The Valley Journal

Region 2 mining firms ordered: turn over logs to DENR

24Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Region 2 mining firms ordered: turn over logs to DENR

By LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 24)—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has told two mining companies to immediately turn over all cut logs or harvested timber to the department for safekeeping. Gwendolyn Bambalan, DENR-Region 2 executive director, said the cut logs and harvested timber by mining companies in Cagayan Valley must all be properly stockpiled in a safe location to preserve their economic value. “These logs can be donated to the Department of Education for school building construction and other government agencies and local government units,” Bambalan added. To monitor the status of logs cut by mining firms, she and Mario Ancheta, Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 2 director, conducted sit...

Quezon farmers get agri machineries, water pumps

21Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Features, Nueva Vizcaya

Quezon farmers get agri machineries, water pumps

FARM MECHANIZATION. Rice and corn farmers in Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya are in elation after receiving various farm machinery and water pumps to boost their productivity. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (August 21)—Rice and corn farmers here are in elation after receiving farm machineries and water pumps from the Department of Agriculture (DA). Mayor Dolores Binwag said the DA Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) recently gave water pumps and their accessories to five groups of corn farmers in the municipality. She said the water pumps have long been needed by the corn farmers to improve their productivity of corn harvest as one of the major agricultural products of the town. Binwag added that the DA-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development an...

Lantion cautions Bayombong town officials causing delay in telco installations

20Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Lantion cautions Bayombong town officials causing delay in telco installations

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—Mayor Ralph Lantion here has warned officials and employees who may have been causing the delay in the installation activities of telecommunication companies in this town. "Officials and employees who are hampering [tower] installation may be held administratively liable," Lantion said This after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ordered telecommunication companies to shape up until the end of this year. In his recent State of the Nation Address, Duterte has called on telecommunication companies to improve their services until December this year for the welfare of Filipinos. Lantion has also issued an advisory that telecommunications requests at the Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Council) as well as in the barangay (village) level fo...

NVizcaya Oplan Awid brings home over 1,000 LSIs

19Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

NVizcaya Oplan Awid brings home over 1,000 LSIs

OPLAN AWID. The Nueva Vizcaya provincial government's OPLAN Awid Kontra Covid has brought home 1,069 Locally Stranded Individuals since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the country in mid-March. PHOTO COURTESY OF NV PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FB BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 19)—More than 1,000 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) have returned home to the province, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMC). Robert Corpuz, Nueva Vizcaya PDRRMO chief, said the provincial government has already brought home a total of 1,068 LSIs in the 15 municipalities of the province during the recent Provincial Covid-19 Task Force meeting at the Pasalubong Center in this town. Corpuz said the LSIs were brought home t...

PDRRMO pours aid to sustain NVizcaya efforts vs Covid

19Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Nueva Vizcaya

PDRRMO pours aid to sustain NVizcaya efforts vs Covid

FIGHT COVID. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office in Nueva Vizcaya recently facilitated the acquisition of various facilities and personal protective equipment to boost the province’s resources and sustain its efforts to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. PHOTO BY BEN MOSES EBREO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 19)—The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office (PDRRMO) here has assisted in the acquisition of various facilities to boost the province's resources and sustained efforts to fight coronavirus disease 209 (Covid-19). Robert Corpuz, PDRRM officer, said they have facilitated the proposal for the two units of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - standard one story health facilities container van with one swabbing bo...

Over 1,000 skilled jobs up for grab in NVizcaya

19Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya

Over 1,000 skilled jobs up for grab in NVizcaya

JOBS. Governor Carlos Padilla has partnered with a construction firm to provide jobs for qualified Novo Vizcayanos. The move is part of its advocacy to bring employment opportunities in the province. PHOTO COURTESY OF PLGU NV FB BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 19)—The provincial government has renewed its partnership with a construction firm to provide jobs for Novo Vizcayanos. Governor Carlos Padilla said the provincial government has partnered with D.M. Consunji Inc.(DMCI) to avail of its multiple job vacancies that will enable skilled Novo Vizcayanos to earn employment. "The multiple job offerings of our new partner and its free pre-employment training for recruits will significantly help our people, especially the growing number of displaced wor...

Australian mining firm’s permit renewal pushed

18Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

News, Nueva Vizcaya

Australian mining firm’s permit renewal pushed

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (August 18)—Seven big community-based cooperatives, people’s organizations, local businesses and employees here called on the local government unit to support the renewal of the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI). These community groups responded to a Barangay Didipio council’s resolution, which asked President Rodrigo Duterte, through the Office of the Mayor here, to deny the renewal application of the Australian mining company. These groups are the Didipio Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DCMPC), Didipio Community Development Corporation (DiCorp), Didipio Producers Cooperative (Dipco), Didipio Mine Employees Association (DMEA), Pun-o-o’haan-hi-kiphodan (Union) and Employees Al...

16Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya

NVSU kicks off P6-M projects to fight Covid

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 16)—The Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) here launched two projects for the new normal under its research, extension and training (RET) program to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. The funding, amounting to around P6 million from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), will be for the production of tilapia cream soup and the local production of ethyl alcohol, respectively. The DA-funded, P5-million project, called “A Community-Based Enterprise Tilapia Cream Soup Production and Commercialization,” was discussed at the NVSU-RET Conference Hall, regarding the objectives, work plan and deliverables. The project team included DA representatives, Nueva V...

TESDA, Bambang LGU eye skills training center

15Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya

TESDA, Bambang LGU eye skills training center

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 15)—The local government unit here in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will be putting-up an Integrated Skills Development Training and Livelihood Center (ISDTLC) in Barangay San Antonio South. Socorro Galanto, TESDA provincial chief, said the ISDTLC will address the need for technical skills among various stakeholders in the municipality. SKILLS TRAINING CENTER. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and Bambang local government unit officials visited a proposed site for the Integrated Skills Development Training and Livelihood Center in Barangay San Antonio South. The project is expected to provide technical skills and jobs for various stakeholders. PHOTO COU...

15Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nation, Nueva Vizcaya

‘Exempt frontliners from taxes’

By LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 15)—A bill has been filed in Congress seeking to exempt from taxation all medical and non-medical frontliners as relief for putting themselves at risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infection. Its author, Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma (Lone District), said once approved, House Bill 7351, which shall be known as “Handog sa mga Bayaning Lumalaban Kontra Covid-19 Act,” will exempt health care workers and various frontliners from paying taxes for the taxable year 2020. FILE PHOTO. REP. LUISA LLOREN CUARESMA IN CONGRESS “There has been a considerable number of doctors and health workers who have succumbed to this dreadful disease and yet frontliners continue to provide the health care services the people n...