Caraga Region tops national reading tests

Despite being a non-Tagalog speaking area, the Caraga Region in Mindanao topped the national reading test (RT) in Filipino conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd). The Reading Test (RT), utilizing appropriate reading evaluation instruments including actual oral read…

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Inter-island race on nautical highway

The dream of a nautical highway, linking thousands of islands throughout the archipelago, is slowly taking shape. For years, policy-makers have been talking about a waterborne transportation system that will facilitate cost-efficient flow of merchandise goods and unlock the …

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New CBCP President a Bacuaganon

The new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference is again a Mindanawon: Bishop Nereo Odchimar of the Archdiocese of Tandag in Surigao del Sur. Odchimar, 68, a canon lawyer and presently CBCP vice president, won the votes of 86 out of 88 bishops present at the 99th Plena…

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Pacquiao's next title? DOT's poster boy

After peace envoy, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao’s next title might just be tourism poster boy. “Aside from brokering for peace, Pacquiao can help promote tourist spots in Mindanao,” Surigao del Norte Gov. Ace Barbers told reporters during the Daungan ng Balita sa Danarra Hote…

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Gov. Ace Barbers mas gihatagan ug igong panahon ang pagpangalagad kaysa pagpamulitika

Gipanglantawan gayud ni Gov. Ace Barbers ang kabililhon sa katawhang Surigaonon labaw sa tanan tungod mas gihatagan niini ug igong panahon ang panghatag kalidad nga serbisyo kaysa pagpangandam o paghimo ug mga lakang alang sa umaabot nga eleksiyon. Ubay-ubay nga mga programa…

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Gov. Ace Barbers mihatag ug dakong suporta sa tanang programa alang sa pagpalambo sa natad sa agrikultura

Sa kanunay'ng tinguha sa kasamtangang pangagamhanan sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte ubos na sa pagpangulo ni Gov. Robert Ace Barbers nga matabangan ang tanang mag-uuma sa probinsya, mipasalig ang gobernador sa paghatag sa iyang hugot nga suporta sa mga programa nga ma…

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RP to get €170-M loan from French government to build modular ports

MANILA is set to get its loan from the French government anytime this month to build dozens of modular ports all over the country, but Malacañang will have to decide where to place these facilities. Philippine Ports Authority general manager Oscar Sevilla said they expect th…

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Cebu Pacific offers VisMin seat sale for as low as P488 all-in; Siargao for P688 only

Value-airline Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s largest domestic airline is offering a seat sale for as low as P488 to boost inter-island travel for August and September. The seat sale runs from July 8 to 11, 2009 and is valid for travel from August 1-September 30, 2009. CEB …

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Philex output up

THE MINERAL output of Philex Mining Corp. increased by a third to 750,617 dry metric tons in June from the month before, the listed miner told the stock exchange yesterday. The Padcal mine in Benguet produced 366,874 grams of gold, 1.431 million kilograms of copper and 352,…

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Group Warns Mass Environmental Destruction if $3B Sumitomo Nickel ore Plant in Surigao Pushes Through

A newly formed environmental watch group today warned people and authorities while encouraging moral and religious sectors of Caraga Region to wake up to spearhead massive information drive on the mass environmental destruction will cause if the much ballyhooed $3B Sumitomo…

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30 NPA Rebels in Fresh Encounter Anew with Surigao Cops, Soldiers; Scores Wounded

Some 30 communist rebels encountered anew joint operatives of the 30th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army headed by certain 1Lt. Punongbayan and Bacuag, Surigao del Norte Police headed by its Chief of Police P/Insp. Mariano Lukban Thursday in Barangay Camboayon, Bacuag, Su…

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PNP-13 creates task force to solve shooting of Barangay kagawad

Police Regional Office 13 (PRO-13) Regional Director PCSUPT Jaime E Milla has ordered Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office headed by its Provincial Director, PSSUPT Antonio B Paguirigan, to create Task Force "Fetalvero" to conduct thorough investigation regardi…

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NPA treacherously harassed police station in Agusan Sur

Santa Josefa Municipal Police Station in Agusan del Sur was harrassed by more or less 40 New People's Army (NPA) on July 1, 2009. According to reports reaching Police Regional Office 13, the incident happened at 9:15 in the morning and lasted only for ten minutes as the…

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Remittance firm officials charged over failure to deliver OFWs’ money

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed charges against officers of a remittance company for allegedly failing to remit remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to their respective relatives in the Philippines. The Office of Deputy Director for Special Investi…

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AirPhil starts daily jet service in Surigao City

Air Philippines (AirPhil), the low-cost carrier of the Lucio Tan Group, started its daily jet service between Manila and Surigao Wednesday, July 1, 2009 replacing the 76 seater-turbo prop of PAL Express. Air Philippines’ 118-seater Boeing 737-200 touched down at the Surigao…

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