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==Man, daughter shot dead in Isabela==
==NFA 2 launches door-to-door palay buying system==
*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/04/09/12/man-daughter-shot-dead-isabela
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481336618585
*By: Harris Julio
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''April 09, 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.


A 42-year-old farmer and his 7-year-old daughter were gunned down in Angadanan, Isabela last Black Saturday.
The livelihood loan assistance is an aid to SMEs to further increase their income from their chosen small business.


The victims were identified as Melanio Respicio and his daughter Mary Jane.
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.


Respicio’s wife Marilou and other daughter Merilyn were also wounded in the incident.
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.


Initial investigation showed that Respicio and his family were on board a motorcycle in the vicinity of Barangay La Suerte at around 9 a.m. when an unknown gunman fired at them.
Paras said the provincial government has set aside P3.928 million for the said program.


Merilyn said the suspect fired a couple more shots at them at close range after their motorcycle crashed.
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.


Three shotgun shells were recovered from the scene.
==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''


Chief Inspector Salvador Mangulab Jr. of PNP Angadanan said the family has tagged a suspect in the incident.
Power users of the Isabela Electric Cooperative I (ISELCO I) are bracing for two 11-hour blackouts this week.


Respicio’s wife Marilou also said her husband has been receiving threats in relation to a land dispute.
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.


Investigations are still ongoing.
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.


==Report: 3 killed, 1 hurt in Isabela motorcycle accident==
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.
*Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/254111/news/regions/report-3-killed-1-hurt-in-isabela-motorcycle-accident
*By: LBG, GMA News
*''April 07, 2012''


At least three people were reported killed while one was seriously injured after figuring in a motorcycle accident on Good Friday in Isabela province.
The DU is allotting available power within its franchise area and implementing the power interruption schedules among end-users.


The incident occurred at 2:30 p.m. in General Aguinaldo village in Ramon town, according to a report on Bombo Radyo Saturday.
“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.


SPO2 Oscar Valero was quoted in the report as saying four men aboard the two motorcycles, a Raider-type (3409-BQ) and a TMX-type (1164-BQ), sped past a checkpoint near Magat Dam.
NGCP is a privately-owned corporation in charge of operating, maintain¬ing, and developing the country’s power grid and electricity superhighways.


Valero said they are verifying an information the men aboard the motorcycles were racing each other.
==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''


The fatalities were initially identified as Jessie Reyes, 20; Chris Ivan Gorospe, 18; and Gaudencio Del Rosario, 64.
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 critical condition is Christian Del Rosario, 20.
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.


An initial investigation showed the motorcycles crashed at high speed after their drivers failed to notice a sharp curve and lost control.
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 Bombo Radyo report also said police are looking into the possibility the victims were under the influence of liquor at the time.
The miracle of a job


==Army to conduct random drug testing for personnel==
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.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481333526738
 
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
Memories
*''April 06, 2012''
 
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


GAMU, Isabela- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (5ID,PA) based in this town will be conducting random drug testing to some of its army personnel as part of ensuring that no personnel of the army division is using illegal drugs.
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.


Major Dominador Valerio of Camp Melchor dela Cruz said that there are Infantry Battalions that are assigned in areas where there are prone to drug related problems and the division wanted to cleanse and ensure that the men and women in the division are not inflicted with any prohibited drugs.
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.


Valerio said the army is a professional organization and no army is allowed to be infiltrated by drug addicts to maintain its professionalism.
Our Lady of the Abandoned fiesta


He said that as far as the first conduct of random surprise drug-testing to army personnel under the different battalions of the division, the division has so far recorded no positive users as of press time.
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.


The division will continue its random drug testing to other army personnel after the holy week.
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.


He warned army personnel that those who will be found to be positively using illegal drugs would surely be summarily dismissed from military service.
Flores de Mayo at 33


The army division official maintain its integrity as the internal and external protector of the people and its personnel should abide by the military command.
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.


==DOLE, LGUs employ Aeta students through SPES==
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.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451333576570
*By: Thelma C. Bicarme
*''April 05, 2012''


MACONACON, ISABELA- The Department of Labor and Employment and various local government units had employed Aeta students through the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).
==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''


Maconacon mayor Erlinda Domingo pledged 120 slots for Aeta students in the municipality for the SPES this year.
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.


Divilacan town is adopting the SPES for the first time as mayor Ventorito Bulan pledged 10 slots.
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.


Maconacon has allocated P288,000 for payment of the 60 percent share of the local government for the salaries and wages of the beneficiaries while Divilacan has earmarked P24,000.
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.


Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 2 urged local chief executives of Maconacon and Divilacan to give due preference to Aeta students as beneficiaries of the SPES program.
“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.


Rodriguez also urged local chief executives to increase their SPES targets in the next round of implementation in order to expand their coverage for disadvantaged students.
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.


Aeta settlers in Divilacan and Maconacon are among the more depressed and neglected tribal groups according to local chief executives. About 600 Aetas are struggling due to lack of education, skills, and livelihood.
“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.


Rodriguez said the regional office already committed increased target beneficiaries and budget allotment of P16.9 million for the wages of 10,000 students throughout the region for the SPES from January to December 2012.
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.


The program encourages the employment of poor but deserving students during the summer and/or Christmas vacations, through incentives granted to employers, allowing them to pay only 60 percent of their salaries or wages. The other 40 percent is paid through education vouchers issued by the DOLE.
“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.


Beneficiaries are taught the value of work through their employment in various works such as clerical/administrative aides/assistants/office helpers, field workers, data encoders, sales associates, enumerators, street sweepers and service crews and in the greening program of the national government.  
Every year the festival theme would vary showcase from agricultural to character-first advocacy. This year it focuses on health and environment.


==More than 3,000 jobs offered to Isabela according to DOLE 2==
“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.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481333507685
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''April 04, 2012''


ILAGAN, Isabela– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has announced that there are more than 3,000 jobs available from private companies that are operating in the province.
“Takbo iFun,” is a fun run designed even for the youngest or oldest runners.


DOLE 2 Director Sixto Rodriguez, Jr. said that the agriculture sector in the province needs about 3,500 farm workers by a labor contractor in Benito Soliven, Isabela. Accountants, tellers, loan officers, bookkeepers, jewelry appraisers, and computer programmers are needed by two private banks and pawnshops in Cauayan City.
The traditional Santacruzan procession is also held around the city during the festival.


Fourteen account development salesman, one trade marketing specialist, welder mechanic, audio van operator,cooler technician are needed by a soft drinks company in Cauayan City.
To add color, a kite-flying exhibition was displayed by the Santiago City Kite-flying Society for kite enthusiasts.


A business process outsourcing company in Cauayan City also needs customer service representatives or call center agents while a tobacco company in Reina Mercedes, Isabela needs 15 encoders, five administrative assistants, 10 interviewers, 10 filed assistants, and one engineer.
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.


Distribution centers in Santiago City are also needing sales clerk, distributor project specialists, salesmen/agent, service crew, catering head, catering service crew, bartenders, decoration personnel, and drivers.
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.


DOLE 2 advised interested applicants to visit the DOLE-Isabela office located at Isabela Sports Complex, Alibagu, Ilagan, Isabela or join the jobs fairs set by the agency.
As a closing remark, thousands of fire balloons were dramatically launched early evening city-wide.


A scheduled job fair is set to be conducted in Cauayan City on April 9 at F. L. Dy Coliseum, and applicants may also visit www.phil-job.net of DOLE.
==DA 2 official inaugurates vegetable trading center==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481336103474
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr.
*''Friday, May 04, 2012''


==Army holds security awareness campaigns to high school students==
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.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481332897701
*By: PIA
*''April 03, 2012''


ECHAGUE, Isabela- Army personnel of the 502nd Infantry Brigade based in this town have conducted two fora on security awareness campaigns to high school students as part of their information and education program.
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.


Deputy brigade commander Colonel Reynaldo Labanen said the military is conducting the security awareness campaign to educate the students on the role of the military and inform them on how to avoid joining the communist terrorist group.
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.


Labanen said that the youth are easily swayed by propaganda of the communist terrorist groups. He said that as evidenced last year, the victims of clashes between the military and New People’s Army (NPA) are young people who have joined the NPA.
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.


The army official urged students to become responsible sons and daughters as well as responsible community members by joining the development efforts and activities of the government.
“This project will surely help vegetable farmers in the city and in the entire Cagayan Valley," Carangyan said.


“We know that youth in this stage are at the prime of idealism and enthusiasm. They are easily swayed if not forewarned,” Labanen 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 security awareness campaign to students of the 502nd Infantry Brigade’s area of operations is an annual activity of the military to educate and forewarn students by not joining the rebels.
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.


==DOLE 2 to provide fishing gears to Aetas, Dumagats of Maconacon and Divilacan==
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.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451333237264
*By: Thelma C. Bicarme
*''April 01, 2012''


MACONACON, Isabela-At least 400 Aeta-residents in Maconacon and 200 in Divilacan will be provided with fishing gears as an initial assistance to them by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 in order to increase the volume of their fish catch.
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.


This was disclosed by DOLE 2 Director Sixto T. Rodriguez in his visit to the coastal towns last March 23-24 to bring the Department’s programs closer to displaced workers , marginal fisherfolk and Indigenous Peoples.
==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''


Based on the assessment made by the DOLE and the local government officials, the residents need fishing boat and fishing gears. The disadvantaged women and marginal farmers need additional source of income and indigenous peoples need to be mainstreamed.
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.


Rodriguez, who is the first DOLE regional director to visit the said coastal towns lamented when he saw personally the situation of struggling Aetas and Dumagats in the river banks hunting for foods, exposed to risks and have no assurance if they can have food for the day.
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).


Rodriguez said the indigenous peoples should be given equal importance in the government’s livelihood programs.
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.


The regional director also gave instant cash to group of Aetas to be used in purchasing their own weighing scales so that they will not be cheated by the buying public.
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).


“I hope the DOLE can do something to provide these groups of disadvantaged individuals in providing them equal opportunity for quality services in tandem with the LGUs, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for skills acquisition, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Education for its literacy program, because they can only be empowered when the government can give them skills, knowledge and resources,” Atty. Rodriguez said.
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.


In his visit to the two coastal towns, he informed the residents about the DOLE’s programs and services specially the various livelihood programs which aim to bolster entrepreneurial activity in the area and to spark grassroots development in order to facilitate the integration of the residents there into the mainstream of economic life.
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.


“This is to provide them tools in order to possibly access the department’s programs and services in partnership with the LGUs and other national government agencies,” Rodriguez added.
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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