Nueva Vizcaya

FCF Minerals Corporation literacy facilitators conduct house-to-house visits in all sitio (sub-villages) Barangay (village) Runruno from July 16 to August 2, 2024 to map out Out-of-School Youths, Adults and Children to encourage ALS enrolment for School Year 2024-2025. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya—FCF Mineral Corporation conducted house-to-house visits in all sitio (sub-villages of Barangay Runruno here to map out-of-school youths (OSYs), adults and children and encourage them to enroll in the alternative learning system (ALS) program for the school year 2024-2025. From July 16 to August 2, 2024, eight literacy facilitators led by the FCF Minerals Corporation's Community Relations Office Education team members Raquel Mallari, Junita Bayaona and Lailanie Rafael. The tea...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO, PIA Some 8,881 elderlies from five municipalities in Nueva Vizcaya province receive their social pension benefits of P3,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the third quarter of this year. DSWD PHOTO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 9, 2024)—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed social pension benefits to poor elderly in this province. Joseph Abella, DSWD Project Development Officer said P3,000 has been given to 8,881 elderly beneficiaries of the social pension covering the third quarter of this year. He said the social pension was given to 1,197 elderlies of Quezon town, 1,717 in Villaverde town, 1,374 in Santa Fe town, 2,184 in Aritao town and 2,409 in Kasibu town. Abella sa...

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO, PIA DPWH hastens ₱89.6M for the widening of Nueva Vizcaya-Benguet road in Barangay Kirang in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. PHOTO COURTESY OF DPWH REGION 2 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 9, 2024)—The Department of Public Works and Highways is doubling its efforts to fast-track the road widening of the Nueva Vizcaya-Benguet Road in Barangay Kirang in Aritao town. Engineer Agnes Lu, Officer-In-Charge of the DPWH Nueva Vizcaya 2nd District said the ongoing ₱89.6-million road widening project involves the expansion of the road system to a 4.8-kilometer stretch with a carriageway measuring 3.05 meters thick. The road works also include the installation of a Reinforced Concrete Pipe Culvert (RCPC) that is 43 meters long with a diameter of 910mm, a grouted ripra...

Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for High Value Crops Development Program Cherry Marie Natividad-Caballero visits the Nueva Vizcaya FAFFOGGA Cold Storage Facility at Barangay Nagcuartelan in Aritao town. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO DEPARTMENT of Agriculture Undersecretary for High Value Crops Development Program Cherry Marie Natividad-Caballero visited Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) particularly the province of Nueva Vizcaya on August 8, 2024. Caballero personally inspected and visited the ongoing construction of onion cold storage funded under the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) located at  Barangay Santa Maria, Dupax del Sur town. Natividad-Caballero was assisted by town officials headed by Municipal Mayor Neil Magaway and members of farmers cooperatives and associat...

BFAR CAGAYAN VALLEY PHOTO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (August 8, 2024)—The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) is sustaining its initiatives to boost the output of aquaculture in the region. A good example is in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, where 57-year-old Simeon Rafael utilizes a pond-based technology demonstration project on the grow-out culture of tilapia. On July 25, Rafael got a partial harvest of some 100 kilograms of marketable-sized tilapia during the Harvest Field Day, a joint activity of BFAR Region 2 through the Provincial Fishery Office in Nueva Vizcaya headed by Jay-Arre Usquisa and the local government unit (LGU) of Kasibu. Usquisa said the harvest field day aims to showcase the economic benefits of growing tilapia in fis...

DTI Region 2 and Nueva Vizcaya teams visit the Aritao Trading Post and the newly established Onion Cold Storage facility where they met with local farmers and traders. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya—As part of her immersion visit to the province dubbed under Project RD SOFIE (Roving for the Development and Strengthening of Opportunities for Flourishing Industries and Enterprises of Nueva Vizcaya), Region 2 Director Ma. Sofia Narag visited the Onion Capital in this town on August 6, 2024. Narag said her visit aimed to deepen her understanding of the province’s unique landscape, foster relationships with key officials, and engage directly with micro, small and medium Enterprises (MSMEs). During her visit, Narag’s meeting with met with Mayor Remelina Peros-Galam focused on ...

DTI Region 2 and Nueva Vizcaya teams visit the Citrus Capital of Luzon – the town of Kasibu in Nueva Vizcaya and meet with the citrus and coffee farmers and processors on August 6, 2024. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO THE chronicles of Project RD SOFIE continue as Region 2 Director Ma. Sofia Narag of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) visited the Citrus Capital of Luzon – the town of Kasibu in Nueva Vizcaya and met with the citrus and coffee farmers and processors on August 6, 2024. RD SOFIE means Roving for the Development and Strengthening of Opportunities for Flourishing Industries and Enterprises of Nueva Vizcaya. This immersion visit aimed to deepen Narag’s understanding of the province’s unique landscape, foster relationships with key officials, and engage directly with micro, s...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Nueva Vizcaya and FCF Minerals Corporation conducts technical consultancy activity for 10 members of the Golden Malilibeg Livelihood Association, Inc. on how to improve their existing process on the production of ginger candies. The activity is part of Project GOLD (Generating Opportunities for Livelihood Development), a tripartite agreement between the DTI-Nueva Vizcaya, Barangay Local Government Unit of Runruno and FCF Minerals Corporation “to assist the community-based organizations with the ultimate goal of creating a self-sustaining economy to guarantee the community's independence, particularly beyond the mine life. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (May 11, 2024)—The Department of Trade and Industry (DT...

DEADLY PIT Photo shows the location where three treasure hunters and a barangay councilor died after smelling methane gas that emanated from the 10-meter deep pit in Barangay Magsaysay Hill, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya on Monday, May 6, 2024. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY VINCE JACOB VISAYA BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya (May 8, 2024)—It took more than five hours before the bodies of three treasure hunters and a village councilor were retrieved by mine personnel on Monday evening, May 6, from a 10-meter-deep man-made pit at Barangay Magsaysay here. The retrieved bodies from the pit were identified as Dionisio Alisen, 62, and Jeremias Padilla, 64, both residents of Sitio Sawmill, Barangay Mabuslo, and Selvino Mendoza, 63, resident of Purok 3, Barangay Banggot. The fourth victim was barangay councilo...

FCF Minerals Corporation showcases its best practices to around 1,000 family members of its employees in a mine tour during the celebration of the company's Family Day on March 16, 2024 at the Runruno Gold Project site in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 16, 2024)—The London-based FCF Minerals Corporation conducted its first-ever celebration of 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒚 on March 16, 2024 at the Runruno Gold Project site here. Rodalyn Arcebal, FCF Information, Education and Communication supervisor, said close to 1,000 family members of the company’s employees from as far as Mindanao joined the event anchored on the theme “𝑨𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂-𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒌𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒂.” Arcebal said the event was organized and spearheaded by the company’s Labo...