Dinagat, Surigao Norte ports up for rehab: DOTC allots P93.8M to improve sea ports

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has allotted P93.8 million to improve several ports in the country in anticipation of increased commercial shipping activities.  In a statement posted on its website, Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar R…

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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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Gov Ecleo asks SP to declare State of Calamity in Dinagat Islands

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) thru Gov. Glenda Ecleo recommends to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) for the declaration of the province under a state of calamity. PDRRMC Deputized Coordinator and Public Information Officer Rosario R…

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New Dinagat Islands police provincial chief installed

CARAGA Police Director PCSUPT REYNALDO SERRANO RAFAL, Ph.D, CEO VI personally graced the turn-over ceremony for the new Police Provincial Director in Dinagat Islands on December 6, 2010. The newly installed PSSUPT INOCENTES JUNTILLA CAPUNO assumed office replacing PSSUPT RO…

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Dinagat Vice Gov denies mauling 71 year old former Barangay Captain

Dinagat Islands Provincial Vice Governor Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman today denied mauling 71 year old Felicisimo Dumandan former Barangay Captain of Barangay Cuarenta in the island town of San Jose Dinagat Island province. Villaroman alleged she gave former Barangay Captain F…

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P1.8B Mindanao farm communities project in full swing: DAR

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Monday that the P1.8 billion infrastructure projects in the farm communities of Mindanao are in full swing. DAR officials said the infrastructure projects are through the Mindanao Settlement Area Development Project (MinSSAD). T…

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‘Urduja’ causes floods in Northern Mindanao

Typhoon “Urduja” caused flashfloods, landslides and the evacuation of 1,664 families or some 8,000 persons in Region X, according to reports from the National Disaster Coordinating Center (NDCC). Sources said that evacuation started since Tuesday evening in eight barangays …

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A memorable birthday concert at Dinagat Islands

The recent birthday celebration of Gov. Jade Ecleo was not only memorable but also an affair to be reckoned with, cherished and remembered. The day also marked the unveiling of the 24-Hour Power in Dinagat Islands, giving the residents electricity round the clock. This is n…

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Dinagat Islands’ gains cited in Gov Jade’s 3rd SOPA

Gov. Jade Ecleo cited the gains of her administration in her 3rd state-of-the-province address (SOPA) delivered Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Brgy. Aurelio Multipurpose gym, San Jose town this province. In her 1 hour and 30 minutes SOPA, Gov. Ecleo enumerated her remarkable developme…

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PIO-Dinagat Islands launched PDI Patrol

The Provincial Government of Dinagat Islands thru the Provincial Information Office in its mandate to provide responsible information has launched the province’ first local TV Program yesterday August 17, 2009 at 7:30 in the evening which was anchored by Jimmy S. Jara. The …

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Report on direct assault and damage to property in San Jose, Dinagat Islands

On July 28, 2009 at 7:45 in the evening, personnel of San Jose Municipal Police Station received a phone call from the populace of Purok-1, Barangay Matingbe, San Jose, Dinagat Islands Province informing them about a drunk person identified as Arhuro Delmores, married and r…

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Unease over Ecleo case

One of the more telling comments about the order of the Supreme Court directing Cebu City Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Meinrado Paredes to re-raffle the parricide case against Ruben Ecleo Jr. comes from columnist BobbitAvila. With the SC directive, the trial on the …

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DepEd Secretary to visit Caraga Region next week

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus is set to visit Caraga Region to inaugurate the LAPUS School Buildings on June 19-20, 2009. Sec. Lapus will arrive on June 19 via Butuan City, he will have a luncheon meeting at Dottie’s Place with the administrators of B…

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Dinagat municipal planners train on CBMS–Module III

The Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators of the Province of Dinagat Islands are now on training on the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Module III which focused on Data Processing and Mapping. It aims to orient the participants on the appreciation of Stat…

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Ecleo’s case may face another delay

Four days after the case of Surigao-based cult leader was assigned to Judge Soliver Peras, a group has asked him to inhibit. Thelma Chong, vice-president of the Crusade Against Violence, said they received reports that Peras and Ecleo's counsel Orlando Salatandre are bo…

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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…

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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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Japan assistance to continue to help ARCs in Dinagat Islands

THE Philippines will continue to receive development assistance from the Japanese government to cover more agrarian-reform communities in Southern Mindanao. A representative from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has committed to expand the agency’s assistanc…

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