The Valley Journal

OceanaGold gives P20-M to fight Covid to villages, awaits license renewal

29Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

OceanaGold gives P20-M to fight Covid to villages, awaits license renewal

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (April 29)—Amid the nearly two years extended closure of Didipio mine operation here, OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI) continued assisting communities to combat the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and other needs related to the pandemic. Lawyer Joan Adaci- Cattiling, OGPI president, said OGPI despite non-operation pending license renewal has provided assistance to their host and neighboring communities shelling out close to P20 million Covid-related needs since the outbreak in mid-March last year. For 2020, Adaci-Cattiling said OGPI extended P2.1 million help to frontliners in Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela and Cagayan provinces in Region 2, including the province of Ifugao in the Cordillera region for surgical and...

DoH Region 2 to deploy over 1-K more health workers to fight Covid

26Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Health, Nueva Vizcaya

DoH Region 2 to deploy over 1-K more health workers to fight Covid

Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center. CONTRIBITED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 26)—More than 1,000 health workers will be deployed to the different health facilities within the region as the government intensifies to direct the public and private coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) facilities, according to the Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development (CVCHD) of the Department of Health (DoH). Dr. Rio Magpantay, DoH Region 2 director, said the augmentation of health workers to be deployed is to increase the capacity of the CVCHD and to act on the need to empower disease surveillance. Magpantay said essential positions like doctors, nurses, medical technologists, radiologic technologists, nursing attendants, public health associates, health program...

Dialysis centers in NVizcaya soon to open

25Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Health, Nueva Vizcaya

Dialysis centers in NVizcaya soon to open

Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla (center, facing the audience) explains the importance of the procurement of additional dialysis machines for the growing number of kidney patients in the province. PHOTO COURTESY OF VIVA NUEVA VIZCAYA FACEBOOK PAGE BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 25)— Dr. Edwin Galapon, provincial health officer, said four additional dialysis centers will be put up in the provincial government-managed hospitals. Galapon said the dialysis centers will be put up at the Dupax District Hospital (DDH), Lt. Tidang Memorial Hospital (LTMH), Kasibu Municipal Hospital (KMH) and Diadi Emergency Hospital (DEH). “Additional dialysis centers will be established in our provincial local government unit hospitals to cater to the growing patient...

Community pantry by fratmen supports NVizcaya farmers

24Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Community pantry by fratmen supports NVizcaya farmers

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 24)—The established community pantry of the Alpha Phi Omega International Service Fraternity and Sorority Theta Epsilon Chapter (Apotec) here not only helps residents but also supports the agricultural products of the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural Terminal (NVAT). These fruits and veggies bought from NVAT including grocery items were offered for free for poor villagers here as part of the community service program of the said fraternity. The Community Pantry located near the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) along the Heroes Boulevard is being patronized by villagers especially in Barangay Buag, one of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) - declared poblacion barangays in this town. Apotec members manage the communit...

DPWH completes P29M Covid facility in NV town

24Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

DPWH completes P29M Covid facility in NV town

COVID. The newly completed Provincial Isolation Facility in Dupax del Norte town in Nueva Vizcaya to cater to coronavirus disease 2019 patients funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Health. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO DPWH completes P29M Covid facility in NV town BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 24)—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of an Isolation Facility in Barangay Malasin in Dupax del Norte town. The 32-bed isolation facility built within the Dupax District Hospital (DDH) compound is the first coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) facility in the country made of container vans. Dr. Edward Gines, DDH chief, said the P29 million isolation facility will have the required ma...

NVizcaya capitol closed until April 8 due to Covid surge

23Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

NVizcaya capitol closed until April 8 due to Covid surge

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 5)—Governor Carlos Padilla has ordered the extension of closure order among national and provincial offices within the Provincial Capitol here due to the spike of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the province. Padilla’s order on the temporary closure of the Provincial Capitol takes effect from April 5 to 8 to enable the Provincial Integrated Health Office (IPHO) for the conduct of disinfection activities. “This is deemed necessary to further contain the transmission of Covid-19 to our employees, their families and to the public whom we serve,” he said. Padilla said the temporary closure of the capitol will also pave the way for the conduct of contact tracing among employees who were exposed to Covid-19 carr...

23Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

Consider municipal mayors as frontliners

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 8)—The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to classify all 1,400 mayors as frontliners and include them in the government’s priority list for Covid-19 vaccination. In a letter addressed to Duterte, LMP national president, Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur states that “mayors are active frontliners taking the lead in ensuring the health and medical wellbeing of their constituents.” “The mayors also supervise social amelioration programs and the distribution of relief goods to affected constituents and in overseeing the functionality of the local IATFs [inter-agency task force], including the operations of isolation facilities and the municipality’s temporar...

23Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya, Technology

NVizcaya town gets P26-M projects

The inauguration of the covered court was led by Barangay Chairpseron Irene Uyammi (left) and Agnes Rosales, FCF Minerals Community Relations manager (right). PHOTO FROM FCF MINERALS FACEBOOK PAGE BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 3)—A foreign-based mine firm operating in this municipality has poured more than P26-million worth of projects as part of its share in the development of this town’s villages. Mayor Doris Binwag said the implementation of the P26-million worth of projects from FCF Minerals Corp. in the municipality started last year. One of the projects funded by FCF Minerals Corp. is a new covered court in Barangay Papaya, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. Binwag said the projects have contributed to the villagers’ having continuous livelihood despite the c...

23Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

FCF remits over P393-M in taxes, fees

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (April 23)—A London-based mining company here has remitted more than P393.24 million in taxes to national and local governments. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, said the amount of P42,640,501.66 in local taxes is expected to boost this municipality’s economy amid the pandemic. Carmichael added that the local taxes remitted to the municipal government here pertain to local business tax, mayor’s permit and other regulatory fees for the first and second quarters of 2021. For 2020, he said, FCF remitted a total of P350.6 million to the national and local governments. “This effort of the company has been a great factor for the municipality of Quezon to be recognized for their tax collection efficiency,” Carm...

NVizcaya upland schools get DOST’s S&T link

22Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya, Technology

NVizcaya upland schools get DOST’s S&T link

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (April 22)—The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently linked the teachers and students of two schools in the upland town of Ambaguio to various science and information web. Through the Science and Technology (S&T) Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations (Starbooks), two sets of computers with installed science and technology information were distributed and set up in Ambaguio Central School (ACS) and Ambaguio High School (AHS) both in Barangay Poblacion of Ambaguio. With the Starbooks, schoolers and teachers of both schools can now have access to the vast scientific information available on the system without an internet...