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FCF gives P.5-M lab equipment to host village’s high school
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FCF gives P.5-M lab equipment to host village’s high school

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO Photo shows Runruno National High School Principal Georly Tugade with the Program Management Committee (PMC) members, representatives from the Department of Education – Quezon District and Nueva Vizcaya Division Office and FCF Community Relations Office employees during the turn-over ceremony of the STEM laboratory equipment to RNHS in February 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya: FCF Minerals Corporation turned over P500,000 worth of laboratory equipment to its host village’s national educational institution. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, said the laboratory equipment was funded under the mining firm’s Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) under the Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences or DMTG 2...
International summit to assess rice terraces
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International summit to assess rice terraces

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO The Ifugao Rice Terraces was included in the World's Heritage Endangered List in 2001. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO THE Ifugao State University (IFSU) is holding an international summit featuring local and international researchers, policymakers and knowledge holders from different communities to discuss the current state of the Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT). Faith Napudo, IFSU information officer, said this will be the first international summit on rice terraces assessment in the 101 years history of the IRT. With the theme "Understanding and Envisioning the State of the Ifugao Rice Terraces," the summit will be conducted via Zoom videoconference and Facebook live stream on March 18, 22, 25 and 29. Napudo said the summit aims to hatch out agreeable and scientific i...
British firm turns over buildings for host community schools
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British firm turns over buildings for host community schools

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO The barangay local government of Runruno in Quezon town, Vizcaya and FCF Minerals Corp. recently turned over a Multi-Purpose Hall to Runruno Elementary School and K-12 Workshop Building to the Runruno National High School. The projects worth more than P1.4 million and P2.6 million respectively were funded under the Social Development and Management Program of the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project (RGMP) of the Company. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 12)—British FCF Minerals Corporation has recently turned over P4 million worth of newly-completed building projects to schools in Barangay Runruno here. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corp. country manager, said the more than P1.4 million Multi-Purpose Hall was turned over to the Runruno Elementary...
Sitio in Cagayan to use solar energy
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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
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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
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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 ...
3 broadcasters face libel charges
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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...
Palaui Island reopens to tourists
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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...
New urban climate program launched
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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
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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...