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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Police Report: On illegal gambling in Surigao City

On February 9, 2009 at 10:30 in the evening at Barangay Rizal, Surigao City, PNP elements of Surigao City Police Station conducted operation against illegal gambling which resulted to the apprehension of the suspect identified as Jerwin Orag Dumanhog, 19 years old, single a…

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WB report unfair, says Barbers family

Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Ace Barbers has expressed dismay over the alleged World Bank report that refers to his father, the late Robert Barbers, as the senator who “exerted his influence to further the collusive bid schemes” of contractors involved in anomalous practic…

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Gob. Ace Barbers hugtanong nag-awhag sa hugot nga pagpatuman sa maayong panglawas; PHO mipahigayon sa ilang mga nagkadaiyang health services sa tibuok

Agig pagsanong sa awhag ni Gob. Ace Barbers sa hugtanong pagpatuman sa mga programa sa maayong panglawas, Provincial Health Office nagpadayon sa paghatag ug way puas nga de kalidad nga panirbisyo sa mga katawhan aron ang tanan maprotektahan ug layo sa mga sakit. Sa milabayng…

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Tungod sa dakong suporta ni Gob. Ace Barbers, ubay-ubayng mapuslanong mga programa sa Provincial Veterinary Office para sa tuig 2009 ipatuman

Dako ang kadasig ug suporta ang gipakita ni Gob. Ace Barbers sa mga programa nga ipatuman sa Provincial Veterinary Office para sa tuig 2009 agig pagtabang ug paghatag dugang panginabuhi-an sa pipila ka mga mag-uuma sa probinsya. Malampusong gipahigayon ang ilang Municipal A…

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PNP arrest wanted persons

On February 2, 2009 at 5:00 in the afternoon at Barangay Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, suspect identified as Rommel Guma, 37 years old, married, ans a resident of the above place was arrested by elements of Socorro Municipal Police Station led by PSI Jose F Inhaynes by…

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Report on illegal gambling in Surigao City

On February 5, 2009 at 6:15 in the evening at San Nicolas, Corner Diez Street, Surigao City, Intel operatives of Surigao City Police Station conducted operation against illegal gambling which resulted to the apprehension of a certain Celso Elumba, 35 years old, married, ven…

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Arrest on violation of article 155 of RPC (Alarms and Scandals)

On February 3, 2009 at 10:00 in the evening at Borromeo Street, Surigao City, Surigao City Police Station (SCPS) received a telephone call from Leo Monde Hotel informing that a foreign national allegedly went wild while inside said hotel. Suspect identified as Noel Schellehe…

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Mamanwa tribe now on their 2nd week of "human barricade" vs mining firms in Taganito

Some 400 members of the Mamanwa tribe are now on their second week of staging a “human barricade” along the highway of Taganito in Claver, Surigao del Norte, demanding their right to one percent royalty from the gross output of the operations of four mining firms there. Mam…

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Philex buys Anglo interest, gains control of Boyongan

Philex Mining Co., the country’s largest and oldest mining firm, has bought the 50- percent stake of both Anglo American Exploration BV and Anglo American Exploration (Philippines) Inc. in the Boyongan copper-gold project in Surigao del Norte province. Philex Mining said in …

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BFAR warns against shellfish from red-tide waters

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned over the weekend that red tide is active in Masbate, Sorsogon and Zamboanga del Sur. Thus, the public should refrain from buying and eating all types of shellfish from these provinces, particularly those harvested f…

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Palace Hands Off on FG Testimony in Road Mess

Malacañang will not press First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo to testify before the Senate inquiry scheduled on February 12 on the bid rigging and bribery allegations on a World Bank (WB)-funded road project, President Arroyo’s deputy spokesman Anthony Golez yesterday…

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Gob. Ace barbers nagturn-over ug duha ka sakyanan ug mga laptops alang sa DEPED Province ug Siargao Division

Dako ang pasalamat sa DEPED Province ug Siargao Division ngadto sa atong manggihatagong gobernador Robert Ace Barbers diin sa makausa pa, siya mipakita na usab sa iyang sinsiridad sa pagpangalagad ug panirbisyo sa katawhan sa dihang siya opisyal nga mi turn-over sa duha ka …

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PAGASA sees rainy weekend

Expect a rainy weekend in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon and parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Friday. Nonoy About of the PAGASA forecasting center said the rains are caused by the tailend o…

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Floods, landslides alert up as LPA nears Mindanao and east Visayas

A low-pressure area (LPA) threatens to bring flash floods and landslides to parts of Visayas and Mindanao as it moved closer to those areas Saturday morning. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the LPA was 120 kms north of Cag…

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