Claver lady mayor vows to uplift the lives of townsfolk

Claver, Surigao del Norte-- With a booming mining industry in her once-sleepy town, Mayor-elect Rosemarie Mira-Gokiangkee recently vowed to uplift the lives of her constituents in Claver, Surigao del Norte. This was the assurance given by the first-ever elected lady mayor of …

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Feature: Dearth of engineers a bane to mining industry: PSME

EVEN with resurgence of the mining industry and above par salary grade, mining engineers in the country are still a dime a dozen. The Philippine Society of Mining Engineers, in fact, rued that its members are already in their sunset years with no sufficient number of graduat…

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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…

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It’s all in the family in Caraga this May 10

In Caraga region, more than half of the 1,826 candidates in the May 10 elections – from governor to municipal and city councilors – are related to each other either by blood or by affinity or consanguinity. Most are allies, but there are some who are pitted against each othe…

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Lifestyle: Stranded in Surigao on a rainy weekend in March

IN Surigao City, there is a turo-turo called “Rendezvous in the Boulevard." There, I found new friends, like the blind old man looking out into the sea, smiling. Perhaps he is the only one in that gentle city, a gateway to Mindanao, who can hear the songs of the sirens…

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Guwardya, inararo ng sasakyan sa Surigao del Norte, 1 patay, 1 kritikal

Dead on the Spot ang isang security guard matapos na mabangga ang kanyang minamanehong motorsiklo ng isang hindi pa nakikilalang sasakyan sa Brgy. Daywan, Claver, Surigao del Norte. Kinilala ang biktima na si Pedro Simborio, Security Guard ng Claver Coconut Farm Corporation. …

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Caraga lumads demand ouster of NCIP head

Members and officials of the Caraga Regional Tribal Consultative Assembly (CRTCA) will hold "peaceful" lightning protest rallies at the regional office of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) until Friday next week to demand, among others, the ouste…

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Moderate growth expected in job-generating foreign investments

Foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Philippines is expected to grow moderately next year amid a fragile global economic recovery, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said. Based on the latest balance of payments (BOP) projections, BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said the FDI…

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Taganito Mining Corp mihatag ug hi-lux cars, mga motor ug 5 milyones sa mga Mamanwa sa Claver

Dako ang pasalamat sa mga Mamanwa sa Brgy. Urbiztundo ug Taganito sa lungsod sa Claver pinaagi sa ilang kapunungang Asosasyon sa Madazaw na Panagkaisa nan mga Tribong Mamanwa sa Taganito ug Urbiztondo o AMPANTRIMTU ngadto sa Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) diin sa makausa…

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‘Urduja’ causes floods in Northern Mindanao

Typhoon “Urduja” caused flashfloods, landslides and the evacuation of 1,664 families or some 8,000 persons in Region X, according to reports from the National Disaster Coordinating Center (NDCC). Sources said that evacuation started since Tuesday evening in eight barangays …

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Report on alleged accidental explosion in Claver

On September 20, 2009 at 5:45 in the afternoon, an alleged dynamite explosion transpired at the vicinity of Purok 2, Barangay Lapinigan, Claver, Surigao del Norte victimizing the following persons to wit: Saturnino Najial, 38 years old, married, fisherman; Norberto Sumbilla…

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Sumitomo helps put up $1.3B Surigao plant

SUMITOMO METAL MINING OF Japan and Nickel Asia Corp., the country’s biggest nickel mining group, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding in Japan to proceed with a $1.3-billion nickel-processing plant in the municipality of Claver, Surigao del Norte. Nickel Asia said …

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Nickel miner pays stock dividends

ZAMORA-LED Taganito Mining Corp. has hiked its authorized capital by more than three times to P2 billion to pay investors their share in the company’s profits, documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed. Of the new shares, P850 million were issued as…

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Report on shooting incident in Urbiztondo, Claver

On August 14, 2009 around 6:30 o'clock in the morning at Purok 1-A Barangay Urbiztundo, Claver, Surigao del Norte, one Joveliano Almazan aka "Titing", 40 years old, married, a security guard of Oriental Synergy Mining Corporation (OSMC) was abducted at his res…

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Bulan sa Nutrisyon, malampusong gipahigayon sa probinsya

Nagmalampuson ang pagselebrar sa bulan sa nutrisyon diin agig pagtak-op sa maong selebrasyon mao ang paghatag ug mga premyo sa mga migula nga mananaug sa “Most Outstanding Barangay Implementation of Nutrition Program 2009” nga gihimo bag-uhay pa lamang didto mismo sa Prov’l…

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Group Warns Mass Environmental Destruction if $3B Sumitomo Nickel ore Plant in Surigao Pushes Through

A newly formed environmental watch group today warned people and authorities while encouraging moral and religious sectors of Caraga Region to wake up to spearhead massive information drive on the mass environmental destruction will cause if the much ballyhooed $3B Sumitomo…

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30 NPA Rebels in Fresh Encounter Anew with Surigao Cops, Soldiers; Scores Wounded

Some 30 communist rebels encountered anew joint operatives of the 30th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army headed by certain 1Lt. Punongbayan and Bacuag, Surigao del Norte Police headed by its Chief of Police P/Insp. Mariano Lukban Thursday in Barangay Camboayon, Bacuag, Su…

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Remittance firm officials charged over failure to deliver OFWs’ money

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed charges against officers of a remittance company for allegedly failing to remit remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to their respective relatives in the Philippines. The Office of Deputy Director for Special Investi…

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Sumitomo-led nickel venture to invest $3B

JAPAN’S SUMITOMO Metal Mining Co. Ltd. and local holding firm Nickel Asia Corp. will put up a $3-billion nickel ore processing plant in northeastern Mindanao next year. The joint venture partners will operate the nickel processing plant by 2013, Rogelio G. Cadano, technical …

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Report on fatal traffic accident in Claver

On April 1, 2009 around 2:50 in the afternoon at Purok-2 Barangay Capangdan, Claver, Surigao del Norte, a resident of said place was bumped by a maroon Isuzu Jeep with plate number RBA-465 driven by "Bobby" Leyros, 26 years old, married and a resident of Barangay …

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