The Valley Journal

25Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

SUGAR CRISIS

BY JUAN PONCE ENRILE SCARCITIES and hoardings of prime commodities were recurrent problems of the Marcos regime in the early years of martial law. The experience I gathered in solving scarcities and hoarding in those days taught me that businessmen were a peculiar breed. They would take whatever risk there was for as long as they could generate profits for themselves. The first case of hoarding I handled in the early days of martial law was the sudden disappearance of sugar in the market. This happened a few weeks after martial law was declared. Malacañang was swamped with frantic telephone calls one morning in October 1972 from irate housewives and other users of sugar as raw material for their products. Their common complaint was the sheer absence of sugar in the market. Alarme...

Developing Sustainable Agroforestry Efforts in Ganano Subwatershed

3Dec

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

Developing Sustainable Agroforestry Efforts in Ganano Subwatershed

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO THE Forestland Management Bureau (FMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched a pilot program to assist people's organizations (POs) to diversify their revenue sources by enhancing consolidation in areas such as guyabano, rambutan, citrus and coffee production. On the other hand, through fostering the preservation and maintenance of biodiversity, soil, water, animal habitats and other natural resources, strategic integration benefits them. Apart from increasing resilience to climate change and the potential for mitigation, another key benefit for agroforestry producers is higher economic resilience since agroforestry provides many income sources throughout the year. The DENR's purpose is to provide an overview of agroforestr...

The Weavers of Ganano Sub-Watershed of Quirino province

2Dec

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

Opinion

The Weavers of Ganano Sub-Watershed of Quirino province

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO EARLIER government efforts on forestland development and restoration through reforestation contracts to families and communities resulted in forest depletion and degradation. As the influx of individuals to the forest increased so was damage to the forestlands. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Forestland Management Project (FMP) is being implemented to reverse the harm to the forestland and at the same time helped augment the needs of the people living in the uplands by introducing and providing them access to enterprise development. FMP provided continuous technical and material resources to the households and communities engaged in the economic enterprise of their choice to ensure the viability of the enterprise. The adopted str...

23Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

UNYIELDING

BY JUPER NIÑO CALULOT BIGAYAN GRABBED FROM AZCENTRAL.COM i That virulent threat has crimsoned our shores Scattering gloom yonder distant horizons Noble are those who battle headstrong Nobler still for they soldier on ii Are we meant indeed to tread this course? In this perilous path of the unseen and unknown If this be so then there’s no recourse So fret not oh! dear and just hold on iii If history is written to favor victors Then why are some winners encaved in stones? In some nameless graves as forgotten heroes And still that pyre ignites in a world forlorn iv As weakened warriors lift their swords To salvage kindreds of hundreds and scores That dreaded enemy seeps deeper still To make this world a wartorn hell v But m...

End Covid-19 Pandemic Through Vaccination

20Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Opinion

End Covid-19 Pandemic Through Vaccination

Listen to the medical community address the real cause of vaccine hesitancy in the country once and for all!Witness the medical community come together and unite against the unethical proliferation of vaccine misinformation. This type of malicious act doesn’t only elicit fear, panic, and confusion in a county that’s already desperately lagging behind its vaccination rate—-and it can lead to the deaths of hundreds of unvaccinated people. By depriving many of our countrymen, who are poor, the chance to be vaccinated, the false information being spread in these challenging times is tantamount to criminality. The damage that anti-vaxxers can inflict on our people can have the same impact of terrorism. Vaccination is the only scientifically proven method to protect the poorest of the poor...

FMP’s beyond timber approach in Region 2

9Aug

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

Opinion

FMP’s beyond timber approach in Region 2

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO The Community Resource Management Framework-Community Management Plan (CRMF-CMP) was developed to assist Peoples Organizations (POs) in managing the areas covered by Community Based Forest Management Agreements (CBFMAs). The majority of CRMFs in the Forestland Management Project (FMP)-covered areas in the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya has been implemented for nearly four years since its inception in 2014, identifying gaps, valuable lessons learned and gains from the previous five-year plan is recommended. In her message, the Regional Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan emphasized the importance of strong community relations and organizing that is anchored primarily in the concept of sustainable development objectives such as achieving a balanc...

15Jul

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

Opinion, Quirino

Watershed board manual approved

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO QUIRINO Governor Dakila Carlo Cua has approved on July 15, 2021 the Ganano Watershed Committee's Manual of Operation during the launch of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-led Save Our Watershed Campaign. Citing Section 16 of Republic Act 7160, also known as the Local Government Code of 1991, Cua explained that local government units (LGUs) are empowered to efficiently and effectively govern their territory, as well as enact measures to protect the environment. The Ganano sub-watershed in this town which is adjacent to the Magat watershed is one of the Cagayan River's sub-river basins. It is one of the province's most important sub-watersheds, supplying water to around 1,000 hectares of irrigated land and that more than half of the sub...

FMP TAKES ON CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE

5Jun

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

Opinion

FMP TAKES ON CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO THE Forest Management Project (FMP) is expected to integrate conservation and development-oriented activities with full participation and capacitation of local communities and several people's organizations (PO). This is in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) project management offices and field implement units within the FMP-assisted sub-watershed areas in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources project management offices and field implement units within the Forest Management Project-assisted sub-watershed areas in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino hold a three-day workshop on technical writing, photo documentation and drone training on June 2-4, 2021. ...

8May

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Nueva Vizcaya, Opinion, Technology

FCF MINERALS GOLDEN RULES OF SAFETY

FCF MINERALS CORPORATION: EIGHT GOLDEN RULES OF SAFETY BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO Visiting a London-based mining company that operates in Runruno village in Quezon town in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, one finds billboards reminding their employees of the company’s Eight Golden Rules of Safety. James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, said the company’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) department posted those billboards in the mining area to ensure their employees’ safety and remind them that it is everyone’s responsibility. Earlier, FCF Minerals led by the OSH Department launched a training program entitled “8 Golden Rules of Safety: An Empowered Safety Program” to make employees feel empowered to take action and decide for themselves that their safety is i...

10Apr

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

News, Opinion, Quirino

Forest Communities in Quirino

BY MIKE DEL ROSARIO THE pandan leaves are woven together by the members of the Macate Diffun Upland Farmers Association (MDUFA) Inc. in Diffun town, Province of Quirino, before being transformed into colorful bags, and the traditional "bayong" modernized as “Ecobags” that we used to carry goods from the market or grocery stores. Rather than planning a family hike or outing, weaving provided an alternative treat for families in Barangay Macate in Diffun to spend more time together, staying safe at home, while increasing their productivity or cash flow during this seemingly unending pandemic. This people’s organization is one among the ten partner beneficiaries of the Forestland Management Project (FMP) which is a foreign-assisted project implemented by the Department of Enviro...