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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....

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...

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...

NEW TOOLS. The Philippine National Police in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya received new patrol car, firearms, ammunition and accessories for its police mobility and firepower from Region 2 Director Brigadier general Steve Ludan. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO