Justina Nadiahan created the country’s very first commercial tomato spread. (Justina Nadiahan) Justina Nadiahan, 29, is a Communications graduate with an eye for business and a heart for agriculture. Hailing from Banaue, Ifugao, Nadiahan isn’t a stranger to the province’s abundance of...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Ifugao Gov. Jerry Dalipog said abandoned rice terraces can be utilized for marijuana cultivation once a bill to legalize medical marijuana becomes a law. DALIPOG (lpp.gov.ph) “Okay ako diyan (I am okay with that) in some areas of the rice terraces, especially at the highly...
Recognizing their significant actions at times of disasters and calamities, the disaster risk reduction and management offices (DRRMO) of the cities of Baguio and Quezon and an Ifugao native have been awarded as the top winners of this year’s “Mga Kwentong KLIMA-likasan: A Climate and Disaster...
AGUINALDO, Ifugao – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over farm equipment worth P1.2 million to the Monggayang-Pinto Agrarian Reform Farmers Organization (MPARFO) in Sitio Manaot, Barangay Monggayang here. THE Department of Agrarian Reform and the Monggayang-Pinto Agrarian Reform...
The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
HINGYON, Ifugao – Residents from the remote barangays of this town availed of free dental check-up, and medical consultation with free medicines in a medical mission initiated by the Ifugao Provincial Police Office and Nueva Vizcaya PPO. The medical mission was held on Saturday, July 30, at the...
LAGAWE, Ifugao -– Personnel of the Ifugao Provincial Police Office in partnership with the Ifugao KKDAT (Kabataan Kontra Droga at Terorismo) Chapters conducted a cultural sportsfest in celebration of 27th Police Community Relations and 35th Cordillera Month on Friday, July 22, at Camp Col....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended cash assistance amounting to P6,168,299.35 to victims of the recent flash flood in Ifugao Province. Family food packs are unloaded at a warehouse of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera to be distributed to...
ASIPULO, Ifugao – Whenever a police class anniversary is celebrated here, the Ifugao Provincial Police Office always matches it with something meaningful. The police organization has done it again. The Class of 2016 Makatindig (Reliable Police Designated with Honor, Integrity and Deeds) and...
Seed buffer stocks will be distributed to farmers affected by the southwest monsoon (habagat) in Ifugao province, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Tuesday, July 12. The department's Regional Field Office – Cordillera Administrative Region (RFO-CAR) said it will send 11.9...
A FLASHFOOD rages on a street in Banaue, Ifugao Thursday, July 7 from a heavy downpour caused by the southwest monsoon. (DPWH-CAR photo) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-Cordillera has temporarily suspended tourism activities and banned tourists from heading to Banaue, Ifugao...
At least 1,500 individuals or 500 families were affected by a flashflood that ravaged six barangays in Banaue, Ifugao on Thursday afternoon, July 7. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Erwin Tulfo) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
