Nueva Vizcaya

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO, The Manila Times Former House Deputy Speaker, Minority Leader, and now Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos M. Padilla. Photo from House of Representatives of the Philippines BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (May 11, 2023)—The family of the late Gov. Carlos Padilla has announced that his remains will be transferred today, Thursday, from their residence in Solano town to the House of Representatives (HoR) where he served as a representative of the province for almost 29 years. His wife, former governor Ruth Padilla, said from the HoR, his remains will then be transported back to the province at the Nueva Vizcaya Convention Center in the Capitol Compound in this town for public viewing on Friday, May 12. "The convention center will be open to the public until the dawn of...

Elected Vice Gov. Jose “Jing Gambito, 69, was officially sworn into office as the governor of Nueva Vizcaya on Friday afternoon, May 5, 2023 at the Provincial Capitol building here after Gov. Carlos Padilla, 78, succumbed to heart attack on Friday morning, also on May 5, 2023 inside his house in Barangay Quirino, Solano town, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Newly-installed Gov. Jose "Jing" Gambito issued his first executive order (EO) declaring a period of mourning in the entire province in response to the passing of former Gov. Carlos Padilla. The elected vice governor, Gambito, 69, was officially sworn into office as the governor of Nueva Vizcaya on Friday afternoon, May 5, 2023 at the Provincial Capitol building here. His ascension came after Padilla...

The Information, Education and Communication Section under the Community Relations Office of the London-based FCF Minerals Corporation conducts information sessions on the accomplishments of the implementation of the 2022 Social Development and Management Program or SDMP during separate Barangay General Assembly Day in the impact communities of the Runruno Gold Molybdenum Project in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 3, 2021)—To increase stakeholders’ awareness of the mining operations here, the FCF Minerals Corporation recently conducted information sessions on the implemented projects under its Social Development and Management Program (SDMP). During separate Barangay General Assembly Day (BGAD), the FCF Minerals Corp...

Onion farmers and other stakeholders who participated in a forum show their ‘love’ for the crop by coming up with various ways to promote its abundance on March 29, 2023, in Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya (April 1, 2023)—The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 2 (DA-RFO2) has gathered for the Onion Forum more than 1,000 onion stakeholders in Nueva Vizcaya to work together to resolve issues the industry faces, according to DA-RFO2 Executive Director Narciso Edillo. In collaboration with the Municipal Local Government Unit of Aritao led by Mayor Remelina Peros-Galam, and the Provincial Local Government Unit of Nueva Vizcaya headed by Gov. Carlos Padilla, the forum was joined by representatives of government agencies and comp...

The Didipio Mine in the upland Kasibu town in Nueva Vizcaya province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (March 28, 2023)—The Didipio Mine's Community Development Fund (CDF) steering committee has approved P97,944,000 worth of community projects in 33 villages in the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. Didipio Mine's operator OceanaGold (Philippines) Inc. (OGPI) said it has been implementing various community projects in the said provinces in partnership with government agencies, local government units, communities and organizations. OGPI is the subsidiary of the Australian Canadian OceanaGold Corp. (OGC), which owns the Didipio Mine in the gold and copper deposit-rich upland village of Didipio in the town of Kasibu in this province. OGPI note...

The Bugkalot Confederation led by overall chieftain Rosario Camma rejoices with the group of tribe elders and leaders as the Court of Appeals agrees that the tribe has a say and that there must be the conduct of free prior and informed consent by the operator or any interested firm to operate the Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project at Pelaway in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya. PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 27, 2023)—The Bugkalot Confederation expressed victory with the Court of Appeals (CA) decision favoring the tribe of their rights over their ancestral domain areas covered by the Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP). In its Feb. 21, 2023 decision, the CA favored the conduct of a free prio...

Some 18 participants composed of professors and graduate school students from the College of Business Education of Nueva Vizcaya State University, Bayombong Campus, were accommodated by FCF Minerals Corp. in Runruno, Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya for an educational mine tour on March 18, 2023. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 21), 2023)—The Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) visited the FCF Minerals Corp. here for an educational mine tour on March 18. The NVSU delegates who are newly exposed to the mines were 18 professors and graduate school students from the university’s College of Business Education in its Bayombong town campus. Lorne Harvey,  FCF Minerals Corp. general manager for operations, noted that like any other who are new to th...

Mildred Binay-an, president of Runruno Livelihood Development Association in Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya province presents their business model during the Dinapigue Mining Corporation benchmarking. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya: A London-based mining company here has been promoting a working place where women are seen to excel in different environments perceived to be exclusive to men. Lorne Harvey, FCF Minerals Corporation general manager for operation, said gone were the days when society regarded women’s most significant profession is on wifehood or motherhood alone. “Nowadays, women are seen to excel in the different work environments in the mining industry that most people thought it is only for men. This manifests that the days are gone ...

MINING AUDIT. Seven technical personnel from the Mine Safety, Environment, and Social Development Division of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 2 conducted an Integrated Safety and Health, Environment, and Social Development System audit at FCF Minerals Corporation in Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya from February 27 to March 3, 2023. The audit finds compliance by Runruno Mines. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 7)—An audit conducted by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 2 shows that the London-based mining company here has been determined to be compliant. According to the Mine Safety, Environment, and Social Development Division (MSESDD) of MGB Region 2, the FCF Minerals Corp. has been determined to be compliant in...

PHOTO COURTESY OF PNP BAGABAG, NUEVA VIZCAYA THE VALLEY JOURNAL BAGABAG, Nueva Vizcaya (February 20, 2023)—Unidentified gunmen killed Aparri town Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda and five others in an ambush here on Sunday. In an initial investigation, the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Police Office (NVPPO) said the other victims were identified as Alexander Agustin Delos Angeles, Alvin Dela Cruz Abel, Abraham Dela Cruz Ramos Jr., John Duane Banag Almeda and Ismael Nanay. Police said the victims were ambushed at around 8:45 a.m. They were on board a black Hyundai Starex with license plate KOV 881 and were fired upon by the suspects while approaching the sub-village of Kinacao in Baretbet village, this town. PHOTO COURTESY OF PNP BAGABAG, NUEVA VIZCAYA Also identified in a close cir...