Oplan Kwaresma, padayong gipatuman sa PNP Caraga

Padayong gipatuman ang Oplan Kwaresma sa Police Regional Office-13 sukad pa niadtong Miyerkules sa Badlis (Ash Wednesday) isip kabahin sa paghatag og seguridad sa tanang katawhan panahon sa pag-obserba sa Semana Santa. Sa interview sa Bombo Radyo, gipadayag ni P/Sr Supt Nest…

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PNP arrests wanted persons

On April 2, 2009 at 8:00 in the morning at Sitio Campo, Barangay Bad-as, Placer, Surigao del Norte, PNP elements of Placer Municipal Police Station led by PSINSP Alejandro Recimo arrested the suspect identified as Genio Geli, 24 years old, single, fisherman and resident of …

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German Ambassador visits Caraga

The Caraga Conference for Peace and Development (CCPD) and the NEDA Regional Office-XIII took the lead in coordinating the 2-day visit of the German Ambassador H.E. Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch in Caraga Region last April 2-3, 2009. During the visit, His Excellency Weber-L…

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Report on fatal traffic accident in Claver

On April 1, 2009 around 2:50 in the afternoon at Purok-2 Barangay Capangdan, Claver, Surigao del Norte, a resident of said place was bumped by a maroon Isuzu Jeep with plate number RBA-465 driven by "Bobby" Leyros, 26 years old, married and a resident of Barangay …

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Police Report: On loose firearm

On April 5, 2009 at 9:30 in the evening at the Junction of Barangay Songkoy and Nueva Estrella, Socorro, Surigaom del Norte, PNP elements of Socorro Municipal Police Station led by PSI JOSE GORGONIO INHAYNES, COP, apprehended the suspect identified as Eduardo Dizon, 40 year…

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Oil firms cut prices before Lenten break

HOLY WEEK break travelers have been given a reprieve after oil companies announced pump price cuts effective yesterday and today to reflect lower crude oil rates. In separate text messages, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Chevron Philippines, Inc., Total Philippines Corp. a…

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Road network takes shape in Mindanao

The remote eastern coastline of Mindanao would soon become a major transportation route connecting the once sleepy and disaster-battered but resource-rich coastal towns of Manay in southernmost Davao Oriental and Claver in northernmost Surigao del Norte. The different sectio…

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Siayan is RP’s poorest municipality

THE municipality of Siayan in Zamboanga del Norte is the poorest locale and has the most severe form of poverty in the Philippines, according to the 2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates recently released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The s…

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2009 State of the City Address of Hon. Alfonso S. Casurra

I begin this year with a sense of urgency, but also with a deep sense of hope and renewed purpose. Our city and our country is now at the crossroads of this global economic downturn, but we must move forward and preserve the gains we have sown through the years, with close…

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German gov't gives P1.3-M aid to Caraga

Germany is expected to provide a P1.31 million grant to the provincial government of Agusan del Norte to assist some 1,200 families that were heavily affected by natural disasters in early January, the German Embassy announced Wednesday. German Ambassador Christian-Ludwig We…

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Cebu Pacific carries 428,000 more passengers in Q1 2009, Registers 28% growth

Despite the ongoing global downturn, Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ largest domestic airline, carried 428,431 more passengers this year. In the first quarter of 2009, passengers carried by the airline totaled to 1,970,004, as compared to last year’s carriage of 1,541,…

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Chinaman Tsao apologizes on TV for faux pas on Filipinos

The controversial Chinaman and Hong Kong multimedia writer Chip Tsao has apologized on television, admitting that he "had crossed the line" in his attempt to satirize Philippine-China claims over the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea. "I realized that I…

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7,000 Caraganons lost jobs in Northeastern Mindanao

At least 7,000 Caraganons lost their jobs after a number of companies in various parts of Northeastern Mindanao effected mass lay-offs due to global economic clampdown, the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE’s) regional office here bared yesterday. DoLE Caraga recor…

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FEATURE : Waging war against waste

According to the report of the Surigao City General Services Office released in 2000, the City of Surigao generates 18 tons of waste every single day. This being quite a massive amount of waste, the Province of Surigao del Norte has come up with a resounding response to thi…

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Pagasa monitoring SPLA near Surigao

A shallow low-pressure area (SLPA) is moving towards Mindanao but state weather forecasters said it is too early to tell if it will intensify into a cyclone. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecaster Gilbert Aquino said t…

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