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==$200-M paper facility to rise in Isabela==
==NFA 2 launches door-to-door palay buying system==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481329115414
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481336618585
*By: Thelma C. Bicarme and Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''February 13, 2012''
*''Thursday, May 10, 2012''
 
SANTIAGO CITY,Isabela- The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 has launched a mobile palay buying system starting this cropping season, to enable the agency to meet its procurement program this year.
 
NFA Regional Director Ruben Reside said the agency will directly buy palay harvest of farmers right at their doorstep as a way to help the farmers lessen their fare expenses in selling their palays.
 
“The NFA mobile buying system was conceptualized due to competition of private palay traders where they have higher prices than NFA," Reside said.
 
He said the NFA buying price is pegged at P17 per kilo of dried palay, while private traders’ buying price are higher than the NFA.
 
The NFA has targeted to buy this year 1.5 million bags of palay to be a buffer stock of the agency for future consumption.
 
Reside said the strategy to buy palay right at the doorstep of farmers was conceptualized by the agency to fill the buffer stock of the agency. The mobile NFA buying team will penetrate barangays to buy palay composed of a team leader, classifier, and cashier using NFA trucks.
 
The agency, in February this year, has supplied 400,000 bags of rice at the National Capital region to augment the rice requirement of NCR.
 
As of press time, the agency has a buffer stock of rice in the region that is good for 30 days.
 
==Isabela Day==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/359185/vizcaya-development
*By: www.mb.com.ph
*''Wednesday, May 09, 2012''
 
ILAGAN, Isabela— The provincial government has declared May 11, 2012 a special non-working holiday in celebration of the 156th founding anniversary of Isabela. Gov. Faustino Dy III said this would give Isabelinos time to witness and participate in the celebration. Isabela Day will be highlighted with the visit of Malaysian Prince Tunku Naquiyuddin Ja’afar. Ja’afar will be visiting the province as partner in the fight against dengue. Dy recently visited Malaysia. Alvin Paras, information officer, said Ja’afar will be visiting the Gov. Faustino Dy Sr. Memorial Hospital, the Lingap Center and the Women and Children Protection Center.
 
==Coop office to release livelihood loan assistance to SMEs==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481336439925
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''Tuesday, May 08, 2012''
 
ILAGAN, Isabela– The provincial government of Isabela through the cooperatives office will release today the interest-free livelihood loan assistance in the amount of P3,000 and each to selected small and medium enterpreneurs (SMEs) to be held at the capitol amphitheater.
 
Governor Faustino G. Dy III will lead the distribution of checks to the 1,315 selected Isabelino SMEs from the sixteen towns of the province.
 
The livelihood loan assistance is an aid to SMEs to further increase their income from their chosen small business.
 
The distribution of the loan assistance is programmed by the cooperatives office for a series of distribution schedule to help not only the SMEs but also to Isabelinos who have the interest in establishing a small business.
 
Alvin Paras, provincial information officer, said the loan assistance is provided by the provincial government with no interest to help SMEs expand their small business.


ILAGAN, Isabela- A $200-million paper plant facility will be constructed in Isabela as soon as the final agreement among the Korean investors, the provincial government of Isabela, and city government of Cauayan will be formalized.
Paras said the provincial government has set aside P3.928 million for the said program.


The multi-million dollar paper plant facility, which will be using corn stalks as raw materials, is expected to be constructed at the forest region of Cauayan City where majority of farmers are engaged in corn planting.
The sixteen towns that were notified by the provincial government where SMEs came from are the towns of Burgos, Cabatuan, Tumauini, Luna, Quezon, San Mariano, San Manuel, Quirino, San Pablo, Alicia, Gamu, Benito Soliven, Cabagan, Cauayan City, Ilagan, Naguilian, Santo Thomas.


Danilo Tumamao, provincial agriculturist of Isabela, said that in the conceptualization of the paper plant project, the proponents took into consideration the area of operations where vast areas of corn lands shall be present to meet the requirements and availability of corn stalks when the facility will start to operate.
==Isabela Braces For 11-Hour Blackouts==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/359025/isabela-braces-for-11hour-blackouts
*By: ELLSON A. QUISMORIO
*''Monday, May 07, 2012''


Tumamao said Isabela is the country’s top producer of corn among other provinces in the country where it has produced 1.26 million metric tons of corn in 2011, contributing 20 percent of country’s total corn production.
Power users of the Isabela Electric Cooperative I (ISELCO I) are bracing for two 11-hour blackouts this week.


The Korean-owned Corn Pulp and Paper Holdings with local counterpart Araneta and Lee Consulting company has been initially conducting talks with the provincial and city officials of Cauayan to possibly realize the important project which can contribute to employment opportunities for Isabelinos.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), in its ad¬visory yesterday, said the scheduled power interruptions would take place on Wednesday and again on Thursday. Both blackouts will last 11 hours, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.


Tumamao said the Korean project is an opportunity to increase the corn yield by planting corn in 20,000 hectares to produce the needed corn stalks for the plant’s operation.
The power transmission company said the outage on Wednesday is to make way for the replacement of wood poles and other line hardware along the Santiago-Cauayan 69- kilovolt transmission line, while the interruption the next day is to correct the defective substation equipment at Santiago Substation.


Tumamao said once the paper plant facility will formally operate, there will be demands for labor force and this will benefit Isabelinos.  
As the province’s distribution utility (DU), ISELCO I will determine which specific cities and municipalities will be affected by the back-to-back power interruptions.


==Ex-Gov. Padaca cleared of graft==
The DU is allotting available power within its franchise area and implementing the power interruption schedules among end-users.
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/143611/ex-gov-padaca-cleared-of-graft
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr. and Thelma C. Bicarme
*''February 11, 2012''


CAUAYAN CITY, Philippines—The Ombudsman has cleared former Isabela Governor Maria Gracia Cielo Padaca of graft charges in connection with the increase of government subsidy for rice farmers in 2007.
“Normal operations will immediately resume after work completion. NGCP customers and the general public are advised to take the neces¬sary preparation and precaution for this scheduled interruption,” the NGCP said.


In a 16-page decision dated January 20, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said there was no sufficient evidence that Padaca wasted provincial funds when she entered into a deal with the National Food Authority (NFA).
NGCP is a privately-owned corporation in charge of operating, maintain¬ing, and developing the country’s power grid and electricity superhighways.


The case was filed by Simeon Taguinod, who complained that Padaca abused her authority when she signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the NFA in 2005 and 2006 that increased Isabela’s subsidy for rice farmers.
==Guibang, Isabela, welcomes pilgrims to feast of Our Lady of the Visitation==
*Source: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/46613/guibang-isabela-welcomes-pilgrims-to-feast-of-our-lady-of-the-visitation
*By: Josephine Darang
*''Sunday, May 06, 2012''


Taguinod also claimed that the MOA was signed without the approval of the Isabela provincial board.
As National Shrine of Our Lady of the Visitation in Barangay Guibang of Gamu town in Isabela prepares for the arrival of pilgrims who will attend the novena Masses and fiesta on July 2, stories of miracles have come to me from residents there.


In her June 29, 2007 counter-affidavit, Padaca insisted that the NFA agreement was legal and did not require the permission of the provincial board.—Villamor Visaya Jr.
Felisa Patriarca Hanaban, 78, who sells candles and rosaries, told me that when she was 30, she suffered severe stomach pain. She said she knelt before the altar and asked Our Lady of Guibang for help.


==Town greenhouse established for vegetable seedling production==
She said she saw the Virgin Mary in a dream walk down from the altar and tell her that when she start smelling the fragrance of roses, the pain would stop. And so it was that when Nana Felisa was standing at the door trying to sell candles, she suddenly felt a wind passing by and smelled roses. The pain disappeared, and she continues to sell candles and rosaries. If you visit the shrine, you will recognize her.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481328838395
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr. and Thelma C. Bicarme
*''February 10, 2012''


CORDON, Isabela- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 2 and the local government unit of Cordon joined its resources in establishing a greenhouse for vegetable seedling production to be distributed to residents here.
The miracle of a job


The greenhouse establishment is a joint project of the LGU – Cordon and DA to boost vegetable production in the town and in the region as a whole.
Prof. Elsa Cadiente brought Agnes Panao Nicolas to us.  Agnes, 57, whose parents, Severina Panao Nicolas (known as Baket Binay) and Vicente Palomares Nicolas, were the first caretakers of Our Lady of Guibang. She told us that Our Lady helped her get her first job. Agnes was a new graduate then of Bachelor of Agriculture in what is now the Isabela State University. She approached the late Bishop Miguel Purugganan to ask for help to get a job. Purugganan introduced her to Dr. Luis Evangelista, the chair of the Philippine Coconut Authority. She got the job and worked at the Philcoa for several years. Today, she lives in a house near the shrine.


Municipal Agriculturist Relly Cruz said officials of the local government unit of Cordon led by Mayor Laurencio Zuniega are thankful for choosing the town as beneficiary of a greenhouse which is an important facility for vegetable farmers adding that that the town is a potential area for vegetable production.
Memories


The locality will be using the greenhouse to be an area to propagate vegetable seedlings that will be distributed to vegetable farmers and other interested residents who will have the interest to plant vegetables.
Agnes Nicolas remembers  how her parents brought her and her siblings to Guibang on Jan. 5, 1955. They lived near the small chapel of the Virgin Mary, then made of galvanized iron and facing south. By the time I saw the church in 1993, when the late Msgr. Johnny Corpuz brought me to Guibang, the church  looked  as it does now, but already facing  east. The main door now faces the highway.


Cruz said that the local officials wanted that each resident in the locality will have at least backyard garden as their source of income and use for their own consumption.
In January 1986, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines elevated the church of Our Lady of Guibang to a national shrine.  Before that, in May 1973, Our Lady of Guibang was canonically crowned by Papal Nuncio Carmine Rocco.


Cruz said that among the vegetable seeds that will be propagated inside the greenhouse are pepper, tomato, eggplant, okra, squash and other vegetables that are usually grown in the barangay.
Fiesta activities


==PRC Santiago city gets new emergency rescue equipment==
Rev. Fr. Francisco “Paco” Albano, parish priest, will lead the nine-day novena Masses, June 23-July 1, culminating in the fiesta on July 2. Novena Masses are at 5 p.m. Bishop of Ilagan Joseph Nacua, OFM-Cap, will officiate the Concelebrated Mass on July 2, 8 a.m., with  the  Power Voice as choir.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481328753605
*By: Thelma C. Bicarme and Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''February 09, 2012''


SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Santiago City chapter was provided with a new unit of ambulance and a mini fire truck last week by the PRC Central Office to better respond to emergencies in its area of operation.
Fiesta Masses on July 2 will be every hour starting 5 a.m. Stylist and artist Ali Rich Garcia will decorate the altar.  Helping get white orchids, green foliage and bamboo are Zeny Zicherelli and Aurora Zipangan Lazo.


PRC Santiago City chapter administrator Estela Vergara said the new emergency rescue equipment were provided by the PRC Central Office having seen the necessity of the rescue equipment through the intervention of the city government who made a request to the PRC.
Milagros Dancel, a member of a Marian group in the parish, remembers offering novena Masses to Our Lady when her daughter Mylah Marie Dancel was reviewing for the dental board exams. Her daughter later ranked sixth in the exams.


Vergara said the rescue equipment will be kept in her office and will be exclusively used for providing emergency assistance to needy constituents.
Those who need estampita prayers to Our Lady of Guibang can write to me c/o the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.  Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.


PRC Santiago City is also willing to lend the rescue equipment to the Bureau of Fire Protection only when requested by the agency especially during fire rescue operations.
How to go to Guibang


Vergara said the provision of additional rescue equipment will be beneficial to Santiaguenos as it will surely expand their services to the needy constituents. She also said that the PRC Santiago City has a number of volunteers who are willing to augment the needed manpower especially during emergency situations like in the time of calamities.
Ali Garcia and I took the Cebu Pacific flight from Cauayan. Then we were driven to Gamu town where Guibang is. The airline flies to Cauayan at 9:20 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Pilgrims can take buses like Florida, Victory or Baliwag and travel eight hours to Gamu. Driving up in cars can take seven hours. For accommodations, you can reserve at Zicherelli Hotel on the highway. Hotel rates are reasonable. Call (078) 6222340.


The PRC is also closely coordinating with the Rescue 206 to better serve Santiaguenos.
By the way, St. Ferdinand Cathedral in Gamu marks its ninth year on May 12. Fr. Ian Mamauag, the parochial vicar, says a seminar on the new Roman Missal will be held. The public is invited. Bishop Joseph Nacua will celebrate Mass at 4 p.m.


Vergara said the PRC is helping in the conduct of first-aid trainings in schools and even in barangays, disaster management, blood-letting, and other humanitarian activities.
The province of Isabela will hold its 156th Isabela Day on May 10 and 11. Gov. Bojie Dy and Vice Gov. Rodito Albano will lead the celebration that begins with a Mass on May 10, 8 a.m. Fr. Carlito Sarte, the new vicar general, is main celebrant.


==Cauayan City, region 2’s most outstanding AgriPinoy rice achiever==
Our Lady of Biglang Awa fiesta
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481328663464
 
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
This year’s fiesta of Our Lady of Biglang Awa on May 10 in Boac, Marinduque, will mark the 54th year of the canonical coronation of Our Lady, which took placed on May 10, 1958, and the 34th  anniversary of the canonical erection of the Diocese of Boac on May 10, 1978.
*''February 08, 2012''
 
Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista will officiate the Concelebrated Mass on May 10, 9 a.m., at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Rene Sapungan, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Biglang Awa, will celebrate Mass at the Shrine, 4 p.m. Hermana Mayor 2012 is Josephine Peñafiel Cunanan.
 
Our Lady of the Abandoned fiesta
 
Manila Archbishop Chito Tagle will officiate the Concelebrated Mass honoring Our Lady of the Abandoned on May 12, 9:30 a.m. Concelebrants are Fr. Baltazar Obico,  OFM, minister general; Fr. Andrew Litigio, OFM, parish priest; and OFM friars and guest priests from the Vicariate of the Holy Family.
 
Readers asked for the fastest way to help the church of Fr. Rey Floresca in Dinagat Island, Surigao. Please deposit your donations to the parish account with the PNB Surigao Branch. Savings account number 452-001300034, in the name of Reynaldo B. Floresca and Elena E. Baptisma. Thanks for your kindness. May St. Vicente Ferrer intercede for your prayers.
 
Flores de Mayo at 33
 
The Congregacion del Santissimo Nombre del Niño Jesus will hold its 33rd Flores de Mayo today, 5 p.m. at the SM Mall of Asia, in cooperation with the City of Pasay, Unilever and SM Mall of Asia.
 
In Las Piñas, devotees will flock to the Church of St. Joseph to mark the feast of “Tata Husep,” or St. Joseph, who is believed to be miraculous.
 
==Pattaradday Festival: Showcasing the best of Santiago City==
*Source: http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/26725-pattaradday-festival-showcasing-the-best-of-santiago-city
*By: Leonardo Perante II
*''Saturday, May 05, 2012''
 
MORE than a decade, or 12 years ago on Saturday, Pattaradday Festival was launched on May 5, 2000, on the fifth founding anniversary of Santiago City as an independent component city from the province of Isabela.
 
It was during the term of then-City Vice Mayor Amelita Sison-Navarro, who took over as city mayor by virtue of the law of succession from Mayor Joel Miranda, when the summer spectacle was born and celebrated yearly from May 1 to 5.


CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela– The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Region 2 office has adjudged the city of Cauayan as Most Outstanding Agripinoy rice achiever for having produced and surpassed the minimum production per hectare of rice last year compared to other cities and municipalities.
Pattaradday is an Ibanag term for “unity” that would best describe how mixed cultural and ethnic groups—be they indigenous residents or multinational and domestic migrants running economic business enterprises in the city—stay together in harmony.


The city government will receive the award today at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) through Mayor Benjamin G. Dy and city agriculture officials of Cauayan.
“There are 17 ethno-linguistic groups residing in the city that could rally around the concept of unity, and they are precisely the reasons Pattaradday came into the picture,” said Navarro.


City agriculturist Rufino Arcega said the city government is set to receive a certificate of recognition and a cash award of P1 million from DA.
Recognized by the Department of Tourism as Santiago City’s institutionalized festival, Pattaradday did not only showcase local talents but guest performers from other provinces and in cities in the country like the famous Sinulog of Cebu, Dinagyang of Iloilo, Panagbenga of Baguio and Ibon-Ebon dancers from Candaba City, Pampanga.


Arcega planned to propose to Mayor Dy that the cash award will be used to purchase of rice land to be used as research center to better improve rice and corn yields.
“Of course, our neighboring provinces, cities and towns in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 with their respective street dancers have already been a part of our yearly event as they compete in the street-dance showdown, making it a truly unified celebration,” said Navarro.


He said once the city government has established a research center, the best farming technology will be shared to the farmers in the city to improve more their yields.
The participation of respected guest performers from as far as down south and up north makes Pattaradday virtually a national event full of life and colors. It is precisely the reason it earned the Hall-of-Fame Award from the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines as Best Tourism Event from 2006 to 2008.


City councilor Ruben Tumbaga, committee chairman on agriculture and agricultural technician Mary Jane Yadao will also be receiving a regional award for their outstanding contribution in the improvement of rice yield and support to agriculture sector in the city.  
“At least in five of the 365 days in a year we can parade together, co-exist and show our best in the arts in the form of songs, dances and other forms of expression,” said Navarro.


==PENRO – Isabela, environment task force to intensify anti-illegal logging operations==
Every year the festival theme would vary showcase from agricultural to character-first advocacy. This year it focuses on health and environment.
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481328585497
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''February 07, 2012''


ILAGAN, Isabela– The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) will intensify its anti-illegal logging operations this year to halt the depletion of the remaining forest resources in the province.
“Of course, we are getting conscious about our health, so we should have a sound mind and a sound body. Without these we cannot think well and perform well. We can achieve good character instinctively with good health and mind,” said Dr. Solomon Maylem, Santiago City veterinary officer who took charge of physical-fitness activities during the festival.


PENRO – Isabela chief William Savella said that being the lead agency in the implemetation of the total log ban, they will see to it that the law will be strictly enforced  whoever is affected.
“Takbo iFun,” is a fun run designed even for the youngest or oldest runners.


Savella lauded the present provincial leaders in the sincere desire to stop illegal logging in the province by enforcing anti-logging ordinances even before the E.O 23 was issued .
The traditional Santacruzan procession is also held around the city during the festival.


He said that as part of the agency’s role to protect the environment, has coordinated with the provincial government for the strict implementation of total log ban to ensure that forest resources are being protected and maintained.
To add color, a kite-flying exhibition was displayed by the Santiago City Kite-flying Society for kite enthusiasts.


PENRO-Isabela in coordination with the Isabela Environment Task Force (IEPTF) has yielded numerous confiscations and apprehensions of illegally transported logs and lumbers through its established checkpoints in various parts of the province.
One of the most-awaited highlights of the festival was the Mutya ng Santiago City beauty pageant held at the AMA Coliseum in the city on May 3.


“Our joint efforts with the provincial government on anti-illegal logging is now reaping positive results as there are now lesser and lesser confiscations and apprehensions of illegally cut logs and lumbers," Savella said.
Showcasing most spectacular sights and sounds during the city’s 18th birthday was the grand parade with colorful floats and street-dancing showdowns from the best street performers in the country.


Savella urged local government units and even the residents to report to the environment task force any illegal logging activity or transportation of illegally cut trees from the natural forest to stop the depletion of the remaining forest resources in the province.
As a closing remark, thousands of fire balloons were dramatically launched early evening city-wide.


==Isabela police investigators undergo e-blotter system seminar==
==DA 2 official inaugurates vegetable trading center==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481328236793
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481336103474
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''February 03, 2012''
*''Friday, May 04, 2012''
 
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- Department of Agriculture (DA) 2 Regional Technical Director Lorenzo Carangyan led yesterday the inauguration of the newly built vegetable trading center located at the Integrated Transport terminal compound.
 
The newly-built trading center, also called as city food terminal, was constructed through the financial assistance provided by the Cagayan valley’s agriculture department in the amount of P1 million.


ILAGAN, Isabela- Police investigators from all police stations in the province have undergone a one-day seminar on electronic crime incident reporting system otherwise called as e-blotter held at the Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO).
Carangyan said the counterpart of the city government of Santiago is the construction of a huge building intended for trading of goods from the different parts of the region. The lot was also provided by the city government located at barangay Malvar.


The e-blotter system seminar aims to speed up access and preparation of complaints from the public which are usually logged at police stations.
He said the city government’s willingness to construct the building is a step to put in place the trading area where the previous location hampers the traffic flow in the city’s business district.


Police chief inspector Melchor Agusin, team leader of the e-blotter mobile training system from Camp Crame, said the e-blotter will become accessible to police stations and the higher police commands for speedy coordination for solution of crimes.
“This project will surely help vegetable farmers in the city and in the entire Cagayan Valley," Carangyan said.


Agusin said the e-Blotter does not only facilitate crime documentation and modernize data storage but also presents quick, fast and reliable transmission of crime information from police station to the PNP headquarters at Camp Crame, Quezon City.
“Vegetable growers will not be hard put anymore to sell their products as the trading center is already present in the city," Carangayn further said.


“The e-blotter is an effective management tool for decision makers and security strategists to have an easy and intelligent way of mapping out peace and order and anti-criminality strategy," Agusin said.
The DA official suggested that the city government shall organize the vegetable farmers in the city to enable them to easily dispose their products at the trading center.


However, Agusin clarified that concerned individuals or the public who wanted to secure blotters from the police stations are still required to personally appear to the police stations as blotters cannot be accessible to the public online and personal appearance to the police stations is still required before issuing police blotters.
He said the present leadership of the agriculture department wanted that all localities in the country shall establish a trading center to help farmers immediately market their products.


Agusin said the Philippine National Police (PNP) saw the necessity of the e-blotter system for interconnecting the police in the fast solution of crimes in the country.
The DA official was also the guest of honor during the farmers day organized by the city agriculture office where the event is the venue for raising the concerns of Santiago City farmers.


The new system still requires to be logged manually but at the same time, they will be encoded immediately in a computer linked to the police's central reporting network called the PNP Crime Incident Reporting System.
==Batanes, Santiago City bid national Nutrition Honor Award==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=461335773453
*By: Oliver T. Baccay
*''Tuesday, May 01, 2012''


==Farmer surrenders endangered bird to a local TV station==
Two of the local nutrition councils in region 2 are now contenders of the prestigious Nutrition Honor Award, the highest recognition given to Local Government Units (LGUs) that have consistently shown outstanding performance for nutrition improvement.
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481328149860
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''February 02, 2012''


SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela– A farmer at barangay Nagassican in this city has turned over to a local television station here a  rare bird which he caught in his farm recently.
For this year, Batanes province and Santiago City are the entries of Cagayan Valley in the said award system, after three consecutive years of garnering the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN).


The bird identified as a baby owl was seen by Rodrigo Albay while he was working in  his farm and he caught it, unaware that it is an endangered species.
Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said the two LGUs are now on their 3rd year of maintaining their CROWN award which qualifies them to be elevated into the NHA.


Albay said he used to see birds of this kind in his farm but this is the only time that he was able to catch one because the birds are elusive especially to human beings.
She said Batanes province was already evaluated last week while Santiago City is scheduled for May 7-11, 2012. NNC chief Assistant Secretary Bernardita Flores led the team in Batanes together with the evaluators from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Department of Agriculture (DA).


The farmer said he was advised by his neighbors to surrender the bird to ABS-CBN Cagayan Valley based in the city, as the said station has a program for caring and protecting the environment.
Maestre believed that the two entries will make it as she sees the strong foundation of the programs, projects and innovations made for the eradication of malnutrition rate in the said areas.


ABS-CBN Cagayan Valley management will turn over the said owl to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Region 2 had consistently produced national champions in the different categories of the nutrition award system to include the NHA awards received by Solana, Cagayan; Echague, Isabela; Tuguegarao City; Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya; Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan province and Isabela province.


Last year, the TV station also turned over an endangered bird to the DENR.
These LGUs have innovative programs and projects that contributed to the eradication of malnutrition rate in their areas, a strong advocacy to promote good nutrition, support to the maternal and health care program, and the political will in implementing related laws and policies toward the development of nutrition and health of the people.

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NFA 2 launches door-to-door palay buying system

SANTIAGO CITY,Isabela- The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 has launched a mobile palay buying system starting this cropping season, to enable the agency to meet its procurement program this year.

NFA Regional Director Ruben Reside said the agency will directly buy palay harvest of farmers right at their doorstep as a way to help the farmers lessen their fare expenses in selling their palays.

“The NFA mobile buying system was conceptualized due to competition of private palay traders where they have higher prices than NFA," Reside said.

He said the NFA buying price is pegged at P17 per kilo of dried palay, while private traders’ buying price are higher than the NFA.

The NFA has targeted to buy this year 1.5 million bags of palay to be a buffer stock of the agency for future consumption.

Reside said the strategy to buy palay right at the doorstep of farmers was conceptualized by the agency to fill the buffer stock of the agency. The mobile NFA buying team will penetrate barangays to buy palay composed of a team leader, classifier, and cashier using NFA trucks.

The agency, in February this year, has supplied 400,000 bags of rice at the National Capital region to augment the rice requirement of NCR.

As of press time, the agency has a buffer stock of rice in the region that is good for 30 days.

Isabela Day

ILAGAN, Isabela— The provincial government has declared May 11, 2012 a special non-working holiday in celebration of the 156th founding anniversary of Isabela. Gov. Faustino Dy III said this would give Isabelinos time to witness and participate in the celebration. Isabela Day will be highlighted with the visit of Malaysian Prince Tunku Naquiyuddin Ja’afar. Ja’afar will be visiting the province as partner in the fight against dengue. Dy recently visited Malaysia. Alvin Paras, information officer, said Ja’afar will be visiting the Gov. Faustino Dy Sr. Memorial Hospital, the Lingap Center and the Women and Children Protection Center.

Coop office to release livelihood loan assistance to SMEs

ILAGAN, Isabela– The provincial government of Isabela through the cooperatives office will release today the interest-free livelihood loan assistance in the amount of P3,000 and each to selected small and medium enterpreneurs (SMEs) to be held at the capitol amphitheater.

Governor Faustino G. Dy III will lead the distribution of checks to the 1,315 selected Isabelino SMEs from the sixteen towns of the province.

The livelihood loan assistance is an aid to SMEs to further increase their income from their chosen small business.

The distribution of the loan assistance is programmed by the cooperatives office for a series of distribution schedule to help not only the SMEs but also to Isabelinos who have the interest in establishing a small business.

Alvin Paras, provincial information officer, said the loan assistance is provided by the provincial government with no interest to help SMEs expand their small business.

Paras said the provincial government has set aside P3.928 million for the said program.

The sixteen towns that were notified by the provincial government where SMEs came from are the towns of Burgos, Cabatuan, Tumauini, Luna, Quezon, San Mariano, San Manuel, Quirino, San Pablo, Alicia, Gamu, Benito Soliven, Cabagan, Cauayan City, Ilagan, Naguilian, Santo Thomas.

Isabela Braces For 11-Hour Blackouts

Power users of the Isabela Electric Cooperative I (ISELCO I) are bracing for two 11-hour blackouts this week.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), in its ad¬visory yesterday, said the scheduled power interruptions would take place on Wednesday and again on Thursday. Both blackouts will last 11 hours, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The power transmission company said the outage on Wednesday is to make way for the replacement of wood poles and other line hardware along the Santiago-Cauayan 69- kilovolt transmission line, while the interruption the next day is to correct the defective substation equipment at Santiago Substation.

As the province’s distribution utility (DU), ISELCO I will determine which specific cities and municipalities will be affected by the back-to-back power interruptions.

The DU is allotting available power within its franchise area and implementing the power interruption schedules among end-users.

“Normal operations will immediately resume after work completion. NGCP customers and the general public are advised to take the neces¬sary preparation and precaution for this scheduled interruption,” the NGCP said.

NGCP is a privately-owned corporation in charge of operating, maintain¬ing, and developing the country’s power grid and electricity superhighways.

Guibang, Isabela, welcomes pilgrims to feast of Our Lady of the Visitation

As National Shrine of Our Lady of the Visitation in Barangay Guibang of Gamu town in Isabela prepares for the arrival of pilgrims who will attend the novena Masses and fiesta on July 2, stories of miracles have come to me from residents there.

Felisa Patriarca Hanaban, 78, who sells candles and rosaries, told me that when she was 30, she suffered severe stomach pain. She said she knelt before the altar and asked Our Lady of Guibang for help.

She said she saw the Virgin Mary in a dream walk down from the altar and tell her that when she start smelling the fragrance of roses, the pain would stop. And so it was that when Nana Felisa was standing at the door trying to sell candles, she suddenly felt a wind passing by and smelled roses. The pain disappeared, and she continues to sell candles and rosaries. If you visit the shrine, you will recognize her.

The miracle of a job

Prof. Elsa Cadiente brought Agnes Panao Nicolas to us. Agnes, 57, whose parents, Severina Panao Nicolas (known as Baket Binay) and Vicente Palomares Nicolas, were the first caretakers of Our Lady of Guibang. She told us that Our Lady helped her get her first job. Agnes was a new graduate then of Bachelor of Agriculture in what is now the Isabela State University. She approached the late Bishop Miguel Purugganan to ask for help to get a job. Purugganan introduced her to Dr. Luis Evangelista, the chair of the Philippine Coconut Authority. She got the job and worked at the Philcoa for several years. Today, she lives in a house near the shrine.

Memories

Agnes Nicolas remembers how her parents brought her and her siblings to Guibang on Jan. 5, 1955. They lived near the small chapel of the Virgin Mary, then made of galvanized iron and facing south. By the time I saw the church in 1993, when the late Msgr. Johnny Corpuz brought me to Guibang, the church looked as it does now, but already facing east. The main door now faces the highway.

In January 1986, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines elevated the church of Our Lady of Guibang to a national shrine. Before that, in May 1973, Our Lady of Guibang was canonically crowned by Papal Nuncio Carmine Rocco.

Fiesta activities

Rev. Fr. Francisco “Paco” Albano, parish priest, will lead the nine-day novena Masses, June 23-July 1, culminating in the fiesta on July 2. Novena Masses are at 5 p.m. Bishop of Ilagan Joseph Nacua, OFM-Cap, will officiate the Concelebrated Mass on July 2, 8 a.m., with the Power Voice as choir.

Fiesta Masses on July 2 will be every hour starting 5 a.m. Stylist and artist Ali Rich Garcia will decorate the altar. Helping get white orchids, green foliage and bamboo are Zeny Zicherelli and Aurora Zipangan Lazo.

Milagros Dancel, a member of a Marian group in the parish, remembers offering novena Masses to Our Lady when her daughter Mylah Marie Dancel was reviewing for the dental board exams. Her daughter later ranked sixth in the exams.

Those who need estampita prayers to Our Lady of Guibang can write to me c/o the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

How to go to Guibang

Ali Garcia and I took the Cebu Pacific flight from Cauayan. Then we were driven to Gamu town where Guibang is. The airline flies to Cauayan at 9:20 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Pilgrims can take buses like Florida, Victory or Baliwag and travel eight hours to Gamu. Driving up in cars can take seven hours. For accommodations, you can reserve at Zicherelli Hotel on the highway. Hotel rates are reasonable. Call (078) 6222340.

By the way, St. Ferdinand Cathedral in Gamu marks its ninth year on May 12. Fr. Ian Mamauag, the parochial vicar, says a seminar on the new Roman Missal will be held. The public is invited. Bishop Joseph Nacua will celebrate Mass at 4 p.m.

The province of Isabela will hold its 156th Isabela Day on May 10 and 11. Gov. Bojie Dy and Vice Gov. Rodito Albano will lead the celebration that begins with a Mass on May 10, 8 a.m. Fr. Carlito Sarte, the new vicar general, is main celebrant.

Our Lady of Biglang Awa fiesta

This year’s fiesta of Our Lady of Biglang Awa on May 10 in Boac, Marinduque, will mark the 54th year of the canonical coronation of Our Lady, which took placed on May 10, 1958, and the 34th anniversary of the canonical erection of the Diocese of Boac on May 10, 1978.

Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista will officiate the Concelebrated Mass on May 10, 9 a.m., at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Rene Sapungan, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Biglang Awa, will celebrate Mass at the Shrine, 4 p.m. Hermana Mayor 2012 is Josephine Peñafiel Cunanan.

Our Lady of the Abandoned fiesta

Manila Archbishop Chito Tagle will officiate the Concelebrated Mass honoring Our Lady of the Abandoned on May 12, 9:30 a.m. Concelebrants are Fr. Baltazar Obico, OFM, minister general; Fr. Andrew Litigio, OFM, parish priest; and OFM friars and guest priests from the Vicariate of the Holy Family.

Readers asked for the fastest way to help the church of Fr. Rey Floresca in Dinagat Island, Surigao. Please deposit your donations to the parish account with the PNB Surigao Branch. Savings account number 452-001300034, in the name of Reynaldo B. Floresca and Elena E. Baptisma. Thanks for your kindness. May St. Vicente Ferrer intercede for your prayers.

Flores de Mayo at 33

The Congregacion del Santissimo Nombre del Niño Jesus will hold its 33rd Flores de Mayo today, 5 p.m. at the SM Mall of Asia, in cooperation with the City of Pasay, Unilever and SM Mall of Asia.

In Las Piñas, devotees will flock to the Church of St. Joseph to mark the feast of “Tata Husep,” or St. Joseph, who is believed to be miraculous.

Pattaradday Festival: Showcasing the best of Santiago City

MORE than a decade, or 12 years ago on Saturday, Pattaradday Festival was launched on May 5, 2000, on the fifth founding anniversary of Santiago City as an independent component city from the province of Isabela.

It was during the term of then-City Vice Mayor Amelita Sison-Navarro, who took over as city mayor by virtue of the law of succession from Mayor Joel Miranda, when the summer spectacle was born and celebrated yearly from May 1 to 5.

Pattaradday is an Ibanag term for “unity” that would best describe how mixed cultural and ethnic groups—be they indigenous residents or multinational and domestic migrants running economic business enterprises in the city—stay together in harmony.

“There are 17 ethno-linguistic groups residing in the city that could rally around the concept of unity, and they are precisely the reasons Pattaradday came into the picture,” said Navarro.

Recognized by the Department of Tourism as Santiago City’s institutionalized festival, Pattaradday did not only showcase local talents but guest performers from other provinces and in cities in the country like the famous Sinulog of Cebu, Dinagyang of Iloilo, Panagbenga of Baguio and Ibon-Ebon dancers from Candaba City, Pampanga.

“Of course, our neighboring provinces, cities and towns in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 with their respective street dancers have already been a part of our yearly event as they compete in the street-dance showdown, making it a truly unified celebration,” said Navarro.

The participation of respected guest performers from as far as down south and up north makes Pattaradday virtually a national event full of life and colors. It is precisely the reason it earned the Hall-of-Fame Award from the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines as Best Tourism Event from 2006 to 2008.

“At least in five of the 365 days in a year we can parade together, co-exist and show our best in the arts in the form of songs, dances and other forms of expression,” said Navarro.

Every year the festival theme would vary showcase from agricultural to character-first advocacy. This year it focuses on health and environment.

“Of course, we are getting conscious about our health, so we should have a sound mind and a sound body. Without these we cannot think well and perform well. We can achieve good character instinctively with good health and mind,” said Dr. Solomon Maylem, Santiago City veterinary officer who took charge of physical-fitness activities during the festival.

“Takbo iFun,” is a fun run designed even for the youngest or oldest runners.

The traditional Santacruzan procession is also held around the city during the festival.

To add color, a kite-flying exhibition was displayed by the Santiago City Kite-flying Society for kite enthusiasts.

One of the most-awaited highlights of the festival was the Mutya ng Santiago City beauty pageant held at the AMA Coliseum in the city on May 3.

Showcasing most spectacular sights and sounds during the city’s 18th birthday was the grand parade with colorful floats and street-dancing showdowns from the best street performers in the country.

As a closing remark, thousands of fire balloons were dramatically launched early evening city-wide.

DA 2 official inaugurates vegetable trading center

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- Department of Agriculture (DA) 2 Regional Technical Director Lorenzo Carangyan led yesterday the inauguration of the newly built vegetable trading center located at the Integrated Transport terminal compound.

The newly-built trading center, also called as city food terminal, was constructed through the financial assistance provided by the Cagayan valley’s agriculture department in the amount of P1 million.

Carangyan said the counterpart of the city government of Santiago is the construction of a huge building intended for trading of goods from the different parts of the region. The lot was also provided by the city government located at barangay Malvar.

He said the city government’s willingness to construct the building is a step to put in place the trading area where the previous location hampers the traffic flow in the city’s business district.

“This project will surely help vegetable farmers in the city and in the entire Cagayan Valley," Carangyan said.

“Vegetable growers will not be hard put anymore to sell their products as the trading center is already present in the city," Carangayn further said.

The DA official suggested that the city government shall organize the vegetable farmers in the city to enable them to easily dispose their products at the trading center.

He said the present leadership of the agriculture department wanted that all localities in the country shall establish a trading center to help farmers immediately market their products.

The DA official was also the guest of honor during the farmers day organized by the city agriculture office where the event is the venue for raising the concerns of Santiago City farmers.

Batanes, Santiago City bid national Nutrition Honor Award

Two of the local nutrition councils in region 2 are now contenders of the prestigious Nutrition Honor Award, the highest recognition given to Local Government Units (LGUs) that have consistently shown outstanding performance for nutrition improvement.

For this year, Batanes province and Santiago City are the entries of Cagayan Valley in the said award system, after three consecutive years of garnering the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN).

Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said the two LGUs are now on their 3rd year of maintaining their CROWN award which qualifies them to be elevated into the NHA.

She said Batanes province was already evaluated last week while Santiago City is scheduled for May 7-11, 2012. NNC chief Assistant Secretary Bernardita Flores led the team in Batanes together with the evaluators from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Department of Agriculture (DA).

Maestre believed that the two entries will make it as she sees the strong foundation of the programs, projects and innovations made for the eradication of malnutrition rate in the said areas.

Region 2 had consistently produced national champions in the different categories of the nutrition award system to include the NHA awards received by Solana, Cagayan; Echague, Isabela; Tuguegarao City; Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya; Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan province and Isabela province.

These LGUs have innovative programs and projects that contributed to the eradication of malnutrition rate in their areas, a strong advocacy to promote good nutrition, support to the maternal and health care program, and the political will in implementing related laws and policies toward the development of nutrition and health of the people.

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