Comelec upholds poll victory of Cong. Romarate

The Second Division of the Commission On Election dismissed for lack of merit the petition filed by losing NP congressional bet in the last May 2010 elections, former Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Cassura to nullify election results by the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC)…

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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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Controversy on Villa Corito concrete fence, Ombudsman cleared Casurra, Geotina, et al on raps

The Office of the Ombudsman Mindanao has dismissed the criminal charge filed by complainants Atty. Jerry Centro and Dominador Deluvio against former City Mayor Pons Casurra, former City Engineer Maria Geotina and private respondents Zenon Eupena, Claro Luis Garcia, Inigo Lo…

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Nitoy’s BOSS Party: A crack in the wall of Padajon Surigao?

Approximately 100 days into office, City Mayor Ernesto “Nitoy” Matugas appears likely to be taking himself out from the shell of political party Padajon Surigao and aggressively organized his own group BOSS (Baruganan Oportunidad Serbisyong Surigaonon) despite the raising…

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Etrike starts running in Surigao

The eco-friendly electric tricycle of Etrike started running in this city. With the growing concern over noise and air pollution, the city government on Wednesday encouraged transportation owners to use this eco-friendly electric tricycle. The Etrike runs 80 kilometers in jus…

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Former DepEd Director proclaims winner in Surigao Norte gubernatorial race

The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) here finally proclaimed former education Caraga regional director Sol Matugas at past 11pm, Saturday(May 15). Matugas, a Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, got 111,225 votes against her rival, incumbent gov. Robert Ace Barbers of Nacionalist…

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Surigao City gets e-tricycle for low-carbon pathway project

Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Casurra will accept an electric tricycle (Etrike) donated by the British embassy in Manila in ceremonies on May 4, late Tuesday morning, at the Surigao City gymnasium near City Hall. The donation is in line with a bilateral project to determine the…

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Bangkay ng dating bishop ng Surigao, darating ngayong araw

DARATING ngayong araw ang bangkay ng dating Obispo ng Surigao Diocese na si Bishop Miguel Cinches, SVD. Ito ang inihayag ni Father Ernesto Virgen, ang Rector ng San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral. Tinukoy nito, 4:00 mamayang hapon dadalhin ang bangkay ng namayapang Obispo sa…

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Pagpapa-relieve ng hepe ng police sa Surigao City, hindi na matutuloy

Hindi na matutuloy ang pagpapa-relieve sa Chief of Police ng Surigao City. Ito ang inamin ng PNP Provl. Director PS/Supt. Gilbert Cruz. Tinukoy nito, opisyal na mananatili sa posisyon bilang Chief of Police ng lungsod si PSupt. Arthur Sanchez matapos na na-Assign sa Region 3 …

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City Mayor ng Surigao, nanawagan sa Comelec na umaksiyon sa mga double registrants

NANAWAGAN ngayon si Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Casurra sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) na umaksyon sa natuklasang mga double Registrants sa buong lungsod at ikalawang distrito ng probinsiya. Ayon pa sa kanya, base sa listahan na nakuha niya umaabot sa mahigit 1,000 mga…

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Ilang kandidato sa Surigao, pinapipirma sa covenant ng PNP

PINANGUNAHAN ng mga opisyal ng Phil. National Police ang pagpapapirma sa isang Covenant sa iilang mga kumakandidato sa Mayo 10 na eleksiyon. Ito’y sa pamamagitan ng pagpapangako sa mga tumatakbo sa iba’t-ibang local na posisyon na gagawin nila ang lahat nang masiguro na may…

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Bagong talagang hepe ng Surigao City, dumating na

DUMATING na sa Surigao City ang incoming Chief of Police na si Col. Richard dela Rosa na papalit sana kay Col. Arthur Sanchez ngunit naging kontrobersiyal ito dahil hanggang sa mga oras na ito hindi pa nangyayari ang Turn Over Ceremonies. Ito’y epekto na hanggang sa mga oras…

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Residents in Surigao provinces, islands heave sigh of relief after Tsunami scare

Thousands of Surigaonons including local officials heaved a sigh of relief late Sunday afternoon after the government lifted the tsunami alert. Several residents went back to their respective homes late Sunday afternoon while others did so Monday morning. The provincial, mun…

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Mayor Casurra ng Surigao city, may hamon sa kanyang mga kritiko

Nagsalita na si Surigao city mayor Alfonso Casurra hinggil sa mga balitang suportado siya ng New Peoples Army. Sinabi ni Casurra na simula nang pumasok siya sa pulitika ay ito na ang palaging ibinabato sa kanya para sirain ang kanyang kandidatura. Sa kabila nito, sinabi ni Ca…

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Food security, good infrastructure key to development and progress - PGMA

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday said that food security, through agriculture and good infrastructure are the key to development and progress. Mrs. Arroyo stressed that the completion of the Surigao-Davao Coastal road will lift from the bondage of poverty poor r…

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Mental health facility for Caraga

The region’s 1st Mental Health Facility will soon rise in the Caraga Region’s nickel city of Surigao. The formal groundbreaking of the site for the construction of the building was held over the weekend right behind the Surigao City Health Office. The groundbreaking ceremony …

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Surigao mayor leads Cantiasay NHS site groundbreaking

Due to the pressing demand for a separate school building, Mayor Alfonso Pons Casurra successfully led the groundbreaking ceremony of the new school site of Cantiasay National High School at Brgy. Cantiasay, Nonoc Island this city on January 18, 2010. The construction of th…

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BSP SDN Council arrives home

Mayor Pons Casurra, Chairman of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Surigao del Norte Council warmly welcomed the contingent as they arrived at the city after having attended the recently concluded 26th Asia Pacific Regional Scouts Jamboree held at Mt. Makiling, Laguna on Dec…

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Thanksgiving Mass at the start of the New Year

For the tenth time, the City Government of Surigao started the year of public services with a Thanksgiving Mass at the City Cathedral at 7:00 o’clock in the morning of January 4, 2010, the first day of work for the New Year. In his homily, Fr. Ernesto Virgen, the Parish Prie…

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2010 One Stop Processing of Business Permits Opens

Mayor Pons formally opened the One-Stop-Shop processing of business permits at exactly 8:00 o’clock in the morning of January 4, 2010. The venue for the permit processing is the Surigao City Auditorium and is expected to cater to the businessmen of the city at the most exped…

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