violators. The encouragement came in reaction to reports indicating that many smokers are still violating the provisions of the Smoke-Free Ordinance which penalizes violators of P1,500 for the first offense, P3,000 for the second offense and P5,000 for the third offen...
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29Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 29 (PIA) -- Some 20,000 tilapia fingerlings were distributed to selected graduates of the School on the Air (SOA) program, in the province last month. The fingerlings were given to the graduates, so that they have something to start with and immediately apply what they have learned from the SOA, said Jovita Ayson, regional director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. “Through this, you can help increase the production of tilapia in your province and even...
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29Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) here will be training new policemen before their deployment in local government units next year, a top police official here said. Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, PNP provincial director, said that with the several additional policemen who have arrived in the province, a marksmanship training and gun handling seminar will be conducted sometime next year to improve, develop, assess and evaluate their skills. “...
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27Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct. 27 (PIA) -- Abrasa Multi-Purpose Cooperative, the second largest cooperative in the province was adjudged Gawad Saka national winner for outstanding small farmers and fisherfolk’s organization (OSFFO) group category. Namnama Biquio of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture here said their office had been informed of Abrasa MPC’s victory over two other entries. On July 30-31 this year, a team headed by Petronilo B. Jabay of Fiber Industry Development Authority (...
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26Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 26 (PIA) -- A radio communication group here has signed an agreement with government agencies to ensure the smooth flow of traffic and other responses during emergencies and calamities in the province. Kabalikat Civicom Association – Novo Chapter made the two agreements with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG). Alrey Ypear, Kabalikat Novo Chapter president signed the agreement with BFP officer-...
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26Oct2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Oct 26 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) of this city commended two tricycle drivers in the city for their honesty by awarding them certificates of recognition during the SP regular session Thursday. The awarding of certificates was held at the SP session hall led by Vice Mayor Alvin Abaya. The two tricycle drivers are Jay Ventura and Alvin dela Cruz who returned valuable items left inside their tricycle. Ventura is a member of Flores Tricycle Drivers and Oper...
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26Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct. 26 (PIA) -- Around 100 fishpond owners here received their certificates as graduates of the first ever School on the Air (SOA) program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) conducted in this province. BFAR Regional Director Jovita Ayson said the SOA aimed to update the knowledge and skills of farmers as well as other listeners who want to venture on tilapia production. Ayson added that the activity is part of the celebration of the 49th Conservatio...
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26Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) region 2, through the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), has urged the public to report any suspicious money transactions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Artemio L. Baculi Jr., bank officer IV-AMLC secretariat, said tough implementation of the anti-money laundering act helps eradicate illegal drugs problems, kidnapping, and other terrorism activities in the country. He explained that the ille...
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25Oct2012ECHAGUE, Isabela, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Echague has received from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – Isabela the “Seal of Good Housekeeping” and P2 million cash award for its sound fiscal management, transparency, and accountability. DILG Provincial Director Elpidio Durwin said Echague town like other towns in Isabela deserved to be recognized for its good fiscal management and of being transparent in all its transactions in compliance to t...
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25Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The city government of Cauayan lauded Rescue 922 for receiving the Gawad Kalasag national award as best in government emergency response management- basic search and rescue for 2012. Mayor Benjamin G. Dy congratulated during Monday’s flag-raising ceremony at the city hall the members of Rescue 922 led by Ronald Viloria, who received the award at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on October 10. Dy said the men and women of Rescue 922 deserved the award which i...
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25Oct2012STA. ANA, Cagayan, Oct. 25(PIA) – Disaster action officers of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDDRMC)Region 2 underwent intermediate training on the establishment of an Incident Command System (ICS) which will be activated anytime to manage disaster event, spearheaded by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) on October 22-24, 2012, here. Norma Talosig, RDDRMC chair, said a unified system in responding and managing disaster event is needed to ensure life safety n...
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25Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 25 (PIA) -- A power outage has been scheduled from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today by the National Grid Corp of the Philippines (NGCP). Lilia Gaydown, corporate communications and public affairs officer of NGCP North Luzon, said it will affect the towns of Solano, Quezon, Villaverde Bagabag, and Diadi in this province and the whole province of Ifugao. She said the 11-hour power outage will be done to make way for the replacement of selected wood poles along the Bayombong, ...
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25Oct2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) conducted a technology transfer and training on TubigTalino Technology to Watah! H2O Purified Water Station last October 23. The DOST chose Watah! H2O Purified Water Station, a Small-Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (Set-Up) beneficiary, as recipient of the technology transfer to contribute to the solution of iodine deficiency anemia problems among the populace, e...
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25Oct2012GONZAGA, Cagayan, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The local government here is optimistic it will be able to cement all irrigation canals within its jurisdiction next year to ensure efficient service of these facilities to benefit farmers and fishers. Mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. said the municipal government has allocated P34 million from its local funds for the project which will start before the year ends. Pentecostes said the town is an agricultural area producing rice, corn, and vegetables, hence, suff...
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24Oct2012GONZAGA, Cagayan, Oct 24 (PIA) -- Local residents here lauded the joint project of the local government and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that will help lengthen the shelf life of products, especially of fishes and other marine products. Marilyn Pentecostes, chairman of the Rural Improvement Club (RIC), said the almost P500,000 multicommodity solar tunnel dryer (MCSTD), which was turned over recently to the RIC, will also ensure hygienic food production. Pentecostes said the ...
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24Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, October 24 (PIA) – The 3rd Isabela Engineering District has reported a one hundred percent accomplishment on the three major road reblocking and asphalt overlay along the Santiago – Tuguegarao road, Daang Maharlika and at Cauayan – Cabatuan road projects. In a report submitted by the 3rd engineering district office, OIC- 3rd district head Engineer Danilo Racimo said the road rehabilitation projects in the three sections of the national road were 100% completed witho...
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24Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, October 24 (PIA) – This province has made it as one of the four nominees for the Department of Interior and Local Government(DILG)’s “Gawad Pamana ng Lahi” award for the national category. Nueva Vizcaya, along with the provinces of Albay, Cavite and Benguet were chosen after a recent evaluation made by the DILG Search Committee. “Nueva Vizcaya was included in the shortlist of provinces with excellent performance on the criteria of the search. We are now o...
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24Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 24 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is offering its resource intervention especially to ailing communal irrigation systems (CIS) to help them develop and sustain their potentials to boost the country’s food sufficiency program. Engineer Francisco Domingsil of NIA said their intervention will be offered to those CIS who wants to avail of their agency’s assistance ranging from management, development and improvement of the different CIS in t...
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24Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, October 24 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled a five-hour power interruption today in some towns in the province that is being served by Isabela Electric Cooperative (Iselco) I. In news release from North Luzon Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Office of NGCP, the power interruption will start at 8:00 o’clock in the morning up to 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The affected ISELCO I areas or municipalities are Echag...
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23Oct2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Abrasa Multi-purpose Cooperative’s organic fertilizer known as eco-V has been certified by the Organic Certification Center of the Philippines. This would enable the cooperative to apply for full license to produce from the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards. The eco-V is an organic fertilizer made of pure cast of African Night Crawlers which are kept and tended at the coop’s vermicomposting site in Barangay Rizal. It can be applied ...
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23Oct2012SAN ISIDRO, Isabela, Oct 23 (PIA) – After the canonization of blessed Pedro Calungsod last Sunday, a newly constructed Catholic church at Barangay Cebu, San Isidro has been named after the saint by the Diocese of Ilagan. Parishioners attended the mass celebrated last Sunday in the first Catholic church named after the recently canonized Filipino saint. Cecilia Viray, a local Catholic devotee, said she is glad that the church in her town was named after the second Filipino saint, and is pr...
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23Oct2012AGLIPAY, Quirino, Oct 23 (PIA) — Around 200 out-of-school youth, teachers and adult learners from this municipality, particularly Barangay Dagupan, are undergoing a basic computer literacy course under the Department of Education-Alternative Learning System (DepEd-ALS). The training, which will run for six months, is part of the Literacy Cum Livelihood Program of ALS, which combines academics with entrepreneurial and technical skills to provide opportunities for the out-of-school youths and a...
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23Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 23 (PIA) -- Workers of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be visiting local government units in the province to campaign the Motorcycle Helmet Act (RA 10054). “This activity aims to bring the campaign on Motorcycle Helmet Act closer to the people. In this way, we can disseminate our campaign to our villagers for their safety and at the same time distribute accreditation stickers,” said Clifford Gregorio, chief trade and industry development specia...
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23Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 23 (PIA) -- Over 600 individuals celebrated the canonization of the country’s second Saint during the San Pedro Calungsod festival at St. Paul University Philippines and University of Cagayan Valley, this city, yesterday. Fr. Caloy Evangelista, in his evangelization, urged youth leaders to allow Jesus in their lives, read gospels and spread God’s message. “Start your spiritual journey with Jesus and be a model in your respective parish,” he said. Likewis...
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23Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has introduced newly designed plates for motor vehicles to enhance security features and prevent proliferation of fake vehicle plates used by criminals. Manny Baricaua, LTO Region 2 administrative officer, said the plates’ standardization will be implemented starting January 2013. He said motor vehicles (MV) will be required to change license plates with the new design upon renewal of its registration and every f...
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23Oct2012DIVILACAN, Isabela, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The town mayor here urged the national government to extend the Pantawid Pamilya program in his town, pointing the program’s great advantage in assisting the poor beneficiaries. Divilacan Mayor Venturito C. Bulan said during the evaluation of the regional advisory council, majority of the beneficiaries are still under subsistence level while some are still under survival, still unable to reach the self-sufficiency level. This is the reason why the officia...
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23Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) distributed posters to all agencies for the consumer month celebration in October, espousing the theme “Get Organized, Be Heard, Be Empowered.” The posters are installed in conspicuous areas and other strategic places for public information. The Basco Consumer Welfare Association (BCWA) organized in September has begun looking into concerns or issue that need immediate attention. Vicenta V. Hidalgo, BCWA president...
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23Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The province of Batanes and the city of Santiago, Isabela have successfully bagged the title for this year's Nutrition Honor Awards 2012. Rhodora Maestre, nutrition program coordinator for Cagayan Valley, said it is the first time for the region to enter two contenders for the NHA and both were declared champions of the prestigious search and the highest award on nutrition program implementation. Batanes has maintained its "zero malnutrition rate" and implement...
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23Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The governor announced here yesterday that Batanes won the 2012 Nutrition Honor Award (NHA), the highest award in the implementation of the nutrition program. Governor Vicente S. Gato said, as per communication he received from Assistant Secretary Bernardita T. Flores, career executive service officer II and executive director-IV of the National Nutrition Council, Batanes won the 2012 NHA after it has been a consistent regional outstanding winner in nutrition awa...
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23Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying additional policemen in the province to beef up their anti-criminality and insurgency campaigns. “These additional resources will be given to Nueva Vizcaya next year as it was already included in the PNP’s 2013 budget which was recently approved by the Congress,” said Nueva Vizcaya Representative Carlos M. Padilla. The additional resources will be in the form of 16 additional cops and firea...
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23Oct2012CORDON, Isabela, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Cordon has turned over its newly-acquired fire truck on Thursday to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)–Cordon as part of ensuring public safety of Cordon residents. Mayor Laurencio Zuniega led the turnover rites held at the municipal hall of Cordon and attended by Provincial Fire Marshall Santos Gawongna and BFP Director Samuel Jamias. with The LGU-Cordon and the BFP has forged an agreement during the turn-over ceremony on the pr...
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23Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 23 -- The Basco parish enjoined all Catholics in the thanksgiving mass last October 21, simultaneously held in the country and around the globe for the canonization of the second Filipino to sainthood, Pedro Calungsod. A banner of Pedro Calungsod, the youngest among the seven saints canonized recently, was prepared for the mass. Before singing the Gloria, Arnold C. Hortiz, president of the Basco Catechists Organization, and Leonila G. Mirabueno, former president of the cate...
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23Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)–Isabela joined the country’s commemoration of Republic Act 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997, in its 15th anniversary this month. The IPRA became a law on October 22, 1997 through joint House Bill 9125 and Senate Bill 1728, and approved by then President Fidel V. Ramos on the same year. Barbara Garcia, NCIP–Isabela head, said the theme for this year’s 15th ...
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23Oct2012MACONACON, Isabela, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The local government here is constructing a seven-kilometer seawall as mitigating measure against storm surges, tidal waves and tsunamis. Samuel Abad, planning and development coordinator, said local officials have alloted P1 million every year starting last year to complete the project. “The seawall is very important because we always experience storm surges that affect the lives and properties of the people living near the coastal zones as well as our m...
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22Oct2012DIVILACAN, Isabela, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The local government of Maconacon, a coastal town in Isabela province, has inaugurated its Rural Health Unit (RHU) building. Mayor Venturito C. Bulan said the P4.2 million RHU was funded through allocation from the LGU. Enhancement have also been made on facilities and equipment for better health service provision to constituents. He said the construction of a birthing center is also on-going, which will ensure safe and quality service to pregnant women, no...
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22Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 22 (PIA) – Police trainees from the Regional Training School (RTS)-2 based in this city joined the local government in a clean-up drive started last Friday at the two public cemeteries located at barangays San Fermin and District I. The clean-up drive was joined by these future police personnel as part of the Philippine National Police’s "Oplan Kaluluwa," providing assistance to the public during the All Souls' Day and All Saints' Day observance, which is aside fr...
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22Oct2012MACONACON, Isabela, Oct. 22 (PIA) -- The selected members of the monitoring and evaluation team of the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) monitored and evaluation the extent of program implementation in two coastal towns of Isabela, the Maconacon and Divilacan. In Divilacan, in which 4Ps is already on its 4th year of implementation, the RAC members have seen significant improvement to the lives of the beneficiaries wherein 80 per cent of the 386 ...
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20Oct2012A forester from Cagayan Valley lost her life fighting to preserve wildlife and forest by implementing environmental laws. Melania Dirain, a forestry specialist of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 is one of this year’s Dangal ng Bayan Awardees of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), a posthumous award. Her sons received the recognition from President Benigno S. Aquino III and a cash reward amounting to P200,000. Her trophy is designed by the Philippines’ nat...
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20Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 20 (PIA) -- A local secondary school in the province has started to mount stage productions in the Ibanag language adapted from English short stories by Filipino writers, as part of the government’s Mother-Tongue Base basic education program. Eloisa Mabborang, English teacher of the Linao National High School, said she has been inspired by earlier works done by noted Filipino stage actor and director Rolando Tinio. “Chances are, we will produce similar plays e...
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20Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 20 (PIA) -- Several non-government organizations (NGO) in the province have expressed their support to the government’s food sufficiency program through the promotion of organic farming and preservation of the environment. The Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) and the Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Novo Vizcayano para sa Kalikasan (Annvik) expressed their concern in support to the World Food Day celebration and in commemoration of the P...
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20Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 20 (PIA) -- The Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., in partnership with the Department of Education, launched its Nutri-Juice Feeding Program which will benefit some 10,000 school children from 167 schools in the province. The nutri-juice was developed by the company, in partnership with the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), to advocate good health and improve the nutrition status of malnourished children, E...
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19Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Non-government organizations in this province will be conducting a program designed to raise the level of awareness among several stakeholders on the effects of chemically produced agricultural and organically grown products. The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) and its partner Global Links Management Institute (GLMI) will conduct a Farmers’ Conference on October 20 in Barangay Consuelo in Sta. Fe town. Josie Almirol, project coordinat...
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18Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled separate brownouts in some service areas of the Isabela Electric Cooperative (Iselco) I on Friday, October 19. In its twitter account, the NGCP said brownouts will occur from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in Cauayan City, specifically at barangays District I & II, Buenaswerte, Labinab, Culalabat, Gagabutan, Duminit, Rizal, Baringin Norte and Sur, Daburab, Santa Luciana and Guayabal. Barangays M...
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18Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here reported that the synchronized barangay assembly (SBA) day last October 14 in the province was successful wherein 118 out of the 132 barangays were able to conduct assemblies as scheduled. Provincial Director Ruperto B. Maribbay said four municipalities, namely Diffun, Maddela, Nagtipunan, and Saguday posted 100 percent barangay participation while 10 barangays of Aglipay and four in Cabarrogu...
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18Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – 3rd engineering district in this city is seeking the intervention of the DPWH national or regional offices to repair the truck weighing scale bridge at Nueva Vizcaya as a tool to measure the load limit of heavy vehicles carrying agriculture products and goods. Engineer Jerome Borton, planning and design chief of the 3rd district of Isabela, said some portions of the Maharlika Highway from Tuguegarao Ci...
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18Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, October 18 (PIA) -- At least 90,000 runners from all parts of the country has been targeted for the first-ever nationwide running event by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on February 17, 2013 to mark its 18th year of establishment. Oscar Abaddu, PhilHealth regional vice-president, in a media launch today for the Tuguegarao site, said the run, dubbed “PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection” aims to continuousl...
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18Oct2012AMBAGUIO, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 18 (PIA) -- Seventeen wheel chairs has been distributed for free to persons with disability yesterday as assistance from several government agencies in this upland town. The wheel chairs were handed by officials of the Department of Education, Department of Labor and Employment, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and former Philippine Nurses Association governor Ruth Padilla. Padilla, along with the agency representatives and local officials cond...
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18Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 18 (PIA) -- A women’s group and a farmers’ organization in the province received pig dispersal assistance from the provincial government to boost their livelihood projects. At least 50 piglets worth P1,000 each were given to members of the Rural Improvement Club (RIC) and the 4H (Head, Hand, Heart and Health) Club during their achievement day at the provincial capitol here. The assistance was part of the provincial government’s regular program designed to h...
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18Oct2012ALICIA, Isabela, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The local government recommended to the Isabela Police Provincial Office the establishment of an anti-criminality checkpoint aimed at preventing any criminal activities that may occur in the town. The checkpoint will be established near the Our Lady of Atocha parish church along the national road junction going to San Mateo. Jong Dasig, committee chairman on peace and order of the Sangguniang Bayan of Alicia, said the anti-criminality checkpoint is a program of...
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17Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 17 (PIA) -- The Isabela Electric Cooperative (Iselco) II is regularly conducting the operation plan (Oplan) “Linis Linya,” which started in July to solve brownouts in its area of operations. The Iselco II management has found out that one of the causes of brownouts in the area of operations are tree branches touching the electric lines, which cause the power to trip off and at worst, shut transformers down. Dave Solomon Siquian, general manager of Iselco II, sa...
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17Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 17 (PIA) -- Most of the 275 barangays in this province have joined the synchronized nationwide conduct of barangay assemblies in their respective communities to bring their programs, projects and services closer to the villagers. Lawyer Odilon Pasaraba, chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, said based on their monitoring of the synchronized barangay assemblies conducted last Sunday, October 14, 95 percent participation rate of the 275 bara...
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17Oct2012AGLIPAY, Quirino, Oct 17 (PIA) -- An official of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 visited barangays Ligaya, San Leonardo, Dungo, and San Francisco here to personally lead the provision of cash and rice incentives to typhoon-affected families under the post-disaster Hunger Alleviation and Improved Nutrition (HAIN) Project of government. Rhodora Maester, NNC regional head, said 39 beneficiaries from Ligaya and 71 from Dungo received P555 plus four kilos of rice each for their four-d...
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16Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education here has launched its Breakfast Feeding Program (BFP) year 2 which will be implemented from November 2012 to March 2013 or 120 feeding days. The program launch was conducted in three venues: Cabarroguis Central School for Cabarroguis and Aglipay districts; Saguday Central School for Saguday and Diffun districts and Maddela Central School for Maddela and Nagtipunan districts. Dr. Jean Solomon, DepEd regional medical officer sa...
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16Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Education - City Division has launched programs and projects to jumpstart the revival of an endemic culture here seen by cultural experts as threatened. Division Superintendent Gilbert Tong said the revival of the Ibanag culture is part of the Mother-Tongue Based (MTB) program of the government which seeks to preserve indigenous cultures, including its languages, for generations to come. Ibanag is one of the MTB languages now taught i...
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16Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The issuance of Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 242 banning the export of Anguilla elvers is taking its toll among local gatherers in the province after the market dictated P6,000 per kilo as against last year’s P27,000. Dr. Evelyn Ame of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources clarified that the act of gathering or selling the Anguilla species is allowed but should be regulated by the local governments. The agency sounded the alarm...
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16Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC) of the Regional Development Council region 2 is now finalizing the Cagayan Valley Statistical Yearbook (CVSY) 2011 to meet the target date of distribution on the second week of December this year. In its third quarter meeting, the RSCC members reviewed the proposed contents of said yearbook and the planned timetable of activities for the next few months. The CVSY 2011 will include various socio-economic ind...
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16Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- The Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC) of the Regional Development Council Region 2 is now finalizing the Cagayan Valley Statistical Yearbook (CVSY) 2011 to meet the target date of distribution on the second week of December this year. In its third quarter meeting recently, the RSCC members reviewed the proposed contents of said yearbook and the planned timetable of activities for the next few months. The CVSY 2011 will include various socio-...
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16Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-2) has kicked off its 49th Fish Conservation Week celebration. It is in response to Presidential Proclamation 176, which aims to create awareness in conserving and protecting aquatic resources, especially fishes that are vital in food security and economic stability. This year’s celebration highlights collaborative efforts among stakeholders in the pursuit of fish conservation especially in the fight against...
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15Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 15 (PIA) -- The United Nations-World Food Programme (UN-WFP) has assisted the town of Enrile, Cagayan in strengthening its disaster risk reduction and management through the support reaching remote communities’ project. Michelle McGonagle, program coordinator, earlier visited the town and assessed its capabilities in disaster response and preparedness. She found out that it lacks essential life-saving emergency equipment and communication tools, making problems worse for ...
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15Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 15 (PIA) -- Thirty-six candidates in the province have signified their intention to become provincial leaders in Isabela based on the list of candidates from the office of the election supervisor here. For the representative in the first district of Isabela, three candidates are vying for the post: incumbent Vice Governor Rodolfo Albano III of Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) party; Stephen G. Soliven, an independent candidate; and another independent candidate R...
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15Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Cagayan chapter has spearheaded the tree- planting activity in an identified site at Barangay General Balao, Solana, Cagayan,Sunday. In cooperation with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 17th Infantry Battalion, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, students, and media practitioners of the KBP planted around 2,000 narra and fruit-bearing trees. Cadel Trilles, station manager of FBN-DZCV an...
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14Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 14 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cagayan assured the public a peaceful and orderly conduct of 2013 elections. As early as the last quarter of 2012, the two peace arms of the government, in full collaboration with the Commission on Election (Comelec), are putting up standard procedure - from the start of the campaign period up to the declaration of winning candidates. Lt. Col. Alvin Flores of the 17th Infan...
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14Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 14 (PIA) -- Expect a more nutritious and innovative local noodles as noodle makers of Barangay Atulayan underwent a two-day training from the Department of Science and Technology- Cagayan Provincial Science and Technology Office (DOST-CSTO). Dr.Teresita Tabaog, Cagayan S and T director, said innovations through infusion of latest technology on noodles will make the local producers competitive in the market. In cooperation with the local government unit of the ci...
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13Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Cagayan has reiterated to the drivers and riders of single motorcycles to submit their helmets for inspection and secure import commodity clearance (ICC) marks before the full implementation of the mandatory helmet law next year. Bernardino Mabborang, provincial director, said several drivers have already secured ICC marks and submitted their helmets for quality inspection, but as to the listing of the actual motorcycle...
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13Oct2012SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 13 (PIA) -- This local government unit has opened its three-day Pagbiagan Festival to promote and showcase its local products, culture, and other activities. Mayor Heraldo Dacayo said the festival, now on its fifth year, showcases a photo contest, One Barangay-One Product (OBOP), street dancing competition, bloodletting, sports, organizations night and grand parade, among others, from October 11 to 13. “We are encouraging and inviting everyone to come to our town a...
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13Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 13 (PIA) -- The SN Aboitiz Power-Magat, Inc. (SNAP-Magat) has signed a power supply agreement (PSA) with its three customers to ensure a stable supply of electricity and the terms of their power use rates. Rhoda Santos, SNAP-Magat corporate communications manager, said their company signed the PSA with Ifugao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ifelco), Isabela II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Iselco II) and Quirino Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Quirelco) last October 9 in Ma...
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12Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) Cagayan has reported a decrease of crime volume in the third quarter of the year with a total of 246 incidents recorded, a decrease by 55 incidents or 18.30 percent as compared to last year’s volume of 301. Provincial director Gregorio N. Lim said the significant reduction of crime incidents during the period is attributed to the strict implementation of the police integrated patrol system as well as the implementation of ...
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12Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Isabela has registered at least 3,000 motorcycle owners who availed of free helmet safety inspection and sticker from July to September this year. Maria Salvacion Castillejos, DTI- Isabela director, said there are more than 80,000 motorcycle riders and owners in the province but only a few of them are complying in the submission of helmets for inspection to the Department. The mandatory helmet inspection will end...
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12Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, October 12 (PIA) – Pangasius, known as Basa fish in the United States, can now be mass-produced after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 successfully produced the specie thru induced spawning. Dominador Abalos, Pangasius project leader of BFAR, admitted that while the production of pangasius fingerlings thru induced spawning started two years ago, the previous runs resulted in the low survival of hatchling due to bacterial attack and cannib...
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12Oct20122ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 12 (PIA) -- Children of tobacco farmers in the province may avail themselves of college and vocational scholarship offered by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) in Isabela. The NTA is providing scholarship programs for children of tobacco farmers as a way of giving back to tobacco farmers the benefit for the continued support in making the tobacco industry propel in the province through scholarship grants to their children, Herman Pascua of NTA-Isabela said. ...
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12Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)in Region 2 has called on barangay residents in the entire region to attend and actively participate in the incoming general barangay assembly scheduled on October 14, 2012. Rolando Rafael, regional director, said the assembly set on Sunday is for the second semester of the year pursuant to the proclamation number 20 dataed September 30, 2011 issued by President Benigno Aquino S. III and the DILG memor...
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12Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI), through the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and Nephrologists Association here, have conducted an information drive to educate public on how to control renal disease. Dr. Edgar Peleo, renal disease control program coordinator of DOH region 2, said kidney disease association diagnosis is number seven in the top ten cause of mortality in the region while ninth in national data. Pel...
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12Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct. 12 (PIA)-- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here has urged all barangay captains to take the lead in the conduct of Synchronized Barangay Assembly Day on October 14, 2012. Ruperto B. Maribbay, Jr., DILG provincial director said five local government operations officer from the provincial office will be deployed at the different barangays to help the municipal local government operations officers (MLGOOs) in providing technical assistan...
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11Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Gawad Kalinga(GK) will be mobilizing a nationwide volunteerism feat next year to bring the spirit of "Bayanihan" or community cooperation in building new communities for the poor. Wilfred Ross Delizo, executive assistant on GK projects of the provincial government, said the five-day event dubbed "Challenge the Impossible" which will be done sometime in March 2013 will be conducted in collaboration with the Presidential Communications Operations Offi...
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11Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 11 (PIA) – Technical staff of different government agencies are undergoing training on results-based monitoring and evaluation (RbME) to better understand the linkages of regional development results matrix with national-sectoral and local levels programs and projects. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) OIC-Regional Director MaryAnne E.R. Darauay said the 3-day training course (from October 8 to 11), the will capacitate agencies in assessing projects i...
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11Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 2 (DENR-2) has already accomplished 80 percent of the “Ridge to Reef” project to rehabilitate Cagayan’s coastal environment aimed at protecting and enhancing its coastal and marine resources. The Ridge to Reef program is the effort to restore, rehabilitate and enhance the ridge part or the mountain slopes up to the sea covers of the coastal municipalities. Under the Integrated Coastal ...
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11Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The agriculture sector launched the Basco Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) Field Day to exhibit the two batches of “Wakay” (local term for sweet potato) harvests. The ARBs, composed mostly of farmers of Barangay San Antonio, were in two groups: Batch I of 20 farmers and Batch II 25. They are farm owners, who cultivate an area of about one hectare in Sitio Chadpidan, around 4 kilometers north of Basco. In an interview with Margarita Cabugao, LGU-Basco ...
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11Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) – Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) conducted a two-day training-seminar on Republic Act no. 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Person Act of 2003 last October 4-5. Participants were regional IACAT task force members and prosecutors. The training aimed to familiarize participants on legal concepts in trafficking and elements of trafficking case as well as the revised penal code and other special laws in relation to ...
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10Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 10 (PIA) -- A secondary school in Cabarroguis that is offering Special Education Program for the Deaf has urged individuals, government and non-government organizations, and other groups to enrich the services for differently abled students. Ranjuvibar R. Radam, school principal of Burgos National High School (BNHS) here, said that donations will be used in the said special program of the school. She added that there are two schools offering the Special Education Progr...
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10Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform has turned over Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (ARISP) III implemented at Las Maricar Agrarian Reform Communities to Saguday and Aglipay municipalities. The projects include 3.9 kilometers (km) Rizal-La Paz farm-to-market road (FMR) costing P8,155,997.25; 2.033 km Rizal-Cardenas FMR, Saguday, P10,455,000; La-Paz Pag-asa potable water supply, Saguday costing P4,302,861; and the 1.98 km Ligaya- Dagupan, Aglip...
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09Oct2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Oct 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the ConsumerNet here have conducted inspection of public markets and slaughterhouses in the entire province, as part of the Consumer Welfare Month (CWM) celebration this month. The group, composed of DTI as the lead agency, Department of Education, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, National Food Authority, Quirino Electric Cooperative and Philippin...
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09Oct2012BASCO, Batanes, Oct 9 (PIA) – More participation in the Marian month celebration this year is expected, with twenty-three offices in Basco included in observing the annual rosary pilgrimage this month of October, the Marian month. This is the sixth year of the Marian month observance. Previously, only six barangays were in the itinerary where the image of the Blessed Mother is brought so that devotees would have to go to those barangays. This time, the Basco parish included the different sch...
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09Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Health will be distributing free vaccines to poor senior citizens in the province as part of the expanded immunization program of the national government. The pneumococcal and anti-influenza vaccines have been distributed to several municipal health offices in the 15 local government units of the province in preparation for its distribution to indigent elderly. She said the program aims to help poor senior citizens who are already sus...
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09Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 9 (PIA) -- Two road rehabilitation projects have been completed recently by the Department of Public Works(DPWH) which are expected to boost socio-economic developments in this province. Rodolfo Torralba, engineer and chief of the DPWH south district identified these projects as the rehabilitation, reconstruction and upgrading of the two sections along the Nueva Vizcaya – Pangasinan in Barangay Baracbac in Sta. Fe town. These two projects, he said are worth ...
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09Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Isabela created its own rescue unit called Rescue 831. Also known a Disaster Action Rescue Team (DART), Rescue 831 will be primarily be stationed at the province’s disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) operations center located at the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council. Armand Araneta, PDRRMC secretariat, said Rescue 831 is equipped with new advance support ambulance, rescue equipmen...
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09Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) region 2 has recognized two model Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) families in the region in this year’s search for Model OFW Family Year Award (MOFYA). In the land-based category, Priscilla B. Alonzo and family of Maddela, Quirino was declared model family after successfully withstanding the challenges of working as medical technologist in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for almost ten years. Priscilla was also comme...
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08Oct2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Oct 8 (PIA) -- A group of Kabataan Inyo Ding Sundin (KIDS) in the city have launched a "save-a-canal campaign" through a parade that started at Barangay Rosario. The KIDS organization comprises molave kids, youth environmental savers school organizers and pupil government organizers who came from different barangays in the city. The KIDS' save-a-canal campaign aims to educate the public on the importance of cleanliness of the environment. At least 75 children and yout...
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08Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 8 (PIA) -- Contrary to popular belief in the Cagayan Valley region, ludong (Cestraeus plicatilis), the country’s most expensive fish at P5,000 per kilo, is not endangered nor threatened. The report came to light after two entries for a painting competition sponsored by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic, as part of the Fisherfolk month celebration this year, were disqualified. The unnamed college students of the University of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao submitted wa...
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08Oct2012BASCO, Batanes October 8 (PIA)-- The newly elected officers of the Basco Consumer Welfare Association (BCWA) were recently inducted by Mayor Demetrius Paul C. Narag and it was witnessed by Linda C. Tan, head of the consumer welfare unit and Ma. Sofia G. Narag, chief of the Financial and admin division of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) region 2. The BCWA officers are: Vicenta Hidalgo, president; Leonila Mirabueno, Vice President; Necitas G. Alconis, Secretary; Imelda Rodriguez, Assis...
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07Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Cagayan has finally established its exclusive office for disaster management named as Provincial Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PCCDRRMO) which will not only respond to effects of calamities but also mitigate effects of climate change. Restituto Vargas, PCCDRRM officer, said the office which is situated at San Gabriel here is tasked not only to rescue and conduct relief operation during disasters but ...
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06Oct2012DIFFUN, Quirino, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The ConsumerNet here, after visiting and evaluating all bakeries in the province, has reminded local government units through the local health officers to conduct regular inspection and evaluation of bakeries and other food establishments to ensure health and safety of consumers. During the evaluation of bakeries, the ConsumerNet found out that some of the bakery owners and workers are not knowledgeable of good manufacturing and housekeeping practices as eviden...
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06Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 6 (PIA) -- A new building for the Department of Education (DepEd) will be constructed in Brgy. Don Domingo Maddela here to provide comfortable venue and services for its personnel. The P26 million building, touted as a world-class type is funded from the Special Education Fund (SEF) of the provincial government. “This will be the mother of all DepEd buildings and it will be built tio suit the needs of the agency and its workers,” said Engr. Carlo Tallungan, as...
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06Oct2012TUGUGARAO CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- All four entries of the Cagayan Valley region in this year’s National Gawad Kalasag search were adjudged national awardees in different categories. In the search result released by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) national office, Santiago City made it again for the second time as champion in the independent city category, while the Cauayan City Emergency Rescue was also adjudged best government emergency response management in the basic search and rescue ...
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06Oct2012IGUIG, Cagayan, Oct 6 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Agrarian Reform said there is a strong possibility that the government’s program of agrarian reform will be extended after it expires on 2014. Assistant Secretary Jose Grageta, in a press conference, admitted there are still many problems that should be attended by the program, particularly on land distribution and payment to landowners. “Because of these problems, it is our assumption that the program will continue,” he sai...
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06Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways - Region 2 has already completed phase 2 of the Regional Government Center’s (RGC) road network in Carig, here. The project involves the concreting of 1.485 kilometer road, including construction of drainage, curb and gutter and sidewalk along the mainline with a contract amount of P30 million. RGC is considered as the management hub of national government line agencies, making it as the center point of public serv...
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06Oct2012STA. ANA, Cagayan, Oct 6 (PIA) -- Its exportation may have been banned, yet Cagayanos would flock to rivers and seashores to catch anguilla, a prized fish species for the instant economic kill. Residents of Aparri, Buguey, Gonzaga, and Sta. Ana towns have started to set up their nets to gather anguilla, a fish species noted for its alleged aphrodisiac properties among Asian nationals. The unabated gathering of this fish, known as locally as dalara, igat in Tagalog, and siging in Ibanag prompte...
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06Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 6 (PIA) -- Senior citizens of this city cited the projects government has done to promote their welfare since the enactment of the Senior Citizens Act of 1992 (Republic Act 7432). Domiciano Barias, head of the Office of the Senior Citizens Affair (OSCA) of Tuguegarao said the elderly should take advantage of the programs and projects provided to them as they now feel the sincerity of the government. Barias, during the weekly “Tipon-Tipan Sa PIA” admitted tha...
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06Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The provincial government has a new weather measuring gadget called the automated weather station (AWS) to monitor the weather situation in the province. The automated weather station was installed at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) operation center at the capitol premises. Armand Araneta, PDRRMC secretariat member, said AWS was provided free by the League of the Provinces of the Philippines in coordination with the We...
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06Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 2 is undertaking two new major road development projects worth P250 million under the convergence project of the DWPH and the Department of Tourism. DPWH Regional Director Reylado S. Tamayo said the joint projects will undertake road construction and enhancement leading to two major tourism destinations in the province of Cagayan - the Sta. Ana beach resorts and the famous Penablanca Callao Caves tourist ...
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06Oct2012The provincial government of Batanes, through its tourism council, hosted the launching of tourism week celebration on September 21 to 27 with the theme, “Tourism and sustainable energy: Powering sustainable development.” The provincial tourism council (PTC) composed of the association of local guides, souvenir shop operators, transportation sector, accommodation operators (hotels, inns, homestays, lodges) and local artists, invited the tourism players, students of hotel and restaurant mana...
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06Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 6 (PIA) -- All four entries of Cagayan Valley region in this year’s National Gawad Kalasag Search were adjudged national awardees in the different categories. Santiago City made it again the second time as the champion in the independent city category while the Cauayan City Emergency Rescue was also adjudged as best government emergency response management in the basic search and rescue category, the search result released by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD...
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06Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct 5 (PIA) -- Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma has cited the One Luzon electronic news magazine as “one of our high impact projects in terms of educating our people through developmental news and information.” The publication of the magazine should inspire and encourage people to fully support the efforts of government in tandem with the private sector in making life much better for each and every Filipino, Coloma said in...
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05Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 5 (PIA) -- The people of Ilagan City, particularly registered voters, will be electing for the first time 10 council members. It is different from the usual eight council members when the city was still a municipality. Isabela turned into a city on August 11, 2012 when majority of its voters overwhelmingly voted for its cityhood. Atty. Irving Calauad, city election officer, said people from Ilagan will be electing next year 10 Sangguniang Panglungsod members of the c...
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05Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 5 (PIA) -- Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here will be conducting a symposium to raise the level of awareness of consumers in the province. Dubbed Consumer Empowerment Symposium, the activity will be held at the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) today, October 5. The symposium will present topics such as Consumer Act of the Philippines, use of certified helmet, consumerism and climate change, dogs and cats registration, organic food an...
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05Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 5 (PIA) -- An Isabela-based local radio station bagged a prestigious award from the Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA) held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) last week. The Bombo Radyo DZNC-Cauayan is one of the awardees for category of Best Drama Program of the CMMA. The radio station’s drama entry “Noche Buena” on its drama program “Pagsarmingan” was the winner of the said search. Bombo Radyo-Cauayan defeated two national finalists on the said...
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05Oct2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 5 (PIA) -- The city’s rescue team has responded to 494 incidents of vehicular accidents within the city, including nearby towns. Rescue 922 has reported its accomplishments on rescue operations from January to July this year to assess the rescue responses and operations of the city’s rescue unit. Rescue 922 Head Ronald Viloria said of the total vehicular accidents, at least 294 incidents involved motorists under the influence of liquor, and most of the incidents ...
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04Oct2012AGLIPAY, Quirino, Oct 4 (PIA) -- A total of 295 families in barangays San Leonardo, San Francisco, Dungo, and Ligaya of this town, badly hit by typhoons, will be receiving cash and food aid from the National Nutrition Council’s (NNC) post disaster Hunger Alleviation and Improved Nutrition Project (HAIN). Beneficiaries of the project are mostly families with malnourished children. In the orientation and launch of the program, Region 2 NNC head Rhodora Maestre said HAIN aims to alleviate hung...
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04Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The local government of Villaverde will be the entry of Cagayan Valley to the National Gawad Saka Awards this year. Noda Galla, provincial gawad saka coordinator, said Villaverde's qualification as an entry was anchored on its existing program to assist farmers. “The LGU, headed by Mayor Ronelie Valtoribio, was able to meet the requirements to be an entry to the Gawad Saka search,” she said. The program involves the provision of financial and techn...
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04Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has already released P7.74 million in livelihood assistance for 880 individuals and groups this year in the mainland provinces of Region 2. Reginald Estioco, information officer of DOLE, said DOLE region 2 is implementing three livelihood programs covering livelihood formation, enhancement and restoration programs in which individual and group applicants were given opportunity to access to government livelihood gran...
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04Oct2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The waste segregation scheme implemented in the city helped reduce the volume of trash at the city garbage dumping site. Orlando Tesoro of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) said daily collection of non-biodegradable wastes went down to only 20-25 tons compared to 30-35 tons prior to the implementation of the waste segregation scheme. Tesoro said waste collection volume could further be reduced if households had their own compost...
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04Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The first day of filing of certificates of candidacy in the province of Isabela was peaceful and the mood was sober when incumbent Isabela Governor Faustino G. Dy III led his party members in filing the certificates of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office on October 1. Dy was accompanied by his Nationalist People’s Coalition party mates, who are also running for provincial posts, and their relatives and some supporters...
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04Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Ilagan commended the two residents of Ilagan who were awardees of the Department of Agriculture’s regional Gawad Saka program. Mayor Jose Marie L. Diaz during Monday’s regular flag raising ceremony, gave recognition to Dante Cayapan of Barangay Centro, San Antonio and Franklin Cortez of Cabisera 14 of this city. The two Gawad Saka awardees are presently barangay captains in Ilagan. Cayapan is an outstanding corn farmer whi...
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04Oct2012VILLAVERDE, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 4 (PIA) -- Members of the Ayangan tribe in Barangay Cabuluan here recently formed their organization as a prelude on efforts to lay claim on their ancestral lands through the issuance of Certificate of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs). Organized as Ayangan CADT Holders Development Association (ACHDA), the association will work for the legitimate docume