tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367775712026-07-24T14:02:44.043+08:00Online version of The Valley Journal weekly based in the Cagayan Valley region owned and managed by Good News Paublications. Editorial and Business Offices: Zamora St. Buag, Bambang, Nueva VizcayaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36777571.post-3654917659067581812010-09-13T10:34:00.001+08:002010-09-13T10:36:46.201+08:00

Personnel from the Police Provincial Office in capital town Bayombong led by Sr, Supt. Elmer Beltejar, warm up for their daily afternoon workouts. The PNP, in its bid to enhance the performance and image of its men, goes back to basics by getting into physical activities that will turn them into robust police officers with sound minds and bodies. FT

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Students at the Nueva Vizcaya State University view an exhibit byAmnesty International showing the inequalities being suffered by theindigenous peoples during the observance (August 10) of theInternational day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. FloroTaguinod

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By CHARLIE C. LAGASCA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The Aquino administration has around 5,000 New People’s Army (NPA) fighters remaining to contend with in its efforts to finally find lasting peace and a solution to the four-decade-old communist insurgency. According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) based at Camp Aquino, Tarlac City, the strength of

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By CHARLIE C. LAGASCA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - A US power firm, which owns and operates the Casecnan multipurpose irrigation and power facility, has donated earlier this week financial assistance to augment the province’s calamity fund. The provincial government yesterday said that the P6-million fund assistance given by the California Energy (CE), through its local subsidiary, the Casecnan

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – Eight of the 21 elementary pupils in Santiago City who underwent a swab test for possible infection of the AH1N1 virus were found to be positive of said illness. Reports said that as a result, the city government and the Department of Education had already ordered the indefinite suspension of classes at the Santiago City West Central School where the AH1N1 patients

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – Sixty-five villages throughout the archipelago or less than a percent of the country’s 42,025 barangays, including those in strife-torn Mindanao areas have yet to be energized, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. Norman Martirez, DOE senior research specialist, said that besides budgetary constraints, the electrification of the remaining unenergized villages, 39

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The number of children suffering from anemia or iron deficiency in Cagayan Valley is higher by 16 percent than the national rate, according to the latest survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). Citing the said report, Rhodora Maestre, nutrition council director for Cagayan Valley, said that of those surveyed in the region, children aged

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By CHARLIE C. LAGASCA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The Army is bracing for possible attacks by the traditionally Maoist New People’s Army (NPA) on several communication facilities in Cagayan Valley , among them a major facility of a multi-national telecommunication company. “We are not taking chances here as well as in other vital facilities in our areas. (The rebels) would resort to these actions

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–The family of a slain Kalinga-based journalist is seeking police protection amid reports that some of them were receiving threats following their patriarch’s murder. Chief Inspector Glen Ganpac, police chief of Kalinga’s Tabuk City capital, said that family members of the late Jose Daguio, especially his son Joey, have been seeking assistance for security in the

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By CHARLIE C. LAGASCA TUGUEGARAO CITY – Village folk in Peñablanca town here have been tapped to act as guardians of the remaining forest cover in said Cagayan’s southeastern town, which also is host to the famed seven-chambered Callao caves. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday said that it awarded tracts of land within the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–The security of a vital communication facility here serving as links to various provinces has been tightened amid threats from the New People’s Army (NPA) to sabotage its operations. The Army said that it has deployed a number of its men as augmentation security force for the Globe telecommunication facility in Barangay Bansing here, reportedly one of the targets of the

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–For the first time in many years, one of the province’s mountain towns, dubbed as the region’s citrus capital, won’t have an annual citrus festival this year, or every month of August, amid its huge drop in production. This after the long dry spell and still uncontrolled pests and diseases afflicting the plants in citrus-growing Kasibu town, especially its Malabing

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By CHARLIE C. LAGASCA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – Amid the stormy weather, thousands paid their last respects to the late Cagayan Rep. Florencio Vargas as his remains were finally laid to rest in his Abulug hometown Saturday (August 7). “All people from all walks of life attended the funeral. Almost all the officials of Cagayan led by Governor (Alvaro) Antonio paid their last respects to the

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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Apprehensions over the protection of fishery and other natural resources, relative to the planned dredging of the Buguey Lagoon, can be put to rest after government agencies led by the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute has outlined a number of points to consider in order to forestall any negative effect of such activity . The lagoon, situated at

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GONZAGA, CAGAYAN – As stakeholders in most parts of the country grapple with multitude of issues besetting the marine environment, a group of fishermen here had took it upon themselves to tackle problems directly affecting their livelihood.Vivencio Agcaoili, 60, says that Gonzaga, like most coastal towns, used to be very productive, “but over the years we have seen steady decline in fish catch

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ILAGAN, Isabela - All is set for the establishment of a P3.5 billion bio-fuel farm and ethanol plant capable to produce at least 100,000 liters of ethanol in a former logging town here.Mayor Edgar Go, whose San Mariano town will be the site of what could be Luzon’s first bio-fuel farm and ethanol plant, yesterday (25 Oct) said that the project’s major Japanese investor-proponents have already

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The long-neglected Bagabag airport here is expected to be back in full harness next year following years of intermittent operations due to poor and outdated facilities. This after the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has poured in additional P70 million for the airport’s continued rehabilitation and buildup designed to accommodate bigger aircrafts

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The Provincial Agriculture Office(PAO) here has urged farmers in the province to maximize their farmlots and turn them into a thriving agri-business to improve their income. Alex Domingo, supervising agriculturist and Nueva Vizcaya Farmers Information and Technology Service(NVFITS) manager said farmers should practice the Community-based Participatory Action Research (

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–A planning executive here said the provincial government is banking on the potentials of the province as a watershed haven for Cagayan Valley to generate more income and eventually cut its dependency on its Internal Revenue Allotment(IRA).“I believe this is the path of governance that governor Luisa Cuaresma is pursuing. She is bent on harnessing Nueva Vizcaya’s natural

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The National Food Authority here has prepared millions of pesos coming from the national funds to be used for the purchase of farmer’s main palay harvest season amid protests from traders that the food agency’s high buying price is taking away a large chunk of their profits.Acting on instructions from Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap, the provincial

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ILAGAN, Isabela - A regional trial court here has ordered a goods trading company based in Santiago City to pay at least P580,000 damages and other fees for the death of a trader's son in a car accident several years ago.Judge Josefino Piamonte of the Regional Trial Court here ordered that Grupo Marilen's Inc. and its company driver Salvador Mallari Jr., would be liable to pay P580,000 damages

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CABARROGUIS, QUIRINO - Small farmers are now in a better position to join the pangasius bandwagon, after the fisheries bureau in region 02 has determined the viability of feeding the fish with indigenous or alternative diet.Dubbed as ‘the new darling of the aquaculture industry’, pangasius offers more income compared to other popular farmed fishes, however, it also requires higher capital.One

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Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya - A workshop on Anti Red Tape Act recently conducted in the region by personnel from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) central office, has generated mixed reactions from participants who alleged that most of the incidents of so-called ‘fixing and fixers in government’ are rampant in Manila.The workshop which was attended by participants from the region’s

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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – After five months, one of the victims of the ill fated vessel MV Princess of the Stars was finally buried in his final resting place here.Bonnie Toreda who was buried by his family on Oct. 31, hails from Allacapan town. He was among the reported 600 others that went missing after the ship sunk in the waters off Romblon last June 21 during the height of typhoon

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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – In a country where the survival of many people in power means having the propensity to manufacture lies to cover crimes and doll-up accomplishments to prop up their corporate images, there now is an emerging campaign by very powerful foreign industries to utilize a so-called ‘manufactured consent’, this time to get away from social and environmental responsibilities.“

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