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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has undertaken upgrading works along a major road and a farm-to-market road (FMR) to facilitate safer and more convenient travel in the municipality of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. Completed in Barangay Sto. Domingo is the reconstruction of a 522-meter, four-lane portion of Guimaras Circumferential Road with raising of […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a slope protection structure to defend coastal communities against overflow in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. In his report to Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Undersecretary for Visayas Operations Roberto Bernardo, DPWH Region 6 Director Sanny Boy Oropel said that the project built along the coastal barangay of […]
Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco recently welcomed the courtesy visit of Province of Guimaras Governor Joaquin Carlos Rahman Nava and Lone district of Guimaras Representative Ma. Lucille Ledesma-Nava.The officials bared the exciting projects aimed at spurring economic and tourism activities in Guimaras, primary of which are plans for a road network and a promenade walkway that […]
A groundbreaking ceremony for the P16M worth of shared processing facility (SPF) under the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) was held in San Lorenzo, Guimaras recently. The SPFs to be established include the white copra and the refined, bleached, and deodorized oil (RBDO) processing centers. The SPFs to be established include the white […]
Guimaras continues to strengthen its agri-tourism industry with the holding of its first dragon fruit festival to entice neighboring areas in Western Visayas to experience the celebration that introduces the crop to a wider clientele. “Through this, I think we will realize that this is one potential commodity in the province of Guimaras,” Governor JC […]
If elected president, Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso said he intends to showcase the island province of Guimaras as a template for food sufficiency so that the other provinces will be able to replicate its achievements. Speaking to reporters following his courtesy call on Guimaras Gov. Samuel Gumarin at the provincial […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has enabled better access between local farms and market centers in Guimaras by completing three road concreting projects in various towns of the province. Secretary Mark Villar identified newly-paved farm-to-market roads (FMR) as the P9.45-million FMR in Barangay Alaguisoc, Jordan; P9.31-million FMR in Barangay Alegria, Sibunag; and […]
The provincial government of Guimaras will celebrate its annual Manggahan Festival through a combination of virtual and physical activities from May 20 to 22 this year. Governor Samuel Gumarin, in a letter addressed to the Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas Regional Director and chairperson of the Regional Task Force (RTF) on COVID-19 Jose Roberto Nuñez, […]
The provincial government of Guimaras turned over to the Salvacion Cluster Farmers Association from the municipality of Nueva Valencia one unit of the combined harvester with a trailer worth P1.6 million. In his message during the turnover held at the Barangay Salvacion covered gym, Governor Samuel Gumarin said the distribution of post-harvest facilities is part of […]
How many pounds, or kilograms for that matter, did you gain over the holidays? The holidays have just ended and most of us are still at our binge-eating sprees. We have grown accustomed to eating lots of yummy food over the season that it seems impossible to just stop. Now, of course, with us moving […]