Mayor Nitoy offers reward in stabbing incident

City Mayor Ernesto Matugas has offered P50,000 for any information that would lead to the arrest of the suspect who stabbed Mr. Balgamelo Cabiling Ma, his political analyst, yesterday evening. In his statement, Mayor Matugas strongly condemned in the strongest words the sens…

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Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010: News briefs on Crime Incidences

(CRIME INCIDENCE SITREP # 1 – Traffic Accident # 1) One MCH Honda with plate number LU 8862 SC 1129 driven by Amelito Dolor Billona a res of Purok kalipayan Penaranda St. Barangay Taft, Surigao City and one MCH Yamaha STX with plate number LU 8786bSC 0529 driven by Rogelio…

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Pacman as climate change spokesperson?

Apart from being Philippines Tourism poster boy, a house leader who graced the launching of community-led initiatives for climate change adaptations and disaster risk reduction initiatives here on Thursday, wanted the People’s Champ as climate change spokesperson, too. When …

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New Surigao Norte PNP Prov'l Dir assumes office

Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office has just installed the new Provincial Director in the person of PSSUPT Emmanuel M Talento. At about 9:30 O’clock in the morning of November 22, 2010 the turnover of command begins with the Regional Director of Police Regional Offic…

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Migratory birds na posibleng maghasik ng bird flu virus pinabantayan

TINUTUTUKAN na ngayon ng Bureau of Animal Industry - bird flu preparedness task force ang mga itinuturing na entry points ng mga migratory birds tulad ng mga airports at seaports. Ayon kay Dr. Reildrin Morales, chairman ng nasabing task force - kumukuha sila ng mga sample …

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Highway robbers posing as passengers robbed passenger van in Surigao Norte

Highway robberies who vicitmized already many helpless motorists in the past, rearing its ugly head anew in Caraga region? This developed as three unidentified robbers who posed as passengers held and robbed at least ten passengers of a Surigao City-bound Hyundai-Grace van W…

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Depensa launched in Surigao City

A community-driven campaign for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction was launched here with the optimism that Congress passes House Bill 3825 or the ‘People’s Survival Fund (PSF)’ as an urgent measure to allocate much-needed funding to address the damages b…

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Drive vs climate change to kick off in Surigao

A community-driven campaign for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction dubbed "Depensa!" will be launched in Surigao City tomorrow. Spearheaded by Oxfam and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) the Depensa! campaign aims to create…

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Siargao Island in total blackout anew

DALAWANG araw nang walang kuryente ang buong Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. Ito ang kinumpirma ng General Manager ng Siargao Electric Cooperative Sergio Dagooc. Ayon sa kanya simula pa ng gabi noong Nobyembre 14 walang kuryente sa buong isla ng Siargao. Diumano’y tinamaa…

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Surigao Police probes shoe store robbery

Personnel of Surigao City police station conducted an ocular investigation on a reported robbery incident just before the Pacquiao-Margarito fight Sunday, November 14 at OTTO Shoes Store located at the provincial sports complex along Rizal Street this city. Initial investiga…

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2-day jobs fair set in Surigao Norte

A two-day Jobs Fair will be conducted on November 11 and 12 at the Provincial Sports Complex open grounds in line with the livelihood program of Gov. Sol Matugas. Prov'l PESO Manager Emilio Pantejo said the activity was made possible by the provincial government led by t…

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LMDA pushes for representation in Congress

Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA) pushes for the association's representation in the House of Representatives during its meeting on Tuesday (November 10) at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Training Center, Capitol Site, this city. The…

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Lake Mainit Dev't Alliance drafts act establishing Lake Mainit Dev't Authority

Following the move of its Board of Trustees (BOT) to include the representation of the House of Representatives of the districts in the BOT as honorary member, the Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA) recently drafted an act creating the Lake Mainit Development Authority…

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Algae propagation in Lake Mainit seen to alleviate poverty in two Caraga provinces

A new aquaculture technology is seen to alleviate poverty in the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte in Caraga Region. During the 14th Board of Trustees Meeting of the Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA), Engr. Joventito B. Jongko, Director of SECURA Inte…

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Surigao Norte towns adopt BPLS for LGUs

Four (4) local government units (LGUs) of this province will adopt the newly introduced streamlining of Business Permits & Licensing System (BPLS). These 4 LGUs are the city of Surigao with three (3) neighboring municipalities namely: Claver, Mainit and Tubod. The BPLS, a…

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