TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines- Cagayan Provincial Government officials are eyeing for a soft opening of the new Provincial Museum in Bagumbayan, this city, at Aggao Nac Cagayan this June. Cagayan Museum and Historical Research Center Curator Jenifer Junio-Baquiran said the site has been fenced and the building has finished paintwork after undergoing “minimal” renovation. The move is a total relocation of the provincial museum from …

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will conduct a community-based research on the black seaweed known as “gamet” in Santa Praxedes, Cagayan, an official from the agency’s central office said. BFAR’s Jose Roco Tirasol said the studies will be spearheaded on the regional level and will begin in a few months. This comes after the University of …

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines- To help enrich and promote Cagayan, the Provincial Government will hold a Culture, Arts, and Tourism Summit in this city on April 11, 12, and 13. Cagayan Museum and Historical Research Curator Jenifer Junio-Baquiran said the summit aims to thread together the culture and tourism of the province. Baquiran said they will be inviting speakers and stakeholders in an attempt …

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines- Despite some drowning incidents and vehicular crashes, this year’s Holy Week was “generally peaceful,” Cagayan Valley Police said on Monday, April 2. Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) Regional Director Police Chief Superintendent Jose Mario Espino said in a press release that no major incidents happened during the week, except for petty crimes. Espino attributed their report to the police’s “orderly …

SANTA PRAXEDES, Philippines- Featuring “gamet” as main ingredient, 10 barangays of this town showed their own versions of shawarma in a cooking contest as part of the 10th Gamet Festival here on Tuesday, March 27. Known as the “black gold of the sea,” gamet is a seaweed growing at shores here. The iconic seaweed is then processed by gatherers trained by Bureau of …