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Province of Isabela - Archived News

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Energy Development Corporation turns over nursery to Isabela

ILAGAN, Isabela- The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) owned by the Lopez Group of Companies turned-over last Friday to the provincial government of Isabela its established nursery located at Villa Imelda, Ilagan, Isabela.

EDC Chairman Emeritus Oscar Lopez personally turned over the nursery to Governor Faustino G. Dy III, and the ceremony was witnessed by other local officials of Isabela and Ilagan town.

Lopez said that the company has shared its tasks of regreening the Sierra Madre mountains as it has planted almost 200,00 hectares of forest trees in Isabela.

He acknowledged the provincial government for offering an area where the nursery was established in the year 2008 and served as seedling propagation area of forest tree seedlings that were planted in the Northern Sierra Madre mountains.

“Our objective in reforesting the denuded Sierra Madre mountains is in support to the National Greening Program of the government," Lopez said.

He said EDC has gone on a nationwide reforestation activity as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility.

Governor Faustino G. Dy III said that the mega nursery will be a big help to the unemployed residents in the area, adding that it will be a venue for the residents in the area to earn income.

“Our residents here will surely benefit from this mega nursery because they will be hired as care taker of the seedlings. In return, we would to assure cooperative that manages the propagation of seedlings of support from the provincial government," Dy said.

Dy said the provincial government fully supports the reforestation projects of groups who wanted to help the government in re-greening the deforested forests.

The provincial government also ordered a total log ban to ensure that the remaining forests in the province are protected and preserve for the next generation.

BIR reminds taxpayers deadline for filing income tax

ILAGAN, Isabela- The Bureau of Internal Revenue-Revenue District Office (BIR-RDO) of Isabela reminded income taxpayers in the province to pay their income tax on or before the set deadline of filing on April 30, 2012.

Revenue District Office head Nerissa Agraam issued the reminder and said that the BIR chief’s thrust this year is to raise collections from self-employed or professionals since the target taxes for fix income earners’ had already been met.

She said that based on the data of BIR, professionals are only paying P5,000 income taxes and the commissioner wanted to increase it up to P100,000.

“BIR (commissioner) Kim Henares’ thrust this year is to collect the right taxes from self-employed or professionals,” Agraam said.

She said that taxes from income earners have already been met and the target now of the BIR is to increase the taxes on professionals.

On the part of income tax on business, Agraam urge and require all value-added-taxpayers to submit to the BIR office the sales and purchases report as basis for computing the right taxes of businesses.

She also informed taxpayers about the computerized scheme of tax payment where taxpayers can file taxes online. Taxpayers need to log on the BIR website at www.bir.gov.ph for the electronic services of the country’s revenue collection office.

NIA and city agriculture office visit barangays to promote 5-in-2 farming scheme

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation Service (NIA-MRIIS) and city agriculture officials have started to visit and conduct information drive to the different barangays in the city that are covered by the five-cropping-in two years scheme.

The farming scheme aims to produce sufficient rice for consumption of Filipinos without importing from other rice-producing countries.

Under the new farming scheme in the province, the start of land preparation for the second cropping will be conducted on May 2, 2012, the third cropping season will commence on October this year, fourth cropping will start on March 2013 and the fifth cropping will start on December 2012.

Dominador Fernandez, city agriculture office said that farmers are very receptive of the new program and are willing to cooperate as long as the NIA assures the continuous flow of water from the irrigation canal until the harvest time.

“Our farmers in the city assure cooperation and willing to help the government meet the self-sufficiency target on rice,” Fernandez said.

Santiago City has more than 4000 hectares for the five cropping-in-two-years scheme located in different barangays in the city as chosen by the city agriculture office.

Region 2 board members to tackle issues on Oplan VISA

ILAGAN, Isabela- All Sangguniang Panlalawigan members of Cagayan Valley are set to meet at the end of this month to expedite a unified stand and will make a legislative action on the proposed “Oplan VISA” or Verification Identification and Sticker Authenticity that the Police Regional Office 2 (PRO 2) wanted to implement.

The “Oplan VISA” was seen by the PRO2 leadership as a measure to stop or minimize the spate of crimes committed by criminals using motorcycle as get-away vehicles.

Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Jaime Atayde, regional chairman of the League of Board Members of the Philippines Region 2 chapter, said that the board members of region agreed during their meeting in Baguio City that they will meet on March 30, 2012 to tackle issues and unify their action to the proposed anti-criminality measure of the police.

Atayde advised the Sangguniang Panglungsod and Sangguniang Bayan legislative bodies in the region to temporarily suspend the passing of ordinances at their levels after the meeting of board members made a stand to the proposed measure.

He said board members in the provinces are the body which review, approve or disapprove ordinances emanating from the local government.

In Burgos and San Mariano, Isabela, the Sangguniang Bayan approved the VISA implementation but the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is yet to approve the two towns’ approved measures as these still need further study and deliberation.

Atayde expects that the provincial boards in the region will have a final stand on the measure and decide if it will be passed.

NFA 2 starts buying palay from farmers

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 has started to buy palay from farmers to replenish the bulk of rice that was sent to National Capital Region in February this year.

The agency sent 400,000 cavans of rice to augment the rice requirement of the NCR.

NFA 2 regional director Ruben Reside said their warehouses in the region were ordered to purchase palay harvest of farmers.

Reside said the NFA regional office intends to buy 2, 393, 467 bags this year, based on the five percent mandated purchase from the region’s total palay production.

Region 2 is projected to produce 47, 869, 346 bags this year and five percent of this total production is at 2.393 million.

Reside said the buying price of rice of NFA is still at P17 per kilo and there is a P1 price support from the provincial government of Isabela.

For this year, the provincial government has allotted another P14.8 million for the price support to help Isabela farmers regain their losses brought by the recent calamities in the province.

National Nutrition Council trains barangay nutrition scholars and officers

The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 is conducting series of trainings for barangay nutrition scholars and nutrition officers on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) to decrease number of underweight infant and young children.

Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said though malnutrition rate for infant and young children in the region is not alarming, there is still a need to act to eradicate the problem for underweight children.

One of the strategies the council is doing now, Maestre stated, is the conduct of intensive trainings to local government units wherein number of underweight and severely underweight infants and young children were reported with problems based on the IYCF updates.

In the report, Isabela province reflected 9.76 percent of severely underweight and underweight cases, the highest among the provinces in the region, followed by Nueva Vizcaya with 5.22 percent, Cagayan with 4.2 percent, Quirino 3.14 percent, and Batanes 2.17 percent, reflecting 4.76 percent only for the whole region.

“This number is very small as compared to others, it is not considered as major problem but we don’t want to be contended here. We want zero malnutrition rates in the region,” Maestre stated.

Earlier, the council has prioritized 19 municipalities of Isabela for the conduct of the said training and other provinces will soon to be attended this first and second quarter of the year.

Maestre also encourage local officials and other stakeholders to be partner in the endeavor considering that health and nutrition of the people are very vital in the development of a municipality.

Other than this, NNC also continuously taps media practitioners to help in the promotion of good nutrition not only for the infant and young children but across the ages to eradicate malnutrition rate in the region.

PPOC to stop crimes involving motorcycle riding-in-tandem

ILAGAN, Isaebla- The provincial peace and order council (PPOC) has met yesterday to discuss possible moves to resolve crimes, which involve motorcycle riding-in-tandem following the reports of Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) of high profile crimes perpetrated by motorcycle riding-in-tandem in San Mateo and in Ramon that resulted to the killing of two barangay captains.

Governor Faustino G. Dy III, chairman of the PPOC, ordered all municipal and city mayors in the province to closely coordinate with police station chiefs to jointly resolve and stop in their respective areas of jurisdiction that involves criminals using motorcycle in committing crimes.

Dy also instructed the IPPO to strictly enforce measures that would stop criminal activities in the province while the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is still studying the proposal of the police on the “Oplan VISA” otherwise known as Vehicle Identification and Sticker Authenticity.

He suggested that the police should establish checkpoints at all strategic places in the province and mobilize barangay tanods in the barangays to ensure that criminals have no chance to commit or execute crimes.

IPPO chief Senior Superintendent Frankin Mabanag vowed to implement the suggestions made by the chairman of the PPOC particularly the estabishment of checkpoints to check motorcycles plying the the public roads.

Mabanag also said he will order his COPs to closely coordinate with LCEs to avert crimes involving motorcycle riding-in-tandem.

Isabela government yet to finalize road project

ILAGAN, Isabela- The provincial government of Isabela said it has yet to finalize the controversial Ilagan-to-Divilacan Road project even as it assured stakeholders it will not harm the environment.

Governor Faustino Dy III during the 2nd Consultative Meeting on the project held at the Ilagan Sanctuary here told participants the provincial government needed all the assistance of the people to finally rehabilitate the existing logging road crossing the Sierra Madre mountains to the Pacific.

Once completed, the P2-billion road will open the coastal municipalities of Divilacan, Maconacon, Pinapigue, and Palanan to mainstream development, Governor Dy said.

In a presentation by the proponents, it was learned that although the proposed road project is a provincial road, it will use applicable pertinent DPWH design guidelines and engineering standards according to the National Structural Code of the Philippines.

However, the project has been met with opposition from cause-oriented groups as they claim the environment and the indigenous Dumagats, an Agta tribal group living in the area will be disturbed, but the proponents claimed that the said tribal group has already executed a memorandum of agreement among the provincial government of Isabela, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the Agta indigenous peoples.

In a multi-media presentation, the proponent claimed that the IPs have authorized them to proceed with the project.

Perla Visorro of the Cagayan Valley Peoples Progress and Development, a Cagayan-based civil society group that protects environment, said there should be a reliable survey on the real number of indigenous peoples in the affected barangays for agencies to fully address their needs.

Isabela Green Ladies Org to lead women’s month celebration

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela– The Isabela Green Ladies Organization (IGLO), this province’s primary women organization, will lead the conduct of various activities for the monthlong celebration of women’s month in Isabela to show that women are contributors to development in the country.

Women Representative to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Vilinda Bernardo who is also the adviser of IGLO said that the organization is the primary organization that unites women in terms of contributing their time, skills and resources towards the development of the province.

She said the theme for this year’s celebration evolves on the role of women in weathering climate change effects.

Bernardo expressed her full support to the undertakings of the organization as she is representing them in the province’s legislative body and assured her continuing assistance to promote the well-being of women in the province.

There will be a mass at Francisco L. Dy coliseum in Cauayan City before the program will formally start.

A simultaneous free medical and dental mission at the province-run hospitals in the four district of Isabela and at the provincial hospital will also be conducted on the same day.

In the afternoon, a women’s forum will also be conducted where several issues related to women’s rights and concern will be tackled by invited resource speakers like former Las Pinas congresswoman Cynthia Villar and Commission on Higher Education commissioner Nona Ricafort.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “Women weathering climate change: Governance and accountability, everyone’s responsibility."

Isabela exec assures protection of Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park when road project opens

ILAGAN, Isabela- The local chief executive of this province has assured the public that the protection of the environment inside the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park will be protected when the Ilagan-Divilacan road projects is realized.

Governor Faustino G. Dy III made this assurance during the second consultative meeting held at Santa Victoria Park in this town March 8.

“Kung gagawin natin ang Divilacan-Ilagan road, titiyakin natin na an gating kagubatan ay atin pong pangangalagaan” (If the Ilagan-Divilacan road project will be constructed, I assure you that the forests and the environment will be protected),” Dy said.

He said he will be proposing to local government units the enactment of ordinances just to ensure the protection of the environment in the province which he considered as the remaining resources for the next generation.

Dy aired his desire to open the Ilagan-Divilacan road in order that the residents who are deprived of basic social services from the coastal town will also be given with the resources and aids from the provincial government and other national government agencies, citing the situation in Subic and other places in the country where these places became economically rich.

The Divilacan-Ilagan road was also seen by the provincial government as a gateway to the coastal areas, plus the benefit it can give the residents in transporting their goods and products to the mainland Isabela.

It can be recalled that Governor Dy has said during his inauguration that he will be prioritizing the interconnectivity of the four coastal towns to the mainland Isabela in order for residents not be deprived of the basic social services intended for them.

Region P1.9 billion road project to boost economic activity, tourism in four Isabela coastal towns

ILAGAN, Isabela- The proposed P1.9-billion road project that the provincial government of Isabela is pushing will boost economic activity and promote the tourism spot of the four coastal towns once realized, according to governor.

In the second public consultation held here Thursday, Governor Faustino G. Dy III said the coastal area has a great potential tourist spots and once a road exist going to the four coastal towns would surely boost economic activity there.

The four coastal towns are Palanan, Maconacon, Divilacan, and Dinapigue.

Dy said while the primary purpose of the road connecting to the coastal towns is to easily deliver basic social services of the people in the area, the tourist spots will be noticed by future travelers once the road is opened.

Governor Dy said the conduct of consultation is a venue to make agreements so that nobody from the proposed project will be aggrieved and all apprehensions raised by the concerned sectors will be given due solutions.

Divilacan Mayor Venturino Bulan expressed his support to the move of the provincial government in the construction of road linking the coastal town from the mainland Isabela.

He said there will be a big benefit of residents from the coastal towns as they can easily and economically be reaching the mainland Isabela when roads are available.

Farmers to undergo computer literacy training

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela– The Cauayan City agriculture office, in coordination with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) – Isabela, is set to conduct a computer literacy training to several farmers in the city and in nearby towns starting this week to increase their knowledge on rice and corn production through surfing about the latest technologies to increase their yield.

Mary Jane Yadao, city agricultural technician, said some farmers from Cabatuan, Reina Mercedes and Cauayan City are scheduled to participate in the said training to gain initial knowledge in computer operation and internet research as a venue to improve rice and corn production.

PhilRice- Isabela and the city agriculture office will assist during the training by way of providing the venue and other requirements.

Yadao said that the provision of knowledge on modern technology to farmers are necessary to contribute to the country’s goal of attaining food self-sufficiency program.

Village women undergo training on recyclable materials

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- A number of village women were gathered at the community center of Barangay Sagana, Santiago City to undergo a training on using recyclable materials last Saturday, March 3, aimed at helping them earn income while at home.

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Santiago City employee Alicia Alejandro led the training particularly in decorative souvenir items and corsages out of plastic wastes.

Alejandro said women residents usually do not have additional income after rice and corn planting and she said it is indeed necessary to provide skills to women in order to earn income while at home.

Alejandro taught women how to make decorative products out from plastic water containers (mineral water bottles) into useful products and can be sold to the neighbors or to the local market.

She also said that the use of recycled materials into income-generating items would help decrease waste products from the bulk of waste materials produced in the city.

Anazon Balcita, one of the women who attended the training, lauded the concern of city government in coordination with the local television network in the city in providing skills training in order to help them earn income.

“We learn how to save recycle materials now after knowing its uses, either as decorative souvenir items or as corsages”, Balcita said.

Aside from earning using recyclable materials, they can also help in the government’s program in the reduction of waste products in the city.

The activity also coincides with the celebration of Women’s Month this year.

World-class park and astrodome to rise in Isabela

ILAGAN, Isabela- The construction of a world-class park and astrodome in the province is underway at the provincial capitol grounds here with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Artist for Peace as consultant for the development of the park.

Joel Paragas, UNESCO artist and park consultant, said there will be a 17-feet sculpture of Queen Isabella II of Spain at the center of a fountain in the mini park.

According to the history of Isabela, its name originated from Queen Isabella of Spain where the Spanish authorities who conquered the province named after her.

He said that around the sculpture of Queen Isabella II would be sculptures of the former leaders and heroes of the province who serve and freed the province.

“The statue of Queen Elizabeth the II itself speaks about the history of Isabela," Pragas said.

Paragas is also the artist who designed the construction of Jones historical shrine that was constructed in Jones, Isabela last year.

The proposed astrodome in the capitol compound will be funded by the provincial government.

Rescue 206 joins nationwide earthquake drill

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela- This city’s Rescue 206 joined the nationwide earthquake drill today to inculcate public preparedness in times of calamity. The Rescue 206 earthquake drill is conducted at the De Vera’s hospital, a four-storey building which is one of the known private hospitals in Isabela.

Claro Comoda, city risk reduction and management officer, said the Rescue 206 personnel coordinated with the management of the hospital for a simulation earthquake drill to prepare the hospital management on the safety procedures on instances an earthquakes occur, considering the hospital building is on a four-storey level.

The Rescue 206 equipment, like ambulances and fire trucks, and its personnel, in coordination with the Bureau of Fire Protection and Santiago City Police Office including the Philippine Red Cross participated in the earthquake drill.

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