News

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Court junks case vs Claveria mayor

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19)—A petition for quo warranto filed against Mayor Celia Layus of Claveria town for “continuously incapacitated” to perform her duty has been denied for “lack of merit” by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 12 of the Second Judicial Region in Sanchez Mira town. Executive Judge Gemma Bucayu-Madrid of RTC-Branch 12 in her decision dated April 23, 2021 states: “Wherefore, in light of all the foregoing, the petition is hereby denied for lack of merit.” Claveria Vice Mayor Solferino Agra filed the petition for quo warranto against Layus asking the RTC to declare the latter as “continuously incapacitated to perform the duties of a mayor and all transactions, memorandums, orders and the like she has made therefrom are considered void ab initio.” Acc...

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Cops nab 10 small-scale miners

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19) —Surveillance Operations of the Western Cagayan Maritime Police Station in the coastal town of Claveria in Cagayan province led to the arrest of 10 illegal miners on Monday, Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) said. Lt. Rhayan Turingan of Claveria police station said the miners were arrested along the shoreline of Barangay (village) D’Leano in Claveria town in collaboration with the explosives ordnance disposal and canine (EOD K9) unit and the Claveria police station. Turingan identified the arrested suspects as Edgene Caligan, Reylie Acob, Noel Inocencio, Joel Caligan Jr., Rhayan Avanzado, Oscar Avanzado, Noel Avanzado and Clarence Magayano, all residents of Claveria town. The two other suspects -- Keith Reeve Julaquit and ...

RTF-TWG orients personnel on workplace management

19May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

RTF-TWG orients personnel on workplace management

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 19)—A training on Workplace Management Monitoring System (WMMS) was conducted for the members of the Cagayan Valley Regional Task Force (CV-RTF) Task Group to equip them on monitoring and enforcement of minimum health protocols in private workplaces. Given the complexities in the field, the vast number of business establishments in the region and limited human resource, the Task Group was created by the CV- Regional Inter-Agency Task Force through a resolution to augment the efforts and expand the coverage of the monitoring and enforcement activities being conducted by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Department of Health (DOH). The task group will also ensure that transmission of the coronavir...

18May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

5 NPA rebels surrender in Cagayan

SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan (May 18)—Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police here as a result of the PNP's Lingkod Bayanihan Project, police regional office 2 (PRO2) said on Sunday. For security reasons, the PRO2 only identified the surrenderers as Jun, 36 years old; Jong, 40; Sendong, 29; Lino, 23 and Kiko, 38, all known in the sub-village of Lagum in Barangay (village) Lipatan as ordinary farmers. In a tactical interrogation conducted by the police, Jun admitted that he joined the NPA in 2011 after eight days of combat training. Jong also joined the NPA in 2011 after he was issued a firearm. His initial assignment was to gather intelligence information for the NPA as he was not able to undergo training for health reasons. In 2004, Kiko joined the NP...

18May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Ex-marine officer arrested for illegally transporting SLIs

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 18)—Police arrested today a former Philippine Marine officer for allegedly transporting undocumented stranded local individuals (SLIs) to Enrile, Cagayan province. Maj. Rodel Gervacio, Enrile town police chief, identified the suspect as former marine officer Richard Magaru, 48, a resident of Maglalag West in Enrile who uses his black sport utility vehicle for his modus operandi. Gervacio said he turned down Magaru’s plea for indulgence due to the second time the suspect was caught transporting SLIs without proper documentation. “We have already warned him the first time he [Magaru] was caught illegally transporting SLIs to Enrile town,” said Gervacio who added the suspect charges SLIs a hefty amount of P2,500 each. He said Magaru has been taking a...

‘Variants of concern’ confirmed in Region 2

17May

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Cagayan, News

‘Variants of concern’ confirmed in Region 2

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEFARAO CITY, Cagayan (May 17)—The Department of Health (DoH) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has confirmed at least 16 cases of variants of concern (VoC) of Covid-19 recorded in the region. According to DoH-Region 2, the Covid-19 VoC cases were recorded in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Quirino. Cagayan Valley comprises the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and the island province of Batanes. The Health department said the recorded VoC cases included 14 UK variants and two South African variants, adding nine were local transmissions and seven were from returning overseas Filipino workers. The UK variant cases are from Ilagan City, and the towns of Alicia, Benito Soliven, Cordon and Gamu, all in Isabela province. The U...

16May

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Isabela, News

Rebel surrenders in Isabela

CAUAYAN CITY (May 16)—A new People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to government authorities here, police said on Saturday. The surrenderer was identified as alias Kikoy, 32, a Cauayan City resident. He was a former member of the NPA's Central Front Reynaldo Piñon Command under a certain Gerome from 2010 to 2014. Police said Kikoy also surrendered an improvised 12-gauge shotgun marked "RMF" without a serial number and loaded with two live ammunition. The voluntary surrender of Kikoy was a result of an intensified implementation of the project Sustaining the Advocacy to Grind Insurgency in the Province or Sagip of the Isabela police provincial office in collaboration with the Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force. LCD

16May

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Nation, News

Govt receives P5.7-M in US med supplies

US military personnel with Indo-Pacific Command’s Civil Military Support Element– Philippines and Philippine coastguardsmen work together to unload US COVID-19 PPE donations. US EMBASSY PHOTO MEDICAL clinics, hospitals, rural health units and municipal health offices in four provinces, the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila) and Zamboanga City battling Covid-19 have been allotted P5.7-million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies by the US military. The supplies included disposable gloves, goggles, face shields, disinfectant sprays and other items to support frontline workers in the provinces of Cagayan, Palawan, Zambales, Sarangani and Zamboanga City and the NCR. “As long-standing allies, we are proud to support the Philippine first responde...

10May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

DTI shares facilities to NVSU, Solano LGU

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (May 10)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently gave shared service facilities (SSF) to two agencies here to help budding entrepreneurs. LGU Solano received two units of Super Jet Filter Machine, a set of Secondary Fermenter (30 pieces Glass Carboy with Econo-Airlock and Rubber Bung), and three pieces of Wine Rack for their Fruit Processing and Development Center (FPDC). The LGU also got one refrigerator as part of the installment delivery series under the DTI. DTI also gave two sets of Stainless Steel Sink with stainless steel gooseneck faucet, two Stainless Steel Working Table with Undershelf and Casters/ Rollers, a set of Hanging Cabinet, and 2 Coffee Percolators for the Nueva Vizcaya State University's (NVSU)...

Renewable energy firm marks World Day of Safety

9May

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Isabela, News

Renewable energy firm marks World Day of Safety

SNAP PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO RAMON, Isabela (May 9)—Commemorating the World Day of Safety, renewable energy solutions provider SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) Group highlighted the importance of occupational safety and health (OSH) systems in achieving safety goals, building organizational resiliency and responding to crises. In a recent virtual activity, SNAP teams in Benguet, Isabela, Ifugao and Taguig joined the event where their health, safety and environment (HSE) leaders shared how SNAP protocols enabled teams to prepare for and respond to calamities such as typhoons. Joseph Yu, SNAP President and chief executive officer, said their HSE leaders shared how SNAP continues to manage the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic through continuous improvement of respo...