News

12Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Sitio in Cagayan to use solar energy

BY LEIF V. DAHL Photo shows the solar panels that would be installed in Sitio Lagum in Santo Niño town in Cagayan province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan (March 12)—Households in Cagayan's poorest and most depressed communities will benefit from a Department of Science and Technology (DoST) project that will provide solar panels for free supply of energy. Santo Niño town is among the municipalities to be provided with appropriate science and technology (S&T) interventions in selected conflict-affected areas and vulnerable communities of Cagayan, according to the department. Some 56 households in Sitio (sub-village) Lagum in Santo Niño will benefit from the P300,000-worth of solar panels that will help provide their electricity needs. The DoST project titled "Emp...

NVizcaya govt gives cultivators to farmers

11Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

NVizcaya govt gives cultivators to farmers

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO Agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the province were given farm cultivators which were purchased using the 2017 cash prize of the province for being a Rice Achievers' Awardee of the Department of Agriculture (DA). FB PAGE OF GOVERNOR CARLOS PADILLA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 11)—The provincial government here recently gave farm cultivators to 15 agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the province. Governor Carlos Padilla said the farm cultivators were purchased using the 2017 cash prize of the province for being a Rice Achievers' Awardee of the Department of Agriculture (DA). “This prize came from hard work and contribution of our farmers and we are bringing it back to them to sustain their production and maintain the status ...

NVSU bares completion of IP students’ dorm

11Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

NVSU bares completion of IP students’ dorm

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO THE P20 million IP Students Dormitory was funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and built with the support of the local government unit (LGU) of Bayombong. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, NVSU FB PAGE BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 11)—The Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) has bared the completion of its Indigenous People’s Students’ Dormitory in this town. Ruth Padilla, NVSU Officer-In-Charge said the P20 million IP Students Dormitory was funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and built with the support of the local government unit (LGU) of Bayombong. “We are grateful for the funding and support from the NHA and the LGU of Bayombong for the realization of this project,” Padilla said. She said the IP Students Dormitory will be a big help ...

11Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

3 broadcasters face libel charges

DAGUPAN CITY (March 11)—Three radio broadcasters here are facing multiple counts of libel and cyber libel charges filed by the local chief executive of the municipality of Mangaldan in Pangasinan province. Mangaldan town Mayor Marilyn de Guzman-Lambino was accompanied by her counsel, lawyer Joseph Frianeza, when she filed the complaint before the City Prosecutor's Office here on March 8, 2022. The respondents in the libel case filed by de Guzman-Lambino are radio commentators Joel Balolong of DWCM Aksyon Radyo 1161 AM, Tito Tamayo of DWIZ 89.3 FM and Dennis Mojares of DWJE 88.1 FM. The libel cases stemmed from the "malicious" and "brutal" commentaries of the broadcasters when Lambino and her husband, lawyer Raul Lambino, were accused of rape, child abuse and physical injuries bef...

10Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Palaui Island reopens to tourists

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO WONDER OF NATURE The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape in Cagayan province officially reopened to tourists on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. PHOTO BY LEANDER DOMINGO SANTA ANA, Cagayan (March 10)—The enchanting island of Palaui in the northeastern tip of Luzon in Cagayan province is now open to tourists after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Barangay San Vicente was held here on Tuesday for the reopening of the Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (PIPLS) led by officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism and the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) The PIPLS is within the jurisdiction of the community environment and natural resources office...

10Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nation, News

New urban climate program launched

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO (From left) United States Agency for International Development Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn and US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Heather Variava join Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez, Philippine Climate Change Commission Commissioner Albert dela Cruz, and Catholic Relief Services Country Representative Karen Janes Ungar at the formal launch of the P750-million ($15 million) Climate Resilient Cities project. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO THE United States government launched on Thursday, March 10, a new project to build climate resilience in cities in the Philippines, one of the world's most disaster-prone countries. According to the Information Office Public Affairs Section (Iopas) of the US Embassy in the Philippines, th...

TUPAD workers in NVizcaya receive P8.3M pay

9Mar

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News, Nueva Vizcaya

TUPAD workers in NVizcaya receive P8.3M pay

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO The Department of Labor and Employment released a total of P8,319,450 during the payout at the Bagabag Municipal Gymnasium. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, DOLE BAGABAG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 9)—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday distributed wages for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program workers in this town. DOLE officials handed P11,100 each to the 749 TUPAD as wages for rendering 30-day various community work. Most of the TUPAD workers were given a daily wage of P370, the minimum wage rate in the Cagayan Valley region while another beneficiary received P5,550 for 15 days of work. DOLE Officer-In-Charge Elizabeth Martinez said they have released a total of P8,319,450 during the payout at the B...

PH-US Balikatan builds schools in Region 2

9Mar

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Cagayan, News

PH-US Balikatan builds schools in Region 2

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 ...

US Peace Corps, USAid and DoH mount joint vaccination for 10k Filipinos

7Mar

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Nation, News

US Peace Corps, USAid and DoH mount joint vaccination for 10k Filipinos

BY TVJ STAFF United States Peace Corps doctors and nurses help fill critical healthcare worker shortages and meet vaccine demand amid the Omicron surge in January and February. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA (March 7)—The United States (US) Peace Corps in partnership with the Department of Health (DoH) and the US Agency for International Development's (USAid) ReachHealth project is set to vaccinate more than 10,600 Filipinos, according to the US Embassy in the Philippines. Jenner Edelman, US Peace Corps country director, said during her visit to a mass vaccination clinic in Quezon City they are pleased to team up with the Philippine government and USAid to support this critical, nationwide effort to protect the Filipino people and get children safely back to school in person. The US...

7Mar

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

USL Tuguegarao starts F2F classes

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...