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Gregorio Uy (second from right) and Samuel Uy, CPA, RGC (left), founders of the Gregorio P. Uy and Lee Peng Scholarship Foundation, have been helping college students in Isabela fulfill their dreams through education. With them in this photo are Geralda Hoggang (fourth from right) and the first 12 scholar-graduates from Isabela State University and Cagayan State University. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ISABELA (August 5, 2024)—A long-time advocate of education, the Gregorio P. Uy and Lee Peng Scholarship Foundation (GPULP Scholarship Foundation) is looking for a fresh batch of scholars to join its program and is now ready to accept applications for the new academic year. GPULP Scholarship Foundation Vice President Michael Uy said the scholarship's successful entrants will get monthly allowance...

TREE PLANTING Employees and students from Isabela State University-Cabagan and Cauayan campuses plant 600 Molave seedlings at Sition Bantay Pukaw, Barangay Rizal, San Guillermo in an initiative spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Cauayan City, Isabela, and in partnership with Jollibee Foods Corporation. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ISABELA (August 5, 2024)—At least 600 molave tree seedlings were planted in Cauayan City to address deforestation and promote environmental sustainability. Diosdado Contillo, an officer of Isabela's Community Environment and Natural Resources, said the Molave tree propagation project is in partnership with Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC). Contillo said the seedlings were planted at ...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO CAUAYAN CITY (May 11, 2024)—Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Operations Nichols Manalo lauded the DA Regional Field Office 2 (DA-RFO2) for rewarding the 63 rice farmers who achieved eight to 10 tons of inbred and hybrid rice per hectare in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). Among the awardees were 41 hybrid users and 22 inbred users who received certificates of appreciation and agricultural inputs. Manalo commended DA-RFO2 executive director Rose Mary Aquino for giving tribute to rice farmers considering their important role in achieving self-sufficiency in rice. He also congratulated the rice farmers, local government units and the DA-RFO2 for initiating the activity which will "surely make an impact on the region's food production and supp...