Surigao City residents frown at water supply

Prolonged inadequate water supply from Surigao Metropolitan Water District (SMWD) last week has forced hundreds, if not thousands, of Surigao City residents to fetch water from neighboring barangays for their immediate consumption and daily use. In some high ground areas in …

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Matugas-Romarate tandem finds home in Liberal Party

The formidable tandem of Cong. Francisco Matugas and Cong. Guillermo Romarate, Jr. recently found a new home after they finally accepted several invitations to join President Noynoy Aquino's powerhouse Liberal Party and were eventually sworn in as members. The duo took t…

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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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