Cagayan

LEFT TO ROT. Village officials found carcasses of pigs dumped on a vacant lot by the roadside in Barangay Santa Maria, Gattaran, Cagayan province, on Sunday, June 19, 2022. PHOTO FROM ALBERT BUNAGAN’S FACEBOOK PAGE BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: The Provincial Veterinary Office here said on Tuesday that it has not detected the presence of African swine fever (ASF) from the 18 pig carcasses dumped on the side of the road in Gattaran town on Sunday. Residents in the area speculated that the carcasses were abandoned on a vacant lot by the roadside in Barangay Santa Maria because the pigs were carriers of the dreaded ASF virus. Dr. Myka Ponce of the Provincial Veterinary Office said initial test results show no signs of ASF from the dead hogs. She said the carcass...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY (June 16)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) market linkage assistance program is gaining results in the town of Enrile in Cagayan province. Known to be the “Peanut Capital of the Philippines,” Enrile town, however, has been on hiatus in supply for more than 40 years, but this time it is going to supply with its locally grown peanuts the well-known peanut company called Growers. Romeo Panopio 2nd, Processed Fruits and Nuts (PFN) DTI Region 2 focal person, has facilitated the said market linkage, as well as the laboratory analysis, coordination and delivery of one-ton, shelled peanuts with the Growers Food Industries Enterprises Inc. (GFIEI). Also, the DTI Cagayan through its provincial PFN focal person ...

BY LEIF V. DAHL Photo shows the solar panels that would be installed in Sitio Lagum in Santo Niño town in Cagayan province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan (March 12)—Households in Cagayan's poorest and most depressed communities will benefit from a Department of Science and Technology (DoST) project that will provide solar panels for free supply of energy. Santo Niño town is among the municipalities to be provided with appropriate science and technology (S&T) interventions in selected conflict-affected areas and vulnerable communities of Cagayan, according to the department. Some 56 households in Sitio (sub-village) Lagum in Santo Niño will benefit from the P300,000-worth of solar panels that will help provide their electricity needs. The DoST project titled "Emp...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO WONDER OF NATURE The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape in Cagayan province officially reopened to tourists on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. PHOTO BY LEANDER DOMINGO SANTA ANA, Cagayan (March 10)—The enchanting island of Palaui in the northeastern tip of Luzon in Cagayan province is now open to tourists after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Barangay San Vicente was held here on Tuesday for the reopening of the Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (PIPLS) led by officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism and the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) The PIPLS is within the jurisdiction of the community environment and natural resources office...

BY TVJ STAFF The United States government has allotted $100,000 for building projects to each of the four schools namely Taggat Sur and Pinas Elementary School in Claveria, Cagayan, Masi Elementary School in Rizal, Cagayan and San Francisco Elementary School in Alicia, Isabela. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO TUGUEGARAO CITY (March 9)—The 37th Philippines-United States Armed Forces Balikatan exercises formally began in the province of Cagayan through the simultaneous groundbreaking ceremonies of school building projects under the Engineering Civic Action Program (Encap) on Monday. The US government has allotted $100,000 to each of the four schools namely Taggat Sur and Pinas Elementary School in Claveria, Cagayan, Masi Elementary School in Rizal, Cagayan and San Francisco Elementary School in ...

BY TVJ STAFF University of Saint Louis students are happy to be back for in-campus learning after two years. FACEBOOK PHOTO/UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS THE University of Saint Louis (USL) in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan has welcomed its third- and fourth-year students for the conduct of its limited face-to-face (F2F) classes on March 7. According to USL's official Facebook page, each student was required to present a vaccination card, parent's waiver, PhilHealth card and health kit to the Office of the Students Affairs before they were allowed to enter the classroom. It said the students were given a sticker that they can attach to their identification cards for the limited in-person classes. "If students already have the sticker for limited face-to-face interaction, they are not...

BY TVJ STAFF GONZAGA, Cagayan (February 28)—A fisherman was found dead reportedly due to drowning when he fell from his boat while fishing out in the sea in this coastal town. Fisherman found dead in waters off Gonzaga coastal town in Cagayan province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO This, according to this town’s Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) released on Sunday. Rescue personnel in this town has identified the victim as Ronel Tolentino, a resident of Barangay Santa Cruz here.Officials of the MDRRMO said Tolentino went fishing early morning of February 24, 2022 when he fell from his boat due to strong waves. Officials said Tolentino suddenly fell from the boat while it was still dark which made it difficult for other fishermen to rescue him. Tolentin...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO CAGAYAN (January 29)—A suspected communist lair located at the foot of Mount Cagua in Gonzaga town, Cagayan province has been under attack from the military since early Saturday. A flash report by the 5th Infantry Division (ID) based at Camp Melchor F Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela province revealed that the Philippine Army's 501st Infantry Brigade (501st IB) and the Philippine Air Force (PAF) launched their offensive against members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) terrorist group. The 5th ID Public Affairs Office (DPAO) led by Capt. Rigor Pamittan said the 501st IB was joined by the 77th Infantry Battalion (IB), 17th IB and 701st IB the ground operation which started at around 4:00 a.m.  According to the DPAO, intelligen...

Police confiscates an estimated volume of 4,671.73 board feet illegally sawn lumber worth P255,155.60 in Santa Ana town, Cagayan. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE-CAGAYAN CAMP MARCELO A ADDURU, TUGUEGARAO CITY: Four suspected illegal loggers were arrested while transporting illegally sawn lumber in Santa Ana town in Cagayan province, according to a police report released on Sunday. Lt. Col. Andree Abella, Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) chief, said an Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) checkpoint operation in Barangay Casambalangan in Santa Ana town stopped four individuals onboard a truck without proper documents relating to the lumber transported. Abella said the lumber with an estimated volume of 4,671.73 board feet worth P255,155.60 were seized from Jordan Dela Cruz R...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (June 3)—The island town of Calayan in Cagayan Province remains free of Covid-19 despite a report from the Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit two Calayan residents were tested positive for the virus on Monday. According to Mayor Joseph Llopis, the two natives who tested positive remained stranded in Aparri, Cagayan and had not reached the island yet. Llopis noted it has become the policy of the Calayan local government unit that everyone who returns to the island must undergo a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test from their point of origin. "This makes Calayan Island Covid-free because the two new cases recorded for the island have not set foot or returned to their hometown," Llopis said. He said they ar...