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Nueva Ecija - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, and Aurora. Nueva Ecija was settled in the last century by thousands of Tagalogs and Ilocanos from adjoining provinces such as Pangasina, Ilocos and Bulacan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nueva_Ecija   (827 words)

The Provincial Profile of Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija is in the eastern section of the central plains of Luzon and is Encircling the province are the provinces of Pangasinan in the northwest, Tarlac in the west, Bulacan in the south, Aurora in the east and Nueva Viscaya in the north. Nueva Ecija was formed as a military district of the province of Pampanga at the beginning of the 18 www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/necija.htm   (1357 words)

Water level at Pantabangan ... - May 02, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- Water level at the Pantabangan Dam, one of the biggest earthen dams in Southeast Asia, for this summer registered an unprecedented high on Saturday, dam officials said. Pantabangan was the only town in the country that was submerged. But farmers in five towns and one city in northern Nueva Ecija are dismayed about the delayed completion of canals that will deliver irrigation water from the Pantabangan Dam to their rice fields. www.inq7.net /reg/2004/may/02/text/reg_4-1-p.htm   (440 words)

Neuva Ecija   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Nueva Vizcaya is the remnant of the southern province created when Cagayan Province was divided in two in 1839. Nueva Vizcaya comprises fifteen towns; Bayombong is the capital. At Balete Pass in Nueva Vizcaya the retreating Japanese under General Yamashita dug in and held on for three months against the American and Filipino forces who eventually drove them out; the pass is now called Dalton Pass in honor of General Dalton, USA, who was killed in the fighting. www.kykofc.com /kentucky/KOC_Sites/int/Philippines/nuevaecija.htm   (252 words)

Nueva Ecija Journal The former rebel sympathizers were from Cuyapo and Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija and San Ildefonso and Pandi in Bulacan. Nueva Ecija provincial agriculturist Serafin Santos reported that the floods destroyed P336.17 million worth of agricultural crops and submerged 5,000 hectares of onion plantations, 1,000 hectares of vegetable farms and 6,530 hectares of rice fields. Arroyo met with local officials of Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela at Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City where she announced the P500 budget for flood mitigating measures. www2.mozcom.com /~ecijano/01312006.html   (2821 words)

WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Nueva Ecija - Rice Bowl Of The Philippines According to the NCSO, Nueva Ecija has a population of 1,310,829 of which 13.16% are concentrated in Cabanatuan City. Nueva Ecija has two pronounced seasons: the wet or rainy season from May to November and the dry season during the rest of the year. www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=11   (372 words)

Nueva Ecija Journal The Nueva Ecija provincial police director denied the allegation of 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Umali that the police has failed to solve the string of murder cases in Nueva Ecija in the past few months. In other parts of Nueva Ecija, shallow and deep wells are used to extract groundwater for fishponds, plantations, golf courses and swimming resorts. The Casecnan project that was completed in 2001 involved the construction of small dams in two rivers in Nueva Vizcaya, and the diversion of part of the water to Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija through a 26 kilometer tunnel. www2.mozcom.com /~ecijano/11152005.html   (2349 words)

The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Pantabangan dispute leads to confusion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija: Confusion continued to rule in this fourth-class town after the camps of ousted mayor Lucio B. Uera and court-proclaimed Mayor Romeo Borja rallied at the town hall. The controversy has affected the town’s 120 employees who have not received their salaries, bonuses and other benefits since December because the municipal funds were frozen due to the court order at the request of Borja’s camp. Pantabangan is the third richest town of Nueva Ecija following Guimba and Talavera. www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/jan/07/yehey/prov/20050107pro10.html   (398 words)

Pantabangan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Considered to be mainstay among tourist spots is the Pantabangan Dam continously drawing foreign and local tourists and balikbayans because of its domestic scenic ambience and the awesome engineering wonders is offers the viewers. Nueva Ecija is a province rich in terms of tradition, rituals and folklore that is related in agriculture and spiritual life. After the decade, Pantabangan was converted into a large river (dam) that irrigates the lower part of Nueva Ecija down to Bulacan and Pampaga. www.bpre.gov.ph /pantabangan   (564 words)

About Culture and Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) ecognized in his hometown as a folk painter, Elito V. Circa was born in 28 January 1970 in the old town of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, his hometown submerged when he was growing up to give way to the construction of a dam. His subjects, mostly depicting legends and memories of his old hometown and province, include his signature series on Minggan, the mythical giant who portentously tried to stop the river in Pantabangan from flowing and another series on the evacuation of the townspeople during the construction of the dam. At present, he heads the Visual Arts Committee of the Association of Nueva Ecija Artists and is a Member of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Luzon Visual Arts and Theatre Arts committees. www.ncca.gov.ph /about_cultarts/articles.php?artcl_Id=273   (581 words)

Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Two of the major watersheds in the country, Ambuklao and Pantabangan, are fast deteriorating. Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija is characterized as a degraded grassland area, which dries up during summer making it prone to fires. Pantabangan was severely affected during the last El Niño phenomenon. www.stii.dost.gov.ph /sntpost/NovPostWeb/Aug2k/pg4a.htm   (422 words)

Manila Bulletin Online PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija — This town received recently a windfall of P105.687 million from the California Energy (CalEnergy), builder-operator of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation Power Project (CMIPP), in property tax payments accumulated from 2002 to 2005. Uera said that the funds the town received would be used to fund infrastructure projects such as roads, schools, public market, municipal hall, playgrounds, improvement of the water and electric service, nutrition, health and medical services and livelihood opportunities for the residents. CMIPP was the Ramos administration’s flagship project, which diverts water from the Casecnan and Taan Rivers in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya through a 26.7-kilometer subterranean trans-basin tunnel to the giant reservoir in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/01/20/PROV2006012054248.html   (476 words)

Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly newsmagazine Soldiers in some parts of Nueva Ecija make their presence felt in a way that does not endear them to residents of the area. He was a licentiate pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) in Fatima village, located in the mountainous town of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija province (around 180 kms. Domingo, another town in Nueva Ecija, Aglipayan priest Renato Respicio received death threats by way of a letter dropped in the donation box. www.bulatlat.com /news/6-18/6-18-ne_printer.html   (1256 words)

\\ DA prepares to hold cloud seeding on Pantabangan Dam \\ News \\ PinoyFarmer.com [WI]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Pantabangan's level as of June 26 was at 173.5 meters, slightly higher than its previous day's level of 173.42 meters. The isolated and scattered rains that have been hitting Nueva Ecija these past days have not done much to raise the dam's level to its serviceable height. Although Pantabangan dam was designed to serve 102,000 hectares of farmlands in Bulacan, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija it has not done so in the past few weeks because of the need to stretch the dams water supply which is needed by the power plants and household users. www.pinoyfarmer.com /news.cfm?id=356   (407 words)

Energy Regulatory Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija on October 28-29, 2004. Said inspection is part of ERC’s evaluation on CE Casecnan’s application for a Certificate of Compliance (COC) pursuant to Section 6 of R.A. 9136 and its IRR. After passing through the turbines, the water is then discharged to the Pantabangan Reservoir via a tailrace tunnel where it is further used for additional power generation at the downstream Pantabangan and Masiway hydroelectric plants. www.erc.gov.ph /2-generation-casecnan_inspection.htm   (288 words)

:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online :: Bounded by mountain ranges as high as 1,174 meters above sea level is the soon to be Pantabangan Eco-Tourism Park which is projected to be an ecological haven for environmental lovers as well as an environmental showcase of the municipality of Pantabangan and the whole province of Nueva Ecija. Formalizing its pledge to reforest the Pantabangan Watershed, La Consolacion College Manila (LCCM) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the municipality of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, for the shared responsibility of rehabilitating, protecting, and promoting a balanced and healthful ecology within and around the watershed. LCCM’s move to adopt the Pantabangan watershed for rehabilitation development and protection is in line with its peace and environmental advocacy as well as its answer to the United Nations’ call to protect water reserves. www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/10/20/SCAU2005102046956.html   (477 words)

The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Municipal employees face ‘black Christmas’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija: This town has two mayors. But the political problem is causing hundreds of municipal employees of this northernmost town of Nueva Ecija to face a “fl Christmas” because the Philippine National Bank has refused to release funds to Mayor Lucio Uera. The bank ignored the writ of preliminary mandatory injunction “enjoining the bank branch to release to, upon withdrawal by petitioner Lucio B. Uera from the municipality’s deposit accounts” issued by Judge Rodrigo Caspillo of the Regional Trial Court. www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/dec/10/yehey/prov/20051210pro6.html   (178 words)

LETTER FROM COL.PINSON This has reference to a news article entitled "Probe of Ecija killings sought" published on October 26, 2001 in the Across the Nation column, from the PDI Central Luzon Desk written /reported by Anselmo Roque and Tonette Orejas. We understand the concern of some cause oriented group in the death of 5 residents of Nueva Ecija for it is part of their sworn duty to safeguard human lives. It was 11:45 in the morning that a platoon size of rebels was spotted at the vicinity of Pantabangan River. afp-cmo.tripod.com /articles-2001/11-09-letter.html   (545 words)

Inland fishery enhancements Among these, gill nets are most commonly used: 53% in Magat and 68% in Pantabangan, where 79% of the catches in 1992 in the latter were caught by them (Dela Cruz, 1993). In Magat and Pantabangan, where the yields are low, 40 to 64% of fishermen own boats, 85–100% of which are non-motorised and used purely for fishing. This was conducted in Pantabangan reservoir during its fisheries developmental stage (Johnson, 1975). www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/W8514E/W8514E23.htm   (4376 words)

:: Malaya - The National Newspaper ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) CABANATUAN CITY — Two smaller dams of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) that feed from the giant Pantabangan Dam in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija will be rahabilitated, affecting some 5,000 farmers in two cities and nine municipalities in Central Luzon, which are expected to lose some P380 million potential income next year. Gapasin said the rehabilitation of the Penris Dam would affect farmers in the Nueva Ecija towns of San Isidro and Cabiao and Gapan City, the Pampanga towns of Arayat and Candaba, and San Ildefonso in Bulacan. With the Casecnan Dam fully operational, the Pantabangan Dam was able to augment its irrigable area to a maximum 102,000 hectares in addition to some 35,000 hectares in new areas. www.malaya.com.ph /apr20/agri2.htm   (438 words)

PIA News Releases Dolom said that while Sierra Madre's rich biodiversity potentials particularly in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino serve as lifeblood to power and irrigation facilities in Luzon, its current condition is being threatened by migration, slash and burn system of farming.and timber poaching. Forests in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces are watersheds for major dam projects such as in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Casecnan in Nueva Vizcaya,Magat in Isabela and Addalam in Quirino province. He said the 51% forest cover in Nueva Vizcaya is continuously reduced at 456 hectares every year or 1.4 hectares daily while Quirino's 80% forest cover is recordedly reduced at 3,545 hectares in a year or 18 hectares daily. www.pia.gov.ph /news.asp?fi=p051115.htm&no=22   (494 words)

PHILIPPINES: Three more activists killed; another priest faces serious threats on his life Reverend Respicio formerly coordinated the Patriots' anti-fraud monitoring mission in Nueva Ecija which documented cases of election-related fraud and violence during the 2004 elections. In Pawican’s case, I urge you to have the elements of the 48th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, investigated and have them to answer to the allegations made against them that they were involved in the forcible abduction and killing of Pawican. Additionally, the local police in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija must also be investigated regarding their alleged misconduct and refusal to register the complaint and account of incident of the victim’s relative. www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1758/?print=yes   (2786 words)

G.R. No. L-10922 Gregorio P. de Guzman, plaintiff-appellant, was appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, by virtue of Resolution No. 72 of the Municipal Council of said town on June 17, 1954. Ramoso filed a motion to dismiss the petition, claiming that the assignment of Guzman to Pantabangan was not a permanent transfer for assignment for the reason that only the Municipal Council can appoint a Sanitary Inspector, but that it was only a transfer or assignment temporary in nature. By order of January 6, 1956, the lower court dismissed the petition but decreed that the assignment of Guzman to Pantabangan be of temporary character to last only during the absence of the regular incumbent of Pantabangan, and in no case to exceed 30 days. www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1958/jan1958/gr_l-10922_1958.html   (614 words)

Sun.Star Baguio - Military captures 4 rebels in Kalinga, Nueva Ecija CAMP ALLEN, Baguio -- Four suspected New Peoples Army rebels, including one from Kalinga province, were captured as a result of intensified strike operations by the military, the AFP North Luzon Command reported Monday. Monta, on the other hand, said that the three more suspected rebels, namely Reynan Vallejos, 26, Domingo Gallardo, 26, and Silverio dela Torre, 20, all of barangay Conversion, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, were also collared over the weekend. Seized from them were two homemade shotguns with defaced serial numbers, one converted cal.22, two extra barrels of shotgun, five ammunitions of shotgun and two M16 magazines. www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bag/2003/06/17/news/military.captures.4.rebels.in.kalinga.nueva.ecija.html   (241 words)

Situation of Child Abuse in the Philippines Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija - Charges of sexual harassment and acts of lasciviousness were filed against Italians Walter Versani, administrative manager of the Casecnan Dam project, and his companion who fled immediately after discovering that he was being charged in the local courts. Versani was taken to the Pantabangan police headquarter but was released shortly after upon payment of P30,000 bail. Almost half of the children or 49.2% are from 15 to 17 years old and 39.2% have completed Grades I to V with 2.8% not finishing any grade at all. www.preda.org /archives/research/creport/a.html   (7239 words)

:: Malaya - The National Newspaper :: Marcaban died while undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital due to several gunshot wounds in the body. PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija — Three persons were killed in an encounter Friday afternoon between suspected rebels and trainees from the Army’s Scout Ranger at Sitio Balukok, Barangay Conversion this town, part of the mountainous boundary of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya. Benjamin Tuloza identified two of the victims as Max Atin-an, member of the Kankanaey tribe from Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya and Diego Dagul, an Igorot and a resident at the encounter site. www.malaya.com.ph /nov16/metro4.htm   (668 words)

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