Pilar CeC gears up to become island ICT hub

Mayor Lucio Gonzales is delighted to have Pilar, one of the towns in the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, as one of the Community eCenter (CeC) beneficiaries for this year. The town's selection means a great deal to its constituents. Pilar has no Internet café or f…
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Surigao Norte's Bonok-bonok contingent grand champ in 2nd Calagan Festival

The Bonok-bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw contingent of Surigao del Norte represented by Surigao del Norte National (SNNHS) walked away proud from this year's Calagan Festival after bagging the most coveted crown in the competition held Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the Provinc…
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14 hurt in Surigao del Norte road accident

At least 14 persons were critically injured when a passenger jeep accidentally flipped over into the highway Sunday morning at Sitio Iba, Barangay Datu, Pilar town, Surigao del Norte, police reported Tuesday. Police identified the victims as Edelito Salvalosa Magallanes, 26…
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2 kawani ng Tubod, Surigao Del Norte, kritikal sa pamamaril

PINAGBABARIL ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang suspek ang dalawang mga kawani ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Tubod, Surigao Del Norte. Kinilala ang mga biktima na sina Cherry Margarita Gomonit, 40-anyos at Charlo Betita, 30-anyos. Sa inisyal na imbestigasyon ng mga otoridad, bago pa n…
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Mayor Casurra ng Surigao city, may hamon sa kanyang mga kritiko

Nagsalita na si Surigao city mayor Alfonso Casurra hinggil sa mga balitang suportado siya ng New Peoples Army. Sinabi ni Casurra na simula nang pumasok siya sa pulitika ay ito na ang palaging ibinabato sa kanya para sirain ang kanyang kandidatura. Sa kabila nito, sinabi ni Ca…
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Comelec to delay printing of ballots for Dinagat Islands, Special polls also likely if Supreme Court dissolves province with finality

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will try to delay as long as practicable the printing of ballots for Dinagat Islands, the province dissolved by the Supreme Court last week, to reflect any revisions in the list of candidates. Consequently, the printing of ballots for Su…
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Sa kabila ng El Niño, Surigao City nagkansela ng biyahe dahil sa tindi ng ulan

Dismayado ang maraming biyahero sa Surigao City matapos magkansela ng biyahe ang mga eroplano kahapon, Feb. 19 dahil sa masamang panahon. Sa report ni Gay Tiu ng RMN Surigao, patuloy ang pag-ulan sa lugar kaya kahit ilang beses na nag-attempt ang mga eroplano na mag-take off…
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It’s still all in the family in Mindanao’s political landscape:Davao City, Dinagat and Lanaos

In Davao City, it’s Duterte versus Nograles and in the City Council, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, wives and husbands are running for the post their loved ones are vacating. Post-EDSA six-termer mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte (1988 to 1998; 2001 to 2010) is not run…
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Konsehal ng Surigao, dasal ang mapayapang halalan

NANANALANGIN ngayon si Surigao City Councilor Luceniano Lancin na sana’y magiging mapayapa ang nalalapit na eleksiyon sa Mayo. Ayon pa sa kanya, sa mga nangyayaring pamamaril at pagpatay sa mga bayan ng Alegria, Taganaan at San Francisco ay sana’y mabigyan na ng solusyon. Pan…
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Ilang daan sa Surigao City, ipapasara sa pagsasagawa ng Calagan Festival

IPAPASARA ang iilang bahagi ng daan sa Surigao City sa nalalapit na Pebrero 23 sa pagsasagawa ng Streetdancing Competition sa Calagan Festival. Ito ay bilang bahagi ng mga aktibidad sa WOW Caraga na kung saan ang lungsod ang Host ngayong taon. Ang mga ipapasara na mga daan m…
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Food security, good infrastructure key to development and progress - PGMA

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday said that food security, through agriculture and good infrastructure are the key to development and progress. Mrs. Arroyo stressed that the completion of the Surigao-Davao Coastal road will lift from the bondage of poverty poor r…
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BJMP, nasorpresa sa pagkakaaresto ng isa nilang tauhan sa buybust

Ikinagulat ng ilang opisyal ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology o BJMP ang pagkakahuli sa isang Jail Officer sa buybust operation na isinagawa ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency o PDEA kamakailan. Ayon sa kauupo pa lamang na BJMP Regional Director Jail Senior Supt. …
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Jail officer tiklo sa buy bust operation ng PDEA sa Surigao City

NAHULI ang isang Jail Officer ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) sa drug buy bust operation ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Kinilala ang suspek na sina JO2 Reyfi Salino, Benjie Janier at Rochito Entendez Yap, nakuha sa kanila ang 4 na sachet na pi…
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City Government launches 2010 Kasalan sa Valentines

Since its inception in 2000, the KASALAN SA VALENTINES of the City Government spearheaded by City Mayor Pons Casurra has catered to a number of couples who wanted to get married but does not have the financial capacity to enter into the marriage ceremony. This year, 212 cou…
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PGMA vows to 'liberate' Surigao from poverty

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today vowed to "liberate" this province, the tenth poorest in the country, from poverty by improving the productivity and incomes of rural farmers and opening markets through ports and other vital infrastructures. Surigao del Norte…
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PGMA does a ‘tourist’ check on LGU-owned resort

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo surprised her delegation and advanced party here today when she shunned off a catered lunch at the Surigao del Norte College of Agriculture and Technology (NSCAT) to have it at the Mainit Kasili Resort, a pilot local gov’t project which ope…
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PNP to revive search for kidnapped Surigao banker

What his predecessors had failed to do, new Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Director Senior Supt. Gilbert Dela Cruz Cruz has promised to achieve: finally locating kidnapped Fil-Chinese trader Johnson Custodio Cuiting, dead or alive. “With more than a year since he disapp…
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Arroyo to visit Mindanao

After her two-weeklong cyber-corridor and Urban Luzon Beltway tours, President Arroyo is set to visit Mindanao next week to promote it as an agri-business super region, Malacañang said Saturday. Deputy Presidential Spokesman Ricardo Saludo bared Mrs. Arroyo’s visit to Mindan…
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Magnitude 4.6 quake hits Surigao anew

Residents in the coastal villages of Surigao del Sur facing the Pacific Ocean were alarmed when a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rocked the area on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Saturday. However, the Office of Civil Defense (OC…
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Surigao City police station napili bilang most outstanding police station sa CARAGA

MASAYANG ibinalita ni Police Supt. Arthur Sanchez ang pagkakapili sa Surigao City Police Station bilang Outstanding Police Station of the Year sa buong rehiyon ng Caraga. Tinukoy nito, kasalukuyang tinatanggap ang naturang award sa PNP Regional Headquarters kasabay sa PNP An…
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Mga opisyales ng Dinagat Province, nagulat sa desisyon ng SC sa muling pagbalik nito sa probinsya ng Surigao del Norte

NAGULAT ang mga opisyal ng Dinagat Province sa ipinalabas na desisyon ng Korte Suprema na nagbabalik sa kanila sa Mother Province ang Surigao del Norte. Ayon kay Gov. Jade Ecleo hindi pa nila natanggap ang kopya ng desisyon ngunit nakatakda silang magsampa ng Motion for Reco…
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Businesses bemoan daily blackouts in Caraga

Small and mid-sized businesses – including street vendors – have expressed alarm over daily blackouts that began early this month in the Caraga region. Cold storage facilities have become useless since these lacked electricity to preserve fish and other aqua marine products,…
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Dinagat Islands townsfolk saddened by SC declaration of provincehood as 'unconstitutional'

The townsfolk on this island were saddened by the Supreme Court's (SC) decision to declare as "unconstitutional" the law creating the province of Dinagat Islands, Governor Geraldine "Jade" B. Ecleo said on Friday. "This is not favorable to our p…
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SC declares "unconstitutional" creation of Dinagat Islands province

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday declared as "unconstitutional" the law creating the Province of Dinagat Islands. In a 30-page decision penned by Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, the SC said Republic Act No. 9355 ("An Act Creating the Province of Dinagat…
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DOE holds awarding of geothermal deals

The Department of Energy will not be able to award additional service contracts for geothermal projects today as it wants more time to study the proposals. According to Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan, the DOE is still evaluating the service contracts earlier offered to …
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SC says Dinagat Islands no longer a province

With a vote of 6-9, the Supreme Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional Republic Act 9355, the law creating the province of Dinagat Islands along the Leyte Gulf in the Visayas. In an interview, SC spokesman Midas Marquez said Dinagat Islands failed to comply with both th…
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2 vessels collide in Leyte

Two passenger-cargo vessels collided on Monday afternoon in the vicinity of the port of Liloan, Southern Leyte. The Maasin Coast Guard office reported that the vessels, MV Ocean King I of Sea Marine Transport, and Maharlika II of Philharbor Ferries and Port Services, left t…
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Mga opisyal ng SURNECO dismayado sa ipinapatupad na power curtailment sa Surigao

DISMAYADO ang pamunuan ng Surigao Del Norte Electric Cooperative (SURNECO) sa ipinapatupad na power curtailment ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Nuong nakaraan, halos buong araw na walang kuryente sa buong Surigao dahil sa power curtailment. Ayon kay En…
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Ilang lider at supporters ng isang kumakandidato lumipat sa ibang grupo sa Surigao

UMABOT sa 65 na mga lider at dating supporter ni Mayoral Candidate ng Surigao City Engr. Ernesto Matugas ng LAKAS KAMPI-CMD ang tumalon na sa grupo ni dating Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers. Ayon pa dating governor Barbers na kumakandidatong Mayor ng lungsod, lumapit sa kanya ang…
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4 Surigao del Norte towns get funds for MRF construction

The provincial government of Surigao del Norte released P100,000 each to four towns in full support of the government’s environmental concern. The Provincial Environment and Management Office (PEMO) handed down the financial assistance to the towns of Malimono, Burgos, Bacu…
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27 gov't hospitals offer free morphine to poor cancer patients

The Department of Health (DOH) said poor cancer patients can get free morphine in several government hospitals/institutions starting this year. The DOH said morphine in the form of tablets is presently available in 27 government hospitals; and from the non-government organiz…
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14 provinces still under dry spell – PAGASA

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said ySunday that 14 provinces are still under dry spell conditions based on rainfall observation conducted in January. PAGASA, in its latest El Niño bulletin, said they are Benguet, B…
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Comelec checkpoint yields shabu from a minor in Surigao Norte

Authorities guarding a Commission on Elections checkpoint to enforce the gun ban and monitor other election-related violations accidentally intercepted illegal drugs from a 17-year-old on a national highway in Alegria town last Thursday. The Caraga Region Police Information …
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Phil. fault zone, patuloy na pinag-aaralan

Patuloy na pinag-aaralan ng pamunuan ng Phil. Institute of Volcanology and Seismology o PHIVOCS ang galaw ng Phil. Fault Zone kung saan kasali ang Surigao. Ayon kay Robinson Gorgio, mula pa noong 2006, nagsimula na silang pag-aralan ang Surigao Fault lalo na’t sa nakaraang m…
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Tagana-an mayor wants town placed under Comelec control

Alarmed by the killing of local officials in his town, Tagana-An Mayor Cezar Diaz has asked that his Surigao del Norte municipality be placed under the control of the Commission on Elections. In an interview with GMANews.TV, Diaz said he had requested the Comelec, the Philip…
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Lumads seek probe on mining, logging in protected watershed

Tribal chieftains and their followers in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) Tuesday requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to facilitate their request for a congressional inquiry on alleged logging and mining operations in 43,601 hectares of ancest…
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Phivolcs: Magnitude-4.7 quake rocks Surigao area

A magnitude-4.7 quake rocked the Surigao area in Mindanao Tuesday night, but state seismologists said there was no initial report of casualty or damage. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake was recorded at 7:19 p.m., with the epicenter traced…
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Lakas-Kampi-CMD leader slain in Surigao del Norte

A local leader of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD was gunned down Monday morning by unidentified gunmen at Sitio Binggale, Barangay Banban, Taganaan, Surigao del Norte, according to a sketchy report reaching the police regional command and tactical operations cente…
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P1.8B Mindanao farm communities project in full swing: DAR

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Monday that the P1.8 billion infrastructure projects in the farm communities of Mindanao are in full swing. DAR officials said the infrastructure projects are through the Mindanao Settlement Area Development Project (MinSSAD). T…
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Caraga Region needs 2,145 PCOS machines for May 2010 polls

The Caraga or Northeastern Mindanao Region comprising five provinces and six cities needs a total of 2,145 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the May 10, 2010 automated national and local elections, it was learned Saturday. Composing the region are the province…
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Cong. Matugas hindi pabor sa pag-pull out ng mga militar Siagao Island, Surigao del Norte

HINDI pabor si Congressman Francisco Matugas ng District 1 sa resolusyon ng Provincial Peace and Order Council na i-pull out ang detachment ng militar sa Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. Binigyang diin nito, ang mga militar ay nagsilbing proteksiyon sa mga naninirahan ng S…
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1 ektaryang bahagi ng Parang-parang watershed sa Surigao City, tataniman ng mga kahoy

Umaabot sa 1 ektaryang bahagi ng Parang-Parang Watershed sa Surigao City balak na taniman ng mga kahoy, ito’y matapos isagawa ang Signing sa Memorandum of Agreement sa Surigao Metropolitan Water District at Rotary Club of Surigao City. Tinukoy ni Engineer Benjamin Ensomo Jr.…
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Mental health facility for Caraga

The region’s 1st Mental Health Facility will soon rise in the Caraga Region’s nickel city of Surigao. The formal groundbreaking of the site for the construction of the building was held over the weekend right behind the Surigao City Health Office. The groundbreaking ceremony …
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NFA Surigao del Norte planong mag-angkat ng asukal

PLANO ngayon ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa Surigao del Norte na mag-angkat ng asukal sa susunod na mga araw. Ayon kay Bob Pareja, ang NFA Provincial Director nakikita nila ang kakulangan at pagmahal ng presyo sa asukal dito sa probinsiya. Sa impormasyon na nakuha ng RM…
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