Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction for graft of former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Jesus A. Verzosa and five others in the irregular purchase of police rubber boats (PRBs) and outboard motors (OBMs) for P131.55 million in 2009.
Affirmed by the anti-graft c
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Published May 11, 2021, 1:29 PM
As the Commission on Audit started releasing audit findings on the disbursement by government response funds to address the devastating effecs of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, state auditors flagged official expenditures of Tuguegarao City using funds released under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act or Bayanihan 1.
COA noted that aside from the procurement of “relief goods and meals and snacks under emergency cases,” the claims of hotels used as quarantine venues for individuals found positive for COVID-19 and as temporary dormitory for medical personnel and nurses of the Cagayan Valley Medical Center “appeared to be excessive.” The recently-released 2020 Annual Audit Report for Tuguegarao City may have recorded one of the earliest adverse audit findings on the use of government funds in the fight against the adverse effects of the 2019 corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Published April 26, 2021, 4:34 PM
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Tuguegarao One Million Trees Movement was launched here last April 22 to encourage residents and environmental advocates to restore this city’s natural state and counter the effects of climate change through the planting and growing of one million trees in the next three years.
The movement, a joint project of the Tuguegarao city government, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Labor and Employment, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Cagayan State University, the Schools Division of Tuguegarao City, and proponent Northern Natural Resource Conservation Inc., was launched at the first ever Tree Summit in celebration of World Earth Day.
Cagayan Valley spearheads first Smarter City Belt Project in PH
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The regional office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region II recently unveiled the first “Smarter City Belt Project” in the Philippines to spur economic growth in Cagayan Valley.
DOST Region II director Sancho Mabborang during the project’s virtual launch
The participating LGUs in the Smarter City Belt Project in Region II is composed of Cauayan City in Isabela the first smarter city in the region together with three other chartered cities in the region, namely: Tuguegarao City in Cagayan, Santiago City, and Ilagan City in Isabela, and emerging growth centers in the towns of Bayombong and Solano in Nueva Vizcaya, Maddela, Cabarroguis and Diffun in Quirino, Lallo, and Sta. Ana in Cagayan, and Basco in Batanes Islands.