Cagayan

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...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Isabela (June 2)—After having endured beds made of woven leaves and other materials, former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels can now own homes under the Housing Assistance Packages for Former Rebels (HAPFR) program of the government. Maj. Gen. Laurence Mina, 5th Infantry Division (ID) commander, said the program is the first of its kind in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) in partnership with the National Housing Authority (NHA). One of the first beneficiaries who was identified only as "Rico" for security reasons was present during the "signing agreement" on Monday in Barangay Bangag in Lal-lo town, Cagayan province. "Within the movement, our bedrooms were of woven leaves in the wild. I have no regrets...

TUGUEGARAO CITY (May 31)—At least nine packs of marijuana were confiscated in anti-illegal drug operations of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police in Lasam town, Cagayan, according to police reports released on Sunday.  Lasam town police identified the suspected drug pusher as Romel Maguddayao, 36, a resident of Lasam.  Tagged as a high-value target, Maguddayao was arrested in Centro 1 village in the town after an agent acted as a poseur buyer of marijuana leaves.  The arrest of Maguddayao yielded nine blocks wrapped in packing tape containing dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops and stalks of approximately 8,500 grams.  Police said the marijuana packs had a street value of more than P1.020 million. The suspect was ...

DA REGION 2 PHOTO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 27)—The Livestock Program of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 2 (DA-RFO2) completed the distribution of 4,316 heads of free range chickens to farmers in eight towns in the province. These were the municipalities of Aparri, Amulung, Alcala, Gonzaga, Penablanca, Gattaran, Tuao and Enrile that were heavily affected by typhoon Ulysses. "The poultry farmers were heavily hit by typhoon Ulysses. This is to rehabilitate the chicken industry in those areas," Demetrio Gumiran, DA-RFO2 Livestock Program head, said. Gumiran said his team has been going around the eight municipalities to complete the distribution today. DA-REGION2