The poverty alleviation program of the government, the expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, continue to hit in far-flung villages as at least 2,671 new household beneficiaries received their cash cards in Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. Caraga region’s…
Phoenix-based mining firm interested in Siana, Mainit project
ONE OF the world’s largest miners, the Phoenix, Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., has expressed interest to invest as much as $5 billion in a mining project in either Kalinga or Surigao del Norte, a Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) official said. “Fre…
16,366 foreign job openings is set in Surigao City mega job’s fair
At least 16,366 job openings for overseas workers is set in Surigao City mega job’s fair in the first week of next month. Ms. Annette Lovete, head programs and services of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region) said these for…
Caraga Region boosts of enough rice supply
A National Food Authority (NFA) official Tuesday said Caraga Region is now practically flooded with locally harvested and imported rice as another boat containing some 150,000 bags of newly-imported rice arrived anew at the port of Surigao City. NFA Caraga Regional Director …
Dinagat Islands officials ask SC to reverse ruling
Officials of Surigao del Norte on Tuesday said they are set to ask the Supreme Court again to reconsider its earlier ruling that declared the creation of Dinagat Island as a separate province was unconstitutional. The SC nullified for the second time a law creating the prov…
Surigao del Norte piloted for disaster mitigation project
Municipalities in Surigao del Norte were chosen as pilot areas for a project that would help local government units (LGUs) identify disaster risks and incorporate mitigating measures into their local development plans. The "Integrating DRR/CCA Project," or Integrat…
Barbers claims operator offered e-fraud for P50M
Losing Surigao del Norte gubernatorial bet Robert "Ace" Barbers appeared before the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms hearing on Monday to elevate his concerns regarding the recently concluded elections in his province. Barbers, who lost to his oppo…
Mindanao's 33 electric coops decry 66% transmission rate increase
The 33 electric cooperatives in various areas in Mindanao decried over the weekend the 66 percent transmission rate increase on ancillary service charge and regulated transmission services, saying "it is very shocking on their part". The Mindanao's major elect…
'Altered’ compact flash cards were up for sale, bets claim
More stories of election irregularities cropped up during the resumption of the House investigation on alleged poll fraud, including selling of compact flash cards and even "ballot cutting." Defeated Surigao del Norte gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Gov. Ace …
Decision on Dinagat upheld
The Supreme Court has upheld its earlier decision that nullified for being unconstitutional a law creating the province of Dinagat Islands and voided the election of its provincial officials during the 2007 polls. In a resolution penned by Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peral…
NFA begins selling imported rice to Northeast Mindanao
The state-owned National Food Authority (NFA) started selling imported rice stocked at the agency’s various warehouses in this northeastern Mindanao region to accredited grain-dealers, but limited to 5,000 bags per purchase. Gil Pepito B. Paqueo, Caraga NFA regional director…
Siargao Airport upgrade incomplete
An airport improvement project in Siargao Island has been inspected by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo but the incomplete facility failed to undergo flight tests. Eyed to be opened before the Arroyo administration exits on June 30, the P152-million Sayak airport upgrade is…
Surigao Norte lawmakers to back Arroyo as House Speaker
Two Surigao del Norte congressmen-elect have vowed to support any move to elect outgoing President and incoming Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as House Speaker in the 15th Congress. In separate media briefings after they were proclaimed winners in the recently conclu…
Poll win may cost Ecleo bail
Prosecutors in the parricide case against congressman-elect Ruben Ecleo Jr. will cite his victory in last Monday's elections to persuade a Cebu judge to cancel his P1-million bail. "Ecleo's victory is our evidence that he is not a walking time bomb," lawyer…
Former DepEd Director proclaims winner in Surigao Norte gubernatorial race
The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) here finally proclaimed former education Caraga regional director Sol Matugas at past 11pm, Saturday(May 15). Matugas, a Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, got 111,225 votes against her rival, incumbent gov. Robert Ace Barbers of Nacionalist…
Ecleo wins as congressman of Dinagat island
THE influential Ecleo political clan of Dinagat Island in the Caraga Region dominated the local elections there, according to the official tally of votes released by the Commission on Elections. Cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., who is facing a parricide case in Cebu City for al…
PGMA to check on 3Es projects nationwide, visits Siargao Island
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said today she is going around the country to check on her projects on education, environment and the economy (3Es) to ensure that, when she turns them over to the next administration, she will have completed most of them by then. She came t…
PGMA inspects Siargao airport expansion
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today inspected the ongoing expansion of the Siargao airport. Come November, bigger planes from Manila will be able to land in Siargao, thereby improving the province’s accessibility and attractiveness to local and foreign tourists. The Presi…
19 of 20 Lakas mayoral bets in Surigao take lead
Nineteen of 20 Surigao del Norte Lakas-KAMPI-Padajon Surigao mayoral candidates in twenty municipalities have beaten their Nacionalista Party-Abante Surigao rivals in the Commission on Elections’ final unofficial tally as of 8 p.m. May 11. Surigao City Lakas Mayoralty bet En…
Comelec, PNP to enforce liquor ban in Surigao Norte
The local COMELEC here will start enforcing a liquor ban effective Sunday (May 9) in time for the first-ever automated election on Monday, May 10. The COMELEC imposed the liquor ban in Resolution no. 8730 promulgated last December 23, 2009. Also, the local police here led by …
CFCs for Surigao Norte arrive
Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Geraldine Samson confirmed today that the reformatted compact flash cards arrived here yesterday evening at around 11 p.m. Samson said that the delivered flash cards were already distributed to the mainland municipalities of this provinc…
PCOS machines for Dinagat Islands received, CFCs to follow
13 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and its battery packs for the May polls in Loreto, Dinagat Islands have arrived last May 5, Election Officer Helen Daytoc of Loreto said. Reports revealed that around 21 PCOS machines were also delivered to the municipality of …
Surigao del Norte solon, Caraga Comelec chief deny NPA allegations on election fraud plan in Siargao
Following an impending threat to teachers in Siargao Island because of the spread of leaflets by group of NPAs led by Ka Jojo of Pulang Diwata Command imputing that BEIs, Cong. Francisco Matugas and COMELEC Regional Director Francisco Pobe are in cahoots of the upcoming elec…
Surigao Norte PNP all set for 2010 May polls
With three more days before the election, security preparations for the first-ever poll automation are now in full gear in this province. PNP Provincial Director PS/Supt. Gilbert dC Cruz said that at least 200 police personnel were augmented from the PNP regional office to b…
2 brothers of Ecleo’s wife to ask review of RTC ruling
The family of the late Alona Bacolod-Ecleo, wife of parricide suspect and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., will seek a reconsideration of a court decision convicting the self-proclaimed accesory in the killing of Alona. Josebil and Ricky said they were shocked and disappointed t…
Surigao Norte, ARMM, other provinces to receive flash cards on Election Day itself
Problems in the country's first ever nationwide automated elections continued to mount Thursday as officials confirmed that clustered precincts in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other provinces may only get compact flash cards for automated voting machines…
Cebu Pacific reveals direct flight Manila-Surigao route, offers P999 seats to major tourist destinations
The Philippines’ number one domestic airline, Cebu Pacific (CEB), announces that it will begin flying from Manila to Surigao starting June 17, 2010. Its Cebu-Surigao service started last November 2008. Because of this, CEB is offering ‘Go Lite’ P999 seats from Manila to Suri…
Surigao politics: “Survival and Expansion”
In both Surigao City and Province, the contest is between two families. The Barbers’ and the Matugas’. The political description can be summarized. For the Barbers family, it is survival. For the Matugas family, it is expansion. Before 2004, there were three B arbers in p…
NPA admits raiding Surigao mayor's house
The communist New People's Army on Monday claimed responsibility for last weekend's attack on the house of Surigao del Norte mayor Teodoro Sinaca Jr. Radio dzXL reported Monday evening that National Democratic Front Mindanao spokesman Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos…
Feature: 4Ps gives hope to mothers
Gemaceta is a mother ofand a resident of Barangay Geotina, Basilisa, Dinagat Islands. Her husband, Juan Rustia Sr. is a fisherman who earns an income not adequate for a family of nine. "Sa iyang kita sa pagpanagat ra gyud mi ga depende, wala pud koy trabaho busa dili g…
5 hurt in attack on Lakas mayoral bet’s house in Surigao Norte
Around 50 unidentified armed men attacked the house of ruling Lakas-KAMPI party mayoralty bet in Surigao del Norte early dawn Saturday, wounding five people, mostly household members, a police official said. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Director Senior Supt. Gilbert …
Surigao City gets e-tricycle for low-carbon pathway project
Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Casurra will accept an electric tricycle (Etrike) donated by the British embassy in Manila in ceremonies on May 4, late Tuesday morning, at the Surigao City gymnasium near City Hall. The donation is in line with a bilateral project to determine the…
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