Cong. Barbers endorses Coco Martin as youth model

SURIGAO CITY (Oct. 3) - Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers commended ABS-CBN’s TV program, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, for raising crime awareness and prevention among the viewing public. Just recently, Barbers filed House Resolution 358 to formally recognize FPJ’s Ang…

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90% sa ‘surrenderies’, balik-droga sigon ni Cong. Barbers

DAKBAYAN SA SURIGAO (Sept. 19) - Hugot karon ang pagtuo ni Cong. Robert Ace Barbers nga 10% kun dyes porsyento lamang sa mga drug surrenderies ang nagbag-o apan ang 90% kun nobenta porsyento niini ang mibalik ra gihapon sa ilang naandang gibuhat. Sumala ni  Barbers, kinsa chai…

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Cong. Ace seeks postponement of Barangay and SK elections

SURIGAO CITY (Aug. 29) – Surigao del Norte 2nd district representative Robert Ace S. Barbers reiterated his call to defer the barangay and SK elections--appealing to the members of Congress to act on this urgent matter. “We are running out of time. Congress must decide with…

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Cong. Ace files bill seeking ‘junior citizens’ discounts

SURIGAO CITY (Aug. 25) - To help the financial woes of families with a meager income, Surigao del  Norte 2nd  district Rep. Robert “Ace” Barbers  hopes to give “junior citizens” government-sponsored discounts and benefits similar to what millions of senior citizens are now en…

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Barbers now chairs House committee on dangerous drugs

SURIGAO CITY - After weeks of deliberation, Surigao del Norte 2nd district Representative Robert Ace S. Barbers is confirmed chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs for the 17th Congress.  “I am humbled to be named Chairman of the Committee on Dangerous Drugs. We w…

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Cong. Ace Barbers negatibo sa drug test

Personal na mikadto kagahapon na adlaw sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) si Surigao del Norte Rep. Ace Barbers para boluntaryong magpa -drug test. Sigon pa ni Barbers, gihimo nija ini para ipakita sa publiko na waya sija  nugamit nan gidili na druga. Kung kahinumduman m…

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2013 local candidates of Surigao del Norte

The following is the list of local candidates running for elective positions cum 2013 midterm election in the province of Surigao del Norte. For  Governor: Robert Lyndon Barbers (Nacionalista Party) Nestor Madelo (Independent) Sol Matugas (Liberal Party) Vitaliano Ugalde (Indepen…

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‘Underdog’ Barbers brothers vow good fight vs rival Matugas family

By Vanessa L. Almeda SURIGAO CITY (7 February) – Considered the “underdogs,” the Barbers brothers vowed to give their rival Matugas family a good fight in the May 2013 local political race. Ace and Lyndon Barbers, both former governors of Surigao del Norte, told the local med…

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Election Watch: Jalosjoses set to control 3 Zamboanga provinces, Matugases in Surigao del Norte, Ecleos in Dinagat

As in past elections, political dynasties are closing ranks again to keep their hold to power in Mindanao. The Jalosjos clan will be fielding members and allies in at least three provinces and two cities in the Zamboanga Peninsula in next year’s elections. Zamboanga del Su…

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Barbers supports Sereno’s decision to refuse media interviews

MANILA, Philippines—“Silence is golden.” Nacionalista Party spokesperson Ace Barbers on Friday extolled newly-appointed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after her decision to shun any media attention or even grant exclusive interviews as “this would wean away the judiciar…

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Barbers eyes running for senator

The Nationalista Party has been invited by the Liberal Party and the United Nationalist Alliance to coalesce with them in next year’s Senatorial elections, NP member and former Surigao del Norte Rep. Ace Barbers, said recently. Barbers, who was in Bacolod City recently, ho…

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Socorro leaders switch allegiance

By Jun Lira SURIGAO CITY --  In a dramatic move which recently stunned political observers and analysts, fourteen major political allies of former governor Robert “Ace” Barbers from the town of Socorro, Surigao del Norte, have deserted Abante Surigao and switched allegiance…

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COMELEC junks Barbers’ protest

By Jun Lira After two years of causing confusion in the minds of thousands of Surigaonon electorates, the issue of alleged ‘HOCUS-PCOS’ floated by defeated gubernatorial candidate Robert “Ace” Barbers was recently put to rest with the dismissal of his election protest again…

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Barbers, Romarate open to alliance

By VANESSA ALMEDA Will it be "let bygones be bygones" for former congressman Robert Ace Barbers and Surigao del Norte Rep. Guillermo Romarate? After a reported fallout several years back, the Barbers and Romarates are reportedly patching things up. Barbers said hi…

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Former gov awarded in US

Former Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert “Ace” Barbers received the “Most Outstanding Public Servant” award from a prestigious award-giving body based in the US West Coast. The award was given to Barbers by the Gawad Amerika Foundation during the 10th Annual Gawad Amerika Award…

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Dinagat belongs to Surigao-SC says with finality, ordered COMELEC to conduct Special Elections without delay…

After showing its most diplomatic gesture on the embattled Dinagat Case deliberation, the Supreme Court (SC) finally ended up the long political agony after issuing an En Banc Notice dated January 11, 2011 signed and released on January 26, 2011 by Enriqueta E. Vidal, Clerk…

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Electoral protests vs Romarate, Matugas, Egay dismissed

The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed for lack of merit the election protest against three elected officials in Surigao del Norte. The Comelec Second Division dismissed the petition to nullify election results filed by former officials o…

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Padajon lawyers seek dismissal of poll protest

The battery of lawyers of Partido Padajon Surigao is all set to file a motion to dismiss before the COMELEC in a move to get rid of the poll protest filed by losing candidates from Abante Surigao. The motion will be filed in the first week of July 2010, it was learned. Atty.…

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