By Eugenio Lira, Jr. Surigao City – After weeks of surveillance operations, alert personnel
of PNP Maritime Command Regional Office No. 13 based in this city had arrested
on Wednesday sixty one illegal fishermen, impounded eleven motorized fishing
boats with a total value of …
By Mylen P. Manto, BRP (The Freeman) CEBU - The prosecution team in the Ecleo parricide case has expressed their disappointment in the PNP for their failure to arrest former Dinagat representative Ruben Ecleo Jr.
Ecleo is now wanted after he was convicted of parricide for kil…
By Marx Rev A. Buenavidez SURIGAO DEL NORTE – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) – Caraga Regional Office urged students to take up courses that could land them jobs in the mining industry.
MGB-13 Regional Director, Engr. Roger A. De Dios said during the Top Students Su…
By Susil D. Ragas SURIGAO CITY, Apr. 12 -- As part of the agency’s commitment to broaden its reach to the provinces, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) extends its services in Surigao del Norte with the opening of a branch office in the city. The Surigao del N…
The following is the list of local candidates running for elective positions cum 2013 midterm election in the province of Surigao del Norte. For Governor: Robert Lyndon Barbers (Nacionalista Party) Nestor Madelo (Independent) Sol Matugas (Liberal Party) Vitaliano Ugalde (Indepen…
A special informative meeting of young active citizens
between the ages of 18 – 40 will take place on April 15, 2013; 01:00-05:00PM at the Accreditation
Room, Surigao State College of Technology . Young people in the City
have united to tackle the problems in our community thr…
By Vanessa L. Almeda SURIGAO CITY – For Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero the
heart of the Sabah issue is that the Philippines should not drop its claim to
the disputed territory because “it is ours”, but the senators should let
President Benigno S. Aquino III handle the crisis…
By
Eugenio Lira, Jr. SURIGAO
CITY - Senatorial candidate Grace Poe of the Liberal
Party on Monday said she is more confident in PCOS machines than in manual
counting and wants to propose the installation of CCTV cameras in polling
precincts nationwide as part of electoral r…
By
Eugenio Lira, Jr. DAPA, Surigao del Norte —
Malacañang Palace has announced on Wednesday, March 27, a P110-million
financial grant from the Social Fund of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III
for the modernization of the Siargao airport. The move was seen as Malacañang’s…
By
Eugenio Lira, Jr. SURIGAO CITY — First
District Representative Francisco Matugas recently asked the Commission on
Election (Comelec) to dismiss the Petition for Disqualification filed against
him by a rival candidate for lack of cause of action and/or failure to state a
ca…
By
Jun Lira SURIGAO CITY - First
District Representative Francisco Matugas’ dream of creating a separate
district office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for Siargao Island came
into fruition with the recent landmark approval of Republic Act No. 10391 which
was signed…