Mayor Pons Casurra, Chairman of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Surigao del Norte Council warmly welcomed the contingent as they arrived at the city after having attended the recently concluded 26th Asia Pacific Regional Scouts Jamboree held at Mt. Makiling, Laguna on Dec…
Suspects in Tagana-an murder face raps
Four people are facing criminal charges before the Surigao del Norte Provincial Prosecutor's Office for the murder of a barangay chairman who was running for vice-mayor in the May 2010 elections. Charged with murder were Pedro Cuarenta alias Loloy/Waray or Wawart; the al…
2 killed in New Year's Day landslide in Dinagat Islands
Two people were killed while two others were injured after landslides caused by heavy rains hit a village in Cagdianao town in Dinagat Islands last New Year's Day. Citing belated reports, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) on Tuesday said the landslides al…
Brainy beauty from Tubod joins NPA, dies in Bukidnon
Hers was a campus life spent mostly at late night parties and drinking sprees, waking up the next day with a nasty hangover. Still, she got good grades. Kemberly Jul Luna’s binges seemed normal for someone studying at a state university, living alone but often surrounded by …
Villar: Political killings prelude to violent May polls
Senator Manuel Villar, Jr. has described the rash of attacks on political candidates as a prelude to disturbing elections in May. Villar, standard bearer of Nacionalista party, flew to Ilocos Norte on Wednesday to show the NP's support to the family of slain village chi…
SC asked to reverse ruling allowing early campaigning
The Supreme Court has been urged to reverse a recent ruling that in effect has allowed candidates to start courting support before the start of the official campaign period. Edgar Andanar, a mayoral candidate who lost in the 2007 elections, has asked the high court to reinst…
Thanksgiving Mass at the start of the New Year
For the tenth time, the City Government of Surigao started the year of public services with a Thanksgiving Mass at the City Cathedral at 7:00 o’clock in the morning of January 4, 2010, the first day of work for the New Year. In his homily, Fr. Ernesto Virgen, the Parish Prie…
2010 One Stop Processing of Business Permits Opens
Mayor Pons formally opened the One-Stop-Shop processing of business permits at exactly 8:00 o’clock in the morning of January 4, 2010. The venue for the permit processing is the Surigao City Auditorium and is expected to cater to the businessmen of the city at the most exped…
PGMA to sign law establishing Caraga State U
Young people in Region 13 will now have access to quality education with the establishment of the Caraga State University (CSU) in this city. The Caraga State University (CSU) is the result of integration of the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology (NO…
PGMA to inaugurate corn trading center
Bayugan City - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will visit this province tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 5) to inaugurate the newly constructed Corn Post Harvest Processing Trading Center (CPHPTC) in this city. Built by the local government unit of Agusan del Sur and the Department…
PGMA to inspect Agusan road project
The economy of the two Agusan provinces is expected to be boosted by the ongoing construction of the P1.73 billion Butuan City-Las Nieves-Esperanza-Bayugan Road project that will serve as a link between Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, …
Taganaan Vice Mayoralty Candidate Died, 2 Suspects Already Identified
Wilberto Suanco Origenes, Brgy Captain of Barangay Aurora, Taganaan, Surigao del Norte victim of shooting incident on December 29, 2009 died around 11:45 in the evening on December 31at Surigao Medical Center while being confined. Origenes sustained three gun shot wounds on …
Engine of Leyte-bound ship conks out at sea
Forty-five passengers and 17 crewmembers of a passenger ferry returned safely to the Lipata port here after the vessel suffered an engine failure while en route to Southern Leyte before dawn Saturday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PCG-Surigao port commander Nelson d…
Vienna murder mystery: Filipina helper from Tubod named
The Philippine Embassy and police authorities in Vienna, Austria, are looking into the murder of the Filipino woman whose body was found on Tuesday in the cellar of the Lebanese ambassador’s residence in that country. Eduardo Malaya, spokesperson of the Department of Foreign…
Vice mayor candidate in Surigao del Norte shot, wounded
A barangay chairman, who is running for vice mayor in the 2010 local elections, was wounded after he was shot outside his house in Tagana-an town in Surigao del Norte province Tuesday evening. Chief Superintendent Lino Calingasan, Police Regional Office 13 director, identifi…
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