The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) authorities in Liloan, Southern Leyte are now concerned about a possible oil spill from the passenger roro vessel M/V Ocean King 2 owned and operated by Mandaue City-based Sea Marine Transport Corp. which beached itself near the port of Beni…
Bulan sa Nutrisyon, malampusong gipahigayon sa probinsya
Nagmalampuson ang pagselebrar sa bulan sa nutrisyon diin agig pagtak-op sa maong selebrasyon mao ang paghatag ug mga premyo sa mga migula nga mananaug sa “Most Outstanding Barangay Implementation of Nutrition Program 2009” nga gihimo bag-uhay pa lamang didto mismo sa Prov’l…
121 safe as ferry capsizes off Surigao: Coast Guard
A ferry capsized in rough seas off an island in Southern Leyte province on Tuesday, but all 121 people aboard were rescued, the Coast Guard said. The M/V Ocean King tipped over onto its right side near the southern tip of Panaon island, Chief Petty Officer Manolito Dacel of …
Surigao City reports first confirmed case of A(H1N1) flu virus
City Health authorities here confirmed on Monday, July 27 its first case of A(H1N1) flu infection involving a 37 year-old man. City Health Officer Dr. Aldine Morales said the patient has already recovered after taking Tamiflu, but he didn't say how the patient was infec…
AusAID names 7 provinces to get road improvements
The Australian government has identified seven areas in the country that will initially benefit from the P3.8-billion road development project in the Visayas and Mindanao. The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) said the first seven provinces that will b…
Cong. Matugas, Sen. Lapid ask court OK to travel with Arroyo
Two lawmakers and a former official who have pending graft cases with the Sandiganbayan have asked the court for permission to travel because they are part of the entourage of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she goes to Washington to meet President Barack Obama on Ju…
Report on illegal gambling in Surigao City
On July 21, 2009 at around 4:55 in the afternoon along San Nicolas corner Diez Street, Barangay Taft, Surigao City, two male suspects identified as Messon Miranday Febra, 39 years old, married, tricycle driver and a resident of P-2, Brgy San Juan, Surigao City and Jason Rav…
Agig pagtak-op sa Disaster Month Celebration, Gov. Ace Barbers mopahigayon sa Tree Planting Activity sa Prov’l. Forest Park
Sa nasayran karon nga bulan, gi selebrar sa tibuok nasud ang National Disaster Conciousness month diin ubay-ubay nga mga kalihukan ang gipahigayon sa kasamtangang pangagamhanan ug usa na niini mao ang pagpahigayon sa usa ka Tree Planting Activity karong Hulyo 24, 2009 sa ma…
Feature: Sangyaw Redux
I was supposed to attend both, but missed out on the former as my son Jandy still had classes on the day of the parade (June 27). The latter’s parade, held on June 29, the day after our arrival, was still worth the visit. This cultural festival was first created by former F…
Comelec accredits political party, Partido Padajon Surigao the only registered local political party in Caraga
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has accredited and recognized only one political party in the entire Caraga Region composed of the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. This surfaced Monday as Chairman Jo…
Homes on Siargao Island opened to tourists
The lack of such basic tourism facilities like pension houses and small hotels hinder the tourism development of remote communities, but people in the quiet town of Pilar in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte have solved this problem by accepting tourists through the home-st…
Report on abduction of minor and the arrest of the suspect
On July 16, 2009 at 6:00 in the evening at Purok-2, Barangay Marcelina, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, a certain Romelyn Hedi alias “Lynlyn”, 8 years old, grade 2 pupil and resident of said place was abducted by the suspect identified as one Reynante Gonzales alias “Wali/Bali”, o…
CEB slashes fares by 50% for T3 anniversary, Offers system-wide seat sale
Gokongwei-owned Cebu Pacific (CEB) celebrates the first anniversary of its operations in Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (T3) on July 22, 2009 with a first-of-its-kind 50% off seat sale. Passengers can avail of the 50% discount on all domestic and international…
Surigao Norte recipient of Southern Philippines Provincial Road Maintenance Program
The province of Surigao del Norte is one of the ten provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao regions identified to benefit from the road project under the Southern Philippines Provincial Road Maintenance Programor SPPRMP. According to the Malacanang press report the program ha…
Caraga urged to tap tourism boom in CV
The Region 7 office of the Department of Tourism (DoT 7) has urged tourism stakeholders in Caraga Region to tap the booming tourism industry in Central Visayas to further promote the culture, destinations, and adventure offerings of Region 13. DoT 7 Director Dawnie Roa, who …
Caraga firefighters to hold mini-concert at luneta today
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Caraga Regional Office with its newly-organized General Alarm Band under the leadership of Regional Director FS/Supt. Warlito Daus will hold a mini-concert on Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Luneta Park kiosk this city. This fire prevention c…
Coverage for cash transfer program to expand next year
THE GOVERNMENT will expand the coverage of its conditional cash transfer program next year beyond the poorest provinces in the country and increase the number of beneficiaries. Vilma B. Cabrera, DSWD assistant secretary and head of the program’s management bureau, said yeste…
2 CIDG personnel, na-relieve human gilambigit sa Indian national kidnapping sa Surigao City
Padayon ang gihimong imbestigasyon sa Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Caraga sa duha nila ka sakop sa Surigao City nga gilambigit sa pagdagit sa usa ka Indian national. Gi-relieve na usab karon sa ilang puwesto sila si P03 Nomer Sabacan og P02 Jessie Rama n…
Surigao City Recognized as Best Disaster Coordinating Council
The Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) conferred the CDCC of Surigao the Gawad KALASAG as Best City Disaster Coordinating Council in Caraga Region for CY 2009 in recognition of the excellent efforts and accomplishments of CDCC-Surigao in the implementation of disa…
Program Implementation Review gipahigayon sa Surigao Norte
Tungod sa tumong ug tinguha ni Gov. Ace Barbers nga mapanalipdan ang katawhang Surigaonon batok na sa mga nagkalain-laing sakit nga mitumaw sa katilingban labi na kining gitawag nga lifestyle related diseases, ang Provincial Health Office mipahigayon sa ilang Program Implem…
Caraga Region tops national reading tests
Despite being a non-Tagalog speaking area, the Caraga Region in Mindanao topped the national reading test (RT) in Filipino conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd). The Reading Test (RT), utilizing appropriate reading evaluation instruments including actual oral read…
Inter-island race on nautical highway
The dream of a nautical highway, linking thousands of islands throughout the archipelago, is slowly taking shape. For years, policy-makers have been talking about a waterborne transportation system that will facilitate cost-efficient flow of merchandise goods and unlock the …
New CBCP President a Bacuaganon
The new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference is again a Mindanawon: Bishop Nereo Odchimar of the Archdiocese of Tandag in Surigao del Sur. Odchimar, 68, a canon lawyer and presently CBCP vice president, won the votes of 86 out of 88 bishops present at the 99th Plena…
Pacquiao's next title? DOT's poster boy
After peace envoy, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao’s next title might just be tourism poster boy. “Aside from brokering for peace, Pacquiao can help promote tourist spots in Mindanao,” Surigao del Norte Gov. Ace Barbers told reporters during the Daungan ng Balita sa Danarra Hote…
Gov. Ace Barbers mas gihatagan ug igong panahon ang pagpangalagad kaysa pagpamulitika
Gipanglantawan gayud ni Gov. Ace Barbers ang kabililhon sa katawhang Surigaonon labaw sa tanan tungod mas gihatagan niini ug igong panahon ang panghatag kalidad nga serbisyo kaysa pagpangandam o paghimo ug mga lakang alang sa umaabot nga eleksiyon. Ubay-ubay nga mga programa…
Gov. Ace Barbers mihatag ug dakong suporta sa tanang programa alang sa pagpalambo sa natad sa agrikultura
Sa kanunay'ng tinguha sa kasamtangang pangagamhanan sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte ubos na sa pagpangulo ni Gov. Robert Ace Barbers nga matabangan ang tanang mag-uuma sa probinsya, mipasalig ang gobernador sa paghatag sa iyang hugot nga suporta sa mga programa nga ma…
RP to get €170-M loan from French government to build modular ports
MANILA is set to get its loan from the French government anytime this month to build dozens of modular ports all over the country, but Malacañang will have to decide where to place these facilities. Philippine Ports Authority general manager Oscar Sevilla said they expect th…
Cebu Pacific offers VisMin seat sale for as low as P488 all-in; Siargao for P688 only
Value-airline Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s largest domestic airline is offering a seat sale for as low as P488 to boost inter-island travel for August and September. The seat sale runs from July 8 to 11, 2009 and is valid for travel from August 1-September 30, 2009. CEB …
Philex output up
THE MINERAL output of Philex Mining Corp. increased by a third to 750,617 dry metric tons in June from the month before, the listed miner told the stock exchange yesterday. The Padcal mine in Benguet produced 366,874 grams of gold, 1.431 million kilograms of copper and 352,…
Group Warns Mass Environmental Destruction if $3B Sumitomo Nickel ore Plant in Surigao Pushes Through
A newly formed environmental watch group today warned people and authorities while encouraging moral and religious sectors of Caraga Region to wake up to spearhead massive information drive on the mass environmental destruction will cause if the much ballyhooed $3B Sumitomo…
30 NPA Rebels in Fresh Encounter Anew with Surigao Cops, Soldiers; Scores Wounded
Some 30 communist rebels encountered anew joint operatives of the 30th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army headed by certain 1Lt. Punongbayan and Bacuag, Surigao del Norte Police headed by its Chief of Police P/Insp. Mariano Lukban Thursday in Barangay Camboayon, Bacuag, Su…
PNP-13 creates task force to solve shooting of Barangay kagawad
Police Regional Office 13 (PRO-13) Regional Director PCSUPT Jaime E Milla has ordered Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office headed by its Provincial Director, PSSUPT Antonio B Paguirigan, to create Task Force "Fetalvero" to conduct thorough investigation regardi…
NPA treacherously harassed police station in Agusan Sur
Santa Josefa Municipal Police Station in Agusan del Sur was harrassed by more or less 40 New People's Army (NPA) on July 1, 2009. According to reports reaching Police Regional Office 13, the incident happened at 9:15 in the morning and lasted only for ten minutes as the…
Remittance firm officials charged over failure to deliver OFWs’ money
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed charges against officers of a remittance company for allegedly failing to remit remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to their respective relatives in the Philippines. The Office of Deputy Director for Special Investi…
AirPhil starts daily jet service in Surigao City
Air Philippines (AirPhil), the low-cost carrier of the Lucio Tan Group, started its daily jet service between Manila and Surigao Wednesday, July 1, 2009 replacing the 76 seater-turbo prop of PAL Express. Air Philippines’ 118-seater Boeing 737-200 touched down at the Surigao…
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