Nueva Vizcaya

BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (December 16)— Mayor Benjamin “Jamie” Cuaresma solemnized the marriages of four couples in Barangay San Leonardo here on December 14, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

A colorful tapestry unfolds the growing hope of education as the clock strikes twelve along the corners of Saint Mary's University in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, on December 8, 2022. SMU PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (December 15)—Anchored on the theme "Devoted to Mission and Excellence," Saint Mary's University (SMU) in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya once again celebrated, face-to-face, its 94th founding anniversary after more than two years of hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to SMU President John Octavious Palina, this tradition is a celebration to commemorate the university's achievements since its establishment in 1928 and pioneered education in the last 94 years and has become a brooding ground of professionals instilled with God's wisdom and th...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (December 11)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 2 is taking steps to boost Cagayan Valley's coffee industry by tapping both local and global assistance. Manilyn Ponce, DTI Region 2 information officer, said the agency, through the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Division, is collaborating with the Industry Development Division, Agricultural Cooperative Development International, Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI-VOCA), and the Cagayan Valley Coffee Industry Development Council improve the coffee industry in the region. With this, the DTI Region 2 has recently conducted the second session of the Intensive Product Development for Coffee which was held at Bumolo's Integrated Farm in the...

BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (December 9)—Mayor Benjamin “Jamie’ Cuarems 3rd distributed financial assistance to 70 displaced families from Sitio (sub-village) Upper Batu in Barangay (village) Santo Domingo Proper and Santo Domingo West. Each beneficiary received 10,000 pesos from the Department of Social Welfare and Development through the help of Congresswoman Luisa Cuaresma. Also in the photo were Voice Mayor Arnel Duldulao and Sangguniang Bayan members Alexander Calulot Jr., Aira Viloria, Alejandro Pamittan, George Atabay, Board Members Edu Balgos and Pablo Kindot, and Miriam Pinaroc, the municipal social welfare and development head. Cuaresma said it is the priority of the Tropang May Puso to help the needy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The Dinapigue Mining Corp.’s community relations team together with representatives from different peoples’ organizations including members of the Agta tribe from the coastal town of Dinapigue, Isabela visited the London-based FCF Minerals Corp. in Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya on Nov. 29-30, 2022, to benchmark the company’s best practices in the implementation of its social development and management program, especially on its livelihood programs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 7)—Members of the Agta tribe from the coastal town of Dinapigue in Isabela province visited a London-based mining firm here to benchmark its best practices in implementing its social development and management program (SDMP), particularly on livelihood program best practices....

MoA signing of  Aboitiz Passion for Agroforest and Reforest to Keep (A-PARK) Luzon Watershed Project. The project is a reforestation program that involves the planting of 18,750 forest trees and fruit-bearing seedlings over a 10-hectare area within the Dupax Watershed Forest Reserve in Nueva Vizcaya province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya (December 7)—To intensify years of advocacy for environmental sustainability, SN Aboitiz Power Magat (SNAP-Magat) formed a partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and peoples' organizations in Nueva Vizcaya with the establishment of the Aboitiz Passion for Agroforest and Reforest to Keep (A-PARK) project. With this, a memorandum of agreement (MoA) was forged to officially establ...

Didipio Mine president and general manager lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling (second from right) and Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan (second from left) sign a memorandum of agreement tree cutting permit replacement program with more than P9 million funding over 280-hectare forest area in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya provinces. Also in the photo, MGB Region 2 Director Mario Ancheta (left) and Cenr Officer Giovanni Magat (right). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (December 5)—The Didipio Mine (OGPI-DM) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) have forged an agreement over a 280-hectare forest area for a tree cutting permit replacement planting program.  The MoA with over P9.6 million in funding was signe...

NEW TOOLS. The Philippine National Police in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya received new patrol car, firearms, ammunition and accessories for its police mobility and firepower from Region 2 Director Brigadier general Steve Ludan. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya led by its president and general manager for external affairs and social performance, lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling, visited FCF Minerals Corporation in Runruno village in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya on December 1, 2022, to witness FCF’s best practices in mining operations, implementation of community development programs and stakeholder engagement. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 1)—A group of employees from a neighboring town-based mining company has visited the operation of the London-based FCF Minerals Corporation in Runruno village here to witness the best practices in mining operations. A subsidiary of the Australian OceanaGold Corporation, the Didipio Mine led by its president and g...

The Didipio Mine and the Didipio Barangay Council in teh upland town of Kasibu in Nueva Vizcaya started a Culture Revitalization project in partnership with the Ifugao Intangible Heritage and Performing Arts Society (IIHPAS) to promote the culture of the IP groups in the mine's host community and neighboring communities in the company's area of operation. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (December 2)—To pass on the Ifugao culture to the next generation of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), the Didipio Mine started a Culture Revitalization project to promote the culture of Indigenous Peoples (IP) groups in its host and neighboring communities within the mine's areas of operation. This Didipio Mine project is in collaboration with the Didipio Barangay Council an...