The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the province in coordination with the Office of the Land Registration Authority made last Thursday, May 28, 2009 another round of land title dis…
Feature: Keeping the clean
Local officials, beach resort owners, residents, surfers, and environmentalists have banded together to promote local surfing and environmental protection to preserve the coastal area of San Juan town in La Union and other surfing sites in the country. Stakeholders led by Sa…
Siargao Manpower Training and Development Center tukoron karong tuig 2009
Ang Siargao Manpower Training ug Development Center sa Siargao ug Bucas Grande sa dili madugay tukuron na sa dili pa matapos ang tuig 2009. Sa pamahayag nga giluwatan ni Kongresista Lalo Matugas iyang gikalipay pagpahibalo nga iya na nadawat ang SARO numero gikan kang Senat…
Sumitomo-led nickel venture to invest $3B
JAPAN’S SUMITOMO Metal Mining Co. Ltd. and local holding firm Nickel Asia Corp. will put up a $3-billion nickel ore processing plant in northeastern Mindanao next year. The joint venture partners will operate the nickel processing plant by 2013, Rogelio G. Cadano, technical …
Mayor Casurra turned over hospital equipments to Caraga Regional Hospital
Hospital equipment worth 1 Million pesos was turned over by Mayor Alfonso S. Casurra to Caraga Regional Hospital Chief Dr. Ponciano Limcangco, during the conduct of Flag Raising Ceremony and National Flag Day Celebration last May 25, 2009. hese were donations from Fruitful …
Ex Gov Lyndon Barbers declares Mayoralty bid
Former Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers in a press conference Wednesday declared his intention to seek the mayoralty post in the coming 2010 general elections under the Abante Surigao party. "I would like to announce and declare my intention of running as City Mayor of Suriga…
1st Gov. Robert Ace S. Barbers’ Cup Inter-Municipality Basketball Tournament para sa Mainland Division gibuksan
Mga kabatan-onan gikan sa mga nagkadaiyang lungsod sa tibuok probinsya madasigon nga misalmot sa 1st Gov. Robert Ace Barbers’ Cup nga gibuksan niadtong Mayo 26, 2009 sa Surigao City Gymnasium, diin ila na usab natagamtam ang nagpadayon nga tiunay nga paghatag ni Gov. Barber…
Mga Proyekto ni Kongresista Jun Romarate natapos na
Walay puas sa pag-implemintar sa buhatan sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sa distrito dos sa mga proyekto ni Kongresista Jun Romarate. Si DPWH District Engineer Linda Uypala nagkanayon natapos na ang ubang proyekto ni Kongresista Jun Romarate sama sa Concre…
3 more on flu watch
An American man and two female "balikbayan" were placed under observation after showing symptoms of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in an undisclosed hospital in this capital city of the Caraga Region, health officials reported yesterday. Doctors collected on Saturday…
Moratorium on cutting, transport of logs asked
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) have recommended to Environment Secretary Jose L. Atienza Jr. for the imposition of a moratorium in the cutting and transporting of trees in the southern part of Surigao del …
CEB offers 3-day seat sale for July, August travel , Domestic fares from P588 all-in; International fares from P1,388
Cebu Pacific (CEB) will launch a 3-day seat sale on May 27 to 29, 2009 with fares as low as P588 for domestic and P1,388 for international flights valid for travel from July 1 to August 31, 2009. CEB is allocating more than 200,000 seats for this seat sale. A one-way ‘Go Lit…
Gov. Ace Barbers nang apud-apud ug kalibu-an ka Philhealth cards sa Siargao Islands ug Brgy. Washington
Tungod sa dakong pagpakita ni Gob. Barbers sa usa ka tiunay nga pagpangalagad labi na sa pagsiguro sa usa ka himsog nga panglawas dili pa lang dugay, si Gob. Ace nang apud-apud sa kalibo-an ka mga Philhealth cards sa Siargao Islands ug Brgy. Washington. Matud pa ni Gob. Barb…
One Network Bank bullish over loan, deposit growth in 2009
The positive gains in the first three months of 2009 have reinforced the 2009 full year targets of One Network Bank (ONB), the largest rural bank in Mindanao. It is looking to grow its loan portfolio to P8 billion by end 2009 from the P5.9 billion in the end of the first qua…
DTI Caraga Monitors Prices of School Supplies
20 displaced Out-of-School and unemployed individuals employed under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) of the Department of Trade and Industry are now deployed in different citiesand provinces here in Caraga Region to conduct price monito…
Serena Brooke wins 3rd Siargao Int’l Women Surfing Cup
Two time runner-up World Champion Serena Brooke of Australia surfed her way to victory during the recently concluded 3rd Siargao International Women Cup held on May 11 to 14, 2009 at Cloud 9, Brgy. Catangnan, this town. Brooke surfed away with a hefty US$2,000 check for the …
Gov. Ace Barbers donates 1.8M for street light improvement in Gen. Luna
In keeping his promise to help the tourism development of the country’s surfing capital, Gov. Robert Ace Barbers turned-over a check amounted to P1.8 million to Gen. Luna Mayor Felipe Espejon during the closing ceremony of the 3rd Siargao International Women Surfing Cup at …
Dumptrucks eyed for Mindanao towns
The Department of Agrarian Reform thru the Mindanao Sustainable Settlement Area Development (MINSSAD) has turned-over 38 units of dump trucks to 15 municipalities of Regions 10, 11 and the Caraga Region. Regional Director Datu Yusoph Mama said that the 38 units of dump truc…
70,000 people jobless in Caraga region
At least 70,000 out of Caraga region’s total labor force of 1.045 million are jobless and only 21,000 of them are looking for employment either in the locality or overseas, a report released by the region’s labor and employment office here, said. The regio…
Cebu Pacific needs 250 female flight attendants
Despite the ongoing economic downturn, low-fare leader Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ largest carrier to ASEAN, is in urgent need of 250 female flight attendants to augment its current workforce. “Our continued domestic and international expansion and rapidly growing p…
Three killed, 32 hurt in Batangas bus accident
Three passengers were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a bus they were riding went out of control and fell into a canal in Batangas before dawn Saturday. Superintendent Raul Tacaca, head of the Santo Tomas town police, said the PP Bus Lines (TWS-752) was hea…
Green Bank moving Siargao branch
Green Bank Inc. (A Rural Bank) will be relocating its Dapa branch in this island resort to the more populous market place and port area to accommodate its demanding client base as well as expanding micro-borrowers. The new branch will be completed by March next year. The pres…
PDCC sa Surigao Norte mihimo ug lakang sa pagpanalipud sa mikaylap nga kaso sa AH1N1 virus
Tungod sa nahitabo nga paspas nga pagkuyanap sa virus nga AH1N1 sa tibuok kalibutan, si Gov. Robert Ace Barbers mihimo ug lakang pinaagi sa Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council aron nga mapanalipdan ang katawhan sa mao nga sakit. Niadtong Mayo 15, 2009, ang maong konseho…
Sandigan junks Ecleo's bid to reopen graft case
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the motion filed by Ruben Ecleo Jr., former mayor of San Jose in Surigao del Norte, seeking to overturn his October 2006 conviction on three counts of graft. In a three-page resolution, the Sandiganbayan First Division said Ecleo simply rehash…
Delia Albert reveals Germany’s assistance to Caraga
SURIGAO CITY – Philippine Ambassador to Germany H.E. Delia Domingo Albert revealed Germany’s assistance to Caraga region aimed at reducing poverty and peace-building. Speaking before participants of 300 during the holding of 5th Caraga Mining Summit held recently here , HE Al…
DBP approves P9.59-B fund for Roro projects
SIARGAO ISLAND, Surigao del Norte —State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has approved the deployment of a total of P9.59 billion for projects under its Road Roll-On, Roll-Off Terminal System (RRTS), president and chief executive officer Reynaldo David said on…
A different kind of surfing in Siargao
To a first-time visitor, Siargao, the Philippines’ surfing capital, is a study in contrasts. Passengers disembarking from the port of Dapa after a three-hour ferry ride from mainland Surigao del Norte will immediately notice a cell site looming from a hilltop and dwarfing ho…
High-speed Internet – on tiny Siargao
I have a dirty little secret: I am still on dial-up Internet at home. Call it pre-historic, ancient, so ’90s, but I have been on it for years. People cringe when I say I can’t browse YouTube at home because my connection is damn slow. It sounds worse than saying I have a sca…
In 2007: Bukidnon, Mindanao's biggest earner, spender
Bukidnon topped 25 other provinces in Mindanao to have the highest income earned from local revenues in 2007 with P1.295 billion in gross income, making it also the country’s tenth biggest. Bukidnon is the only province from Mindanao to make it to the Top 10 list, according …
Miner to spend P35 billion in Mindanao project
A MINING venture led by Australia’s Red 5 Ltd. will invest P3.5 billion to start commercial operations in a gold mine in northern Mindanao, company officials said late Tuesday. The mining permit holder Greenstone Resources Corp. will develop the 2,023.74-hectare Siana gold m…
Philex output down
THE MINERAL output of listed Philex Mining Corp. dropped by almost a tenth last month to 648,481 dry metric tons from 705,607 in March, the miner told the Philippines Stock Exchange yesterday. Philex Mining produced 340,283 grams of gold, 1.330 million kilograms of copper a…
Philex ups capital to P8B
Stockholders of Philex Mining Corp. have approved the plan to increase the company’s authorized capital to P8 billion from P5 billion as it prepares to develop its high-grade copper and gold mine in Surigao del Norte. Based on company estimates, it needs as much as $500 mill…
ERC nod eyed for transition supply contracts with Mindanao utilities
State-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is seeking the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the transition supply contracts (TSCs) it inked with distribution utilities (DUs) in the Mindanao grid. The proposed rate being applied for these contracts is P2.…
DoE opens coal exploration bidding
Done with priming up, the Department of Energy (DoE) finally opened to public bidding at least 30 coal blocks which it plans to award to qualified bidders under the 2009 Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR). “A total of 30 areas or coal block systems are being offered …
DOLE brings services caravan cum jobs fair in Surigao
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Office in coordination with TESDA, RTWPB, PESO, OWWA, and the private recruitment companies brought its 2-day services caravan and jobs fair to Surigao City in time with the holding of 5th Caraga Mining Summit, p…
PGMA cancels trip to Siargao due to bad weather
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cancelled yesterday her trip to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte due to stormy weather caused by typhoon "Emong" (Chan-Hom). Inspite of the reported fair weather in Siargao Island, typhoon Emong continues to move towards Norther…
PGMA opens 2nd Siargao International Game Fishing Tournament
PILAR, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception by international and local anglers who participated in last year’s game fishing tournament here, this town’s local government has decided to promote Siargao Island as Asia’s game fishing cap…
PGMA to grace Siargao's 2nd Int’l Gamefishing Tourney
Pilar, Surigao del Norte (6 May) - Preparations are now in full swing for the three-day 2nd International Game Fishing Tournament which will be held on May 7-9, 2009 in Pilar town in the island of Siargao in Surigao del Norte with no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arr…
Germany comes to Caraga—Delia Domingo Albert
Some of you may wonder what the Philippine ambassador to Germany is doing in this “summit.” Let me give you three good reasons: Firstly, when I was secretary of foreign affairs from 2003-2004, I encouraged Filipino diplomats to be relevant to national development through ac…
A Success Story: “Nong Eling: the Man and his Field of Dreams”
Born on September 20, 1939 to poor parents in the backwaters of Barangay Pamosaingan, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Felix Alatraca saw the light of day in dire surroundings. Due to poverty and inaccessibility of their school at that time, and fresh from the ruins of World war…
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