More Caraganons benefit PCSO’s “charity virus”

More Caraganons benefitted the simultaneous medical, dental and feeding mission of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) held Sunday, September 6 throughout the country. In Caraga Region, the activity opened at eight o’clock in the morning in key cities, provinces…

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Century Peak comes closer to official listing

Century Peak Metals Holdings Corporation (CPMHC) has met the requirements of the Philippine Mineral Reporting Code, or PMRC, becoming the first mining applicant company to comply with the Code as a pre-requisite for initial listing in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). T…

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Nickel miner pays stock dividends

ZAMORA-LED Taganito Mining Corp. has hiked its authorized capital by more than three times to P2 billion to pay investors their share in the company’s profits, documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed. Of the new shares, P850 million were issued as…

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PGMA enjoins Mindanao leaders to continue reform agenda

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked Mindanao local executives to help in the implementation of the government's reform agenda. The President made the call at the closing ceremonies of the Mindanao-Island Cluster Conference, which was sponsored by the League of Munic…

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Feature: PCSO continues to spread charity virus

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Agusan del Norte Field Office is in the final stage of preparation for the upcoming nationwide medical, dental, feeding and information-gathering mission on Sunday, September 6, as part of the effort to "spread the charity v…

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Philex Mining output down

THE MINERAL output of Philex Mining Corp. dropped by 7.5% last month, the listed miner told the stock exchange yesterday. Philex Mining, the country’s largest miner, said output stood at 663,762 dry metric tons (MT). It produced 272,457 grams of gold, 1.201 million kilograms…

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Improving the lives of Filipinos through accelerated hunger-mitigation program

Alarmed with the rising hunger incidence, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo initiated in July 2006 the Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation program or AHMP, an all-out campaign to curb, if not eradicate, hunger. The AHMP is a package of strategies and interventions to address hung…

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PAL Express to take over Air Philippines Flight to Surigao starting Sep. 1

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is beefing up its domestic services with new routes and destinations in response to the local market's gradual rebound. Starting September 1, 2009, PAL Express will takeover the flight from Air Phils. What this means is that Surigao airport may …

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Miner gets $1M bridge loan

Canadian miner MBMI Resources, Inc. has secured a $1-million loan from a European bank to fund nickel exploration projects in southern Luzon and eastern Visayas. "[Global Capital Corp.] has advanced $1 million to MBMI in the form of a secured two-year convertible debent…

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Jinggoy, Mar, Pia top Senate poll , Gov. Ace Barbers got 11.5%

Pulse Asia released yesterday the results of the firm’s recent survey on senatorial candidates that showed Senate President Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada as the top favorite to win if the elections were held today. Estrada got 50.2 percent of votes, which translates to …

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Tourism, transport highway map unveiled in Mindanao exposition

A three-dimensional (3-D) map showing the connectivity and accessibility of Mindanao’s tourism destinations was unveiled during the recent opening of the Mindanao Travel and Tour Exposition 2009 (MTTE 2009) at the Davao Convention and Trade Center in Davao City. The Mindanao…

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Gov. Jade Ecleo opts for change in phase

It is hard to cross the fine line between politics and show business said Governor Jade Ecleo of Dinagat Islands who is starring in forthcoming back-to-back concert opposite Ai Ai de las Alas called “Face to Phase” at the Aliw Theater on Sept. 12. Herself a singer, former me…

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205 Poor Youth Get Scholarships

At least 205 youths coming from poor families availed of the scholarship program of the provincial government in Surigao del Norte. The latest was the 53 youths that qualified to the standards of the scholarship program. All the scholars are now studying in various colleges…

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Three groups propose wind energy projects

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS CONsidering to award four predevelopment service contracts for wind energy projects to three local companies should their proposals pass the government’s evaluations. Documents from the DOE showed that these companies were Energy Development Corp.…

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Gov. Ace Barbers mihimo sa usa ka tigum aron nga mas mapalapdan ang mga programa sa Local Council for the Protection of Children dinhi sa probinsya

Ang kadumalahan sa probinsya sa pagpangulo ni Gov. Robert Ace Barbers mihimo ug usa ka mahinungdanong pulong kagahapong adlawa, Agosto 18, 2009 didto mismo sa Provincial Convention Center ning atong dakbayan, aron sa paghisgot sa mga lakang nga angay himuon aron nga mas map…

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