Nueva Vizcaya

FCF Minerals Corporation employees attended a two-day course on Effective Internal Environmental Management System (EMS) Auditing on April 4-5, 2022 with Criselda Garcia, Management Systems Consultant of Synergized Macro Solutions, Inc. providing the training. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 16)—To assist FCF Minerals Corporation to achieve its environmental goals, Synergized Macro Solutions, Inc. (SMS) conducted a two-day course on Effective Internal Environmental Management System (EMS) Auditing for the company's employees. The training was facilitated by Criselda Garcia, SMS management systems consultant, on April 4-5, 2022. Garcia said the needed training aims to provide participants with additional knowledge and skills in conducting EMS audits specifically in ...

QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 2)— The top three winners in the Search for BestCaya Mural Artists received cash prizes and trophies while the non-winning teams received Certificates of Participation and consolation prizes. CONBTRIBUTED PHOTO Munting Tinig as Champion by Arcee Meneses of Banganan, Aritao; Fernando Balut Jr. of Malasin, Dupax del Norte; and Zoila Albano of Bayombong. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Art from Within won as First Runner Up by Julian of Dagang, Dupax del Norte; Rex Ace Cabanilla Jr. of Bambang; and Mary Rose Umayan of Macate, also of Bambang. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Second Runner Up: GAEA won as Second Runner Up by Nathalie Kaye Dasigan of District 4, Bayombong; Glenn Kaylee Geroca of Osmeña, Solano; and Genesil Prado of Quezon, Solano. Meanwhile, the teams who ...

FCF Minerals Corporation joined the celebration of the International Day of Forests 2022 through a display exhibit and audiovisual presentation on March 21-31, 2022, at the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project Site, in Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 1)—The London-based FCF Minerals Corporation joined the celebration of the International Day of Forests 2022 to raise awareness of the importance of forests that people depend on. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, explained that the International Day of Forests is a global observance being held annually on the 21st day of March to raise awareness on the importance of forests to people and their vital role in poverty eradication, environmental sustainability, an...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO Photo shows Runruno National High School Principal Georly Tugade with the Program Management Committee (PMC) members, representatives from the Department of Education – Quezon District and Nueva Vizcaya Division Office and FCF Community Relations Office employees during the turn-over ceremony of the STEM laboratory equipment to RNHS in February 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya: FCF Minerals Corporation turned over P500,000 worth of laboratory equipment to its host village’s national educational institution. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, said the laboratory equipment was funded under the mining firm’s Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) under the Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences or DMTG 2...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO The barangay local government of Runruno in Quezon town, Vizcaya and FCF Minerals Corp. recently turned over a Multi-Purpose Hall to Runruno Elementary School and K-12 Workshop Building to the Runruno National High School. The projects worth more than P1.4 million and P2.6 million respectively were funded under the Social Development and Management Program of the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project (RGMP) of the Company. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 12)—British FCF Minerals Corporation has recently turned over P4 million worth of newly-completed building projects to schools in Barangay Runruno here. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corp. country manager, said the more than P1.4 million Multi-Purpose Hall was turned over to the Runruno Elementary...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO Agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the province were given farm cultivators which were purchased using the 2017 cash prize of the province for being a Rice Achievers' Awardee of the Department of Agriculture (DA). FB PAGE OF GOVERNOR CARLOS PADILLA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 11)—The provincial government here recently gave farm cultivators to 15 agricultural organizations and cooperatives in the province. Governor Carlos Padilla said the farm cultivators were purchased using the 2017 cash prize of the province for being a Rice Achievers' Awardee of the Department of Agriculture (DA). “This prize came from hard work and contribution of our farmers and we are bringing it back to them to sustain their production and maintain the status ...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO THE P20 million IP Students Dormitory was funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and built with the support of the local government unit (LGU) of Bayombong. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, NVSU FB PAGE BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 11)—The Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) has bared the completion of its Indigenous People’s Students’ Dormitory in this town. Ruth Padilla, NVSU Officer-In-Charge said the P20 million IP Students Dormitory was funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and built with the support of the local government unit (LGU) of Bayombong. “We are grateful for the funding and support from the NHA and the LGU of Bayombong for the realization of this project,” Padilla said. She said the IP Students Dormitory will be a big help ...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO The Department of Labor and Employment released a total of P8,319,450 during the payout at the Bagabag Municipal Gymnasium. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, DOLE BAGABAG, Nueva Vizcaya (March 9)—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday distributed wages for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program workers in this town. DOLE officials handed P11,100 each to the 749 TUPAD as wages for rendering 30-day various community work. Most of the TUPAD workers were given a daily wage of P370, the minimum wage rate in the Cagayan Valley region while another beneficiary received P5,550 for 15 days of work. DOLE Officer-In-Charge Elizabeth Martinez said they have released a total of P8,319,450 during the payout at the B...

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO COLLECTED waste materials in Runruno village in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya is helping the village produce hollow blocks for their village’s development projects. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 2)—With assistance coming from a British firm, Barangay Runruno here continues to earn income from a hollow block-making project using collected waste materials. According to FCF Minerals Corporation, the hollow block-making project is part of the Innovative-Runruno Integrate Sustainable Earn(I-RISE)-Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP) of the community. John Babliing, Runruno village chief, said they were able to produce 29,119 pieces of hollow blocks since the I-RISE-SWMP started in their community through the help of the FCF Minerals Corporation....