PHOTOS: SENDONG’S WRATH: Valencia City flood, 17 December 2011

Valencia engineers estimate quake damage to properties at P7.7 million

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/10 November) A total of about P7.688 million worth of properties have been damaged by the November 7 earthquake in Valencia City, according to partial estimates of the City Engineer’s Office as quoted in the November 9 Disaster Progress Report of the Valencia City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Fr. Nery memorial race draws 500 runners

MALAYBALAY CITY –  (Bukidnon News Dispatch/01-02 October) The first ever Fr. Nery Satur memorial run, organized in time for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his death, drew more than 500 participants on October 1. The five-kilometer run started around 6:45a.m. at the Freedom Park Covered Court. The Diocese of Malaybalay and the Archdiocese [...]

Bukidnon, NorthMin organic rice country by 2013, says expert

SINAYAWAN, Valencia City (Bukidnon News Dispatch/28 Sept)— An organic rice expert from the National Irrigation Administration predicted that Bukidnon and the rest of Northern Mindanao’s rice lands will be organic by 2013 with a program boosting the demonstration of organic rice farming throughout the region. Ildefonso Natingga Jr, NIA-10 organic rice demonstration officer, told Bukidnon [...]

Valencia farmers to DA on NIA fertilizers: replace but get another source

SINAYAWAN, Valencia City – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/17 Sept.) The government must find a way to replace the substandard organic fertilizers distributed by the National Irrigation Administration to farmers in Northern Mindanao, if not, it would have been a waste of public funds, Judy Arota, president of the Federated Lateral G Irrigators Associations in Valencia City. [...]

“Re-orientation,” – DA 10’s recommendation for NIA-BAC on organic fertilizer irregularities

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/16 Sept.) Despite the discovery of lapses and substandard quality on the National Irrigation Administration – 10’s P30 million organic fertilizer project in Northern Mindanao, the Department of Agriculture’s investigators only recommended for the “reorientation of all BAC (Bids and Awards Committee) members of NIA-10 “to keep them updated and [...]

TESDA Bukidnon offers new scholarship programs

MALAYBALAY CITY –The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Provincial Office of Bukidnon, announced through a press release about their on-going acceptance of applicants for the various scholarship programs availabe in their office, specifically for the following qualifications:

Valencia eyes city museum

VALENCIA CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/09 September) The Valencia Bukidnon Historical and Cultural Society (VBHCS) has pushed for the city government to operate a city museum in a resolution passed in April 2010 and endorsed to Mayor Leandro Jose Catarata Friday as they launched their historical photos and cultural exhibit at the New Valencia Integrated [...]

Tañada: Privatization of Agus-Pulangi “not yet inevitable”

VALENCIA CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/09 Sept) The feared privatization of the Agus and Pulangi power complexes may still be averted, Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III said here Friday. Tañada said there is a chance that the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will recommend to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, which provides [...]

Implementation of 4Ps “difficult to monitor” in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s conditional cash transfer program dubbed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is difficult to monitor, Christopher Capinpin, the program’s provincial coordinator, admitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Wednesday. Capinpin spoke in an inquiry by provincial board members on the status of the program’s implementation in the province. [...]

Tornado damage in Batangan, Valencia City

                      TWISTER’S WRATH. The September 3 tornado that hit three villages in Valencia City killed a boy, injured four among 151 persons affected, and left 38 houses damaged. Shown in photo are destroyed houses in Brgy. Batangan, Valencia City. Bukidnon News photo courtesy of Ma. [...]

Tornado kills boy, injures 4 in Valencia City

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/05 Sept.)A one-year old boy died and four persons were hurt in a tornado incident in three villages in Valencia City Saturday afternoon, Capt. Alejandro Larosa, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council coordinator reported to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office. James Alumin, from Purok [...]