Serena Brooke wins 3rd Siargao Int’l Women Surfing Cup

Two time runner-up World Champion Serena Brooke of Australia surfed her way to victory during the recently concluded 3rd Siargao International Women Cup held on May 11 to 14, 2009 at Cloud 9, Brgy. Catangnan, this town. Brooke surfed away with a hefty US$2,000 check for the …

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Gov. Ace Barbers donates 1.8M for street light improvement in Gen. Luna

In keeping his promise to help the tourism development of the country’s surfing capital, Gov. Robert Ace Barbers turned-over a check amounted to P1.8 million to Gen. Luna Mayor Felipe Espejon during the closing ceremony of the 3rd Siargao International Women Surfing Cup at …

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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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70,000 people jobless in Caraga region

At least 70,000 out of Caraga region’s total labor force of 1.045 million are jobless and only 21,000 of them are looking for employment either in the locality or overseas, a report released by the region’s labor and employment office here, said. The regio…

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Cebu Pacific needs 250 female flight attendants

Despite the ongoing economic downturn, low-fare leader Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ largest carrier to ASEAN, is in urgent need of 250 female flight attendants to augment its current workforce. “Our continued domestic and international expansion and rapidly growing p…

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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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