Nueva Vizcaya

LAWYER Roderick Iquin, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)  Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Chief, said FCF Minerals Corporation assured NCIP Commissioner Simplicia Hagada of their continuing respect for the rights of the Indigenous People. He said this was made during their recent ocular visit and meeting of NCIP officials with the mine firm management in Barangay Runruno, Quezon. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (June 24)—More than P177.26 million was paid to 680 individuals who had occupied a mining area awarded to a London-based mining firm in Runruno village here as compensation for their property and for them to relocate to a safer place outside the mining area. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corp. country manager, said there were 477 occu...

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) gives funding assistance to the Police Provincial Office (PPO) here to augment its resources for public service. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 22)—The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) gave funding assistance to the Police Provincial Office (PPO) here to augment its resources for public service. Police Colonel Ranser Evasco, provincial director, recently received the check amounting to P199,833 from PAGCOR officials headed by  Andrea Domingo, Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer and Atty. Fred Lim, President/ Chief Operations Officer, among others. Evasco said the funding assistance will be used for the purchase of computers, television, printers and a pr...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 20)—The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the provincial government here will be launcning the “Libreng Sakay, Serbisyong Tagumpay” for gov't workers in the province. Provincial Administrator Maybelle Blossom Dumlao-Sevillena said the launching of the program will be on June 23 at the provincial capitol which will be led by LTFRB Regional Director Edward Cabase and Governor Carlos Padilla. “This program aims to help our commuters, especially our government workers in cushioning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing increase of oil prices,” Sevillena said. Sevillena said this will also help the provincial government in saving its expenses on fuel utilization. Since t...

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 17)—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has distributed a total of 2,383 patents to beneficiaries under the Malawakang Handog Titulo Program (MHTP). The land titles were distributed all over Cagayan Valley, which comprises the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela, Cagayan and the island province of Batanes, DENR Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan said. The recently conducted MHTP series of awarding ceremonies was in collaboration with the Registry of Deeds (RoD) represented by lawyer Melba Niña Quinto in Nueva Vizcaya, lawyer Brenda Lyn Afalla in Quirino, lawyer Ariel Vallejo in Isabela, lawyer Herminio Sychangco Jr. in Cagayan and Maria Jocelyn Puriran in Batanes. The DENR Regi...

The Regional Development Council (RDC) - Infrastructure Committee in Cagayan Valley endorses the P1.6 billion proposed Nueva Vizcaya - Nueva Ecija Alternate Road Project for funding. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 16)—The Regional Development Council (RDC) - Infrastructure Committee recently endorsed the proposed Nueva Vizcaya - Nueva Ecija Alternate Road Project for funding. According to Governor Carlos Padilla, the proposed P1.6 billion road project is expected to be funded through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Padilla said the proposed project primarily aims to open an alternate route to Alfonso Castañeda town without going through the usual route along the national highway that needs to traverse the provinc...

The Department of Agrarian Reform in Region 2 turns over the P32 million Wacal Bridge Project in Solano town which will make it easier for farmers to transport their produce to the nearest market, and to inspire them to produce more agricultural products to increase their income while securing food for Novo Vizcayanos. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 16)—The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Region 2 recently turned over a P32 million bridge in Solano town to link farmers faster to the market. Engineer Rustico Turingan, Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer, said the turn-over of the Wacal Bridge in Solano town is part of the 34th year anniversary celebration of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP and the 5...

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Region 2 distributed Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to former rebels and farmers in the province at the Philippine National Police (PNP) gymnasium here which is part of the agency’s 34th-year commemoration of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and 50th Anniversary of the Presidential Decree No. 70. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (June 15)—The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Region 2 distributed Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to former rebels and farmers in the province at the Philippine National Police (PNP) gymnasium here. The CLOA distribution and awarding is part of the agency’s 34th-year commemoration of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) a...

FCF Minerals Corporation in Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya. FILE PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (June 13)—A national government-sanctioned British mining corporation in Barangay Runruno here over the weekend said it has suffered losses and is on the verge of losing $6.2 million (P328 million) more this month as a result of its failure to access part of its contract area claimed by "surface occupants" and others tagged as "illegal settlers." FCF Minerals Corp. said it cannot fully operate and exercise its mining rights over the mining contract area as the company is being prevented by occupants who claim to have a right over the area and are entitled to just compensation. "Also because the company does not have full access to the area due to resistan...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya (June 11)—A municipal councilor was killed after the sports utility vehicle (SUV) he was driving fell from a bridge in the upland town of Kasibu in this province on Friday morning, June 10. The Kasibu Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as engineer Alfredo "Samo" Tucpi 2nd, 49, a member of the Sangguniang Bayan in Kasibu and a resident of Barangay Poblacion in the said town. Based on the initial police investigation, the victim was on his way home when his Toyota Fortuner bearing registered plate UNQ 901 accidentally fell from a bridge in Barangay Bua in Kasibu around 12:30 a.m. According to the police report, the victim's vehicle fell and turned turtle when it landed in the river, which caused water to enter the SUV. ...