Sandigan: Rep. Ecleo's Conviction is Final, Appeal Dismissed

The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday dismissed Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.’s eleventh-hour attempt to keep himself from being arrested, following his conviction on three counts of graft in 2006. In a one-page order, the anti-graft court denied Ecleo’s motion t…

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Surigao Norte commits to pilot test DepED's new programs

Education stakeholders in Surigao del Norte gave their commitment to Education Secretary Armin Luistro to pilot test new programs of the Department of Education in their province. Led by former DepEd Regional Director and incumbent Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas, st…

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Feature: Mining companies in Caraga lead in rescue and rehabilitation works

The entry of January 2011 was really a wake‐up call for the Caraga Region. During this month, continuous rainfall was experienced but the heavy downpour in the later part of January caused by the Low Pressure Area was the most devastating. This triggered the overflow of wat…

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Quake jolts Surigao early dawn today

A predawn magnitude-3.6 quake rocked Surigao City today, but state seismologists said no damage was expected. Phivolcs said the quake was recorded at 5:42 a.m., and was tectonic in origin. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was 43 km southwest of Surigao C…

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Sec. Luistro lauds Surigao Norte's education roadmap

Department of Education (DepED) Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC lauded the province’s Educational Roadmap as being well-developed and well-placed. Speaking before hundreds of teachers, Luistro said that if there is any province that could be an education province, it must …

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Surigao City Demolition: Tension rises at market, city gov’t defers demolition of stalls beside market after vendors insist they have authority

Tension ran high Sunday at the Surigao City Public Market after traders resisted the local government’s move to demolish their stalls, all located within a public space near the market. The traders – most of whom are of Maranao descent—barricaded their stalls and hanged pos…

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Libreng medical check-up sa mga empleyado sa kapitolyo ipahigayon

Ang buhatan sa probinsya ubos sa administrasyon ni Gobernador Sol F. Matugas, mopahigayon ug libreng Panambal o medical check-up sa tanang empleyado sa kapitolyo aron mahatagan ug pag-atiman ang maayong panglawas sa mga empleyado. Tungod kay mao kini ang usa sa pinaka bug-a…

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Caraga geohazard maps finally completed

After five years in the making starting the year 2006, the 1:50,000 - scale landslide and flood susceptibility maps of Caraga Region is finally completed. Covering 55 quadrangles of the entire Region-13, the generation of rain-induced geohazard maps digitized in a Geographi…

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Editorial: Ecleo’s predicament

JUST when things turned bright for Ruben Ecleo Jr. with his election in May to the House of Representatives and his parricide case in Cebu not going anywhere, in came the Sandiganbayan exploding a bomb. The supreme master of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Associatio…

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Reinvestigation of Cuiting's case urged

The Hong Kong-based sister of a Filipino-Chinese businessman who had been missing for more than two years now after having been reportedly kidnapped in Surigao City on Jan. 7, 2009 is appealing for a re-investigation of her brother’s abduction. Through her Filipino represen…

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DepEd secretary to grace Education Summit today

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro is set to visit the province of Surigao del Norte to attend the 2011 Education Summit which will be held at the provincial convention center, capitol compound this city on February 15, 2011. Prior to the event, Sec. L…

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123 Surigaonon couples exchange vows in Surigao City

A total of 123 couples formally exchanged marriage vows during the “Pre-Valentine’s Kasalan” held recently at the city auditorium, this city. Solemnized by City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas, the couples accepted their marriage vows with joy and happiness expressed in their fac…

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Ecleo's motion a delaying tactic says Rep. Gonzales

Pursigido umano ang liderato ng Kamara sa pagpapasibak kay Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr., kasunod ng pinal na hatol dito ng korte sa tatlong kaso ng katiwalian. Sinabi ni House Majority Leader Rep. Neptali Gonzales na hinihintay na lamang nila ang kopya ng "cert…

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House probes Mamanwa’s 1% royalty share in Surigao City

The committee on Cultural Communities of the House of Representatives recently conducted a public hearing in Surigao City to determine the amount of royalty paid by the mining companies to the Mamanwa communities. Committee chair Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat stressed that t…

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Rep. Ecleo requests SC to block arrest warrant

Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. asked the Supreme Court on Friday to prevent the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan from implementing the warrant of arrest issued against him over graft charges. In a seven-page "extremely urgent motion," Ecleo, also "suprem…

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