Nueva Vizcaya

THE Department of Trade and Industry is collaborating with the FCF Minerals Corporation in Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya province to help local loom weavers. An onsite visitation of the loom weavers' facilities in Isabela is expected to deepen the interest of the Runruno loom weavers. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 4)—London-based firm FCF Minerals Corp. is partnering with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to provide assistance to loom weavers of Quezon town. This after DTI Region 2 Director Leah Pulido-Ocampo visited the town of Quezon in Nueva Vizcaya and met with officials of the FCF Minerals in Runruno village where the mining firm conducts its operation. According to DTI - Nueva Vizcaya chief Marietta Salviejo said Ocampo’...

FCF Minerals Corporation in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Region 2 and Municipal Agriculture Office of Kasibu conducts Nursery Establishment and Management Training in Kasibu town's villages in Nueva Vizcaya from July 20 to 21, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: A London-based mining company in this province conducted a two-day Nursery Establishment and Management Training in collaboration with the government from July 20 to 21, 2022. FCF Minerals Corporation said the activity was in partnership with the Department of Agriculture in Region 2 and the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Kasibu town for the establishment of nurseries in three villages in this town. AGNES ROSALES Agnes Rosales, FCF Minerals Community Relations Office manager, said th...

FCF Minerals Corporation sponsors the Moving Up and Nutrition Month Celebration of three Child Development Centers (CDCs) in Barangay Runruno, Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya on July 12, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya—A total of 101 children in the mining village of Runruno here participated in a moving up ceremony and nutrition month celebration on July 12, 2022. The children were from three Child Development Centers (CDCs) in the sub-villages of Centro, Bit-ang and Marangad that converged on the said occasion. The activities were funded under the 2022 Social Development and Management Program of FCF Minerals Corporation. The moving up ceremony’s theme was “Batang Day Care ay Titindig at Susulong may Pandemya man o Wala” while for the nutrition month celebration w...

Gov. Carlos Padilla (fourth from right) has welcomed the gesture of support and political unity from Vice Gov. Jose Gambito (third from left). Padilla and Gambito came from different political affiliations but promised to deliver good governance in the province under a unified leadership. Photo shows Padilla and Gambito with department chief executives and officers of the provincial government during the oathtaking and turnover ceremony on Thursday, June 30, 2022. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO, PIA BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (July 2)—Gov. Carlos Padilla has challenged the provincial government leaders to brace for economic difficulties, like the reduction of internal revenue allotment (IRA) by 14 percent or P300 million, which are expected to beset the provinc...

Isinagawa kamakailan ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Provincial Local Government Unit at Municipal Local Government Unit officials ang grounbreaking para sa ipapatayong Provincial Training Center sa Barangay San Antonio, Bambang. Magsisilbi itong skills training center para sa mga Novo Vizcayanos. CMP FB PAGE

Members of the Runruno Friends of Highland Group Union, most of them belonging to the Indigenous peoples, stage a "peaceful demonstration" to express support for the British-based FCF Minerals Corp. in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, amid a contention with some settlers on the mining contract area in Runruno village. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO, PIA BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (July 1)—More than 1,500 workers mostly from different tribal groups working for the London-based Runruno mining operations staged a peaceful rally on June 28 to express their fear that they might lose their jobs as the company is on the verge of closing down operations because of some resistance from Indigenous people (IP) and other land settlers within the mining ar...

Hinimok ni Department of Trade and Industry provincial director Marietta Salviejo ang mga nakatanggap ng kanilang livelihood kits na gamitin ito upang mapalago ang kanilang mga negosyo. Sabi ni Salviejo, ang paglago ng kanilang negosyo ay sapat nang kasiyahan ng pamahalaan sa pagtulong sa mga maliliit na negosyante. KUHA NI BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO, PIA BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 30)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently gave livelihood kits to Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), former rebels and drug surrenderers in a bid to help them raise their quality of life. Marietta Salviejo, DTI provincial director, said 44 beneficiaries initially received their assistance through their Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa Program. ...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 28)—The provincial government and the Department of Health (DoH) yesterday opened the newly-constructed CTScan Center within the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital (NVPH) compound. Dr. Arlene Jara, NVPH chief, said the CTScan Center which was constructed on January 20, 2021 and completed on November 9, 2021 was funded by the provincial government with P5 million as its counterpart. She said the DOH provided the scanning machine, computers, scanner work station, electrical supply equipment and other laboratory accessories, among others. “This project has been supported by the DOH through the Health System Enhancement Program. This will be manned by our trained laboratory technicians,” Jara said. Dr. Grace Santiago, D...

Nanawagan si Joey Dulnuan, Pangulo ng Runruno Friends of Highland Group Union sa mga bagong halal na opisyal ng pamahalaan na tumulong sa pagresolba ng gusot sa pagitan ng kanilang grupo, mga naninirahan sa loob ng Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement at FCF Minerals Corp. Dagdag niya na dapat itong pagtuunan ng agarang pansin at aksiyon tungo sa kanilang legal, matahimik, ligtas at maayos na pamumuhay. KUHA NI BENJAMION MOSES M. EBREO, PIA BY BEJNAMIN MOSES M. EBREO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (June 28)—More than 600 workers of the FCF Minerals Corporation in this town are seeking government intervention to stop the resistance and harassment of illegal settlers and small scale miners in barangay Runruno over the mine firm’s operation. Joey Dulnuan, President of the Runruno Frie...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 25)—A mother sea turtle has been successfully returned to the Pacific Ocean after it was rescued in Barangay Ditawini, Dinalungan in Aurora province by local tourists from the upland town of Ambaguio in this province. Tourists and paraglider pilots from Nueva Vizcaya province helped find a mother sea turtle on its way home to the ocean after laying its eggs offshore in the coastal town of Dinalungan in Aurora province. PHOTO BY AMBAGUIO MUNICIPAL TOURISM OFFICE IN NUEVA VIZCAYA Nuepe Manuel Jr., municipal tourism officer of Ambaguio town, said they were at a resort in Dinalungan town in Aurora with some paraglider pilots from Nueva Vizcaya when they saw a turtle that had just laid eggs under a tree. Manuel said he did not im...