The Valley Journal

15Jul

By Alfred Del RosarioNo Comments

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...

MAY KAGITINGAN SA BAWAT SULIRANIN PARA SA KAPWA AT SA BAYAN

9Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

MAY KAGITINGAN SA BAWAT SULIRANIN PARA SA KAPWA AT SA BAYAN

Maligayang Araw ng mga Bayani! ❤️💛💙🇵🇭 Likha ni @leianaaa_waffles #arawngmgabayani #nationalheroesday #mabuhayfrontliners Paano nga ba maging isang magiting na Pilipino? Paano nga ba tayo hihiranging magiting sa ating sariling mga pamamaraan? Paano nga ba mapabilang sa mga tinatawag nating “Isang Magiting na Pilipino?” Sa pamamagitan ba ng pagbuwis ng buhay kahit na alam mong hindi sumusuporta ang mas nakararaming mamamayan sa iyong ipinaglalaban? Sa pagtatanggol ng karapatang pantao kahit na naapakan ang karapatan ng iba? Sa pakikipaglaban sa kasarinlan ng Pilipinas kahit na sa tingin ng nakararami ay maling pamamaraan? Sa limang dekadang pakikipaglaban ng Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) laban sa ating gobyerno, masasab...

18Nov

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

Magat Dam theory

BY ABE ALMIROL WITH the great amount of rain that poured in Luzon for several days while Typhoon Ulysses is travelling above land, floods will definitely submerge the low-lying areas of Cagayan and Isabela, with or without the Magat Dam. The poor structure, which gave life to thousands of rice fields that fed the nation and provided electricity since its inauguration on October 27, 1982, suddenly looked ugly. The managers who manned Magat Dam for decades instantly became morons who knew nothing about hydrology, and some noisy politician became a genius in front of the media. Now, Congress might spend several weeks to discuss this Magat Dam theory, and will forget about the neglected conversion of forestland into corn plantations from the eastern bank of the Cagayan River to the m...

Farming is one of the world’s oldest profession

20Oct

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

Farming is one of the world’s oldest profession

BY RUDIE R. BUENO IF teaching is said to be the noblest of all professions, farming could also be the most important of all occupations during this contemporary period. Humankind has to survive with food and other necessities. After the stone age when hunting began to wane as an occupation in about 10,000 BC, man started to cultivate land to produce food. Up to this day the farmers play a basic, albeit major, role in the survival of humanity. To say “my parents are just ordinary farmers” is, therefore, wrong or not justified at all. The Philippines is still, after many centuries of toil, basically a primary agricultural country. But while farmers in many developed countries are very rich, our farmers who provide food for us Filipinos are among the poorest in this “pearl of...

Controlling rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in NVizcaya

1Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

Controlling rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in NVizcaya

BY ARNEL G. MAGDIRILA, MD CORONAVIRUS disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients must be provided with the best possible health care, understanding and protection from discrimination or persecution for they are also victims. Under the Data Privacy Law, personal information about a Covid-19 patient should not be made public. This makes contact tracing more difficult or next to impossible especially when the patient was in close contact with a person who is asymptomatic or when the patient was not aware that he or she had been in contact with another person who was infected with the virus. This scenario will surely hasten the spread of the dreaded disease to an exponential rate. One of the senators said it would be a heroic act for a Covid-19 patient to voluntarily disclose his/her inf...

ON THE RATIFICATION OF BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE BILL

20Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

ON THE RATIFICATION OF BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE BILL

SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS Mr. President, I vote yes to the ratification of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Bill. It is a measure that will help the road to our economic recovery, while at the same time providing immediate relief and protections for those in need, such as our valiant doctors, nurses and other health workers. I express my gratitude to the Chair and to my fellow Senate members of the bicameral conference committee not just for accepting, but also for defending, two important amendments I proposed for two of the harder-hit segments of our population: our micro and small entrepreneurs, and our teachers. Matutulungan natin ang mga negosyanteng Pinoy na apektado ng pandemya sa mga operating expenses kagaya ng ilaw, kuryente, at iba pa. Mula sa m...

‘First’ Covid-19 vaccine, where does it come from?

12Aug

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Opinion

‘First’ Covid-19 vaccine, where does it come from?

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO RUSSIA is a Socialist country with mixed economic system, a combination of planned or controlled (socialist) and free market (capitalist) economy. In 1990, the first McDonald's opened in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This happened as a result of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of Glasnost (opennes and transparency) and Perestroika (restructuring) starting in the 80s. Photo: focuswashington.com There were many skeptics in the West at that time. We were even required by a professor from Hamburg, Germany to read a book titled "You can trust the communists to be communists." USSR's totally controlled (communist) economy was then failing and eventually resulted in the Republics' disintegration. It was their econ...