Nueva Vizcaya

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya—A national youth organization that aims to advocate responsible mining and its proper utilization of the environment and its natural resources and mining engineering students visited the FCF Minerals Corporation at the Runruno Gold Project (RGP) site here on May 17, 2025. During the visit, eight members of the Philippine Youth Association for Responsible Mining and Natural Resources (Yaman Philippines) witnessed the company’s best practices in mining operations, mining forest, residual storage impoundment and process plant operations. Members of the Philippine Youth Association for Responsible Mining and Natural Resources (Yaman Philippines) during their visit to FCF Minerals Corporation at the Runruno Gold Project (RGP) site in Quezon,...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO  QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya—FCF Minerals Corporation could after all continue its operation after its expected closure in 2027 with the identification of an exploration target near its Runruno Mine here. According to the London-based Metals Exploration (MTL), a mineral resources exploration and development company that owns 100 percent of the FCF Minerals-operated Runruno Gold Project, the exploration target is located in the municipality of Dupax del Norte in this province. “The exploration target could potentially extend ore processing operations at Runruno after ore feed from the Runruno Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) tenement is exhausted,” MTL said. Photo shows Metals Exploration-FCF Minerals Corporation’s Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Proj...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya—OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. (OGP) turned over fertilizers to the Kasibu Coffee Growers Association, Inc. (KCGAI) here on January 31. OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. (OGP) distributes fertilizers to the Kasibu Coffee Growers Association, Inc. (KCGAI) on January 31. OGP PHOTO Lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling, OGP President and General Manager for External Affairs and Social Performance, said that members of the association received P150,000 worth of fertilizers for the rejuvenation of their coffee farms during their annual gathering and assessment. Adaci-Cattiling said that in 2019, the company through its corporate social responsibility’s Golden Future for Agriculture project started supporting KCGAI for the revitalization of the munici...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO IT was a bright Christmas for seven barangay (villages) in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino as they received as gifts during the turnover of seven farm-to-market roads (FMRs) projects by OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. (OGP) to their respective communities. Seven barangays in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino receive a significant Christmas gift with the turnover of farm-to-market road (FMR) projects by OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. (OGP) to their respective communities this December 2025. OGP CDF PHOTO Desiree Baldevino of OGP External Affairs and Communications said the company turned over the FMRs on December 21 and 23 to community leaders and residents. She said that four villages in the Nueva Vizcaya municipalities of Dupax Del Norte, Bagabag, Diad...

Members of Kasibu Coffee Growers Association, Inc. (KCGAI) receiving P2.5 million financial assistance also undergo capacity building seminar on Coffee Post-Harvest Operations for the 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 project under the Didipio Mine’s corporate social responsibility program aimed at contributing to the association’s community, financial and organizational sustainability. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: The Didipio Mine here is helping coffee farmers boost the industry by extending financial assistance and capacitating particularly the farmer-members of a coffee growers cooperative here. Didipio Mine president and general manager for external affairs and social performance Joan Adaci-Cattiling said the mine partnered with the Department o...

REPRESENTATIVE Luisa Lloren Cuaresma of the Lone Congressional District of Nueva Vizcaya expressed enthusiasm underscoring her commitment to supporting the Department of Trade and Industry in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) in its effort to create more opportunities to foster sustainable growth and development for the province of Nueva Vizcaya. DTI PHOTO The DTI Region 2 led by Regional Director Ma. Sofia Narag and DTI Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Director Michael Paggabao, paid a courtesy visit to Cuaresma on November 24, 2024 on the sidelines of the North Luzon Growth Quadrangle Meeting in the House of Representatives, to discuss areas for collaboration. Paggabao said the meeting served as a platform to reaffirm DTI’s commitment to collaborating closely with the congresswoman’s office in...

FCF Minerals Corporation secures its third consecutive Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award during the 70th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference held at CAP-John Hay Trade and Cultural Center in Baguio City from November 22, 2024. FCF PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAGUIO CITY—FCF Minerals Corporation has won its third consecutive Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA) during the 70th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference (ANMSEC) held at the CAP-John Hay Trade and Cultural Center here from November 19 to 22, 2024. The award, according to Lorne Harvey, FCF Minerals general manager for operations, is an “unprecedented achievement of the company for all its efforts in responsible mining.”  “FCF Minerals not only mai...

Flood control projects along the Magat River in Nueva Vizcaya. PHOTO FROM THE NUEVA VIZCAYA 2ND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 31, 2024)—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has poured P209.7 million into constructing three flood control structures in the province of Nueva Vizcaya to reduce massive flooding in communities and extensive damage to crops, cropping land and properties along the Magat River. With a total length of 226 kilometers, the Magat River is in Northern Luzon, which originates in Aritao town, where the Santa Fe River joins the Marang River. It is the largest tributary of the Cagayan River by discharge volume of water, with an estimated drainage area of 5,200 square kilometers, roughly 20 percent ...

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 28, 2024)—Catalyste+ — a Canadian economic development organization — has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Nueva Vizcaya to develop micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and promote women empowerment. DTI Nueva Vizcaya Director Michael Paggabao said that in their continuous efforts on MSME development and women empowerment, they have officially kicked off the Accelerating Women Empowerment (AWE) Program in Nueva Vizcaya. With Catalyste+, formerly the Canadian Executive Service Organization, Paggabao said the DTI Nueva Vizcaya started conducting onsite visits this week and needs assessment of the proposed women entrepreneurs. Represented by Project Officer Vener Valerio, Catalyste+ offers mentorship and advisory se...