SURIGAO CITY – Taganito Mining Corporation, now under the Nickel Asia Corporation Group of Companies, has paid a total of P72.5 million to the Mamanwa, the indigenous peoples on whose ancestral domain the mining firm operates in Claver, Surigao del Norte. Jane Urbanek, Grou…
Prosecution wants Ecleo to be their witness
TO find evidence to cancel his bail, prosecution lawyers have asked the court to summon cult leader and Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. to serve as their witness. But the Philippine Benevolent Missionary Association leader’s lawyer, Orlando Salatandre, assailed the reque…
Gov. Sol to lead launching of Siargao Surfing Festival in Siargao Island
Gov. Sol Matugas will lead the launching of this year’s Siargao Surfing Festival at Gen. Luna, Siargao Island this province. It was learned that the event will kick-off at the Paseo de Cabuntog in Gen. Luna at exactly 4:00pm, Thursday, August 5, 2010. Provincial Tourism Offic…
PACAP to conduct Community Forum in Surigao City
The Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP), on its five years of engagement in the province through the Focal Community Assistance Scheme (FOCAS) will conduct a Community Forum on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Hotel Tavern. The forum is anchored on the the…
Two hurt in bloody land dispute in Surigao City
Two people were wounded after a decades-old land dispute involving known families in this southern Philippine city reportedly triggered a gun fight between two armed groups Sunday. Surigao City policemen arrested several suspects allegedly involved in the shooting incident t…
Phivolcs: Magnitude-4.4 quake hits Surigao
A magnitude-4.4 quake rocked Surigao in Mindanao Sunday afternoon, but state seismologists said no damage to property was expected. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake was recorded at 5:29 p.m. and was tectonic in origin. It said …
Inmates stage noise barrages over abuses
Pandemonium broke loose inside the prison cells of the Surigao del Norte Provincial Jail last Monday, after more than a hundred inmates held noise barrages to dramatize their grievances against BJMP personnel manning the detention facility. The detainees even threatened to c…
Joint oathtaking of Caraga's mining engineers, mine safety body set on Thursday
The Philippine Society of Mining Engineers ? Caraga Chapter (PSEM) and the Caraga Mine Safety and Health Committee (CMSHC), in coordination with the Chamber of Mines of Caraga Region Incorporated (CMCRI) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-XIII (MGB-13), will hold a joint …
Padajon lawyers seek dismissal of poll protest
The battery of lawyers of Partido Padajon Surigao is all set to file a motion to dismiss before the COMELEC in a move to get rid of the poll protest filed by losing candidates from Abante Surigao. The motion will be filed in the first week of July 2010, it was learned. Atty.…
“P-Noy” assures Nitoy of support
President Noynoy Aquino or otherwise known as “P-Noy” recently assured Surigao City Mayor Ernesto “Nitoy” Matugas of his full support in connection with the latter’s development programs which will benefit his entire constituency. The assurance was made by the country’s chi…
“LOVE IS LOVELIER THE SECOND TIME AROUND”, Matugas rejoins Liberal Party
Reelected Representative Francisco Matugas (1st District, Surigao del Norte) recently found himself home again after he took an oath of allegiance as a member of the Liberal Party (LP) together with Representative Guillermo Romarate, Jr. (2nd District, Surigao del Norte), a…
Official Statement from Taganito Mining Corp: Re Equipment Burning near Sitio Daging, Urbiztondo, Claver
On July 21, 2010, a group of armed men took two security guards hostage and, after freeing the security guards later in the day, proceeded to burn a number of heavy equipment belonging to a Surigao-based contractor, which equipment was under contract with our company. From …
Barbers allies jump ship to Partido Padajon Surigao
Four stalwarts from Abante Surigao recently deserted the clobbered political party of defeated governor Ace Barbers and switched allegiance to the powerhouse Partido Padajon Surigao (PPS) founded by Cong. Francisco Matugas, undisputed political kingpin of Surigao del Norte…
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 …
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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