Feature: Remembering one fine man: A media arm and mentor

To fellow Surigaonons, he was fondly called “Dos Por Dos”. To his family and friends, he was "Ynot". While to his colleagues and “compadres” in and outside of politics, he was simply known as Tony. Tony Consing lived half of his life as a media practitioner. It was…

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1st Caraga Media Summit set in Surigao City

Journalists around Caraga Region will gather for the first time on July 31 to August 2, 2010 in Surigao City for the 1st Caraga Region Media Conference. Convened by Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center (MNICC) and Mindanao Media Forum (MMF), the two-day event is …

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Panambay Sa Barangay: A hit in Bacuag

The launching of the health program “Panambay Sa Barangay” proved to be a big hit in the town of Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, after thousands of residents from its nine barangays brought their sickly household members and trooped to Bacuag Municipal Gymnasium where they avail…

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Heavy equipment ng Taganito Mining sa Claver, Surigao del Norte, sinunog

SINUNOG ng mga pinaghihinalaang miyembro ng indigenous people sa mga Mamanwa ang heavy equipments ng Taganito Mining Corporation sa Brgy. Urbiztondo, Claver, Surigao del Norte. Ito ang kinumpirma ni Col. Ruben delos Santos, ang PNP Provincial Director. Tinukoy nito, 5:00 ng …

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New political alignment formed in Caraga; Matugas, Romarate defect to LP

A new political realignment in Caraga is shaping up as four out of six congressmen in the region’s four provinces joined President Aquino’s Liberal Party (LP) while others vowed to support the new administration. Three Lakas-CMD-Kampi party solons in Surigao del Norte and A…

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A touch of tabon-tabon, a taste of tapul

They call it pidjanga, a very thin, very flat pancake consisting of fish -- tiny, newly hatched fingerlings of freshwater white goby (or bi-ya in Tagalog), salted, dried in clumps on banana leaves and dipped in boiling hot oil for five seconds to get that delicate crispines…

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'New mayors should learn from most competitive cities'

MANILA, Philippines --The cities of Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, and Dagupan have been named as the most competitive cities outside Metro Manila in the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2009 (PCCRP) of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center. The study, which…

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Surigao solon receives 3.4M equipment from TESDA

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Caraga Region turned-over P3.4 Million worth of equipments to 1st District Cong. Francisco Matugas. In a ceremonial turn-over held Monday, July 19 at the Philippine Gateway Hotel, TESDA Reg’l Director Florencio…

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Surigao Mayor meets farm managers

The Honorable City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas (ETM) was warmly welcomed by farmers of the four (4) mainland districts during his first scheduled meeting with farm managers on July 14, 2010. Very shortly after his arrival, City Mayor Nitoy T. Matugas in his message told the enr…

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Gov. Sol Matugas serious in curbing illegal drugs

Governor Sol Matugas recently made known her commitment to put an end to the proliferation of illegal drugs in the province in spite of the fact the said underground industry flourished under the protection of syndicates. She revealed her official stand after being asked by…

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Surigao Norte Lady Governor asks SP’s support on HEALS agenda

Governor Sol Matugas has asked members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) for support on her development agenda and platform dubbed as HEALS which stands for Health, Education and Environment, Agriculture and Aquaculture, Livelihood and Tourism, Spiritual Renewal, Senior …

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Infant treated for burns receives cash assistance from prov’l gov’t

Gov. Sol Matugas personally visited the 7-month old Baby Angel who was treated for burns after falling from a frying pan last Tuesday, July 6. The lady governor made an unscheduled visit to the victim at Caraga Regional Hospital Monday afternoon, July 12 to personally see th…

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Surigao needs to be ‘healed’

Surigao del Norte ( July 13) - For the province to recover from its shameful tag as one of the poorest provinces in the country, there is an urgent need to inject the right medicine to cure its abject poverty – thereby healing its lingering illness of economic uncertainty a…

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Against the odds

Jade Ecleo’s victory on becoming the Vice-Governor of Dinagat Islands is an example of the ability of people to rise from the ashes and survive the obstacles and hardships of the 2010 elections. Jade wanted to take the gubernatorial seat again to have continuity for her pro…

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Ecleo Jr. attends House seminar with GMA, Imelda et al

A homicide suspect, who is out on bail, was also a head turner in the neophytes' seminar at the House of Representatives on Thursday. A radio dzMM report said on-lookers were surprised when Ruben Ecleo Jr. attended the seminar for neophyte congressmen, which included for…

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