Quake jolts Dinagat Islands, Surigao City

A 4.5- magnitude earthquake hit Surigao City in Surigao del Norte and the province of Dinagat Islands on Saturday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday. According to Antonio Madrio of Phivolcs Surigao, the quake struck 24 ki…

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Dinagat Islands floods affect 8,574 families

A total of 8,574 families were affected by flooding incidents in Dinagat islands brought about by the low pressure area in East of Mindanao. The municipality of Basilia with 5,018 families (25,090 persons) has the biggest number of affected families followed by Loreto with …

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Belgian firm Enfinity eyes energy project in Libjo, 14 others

Belgium-based renewable energy developer Enfinity has sought government approval of 15 applications for renewable energy service contracts for its proposed solar-power projects, according to the Department of Energy. DOE documents showed that Enfinity, through its local sub…

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Cops seize boat loaded with illegally-cut lumber in Dinagat Islands province

Police intercepted a motorboat loaded with 5,00 board feet of illegally-cut and sawn lumber in the seawater along coastal Barangay Poblacion of Libjo town in the province of Dinagat Islands on Friday evening. A report by the Caraga Police Regional Information Office here hea…

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PCOS machines for Dinagat Islands received, CFCs to follow

13 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and its battery packs for the May polls in Loreto, Dinagat Islands have arrived last May 5, Election Officer Helen Daytoc of Loreto said. Reports revealed that around 21 PCOS machines were also delivered to the municipality of …

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Fatality in plane crash had just finished law -- kin

A female Air Force personnel from Cebu was among the casualties in the Cotabato city plane crash, according to the military in Cebu City. Maj. Wilson Feria, spokesman of the AFP Central Command (Centcom), identified the Cebuana fatality as Ian Christy Marose "Jingle&quo…

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Century Peak to put up P7-B smelting facility

HAVING just listed by way of introduction on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Tuesday, mining firm Century Peak Metals Holdings Corp. is wasting no time in bringing operations up to speed as it expects to start the construction of its P7-billion smelting plant soon. A…

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Police confiscates illegally-sawn lumber in Libjo

Sanggunian Bayan members of Libjo, Dinagat Islands, Hon. Rogelio Magpatoc and Hon. Francisco Areglo reported to Libjo Municipal Police Station that on September 24, 2009 around 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon, they were able to confiscate abandoned sawn lumber at Sitio Vi…

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Century Peak comes closer to official listing

Century Peak Metals Holdings Corporation (CPMHC) has met the requirements of the Philippine Mineral Reporting Code, or PMRC, becoming the first mining applicant company to comply with the Code as a pre-requisite for initial listing in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). T…

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Libjo town completes 9 sub-projects under KALAHI-CIDSS

Hundreds of residents in Libjo, a coastal town in the province of Dinagat Islands rejoiced as nine of its community projects funded last year by the KALAHI-CIDSS Project were inaugurated on April 1, 2 and 3, 2009. Said infrastructures consist of water system, high school bu…

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Nat’l awareness campaign on realities of International migration and Intermarriages set in Surigao Norte, Dinagat Islands

The Commission on Filipinos and Overseas (CFO) will conduct its annual Community Education (CEP) with its theme “Pangingibang bansa: Handa ka na ba?” in this province and in Dinagat Islands from March 8 to 18, 2009. The CEP will be undertaken in the areas of Surigao City on …

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Town exec readies cash counterpart for Kalahi-CIDSS projects

Loreto, Agusan del Sur Mayor Romeo Magadan in a statement recently said he is setting aside P1million cash counterpart even without the assurance that his municipality will be chosen in there will be KALAHI-CIDSS part 2. The town executive, lately approved a resolution sign…

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Accomplishment on illegal logging in Libjo

On February 19, 2009 at 11:30 in the morning at Paragua, Barangay San Antonio, Libjo Dinagat Islands, joint team from Libjo Municipal Police Station led by PO3 Walter Casino and Sangguniang Bayan members led by SB Rogelio Magpatoc and SB Francisco Areglo recovered an abando…

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