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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...

4Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Miniature Bethlehem adorns Cagayan

A giant Christmas tree, a miniature Bethlehem, a holiday park and other decorations adorn the Cagayan capitol grounds as local leaders formally lit the village on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. PHOTO BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA TUGUEGARAO CITY (December 4)—A giant Christmas tree, a miniature Bethlehem, a holiday park and other decorations adorned the Cagayan capitol grounds as local leaders formally lit the village on December 1 at 6:30 p.m. here. The capitol village's lighting ceremonies also jibed with the formal opening of lights at the different provincial government office buildings and the lanterns and other decorations at the municipal Rizal Park, provincial library, visitors pavilion, district hospitals, and town plaza. More than 2,000 residents attended the e...

3Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

PHOTO NEWS

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

Didipio Mine tours neighboring Runruno Mine

3Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Didipio Mine tours neighboring Runruno Mine

OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya led by its president and general manager for external affairs and social performance, lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling, visited FCF Minerals Corporation in Runruno village in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya on December 1, 2022, to witness FCF’s best practices in mining operations, implementation of community development programs and stakeholder engagement. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 1)—A group of employees from a neighboring town-based mining company has visited the operation of the London-based FCF Minerals Corporation in Runruno village here to witness the best practices in mining operations. A subsidiary of the Australian OceanaGold Corporation, the Didipio Mine led by its president and g...

PBBM: Kadiwa project is govt’s best Christmas gift to consumers

2Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

PBBM: Kadiwa project is govt’s best Christmas gift to consumers

MANILA (December 2)—President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday emphasized that the “Kadiwa ng Pasko” project is the “best Christmas gift” that the government can extend to the public amid the rising cost of some goods brought about by inflation. “It (Kadiwa) is the gift that keeps on giving,” Pres. Marcos said as he led the launch of the nationwide caravan in Quezon City. He is joined by Mayor Joy Belmonte, Vice-Mayor Gian Sotto, and other local and national government officials. The Kadiwa caravan rollout seeks to provide a market for local agricultural producers, while at the same time, giving the public access to affordable and high quality products. In his remarks, the President said he also wants the Kadiwa ng Pasko project to become a national program through tie-ups...

2Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Isabela, News

Calling on failed bank’s clients

BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA SANTIAGO CITY (December 2)—The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has encouraged depositors of the closed Cooperative Bank of Aurora to file their deposit insurance claims until December 9 this year. The PDIC, in a statement, on Thursday said based on its latest data, deposit insurance claims for 514 accounts with aggregate insured deposits amounting to P3.1 million have yet to be filed. The data also showed that as of Sept. 30, 2022, the PDIC had paid the depositors of the closed cooperative bank the total amount of P12.4 million, corresponding to 79 percent of the bank's total insured deposits amounting to P15.9 million. The depositors are advised to file their claims either online or through postal mail. When filing claims through email, scan...

2Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

US govt gives P85M for PH fight vs AIDS

HEALTHY RELATIONS US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson (middle, left) hands over Point-of-Car HIV Viral Load Cartridges to Dr. Louisito Chua, Manila Councilor for Health, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Also present during the ceremony were Sen. Ana Theresia ‘Risa’ Hontiveros, Michelle Lang-Alli, Ma. Carolina Vidal-Taino, Barangay 435 chairman Linensky Bacud, and other officials and representatives of the US government and the Department of Health. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO MANILA (December 2)—The United States government donated HIV viral load testing cartridges valued at P85 million ($1.5 million) in a turnover ceremony hosted by the Manila City government on December 1, also to commemorate World AIDS Day. According to the US Embassy in the Philippines...

Didipio Mine, village leaders start Ingenious Peoples culture revitalization project

2Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Didipio Mine, village leaders start Ingenious Peoples culture revitalization project

The Didipio Mine and the Didipio Barangay Council in teh upland town of Kasibu in Nueva Vizcaya started a Culture Revitalization project in partnership with the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society (IIHPAS) to promote the culture of the IP groups in the mine's host community and neighboring communities in the company's area of operation. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (December 2)—To pass on the Ifugao culture to the next generation of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), the Didipio Mine started a Culture Revitalization project to promote the culture of Indigenous Peoples (IP) groups in its host and neighboring communities within the mine's areas of operation. This Didipio Mine project is in collaboration with the Didipio Barangay Council an...

DepEd recognizes FCF Minerals Corp among its Most Valuable Partners

2Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

DepEd recognizes FCF Minerals Corp among its Most Valuable Partners

FCF Minerals Corporation was recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd) recognizes FCF Minerals Corporation as one of its Most Valuable Partners during DepEd’s 2022 Local Stakeholders Convergence and Recognition of Government and Community Stakeholders at the School’s Division Office Conference Hall, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya on December 2, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 2)—The Department of Education (DepEd) has recognized a British mining company here as one of its Most Valuable Partners for the company’s support of the DepEd's programs and activities to improve the quality of education. The recognition was given to FCF Minerals Corporation during the DepEd’s 2022 Local Stakeholders Convergence and Recognition of Government a...