Three killed, 32 hurt in Batangas bus accident

Three passengers were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a bus they were riding went out of control and fell into a canal in Batangas before dawn Saturday. Superintendent Raul Tacaca, head of the Santo Tomas town police, said the PP Bus Lines (TWS-752) was hea…

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Green Bank moving Siargao branch

Green Bank Inc. (A Rural Bank) will be relocating its Dapa branch in this island resort to the more populous market place and port area to accommodate its demanding client base as well as expanding micro-borrowers. The new branch will be completed by March next year. The pres…

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PDCC sa Surigao Norte mihimo ug lakang sa pagpanalipud sa mikaylap nga kaso sa AH1N1 virus

Tungod sa nahitabo nga paspas nga pagkuyanap sa virus nga AH1N1 sa tibuok kalibutan, si Gov. Robert Ace Barbers mihimo ug lakang pinaagi sa Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council aron nga mapanalipdan ang katawhan sa mao nga sakit. Niadtong Mayo 15, 2009, ang maong konseho…

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Sandigan junks Ecleo's bid to reopen graft case

The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the motion filed by Ruben Ecleo Jr., former mayor of San Jose in Surigao del Norte, seeking to overturn his October 2006 conviction on three counts of graft. In a three-page resolution, the Sandiganbayan First Division said Ecleo simply rehash…

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Delia Albert reveals Germany’s assistance to Caraga

SURIGAO CITY – Philippine Ambassador to Germany H.E. Delia Domingo Albert revealed Germany’s assistance to Caraga region aimed at reducing poverty and peace-building. Speaking before participants of 300 during the holding of 5th Caraga Mining Summit held recently here , HE Al…

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DBP approves P9.59-B fund for Roro projects

SIARGAO ISLAND, Surigao del Norte —State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has approved the deployment of a total of P9.59 billion for projects under its Road Roll-On, Roll-Off Terminal System (RRTS), president and chief executive officer Reynaldo David said on…

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A different kind of surfing in Siargao

To a first-time visitor, Siargao, the Philippines’ surfing capital, is a study in contrasts. Passengers disembarking from the port of Dapa after a three-hour ferry ride from mainland Surigao del Norte will immediately notice a cell site looming from a hilltop and dwarfing ho…

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High-speed Internet – on tiny Siargao

I have a dirty little secret: I am still on dial-up Internet at home. Call it pre-historic, ancient, so ’90s, but I have been on it for years. People cringe when I say I can’t browse YouTube at home because my connection is damn slow. It sounds worse than saying I have a sca…

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In 2007: Bukidnon, Mindanao's biggest earner, spender

Bukidnon topped 25 other provinces in Mindanao to have the highest income earned from local revenues in 2007 with P1.295 billion in gross income, making it also the country’s tenth biggest. Bukidnon is the only province from Mindanao to make it to the Top 10 list, according …

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Miner to spend P35 billion in Mindanao project

A MINING venture led by Australia’s Red 5 Ltd. will invest P3.5 billion to start commercial operations in a gold mine in northern Mindanao, company officials said late Tuesday. The mining permit holder Greenstone Resources Corp. will develop the 2,023.74-hectare Siana gold m…

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Philex output down

THE MINERAL output of listed Philex Mining Corp. dropped by almost a tenth last month to 648,481 dry metric tons from 705,607 in March, the miner told the Philippines Stock Exchange yesterday. Philex Mining produced 340,283 grams of gold, 1.330 million kilograms of copper a…

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Philex ups capital to P8B

Stockholders of Philex Mining Corp. have approved the plan to increase the company’s authorized capital to P8 billion from P5 billion as it prepares to develop its high-grade copper and gold mine in Surigao del Norte. Based on company estimates, it needs as much as $500 mill…

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ERC nod eyed for transition supply contracts with Mindanao utilities

State-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is seeking the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the transition supply contracts (TSCs) it inked with distribution utilities (DUs) in the Mindanao grid. The proposed rate being applied for these contracts is P2.…

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DoE opens coal exploration bidding

Done with priming up, the Department of Energy (DoE) finally opened to public bidding at least 30 coal blocks which it plans to award to qualified bidders under the 2009 Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR). “A total of 30 areas or coal block systems are being offered …

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DOLE brings services caravan cum jobs fair in Surigao

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Office in coordination with TESDA, RTWPB, PESO, OWWA, and the private recruitment companies brought its 2-day services caravan and jobs fair to Surigao City in time with the holding of 5th Caraga Mining Summit, p…

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