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8Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Isabela, News

ISU acquires 100 bikes for campus use

Traveling around the premises of Isabela State University Echague Main Campus is now made easier as transport bikes will be available to every ISUan this year. PHOTO FROM HTTPS://ISU.EDU.PH BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO ECHAGUE, Isabela (December 8)— The Isabela State University (ISU) has procured 100 bicycles for the use of ISU denizens to make traveling easier around the premises of its Echague Main Campus. According to ISU President Dr. Ricmar Aquino, the procurement of bicycles was made possible through the congressional budget insertion introduced by Sen. Pia Cayetano to ISU's General Appropriations. He added that the appropriation was in support of new line items including state universities and colleges operations in the new normal. Aquino said the transport bikes can be ac...

CSU launches Sanchez Mira Extension Campus on Calayan Island

8Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

CSU launches Sanchez Mira Extension Campus on Calayan Island

Cagayan State University Sanchez Mira together with the Calayan Island local government opens the CSU Sanchez Mira Calayan Extension on December 5, 2022. FACEBOOK/OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CSU BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO CAGAYAN (December 8)—In response to the need for a higher education institution at the heart of the Calayan Island off Cagayan province waters, the Cagayan State University (CSU) has opened and launched its university extension in Magsidel, Calayan town. CSU President Urdujah Alvarado said the launching of the university extension at the Calayan Manpower Development Center on December 5, 2022, in Calayan Island town was "to continue the cause of higher education for all Cagayano youth." Alvarado said the CSU Sanchez Mira together with the local government u...

SNAP Magat partners with DENR, POs to restore Luzon Watershed in NVizcaya

7Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

SNAP Magat partners with DENR, POs to restore Luzon Watershed in NVizcaya

MoA signing of Aboitiz Passion for Agroforest and Reforest to Keep (A-PARK) Luzon Watershed Project. The project is a reforestation program that involves the planting of 18,750 forest trees and fruit-bearing seedlings over a 10-hectare area within the Dupax Watershed Forest Reserve in Nueva Vizcaya province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya (December 7)—To intensify years of advocacy for environmental sustainability, SN Aboitiz Power Magat (SNAP-Magat) formed a partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and peoples' organizations in Nueva Vizcaya with the establishment of the Aboitiz Passion for Agroforest and Reforest to Keep (A-PARK) project. With this, a memorandum of agreement (MoA) was forged to officially establ...

Agta tribe, stakeholders run best practices audit

7Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Agta tribe, stakeholders run best practices audit

The Dinapigue Mining Corp.’s community relations team together with representatives from different peoples’ organizations including members of the Agta tribe from the coastal town of Dinapigue, Isabela visited the London-based FCF Minerals Corp. in Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya on Nov. 29-30, 2022, to benchmark the company’s best practices in the implementation of its social development and management program, especially on its livelihood programs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 7)—Members of the Agta tribe from the coastal town of Dinapigue in Isabela province visited a London-based mining firm here to benchmark its best practices in implementing its social development and management program (SDMP), particularly on livelihood program best practices....

DTI Region 2 trade fair rakes in P4M sales

6Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

DTI Region 2 trade fair rakes in P4M sales

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY (December 6)—The 16th Padday na Lima Regional Trade and Investment Fair of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has generated over P4 million in sales. According to Manilyn Ponce, DTI Region 2 information officer, the sales cover the period from the opening of the trade and investment fair on November 25 up to December 1. In support of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region, Ponce said the trade fair was conducted physically at Robinsons Place Tuguegarao and virtually through its online component using the Padday na Lima Webshop powered by Deliver-E. She said the sales generated by the 107 MSME exhibitors and farmers from all over the Cagayan Valley region reached a total of P4,433,...

6Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Isabela, News

P6-M marijuana seized in Isabela

QUEZON, Isabela (December 6)—More than P6 million worth of marijuana was recovered from a suspect in an anti-illegal drugs operation on Saturday, December 3, in Barangay Abut here. Authorities identified the suspect as Bryan Appag, who tried to elude arrest during the buy-bust. Confiscated from the suspect were two sacks containing 55 pieces of bricks of dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops weighing 55 kilograms with an estimated market value of P6,600,000. Joint operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino and this town's police station collaborated with the Kalinga Regional Force Mobile Battalion during the operation. The PDEA said a case for violation of Section 5, Article 2 of Republic Act 9165 is being prepared for fi...

14th SyenSaya science festival in Los Baños, Laguna kicks off

6Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

14th SyenSaya science festival in Los Baños, Laguna kicks off

Headquartered on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños in Laguna province, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture is one of the oldest among 26 specialist institutions of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO LAGUNA (December 6)—The 14th SyenSaya annual science festival of the Los Baños Science Community (LBSC) kicked off on Monday, December 5, to be highlighted by the Research and Development Awards that recognize outstanding researchers in LBSC and Youth Science Awards. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) will host the Awarding and Closing Ceremony of the 14th SyenSaya on Wednesday, December 7. A t...

TUP students conduct banana industry research in Region 2

5Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

TUP students conduct banana industry research in Region 2

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (December 5)—Aiming to expand the banana industry throughout the country by identifying the best producers, students from the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) in Manila visited Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), which is considered to have the potential in boosting the industry. The 5th year Bachelor of Science in Architecture students from TUP-Manila visited the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 2 (DA-RFO2) for their research that looks into the development of the banana industry in the region, according to DA-RFO2 Executive Director Narciso Edillo. They were Angelika Beatriz Buenaobra, Sheilla Marie Daluyo and Princess Sarah Ignas who conferred with Carol Albay, High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) regional focal person, rega...

5Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

3 dead in Cagayan three-car collision

BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA GONZAGA, Cagayan (December 5)—Four people died and seven others were injured in a three-car collision involving a sports utility vehicle, a tricycle, and a kolong-kolong (improvised tricycle) at the national road in Barangay Ipil in this town in Gonzaga on December 3 at 9:30 in the evening, police said. Lt. Orlan Capili, Gonzaga deputy police chief, said fatalities, kolong-kolong driver Donato Barsatan and Velvet Geron were declared on arrival at the APEM Hospital in this town while Marinet Barsatan died while being treated in the said hospital. Another fatality, seven-year-old Prince Barsatan, died at a separate private hospital. The fatalities, all relatives with each other, rode the kolong-kolong tricycle. The SUV driver, Rodolfo Batin, 56, of Quezon t...

DENR, Didipio Mine sign MoA for tree cutting replacement planting program

5Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

DENR, Didipio Mine sign MoA for tree cutting replacement planting program

Didipio Mine president and general manager lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling (second from right) and Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan (second from left) sign a memorandum of agreement tree cutting permit replacement program with more than P9 million funding over 280-hectare forest area in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya provinces. Also in the photo, MGB Region 2 Director Mario Ancheta (left) and Cenr Officer Giovanni Magat (right). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (December 5)—The Didipio Mine (OGPI-DM) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) have forged an agreement over a 280-hectare forest area for a tree cutting permit replacement planting program. The MoA with over P9.6 million in funding was signe...