Former DepEd Director proclaims winner in Surigao Norte gubernatorial race

The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) here finally proclaimed former education Caraga regional director Sol Matugas at past 11pm, Saturday(May 15). Matugas, a Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, got 111,225 votes against her rival, incumbent gov. Robert Ace Barbers of Nacionalist…

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Ecleo wins as congressman of Dinagat island

THE influential Ecleo political clan of Dinagat Island in the Caraga Region dominated the local elections there, according to the official tally of votes released by the Commission on Elections. Cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., who is facing a parricide case in Cebu City for al…

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PGMA to check on 3Es projects nationwide, visits Siargao Island

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said today she is going around the country to check on her projects on education, environment and the economy (3Es) to ensure that, when she turns them over to the next administration, she will have completed most of them by then. She came t…

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PGMA inspects Siargao airport expansion

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today inspected the ongoing expansion of the Siargao airport. Come November, bigger planes from Manila will be able to land in Siargao, thereby improving the province’s accessibility and attractiveness to local and foreign tourists. The Presi…

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19 of 20 Lakas mayoral bets in Surigao take lead

Nineteen of 20 Surigao del Norte Lakas-KAMPI-Padajon Surigao mayoral candidates in twenty municipalities have beaten their Nacionalista Party-Abante Surigao rivals in the Commission on Elections’ final unofficial tally as of 8 p.m. May 11. Surigao City Lakas Mayoralty bet En…

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Comelec, PNP to enforce liquor ban in Surigao Norte

The local COMELEC here will start enforcing a liquor ban effective Sunday (May 9) in time for the first-ever automated election on Monday, May 10. The COMELEC imposed the liquor ban in Resolution no. 8730 promulgated last December 23, 2009. Also, the local police here led by …

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CFCs for Surigao Norte arrive

Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Geraldine Samson confirmed today that the reformatted compact flash cards arrived here yesterday evening at around 11 p.m. Samson said that the delivered flash cards were already distributed to the mainland municipalities of this provinc…

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PCOS machines for Dinagat Islands received, CFCs to follow

13 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and its battery packs for the May polls in Loreto, Dinagat Islands have arrived last May 5, Election Officer Helen Daytoc of Loreto said. Reports revealed that around 21 PCOS machines were also delivered to the municipality of …

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Surigao del Norte solon, Caraga Comelec chief deny NPA allegations on election fraud plan in Siargao

Following an impending threat to teachers in Siargao Island because of the spread of leaflets by group of NPAs led by Ka Jojo of Pulang Diwata Command imputing that BEIs, Cong. Francisco Matugas and COMELEC Regional Director Francisco Pobe are in cahoots of the upcoming elec…

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Surigao Norte PNP all set for 2010 May polls

With three more days before the election, security preparations for the first-ever poll automation are now in full gear in this province. PNP Provincial Director PS/Supt. Gilbert dC Cruz said that at least 200 police personnel were augmented from the PNP regional office to b…

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2 brothers of Ecleo’s wife to ask review of RTC ruling

The family of the late Alona Bacolod-Ecleo, wife of parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., will seek a reconsideration of a court decision convicting the self-proclaimed accesory in the killing of Alona. Josebil and Ricky said they were shocked and disappointed t…

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Surigao Norte, ARMM, other provinces to receive flash cards on Election Day itself

Problems in the country's first ever nationwide automated elections continued to mount Thursday as officials confirmed that clustered precincts in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other provinces may only get compact flash cards for automated voting machines…

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Cebu Pacific reveals direct flight Manila-Surigao route, offers P999 seats to major tourist destinations

The Philippines’ number one domestic airline, Cebu Pacific (CEB), announces that it will begin flying from Manila to Surigao starting June 17, 2010. Its Cebu-Surigao service started last November 2008. Because of this, CEB is offering ‘Go Lite’ P999 seats from Manila to Suri…

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Surigao politics: “Survival and Expansion”

In both Surigao City and Province, the contest is between two families. The Barbers’ and the Matugas’. The political description can be summarized. For the Barbers family, it is survival. For the Matugas family, it is expansion. Before 2004, there were three B arbers in p…

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NPA admits raiding Surigao mayor's house

The communist New People's Army on Monday claimed responsibility for last weekend's attack on the house of Surigao del Norte mayor Teodoro Sinaca Jr. Radio dzXL reported Monday evening that National Democratic Front Mindanao spokesman Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos…

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