Santiago, Cauayan, and Ilagan Cities, and Isabela Province

[pushstars]

I went to Isabela last week with family. My father's hometown is in Alicia. We were stuck in the boundary of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela because of road constructions. Though even the roads are still good.

[hakz2007]

Originally Posted by pushstars

I went to Isabela last week with family. My father's hometown is in Alicia. We were stuck in the boundary of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela because of road constructions. Though even the roads are still good.

I've been gone to Cauayan City already...The roads there are in good condition..

[kaelthas18]

Originally Posted by Ph Man

not quite. but it's one of the most progressive towns in the region. often called the industrial centre of Cagayan Valley. it's equally important city as Tugegarao City (Cagayan) and Santiago City (Isabela). but the two are better off than my own in some ways. by the way, my home town is also hometown to the Dy Dynasty and also to the current governor - Grace Padaca.

i hope i can take photos of my city as well. but i seldom go home. when i do, i usually spend my time with my family and relatives. it's indeed heartwarming to see photos of your hometown.

hehe, bkit kaya ang mga nagiging leader ng Isabela eh kadalasan galing ng Cauayan .. sana binigyan importansya ni Lakay Dy dati ang Cauayan na mas mapaunlad.. kasi nung term lang ni Cong. Bogie sya umunlad ng husto at pinaganda ni Mayor Ceasar.. Si Gov. Padaca sana mag bigay din ng tulong sa home town nya. Dapat nga sa Cauayan sya nakatira eh, hndi dapat sa Roxas..tsk tsk.. anyways i want Cauayan to be progress pa, remember guys mas maluwang ang nasasakupan natin and have room for expansion kesa sa Santiago wherein sobra ng siksikan at wla na silang eextend dahil katabi nila ay bundok

[jardet]

Originally Posted by freightrunner

PIA Press Release
2009/02/23

Isabela solon wants to build school dormitories for poor students
Ilagan, Isabela (23 February) -- Congressman Rodito Albano III of the 1st District of Isabela proposed to build school dormitories in state colleges and universities in the country for free intended for poor students who cannot afford to pay boarding houses.

He said that he plans to build such structure in Isabela and will raise the idea to his colleagues in congress to accommodate poor students during their tenure of studies in state colleges or universities they are enrolled.

Aside from the scholarship grants that he is offering to poor students since he became congressman of the province for two consecutive terms, he has now in mind to build dormitories for college students not only in his district but also in the other three districts of Isabela where the state colleges and universities are located.

Albano is also planning to share his idea of building dormitories to state colleges and universities to his fellow congressmen in order to get their support to his proposal purposely to craft a bill for the purpose so that it can be implemented nationwide.

Congressman Albano is confident that his plan will be realized in his province when enough funds will be available. (PIA Isabela) [top]

I recognize the nobility of the proposal but i don't feel its propriety at this time considering the needs of the government for funds for more basic necessities. Of course, politically, this is wise particularly that most of those who will be benefitted will be at the voting age. This is therefore a "pogi" points for our 'dear' congressmen. But more basic is the need of the DepEd for more classrooms for thousands of elementary schools nationwide. We have seen those reports on the sorry conditions of pupils on over populated classrooms making it very difficult for the learning process to take place in these classrooms. We have heard those complaints on lack of sufficient number ot teachers to handle great interest of our children to go to schools to learn. Teachers are lamenting over very low salaries when sometimes they have to shell out money from their already meager salaries just to provide for some more school supplies which are perennially short-supplied by the government just to hold their classes according to the needs of the children. Needless to say, these needs are more basic than that that the congressman would like the government to undertake.

[adgaps]

Originally Posted by kaelthas18

hehe, bkit kaya ang mga nagiging leader ng Isabela eh kadalasan galing ng Cauayan .. sana binigyan importansya ni Lakay Dy dati ang Cauayan na mas mapaunlad.. kasi nung term lang ni Cong. Bogie sya umunlad ng husto at pinaganda ni Mayor Ceasar.. Si Gov. Padaca sana mag bigay din ng tulong sa home town nya. Dapat nga sa Cauayan sya nakatira eh, hndi dapat sa Roxas..tsk tsk.. anyways i want Cauayan to be progress pa, remember guys mas maluwang ang nasasakupan natin and have room for expansion kesa sa Santiago wherein sobra ng siksikan at wla na silang eextend dahil katabi nila ay bundok

hometown ko rin ang Cauayan...

nakapunta na ako jan nuon, at ang linis at maganda ang mga roads dun...

i'm very glad that the Dys are doing their job well...

teka, di ba wala pang Albano na naging gov ng Isabela? yet they dominate the 1st district of Isabela...

the Dys naman dominate the 3nd district... and were also able to ascend to the highest posts in the province...

[sairoangel]

Originally Posted by adgaps

teka, di ba wala pang Albano na naging gov ng Isabela? yet they dominate the 1st district of Isabela...

the Dys naman dominate the 3nd district... and were also able to ascend to the highest posts in the province...

kapag nadivede ang isabela malaki chance nilang manalu if not hanggang 1st district lang sila..

[sairoangel]

sana magkarun din railway sa isabela..

[garzland]

Isabela solon helping explore alternative energy source

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, July 16 (PNA) - A very vocal and visionary House of Representatives member in this province is adhering to the national government's energy program of exploring possible means to avert further crisis in the country.

Second District Rep. Edwin Uy, during the recently conducted regular radio program "Isabela Today" said that he has sought the help of foreign investors to look for an alternative energy source that will be suited and is environment-friendly in the whole country.

A South Korean investor, Eric Macmillan, has responded to Uy's plan of undertaking feasibility studies in the Philippines for the possible construction of solar and waste power plants in the country, one of which will be in Isabela, once his power firm and the government make final agreements.

"Our study team is scheduled to arrive this week in the Philippines to make assessments for the proposed project," the Korean investor said.

Macmillan, who is married to a Filipino woman from Isabela, said he wanted to help the government explore alternative sources of energy.

Congressman Uy, for his part said there is a need for the government to look for alternative energy source since it is expected that the fossil fuels that are being used today would soon be depleted.
"Looking for alternative energy source now is very essential to preempt the effect of fossil fuel depletion four to five years from now," Uy said. (PNA)

[allan_dude]

Santiago mayor plans to construct city diversion road

Santiago City, Isabela -- The Local Chief Executive of this southern premier city in Cagayan Valley is planning to construct a diversion road linking the northern part of the city's business center going southbound to Metro Manila.

The objective of the proposal according to Mayor Navarro is to ease the traffic jam caused by a number of vehicles plying its major thoroughfares particularly from the Mabini Circle to Dubinan which is the busiest road in the city that passes through the public market.

The proposed project was conceptualized upon recommendation of the city's Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) who is overseeing the daily traffic situation in the city.

"The proposed project needs multi-million peso budget and the city cannot solely provide the funds, but we are seeking financial assistance from our Senators," Mayor Navarro said.

The planned road construction will traverse from its city terminal passing through barangay Calaocan, Rosario and finally to Dubinan.

The road, if realized, will be the second diversion road in the city that will eventually ease the traffic jams in the poblacion, the area where all types of vehicles pass.

"The road will be used by private motorists and passenger vehicles bound for Manila and they will not be experiencing traffic unlike using the major streets within the area of the public market," Navarro said. (PIA Isabela)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=...7&r=r02&y=&mo=

[296619]

hi... I believe the construction will start in 2010...

[296619]

Originally Posted by kaelthas18

hehe, bkit kaya ang mga nagiging leader ng Isabela eh kadalasan galing ng Cauayan .. sana binigyan importansya ni Lakay Dy dati ang Cauayan na mas mapaunlad.. kasi nung term lang ni Cong. Bogie sya umunlad ng husto at pinaganda ni Mayor Ceasar.. Si Gov. Padaca sana mag bigay din ng tulong sa home town nya. Dapat nga sa Cauayan sya nakatira eh, hndi dapat sa Roxas..tsk tsk.. anyways i want Cauayan to be progress pa, remember guys mas maluwang ang nasasakupan natin and have room for expansion kesa sa Santiago wherein sobra ng siksikan at wla na silang eextend dahil katabi nila ay bundok

hi.. Just want to inform everybody. Santiago city's land area is just the same as that of Cauayan. It is half that of Metro Manila and almost three times larger than that of Tuguegarao. its terrain is almost flat, and the only rolling area is the stretch of Balintocatoc Hills. Santiago City is strategically located, directly linking the provinces of Quirino, Nueva Viscaya, Ifugao, and the rest of Isabela.

[allan_dude]

P30-M corn processing and trading center opens in Isabela

By Bill Ventura

JONES, Isabela, Aug. 27 (PNA) -- The Department of Agriculture, through the National Agri-Business Corp., has formally opened the P30-million corn post-harvest processing and trading center in Barangay Payac here recently.

The corn processing and trading center has a warehouse, truck scale, cob dryer and storage, corn sheller and grain dryer, feed mill and corn grits mill.

The center can store up to 100 metric tons of corn in cobs or 55 metric tons of corn grits daily.

Jones Mayor Florante Raspado said the center buys wet ear corn P7 a kilo a private traders buying price from the farmers and pays them at half the prevailing price of dry grain.

"This is, in effect, removes the burden of drying and shelling from the farmers and can still gain profit for them,” Raspado added.

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, who led the ribbon-cutting ceremonies, predicted that the corn processing center will raise farmers’ income, increase corn production by having marketing linkages and reduce post-production losses he said.

He promised to work for the construction of three more corn processing centers in Isabela. These will be put up in Tumauini, Roxas, and San Mariano towns in Isabela. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=11&rid=226337

[allan_dude]

DOH intensifies anti-rabies drive in Isabela

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Aug. 27 (PNA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) here intensified its advocacy on responsible pet ownership among dog owners by strengthening a campaign on anti-rabies.

This developed after DoH-Region 2 reported that it is still facing problems on rabies situation.

Dr. Edgar Peleo of DOH-Region 2 reported that animal bite statistics is still in the limelight. He said Isabela Province posted major problem on rabies having the highest number of human animal bites.

Dog bites comprises 96 percent of the total animal bite victims in the region for this year, the same of last year. In 2008, Region 2 was one of the regions with the highest rabies case, he said.

Isabela has 8 cases for this year, Cagayan, 4; Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya, 2 each, while Batanes province maintained its zero rabies case.

On the other hand, Dr. Emma Ludan, Chief of the Livestock Division-Department of Agriculture, said the advocacy and campaign on responsible pet ownership and other factors to lessen the rabies cases in the region has also been heightened.

“Because Isabela has the highest number of cases, we planned to conduct the observation of the World Rabies Prevention Day in Santiago City in September to inform and educate the public on responsible pet ownership,” Ludan said.

Aside from the regular dog vaccination, the veterinarian in each municipality will also do its massive information campaign and education to dog owners to be responsible in tending their pet dogs.

Ludan said the task force will soon pass a resolution declaring Batanes as rabies free province of maintaining zero rates in the past years up to this year. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=226393

[allan_dude]

City gov't to build school building for Cauayeno students

Cauayan City, Isabela - The City government of Cauayan will soon be constructing a three-room high school building intended for students in barangay Rogus in this city which is very far from the city's government center, aimed at helping the parents especially in transportation expenses of their children from their barangay to the city high school.

The Parents, Teachers and Community Association (PTCA) from Rogus, Cauayan City has made a request to the City School Board through the City Division Office for the possible construction of an Integrated High School of the said barangay stating among others, the plight of easing up their burden on the daily transportation cost of their children.

The proposed school construction has already reached the office of the local chief executive here including the city's committee on education and the chairman of the Sangguniang Panglungsod through the intervention of the City Schools Division head.

Committee on Education chairman SP Jose Abad said the request has already reached the office of Mayor Caesar G. Dy and has given his approval on the proposal and that it will be given high priority by the city government.

The city government will also be asking the help of Filipino Chinese Camber of Commerce (FCCI) in this city who has a regular program of building classrooms.

Students from barangay Rogus will not only be benefiting from the said high school but also for nearby village students of Angadanan and Benito Soliven.

SP Abad said the proposed integrated high school is really very necessary because it will serve purposely students whose parents are experiencing economic difficulty due to limited income, in sending their children to school.

The integrated high school if fast tracked would be ready for next year's school opening. (PIA Isabela)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=...7&r=r02&y=&mo=

[brenda bautista]

I am very happy to hear the news about building a SM Mega mall in Santiago City.Hopefully this this time it will push through, It will definitely boost our economy and create more jobs for the people of Isabela.We are hoping to live in Santiago with my family in few yrs time. We are currently living abroad and married to a foreigner. Can't wait to see it.

Originally Posted by dandelionne

BREAKING NEWS

SM Prime to build Santiago megamall
By R. Alluad, 26 Feb 2009
Source: Business Mirror
Santiago City—SM Prime Holdings, Inc., owner-operator of SM Megamall across the country, will construct a 5-hectare megamall and recreation center in Barangay Malvar in this city soon.

City Mayor Amelita Navarro said she has negotiated with officials of the SM Prime Holdings, and company owner Henry Sy is “very eager”to make the city as the newest SM Megamall.

Ïf fully realized this multimillion peso business venture will be a blessing for Santiago City folks in terms of business boom and employment opportunities,” she said.

The contractors are now cleaning the site before construction starts.

The new mall will have three levels of commercial space that would house a food court, entertainment zone, recreation area, and parking spaces.

The area used to be the government-foreclosed Pantranco terminal along Pantranco-Sagana Road in Malvar village.

It is in front of the P350-million integrated transport terminal and commercial center that is now in operation.

“They are raring to put up one in Cagayan Vallley, and this city was the area they have chosen because of its proximity to the provinces and for being the primary commercial area in the region,” Navarro said.

This city is accessible from the provinces of Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Cagayan.


GUYS,YOU CAN CONFIRM IT AT WWW.SMPRIME.COM. on their NEWS Section.

[hakz2007]

Santiago City to host 'World Rabies Day' celebration

Santiago City (18 September) -- The City of Santiago will play host in this year's commemoration of 'World Rabies Day' on September 28, 2009 with the theme "Working Together for a Rabies-Free Philippines".

Dr. Solomon Maylem, City Veterinarian and chairman of the World Rabies Day celebration said that various activities focused on the massive and intensified information campaign on responsible pet ownership will highlight this year's celebration

Maylem said a parade of pets, motorcade, parade of posters and fun run will open the activity, followed by registration and free vaccination of dogs to be held at the AMA Coliseum.

Prizes will be given to the pets who will emerge winners in the different contests prepared by the organizers.

The awarding of winners in the recently concluded rabies poster making contest will also be held.

The city veterinarian has urged all dog owners to bring their dogs for registration and vaccination as he assured that there will be sufficient supply of vaccine to ensure that all dogs that will be brought to the venue will be vaccinated.

In the afternoon, faculty members of the Cagayan State University, Isabela State University and Nueva Vizcaya State University College of Veterinary Medicine will conduct lectures on Responsible Pet ownership and Anti-Rabies Act of 2007.

Participants to the lectures include students, teachers, parents and pet owners. (PIA 2)

[freightrunner]

PIA Press Release
2009/09/25

LMB president enjoins bikers to support "Bike for a Cause" program
Cauayan City (25 September) -- The city's Liga ng Mga Barangay (LMB) president is inviting cycle biker groups and associations to join in the fund-raising activity "Bike for a Cause" to raise funds purposely to support the holding of a "Medical and Dental Mission" to forest region barangays in this city.

Cauayan City Liga ng Barangay Federation President Victor G. Dy said this fund-raising activity is for the medical and dental mission to hard-to-reach barangays due to their distance to the city's health care providers.

The Sangguniang Panglungsod Ex-Officio Member is confident that this project "Bike for a Cause" could address to the plight of his fellow barangay executives in the forest region barangays.

SP Dy has invited city bikers and bikers' groups and associations from other places inside and outside the region to join the fund-raising activity.

Dy is optimistic that the city's Liga ng Barangay project will be successfully conducted next month. (PIA Isabela) [top]

[296619]

hi to all the people of Santiago!

The 2009 State of the city address (SOCA)of mayor Amy Navarro includes the following promise:

1. Asphalt overlay for all major roads. Accrdng to her, machines for this purpose has already been purchased.

2. Improvement or addition of drainage system.

3. More street lights

4. Santiago city marker to be composed of Napoleon Abueva's planting rice. According to the mayor, it is a creation that Santiago people wii be proud of.

I just want to ask if any of these has already happened or at the very least has been started coz its already october of 2009? A few months from now, the mayor will again deliver her SOCA.

[freightrunner]

Originally Posted by 296619

hi to all the people of Santiago!

The 2009 State of the city address (SOCA)of mayor Amy Navarro includes the following promise:

1. Asphalt overlay for all major roads. Accrdng to her, machines for this purpose has already been purchased.

2. Improvement or addition of drainage system.

3. More street lights

4. Santiago city marker to be composed of Napoleon Abueva's planting rice. According to the mayor, it is a creation that Santiago people wii be proud of.

I just want to ask if any of these has already happened or at the very least has been started coz its already october of 2009? A few months from now, the mayor will again deliver her SOCA.

Baka po yung SOCA niya naging SUKA na. Sino meron singkamas diyan?

[296619]

ganun b?... Fermented na kaya naging suka na?.... Anyways, may 6 months pa naman cya bago nya ideliver final message nya (may1-6-pattaraday festival), so pwede p nyaihabol atmost bago mg pattaraday... May background b kayo kung gano na kayaman ang mayor?... Sana di n'ya katulad yung ibang pulitiko?....