The Valley Journal

DA REGION 2 IMPLEMENTS GULAYAN SA BARANGAY CAGAYAN

27May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

DA REGION 2 IMPLEMENTS GULAYAN SA BARANGAY CAGAYAN

DA REGION 2 PHOTO RIZAL, Cagayan (May 27)—The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 2 (DA-RFO2) through its High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) continues to strengthen its stance on Plant, Plant, Plant Program through the implementation of Gulayan sa Barangay. After conducting a series of technical briefings in Cagayan province, staff of the HVCDP distributed vegetable seeds, farm implements and equipment in Rizal town in Cagayan province on May 26. Vice Mayor Joel Ruma graced the activity and in his message, he stressed that there will be a contest among the five barangay recipients with the first prize of P10,000 from the local government. The DA-RFO2 has been linking with government agencies and local government units to realize food sufficiency through t...

26May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Parked truck ‘blamed’ for doctor’s death

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 26)—A driver of a trailer truck was charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and damage to property, police investigators here said. The driver was implicated in a vehicular accident along the National Highway in Barangay Samalague in Iguig town that caused the death of a doctor. Fernando Urian, 61, a resident of Barangay Iringan in Allacapan, Cagayan, parked his trailer truck with plate number AAR 2147 and Dr. Noli Cabildo, 29, a resident of Barangay Aganni, Alcala, Cagayan, was driving his black Nissan Terra sport utility vehicle (SUV) when the accident happened on Saturday. An outstanding doctor to the barrios, Cabildo was assigned at the Rural Health Unit of Reina Mercedes town in Isabela province and was traveling home to Alcala. ...

DTI-Region 2 Otop NextGen sustains direction for product development

23May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

DTI-Region 2 Otop NextGen sustains direction for product development

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 23)—Taking off from the design direction of product development last year which focused on culture-oriented and tradition-based approach, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 through its One Town One Product (Otop) Next Generation (NexGen) program conducted information sessions for the 2021 food and non-food beneficiaries of the program via Zoom on May 18. This session was the first phase of the intervention of the product development program which aimed to capacitate and upgrade the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in terms of product label requirements, brand development, and product DTI design trends in the global market. It also provided the participants an orientation on the results of the cultural mapping conduc...

Cagayan university gets P3-M R&D grants from DoST

20May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Cagayan university gets P3-M R&D grants from DoST

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 20)—The Cagayan State University (CSU) has been awarded more than P2.95 million worth of financial grant for its three major projects in two of its campuses from the Department of Science and Technology (DoST). Cagayan State University will be receiving more cash and equipment grants from the Department of Science and Technology this 2021 in support of its Electromobility Program, Metals Engineering and Innovation Center and Food Innovation Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Engineer Sancho Mabborang, DoST Region 2 director, said during the virtual awarding earlier this month that CSU has been an active partner of the DoST by producing various science and technology innovations. The DoST-funded project titled “Production & U...

4 DENR new projects to aid Novo Vizcayanos

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

4 DENR new projects to aid Novo Vizcayanos

BY CORIE CORPUZ, DENR TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19)—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 2 has turned over to three municipal local government units in Nueva Vizcaya infrastructure facilities to improve the lives of upland dwellers in the province. The four agroforestry support facilities worth 58.3 million pesos constructed under the Forestland Management Project (FMP) also aim to ensure the protection and maintenance of about 3,000 hectares reforestation and agroforestry plantations developed by the people’s organizations in the municipalities of Dupax del Sur, Kasibu and Kayapa. FMP is a 10-year watershed rehabilitation project implemented by the DENR and funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under a loa...

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Court junks case vs Claveria mayor

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19)—A petition for quo warranto filed against Mayor Celia Layus of Claveria town for “continuously incapacitated” to perform her duty has been denied for “lack of merit” by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 12 of the Second Judicial Region in Sanchez Mira town. Executive Judge Gemma Bucayu-Madrid of RTC-Branch 12 in her decision dated April 23, 2021 states: “Wherefore, in light of all the foregoing, the petition is hereby denied for lack of merit.” Claveria Vice Mayor Solferino Agra filed the petition for quo warranto against Layus asking the RTC to declare the latter as “continuously incapacitated to perform the duties of a mayor and all transactions, memorandums, orders and the like she has made therefrom are considered void ab initio.” Acc...

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Cops nab 10 small-scale miners

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19) —Surveillance Operations of the Western Cagayan Maritime Police Station in the coastal town of Claveria in Cagayan province led to the arrest of 10 illegal miners on Monday, Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) said. Lt. Rhayan Turingan of Claveria police station said the miners were arrested along the shoreline of Barangay (village) D’Leano in Claveria town in collaboration with the explosives ordnance disposal and canine (EOD K9) unit and the Claveria police station. Turingan identified the arrested suspects as Edgene Caligan, Reylie Acob, Noel Inocencio, Joel Caligan Jr., Rhayan Avanzado, Oscar Avanzado, Noel Avanzado and Clarence Magayano, all residents of Claveria town. The two other suspects -- Keith Reeve Julaquit and ...

RTF-TWG orients personnel on workplace management

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

RTF-TWG orients personnel on workplace management

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19)—A training on Workplace Management Monitoring System (WMMS) was conducted for the members of the Cagayan Valley Regional Task Force (CV-RTF) Task Group to equip them on monitoring and enforcement of minimum health protocols in private workplaces. Given the complexities in the field, the vast number of business establishments in the region and limited human resource, the Task Group was created by the CV- Regional Inter-Agency Task Force through a resolution to augment the efforts and expand the coverage of the monitoring and enforcement activities being conducted by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Department of Health (DOH). The task group will also ensure that transmission of the coronavir...

18May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

5 NPA rebels surrender in Cagayan

SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan (May 18)—Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police here as a result of the PNP's Lingkod Bayanihan Project, police regional office 2 (PRO2) said on Sunday. For security reasons, the PRO2 only identified the surrenderers as Jun, 36 years old; Jong, 40; Sendong, 29; Lino, 23 and Kiko, 38, all known in the sub-village of Lagum in Barangay (village) Lipatan as ordinary farmers. In a tactical interrogation conducted by the police, Jun admitted that he joined the NPA in 2011 after eight days of combat training. Jong also joined the NPA in 2011 after he was issued a firearm. His initial assignment was to gather intelligence information for the NPA as he was not able to undergo training for health reasons. In 2004, Kiko joined the NP...

18May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Ex-marine officer arrested for illegally transporting SLIs

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 18)—Police arrested today a former Philippine Marine officer for allegedly transporting undocumented stranded local individuals (SLIs) to Enrile, Cagayan province. Maj. Rodel Gervacio, Enrile town police chief, identified the suspect as former marine officer Richard Magaru, 48, a resident of Maglalag West in Enrile who uses his black sport utility vehicle for his modus operandi. Gervacio said he turned down Magaru’s plea for indulgence due to the second time the suspect was caught transporting SLIs without proper documentation. “We have already warned him the first time he [Magaru] was caught illegally transporting SLIs to Enrile town,” said Gervacio who added the suspect charges SLIs a hefty amount of P2,500 each. He said Magaru has been taking a...