Another two mariculture parks launched in Caraga

Two Mariculture Parks were launched in Barobo, Surigao del Sur on April 8, 2008 and Dapa, Siargao Island on May 10, 2008. The Barobo Mariculture Park is the second in the region but the first one to be launched under the Sustainable Management of Coastal Resources in Bicol …

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5.5M Pinoys joined ranks of poor in 2008 - NAPC

The number of Filipinos who can be considered poor has significantly increased to 17.5 million this year from 12 million in 2007, a recent study of the National Anti Poverty Commission (NAPC) has revealed. NAPC attributed the 45.8-percent jump to the record high increase of …

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Caraga prepares for landslides

In a move to mitigate if not prevent damages of properties or losses of lives arising from disasters such as in St. Bernard, Guinsaugon, Leyte landslide, the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) Caraga under the auspices of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) con…

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18th PopDev Club Convention Malampuson

Ubos sa administrasyon ni Gob. ROBERT ACE BARBERS, pinaagi na sa buhatan sa Provincial Social Services Office-Population Division ug sa Department of Education, nag malampuson ang ilang duha (2) ka adlaw nga 18th POPDEV Club Convention nga nagdala sa tema: “ Population and …

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An Apology is Called For

Over the last few months this blog has degenerated into a cesspool of mudslinging and abusive comments. I know some of the readers here were also guilty by responding and posting abusive comments which have only served to inflame the situation. For this I would like to apol…

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Schedule of Charter Day and Fiesta Activities

-from surigaocity.gov.ph

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An Appeal to all the Readers

It has never been easier to become a blog author of surigaotoday.blogspot.com - the web can make instant publishers of us all. There are plenty of places on surigaotoday.blogspot.com’s blog where you can say what you think. For the past weeks hot topics posted on the blog in…

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Mindanao terminals, public places strengthen security to avert bomb attacks

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in Mindanao placed in “maximum alert” all public places, particularly terminals, malls, markets, air and seaports to avert further attacks by terrorist group and other lawless elements, this was …

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Peter O’Neill: A father and a friend for migrant workers

Growing up in a small, homogeneous town near Geelong in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, the red-headed Reverend Peter O’Neill never thought he would be fighting for the rights of migrant workers in Taiwan four decades later. Sitting in the small, humble meetin…

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63 rescued from drifting ferry

All 63 passengers and crew of a disabled inter-island ferry were rescued Friday after drifting for eight hours off Surigao Del Norte province, the Coast Guard said Saturday. Chief Petty Officer Vivencio Bionaldo, deputy station commander of the Coast Guard station in Surigao…

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All-out war is not the solution

I AM a full-blooded Mindanaoan. I was born and grew up in Dipolog City. My heart bleeds every time I hear about the armed conflict in the island. I can only ask myself: Can we really achieve genuine and lasting peace in what is known as the Land of Promise? But I have to cl…

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Former Mayor Sering Debunk His Political Critics

It appears that camps against the up-coming candidacy of Cocoy for City Mayor is concentrating on their attacked on me rather than of my son. Probably because, no issue they can point on to cocoy sering’s political career and character. The former City Mayor said, that criti…

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SOMEONE ELSE'S WINDOWS: Democratizing the ecotourism industry

Introduction This article attempts to gather some insights on ecotourism, in particular the contentious issues that have cropped up in relation to theory and actual practice. It proceeds from the framework that ecotourism is one potential area of investment whose larger bene…

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Cebu Pacific adds more flights to Cebu hub, Adds Ozamiz, Surigao, and Busuanga to domestic network

Cebu Pacific (CEB) will fly to more local cities from its Cebu hub and will base two ATR72-500 aircraft in Cebu on top of the current Cebu-based four Airbus aircraft. CEB will fly from Cebu to Dipolog, Ozamiz and Surigao. It will also start operating a Manila-Busuanga servic…

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CAT Caraga calls for TB-free Philippines by 2020

"TB-free Philippines by 2020", this is the call of the newly created Coalition Against TB of Caraga Region (CAT-Caraga) during its launching in Butuan City recently. The coalition is formed to generate, achieve and sustain commitment on National Tuberculosis Contr…

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