News

6Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

Firm links farmers to markets

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 6)—A partnership with an agri-tech company will create wider online market access for Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) farmers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Leah Pulido Ocampo, DTI-Region 2 director, said it forged a partnership with Mayani Inc. through a virtual signing of a memorandum of understanding last July 29. She explained the strategic intent of the collaboration is to create broader market access for smallholder farmers, farmer cooperatives and MSMEs across the Region 2 through e-commerce and innovative agri-food supply chain technology. “The DTI in Region 2 and Mayani share a common mission to enable a level playing field to the advantage of ou...

5Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, News

78 nabbed in Cagayan raid

THE VALLEY JOURNAL SANTA ANA, Cagayan (August 5)—Some 75 Chinese nationals and three Filipinos were arrested by the authorities Tuesday night at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone in Santa Ana, Cagayan, nearly 700 kilometers north of Manila. The arrests were made by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 2, who cracked down on illegal online gaming operations inside the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport. Sec. Raul Lambino, CEZA administrator and CEO, said he sought the support of the PNP and the NBI upon receiving verified reports that established the illegal online gaming operations of OFA Cagayan Estate Developer Corporation, a real estate developer, a...

4Aug

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News, Nueva Vizcaya

e-Jeepneys start plying in NVizcaya

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 4)—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has allowed the operations of local transportation in the province through the e-jeeps plying the national highway under a Point-to-Point (P2P) scheme. eJEEPS. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has allowed the operation of the e-jeeps in Nueva Vizcaya with the Modified General Community Quarantine status of the province. The e-jeeps operate under the Point to Point route scheme. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO Board Member Flodemonte Gerdan, chairman of the Provincial Board's Committee on Transportation said the operation of the e-jeeps owned by the First Nueva Vizcaya Travellers Transport Cooperative (FNVTTC) is now in operation ...

‘TIBIK members should’ve discussed problems internally’

3Aug

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News, Nueva Vizcaya

‘TIBIK members should’ve discussed problems internally’

BY JIMBO OWEN B. GULLE, Manila Standard MEMBERS of a women’s vegetable farmers’ association in Nueva Vizcaya should have discussed their problems within their group instead of filing estafa complaints with the Provincial Prosecutors’ Office, the provincial board member in the center of their dispute said. In an email interview with the Standard, Provincial Board Member Roland Carub said that as founder of TIBIK (Timpuyog Ti Babbalasang Idi Kalman, or Association of Ladies in an Earlier Season in Ilocano) in the province, he wished the members of the group’s chapters in Ambaguio and Villaverde towns would have discussed their problems among themselves or approached him for guidance. Twenty-two women—16 from TIBIK Ambaguio and six from TIBIK Villaverde—are accusing Carub and office...

1Aug

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Cagayan, News

Cagayan growers get bamboo starter kits

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (August 1)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has distributed bamboo plant starter kits to residents of at least six localities in Cagayan province under the Pangkabuhayan sa pagBangon at Ginhawa (PBG) program. Bamboo growing is being promoted by various government agencies to also help address environmental issues. The plant produces oxygen and reduces carbon dioxide while providing raw materials for the manufacture of various products, thus reducing the need to cut down trees. Leah Pulido Ocampo, DTI-Region 2 director, said they would like to encourage farmers to grow more bamboos with propagules they distributed to beneficiaries in the towns of Baggao, Buguey, Sanchez Mira, Claveria, Piat and T...

Governor calls for mine pullout from NVizcaya

15Jul

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News, Nueva Vizcaya

Governor calls for mine pullout from NVizcaya

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (July 15)—Gov. Carlos Padilla has called for the pullout of the Australian -owned OceanaGold Philippines Inc. from the province for failure to get a renewal of its license to operate that expired a year ago. Padilla said the call was because of a recent decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) 16th Division denying OceanaGold’s petition in connection with its claim that it can continue to operate the Didipio mine in Kasibu town, pending renewal of its financial and technical assistance agreement (FTAA). “In view of such development, we now strongly demand the complete pullout of OceanaGold from the area,” he added. OceanaGold’s 25-year FTAA became effective on June 20, 1994 and that its initial term expired on June 20, 2019. But t...