Two people were killed while two others were injured after landslides caused by heavy rains hit a village in Cagdianao town in Dinagat Islands last New Year's Day. Citing belated reports, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) on Tuesday said the landslides al…
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Biyaheng Totoo explores RP's ten poorest provinces, includes Surigao del Norte
A 2006 study of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) shows that 33 out of 100 Filipinos are considered poor. That means 27.6 million Pinoys did not make it beyond the national poverty threshold of 6,274 pesos (around 130 USD) per month, for a family of five. Mo…
Weather disturbance intensifies into LPA, nears Mindanao
A weather disturbance that threatens to become yet another cyclone intensified into a low-pressure area and moved closer toward Mindanao early Friday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the LPA was estimated…
Alcala, Landrigan carry RP fight in Cloud 9 surfing
Edito "Piso" Alcala and Fil-Australian Luke Landrigan will carry the fight against a host of top foreign surfers led by Queensland Open champ Nick Vasicek of Australia in Wednesday’s Billabong Cloud 9 International Surfing Championship in Siargo Island. As the defe…
NFA strategically positions rice stocks for rainy months
National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jessup P. Navarro on Saturday said the agency’s regional offices have speeded up positioning of rice stocks across the country in preparation for the rainy season. Navarro said with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astro…
Three killed, 32 hurt in Batangas bus accident
Three passengers were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a bus they were riding went out of control and fell into a canal in Batangas before dawn Saturday. Superintendent Raul Tacaca, head of the Santo Tomas town police, said the PP Bus Lines (TWS-752) was hea…
Sandigan junks Ecleo's bid to reopen graft case
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the motion filed by Ruben Ecleo Jr., former mayor of San Jose in Surigao del Norte, seeking to overturn his October 2006 conviction on three counts of graft. In a three-page resolution, the Sandiganbayan First Division said Ecleo simply rehash…
Pagasa monitoring SPLA near Surigao
A shallow low-pressure area (SLPA) is moving towards Mindanao but state weather forecasters said it is too early to tell if it will intensify into a cyclone. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecaster Gilbert Aquino said t…
‘Bising’ continues to threaten Eastern Visayas
Tropical depression "Bising" continues to threaten the Eastern Visayas region as it moves closer to Dinagat Island, state weather forecasters said shortly before Friday noon. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services …
LPA develops into tropical depression; 8 areas under Signal No. 1
The low pressure area spotted along the Visayas on Thursday evening intensified into a tropical depression, prompting weather forecasters to put eight provinces in Visayas and Mindanao under signal number 1. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Ad…
Floods, landslides alert up as LPA nears Mindanao and east Visayas
A low-pressure area (LPA) threatens to bring flash floods and landslides to parts of Visayas and Mindanao as it moved closer to those areas Saturday morning. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the LPA was 120 kms north of Cag…
Barbers' sons protest dragging of father's name into WB mess
The sons of deceased former senator Robert Barbers are preparing to file charges against those who implicated their father in the alleged collusion between construction firms blacklisted by the World Bank, a radio report said Friday. Radio dzBB's Denver Trinidad quoted t…
Witnesses in WB report challenged to undergo lie detector test
A local contractor accused in a World Bank report of taking part in the rigging of bids for local road projects funded by the agency has challenged his accusers to undergo a lie detector test, a television report said Thursday. In her report in GMA News’ “24 Oras," Maki…
'Tonyo' moves westward, 18 areas under signal 1
At least 18 areas in Mindanao were placed under Storm Signal No. 1 Friday morning as tropical depression "Tonyo" continued to move westward Friday morning. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said "Tonyo&quo…
8 areas under signal 1 as ALPA becomes 'Tonyo'
At least eight areas in Mindanao were placed under Storm Signal No. 1 as the active low-pressure area east of Mindanao developed into a tropical depression code-named "Tonyo." The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) …
Ombudsman junks graft cases vs Iloilo, Surigao Norte govs, 5 others
The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday dismissed for lack of merit the graft cases against seven government officials, including the governors of Iloilo and Surigao del Norte. In two separate resolutions, Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez absolved five Iloilo officials headed by…
Signal No. 1 raised in Surigao as LPA strengthens into tropical depression
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Thursday morning raised public storm warning signal no. 1 in several areas in the country after a low-pressure area earlier spotted east of Mindanao strengthened into a tropical dep…
Church leaders blame environment destruction for poverty
Church social action officials blamed environmental destruction for worsening and "dehumanizing" poverty and hunger in Mindanao at a recent general assembly in Surigao. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines website also said there is worsening food sec…
'Surfing capital' seeks infrastructure funding to boost tourism
The local government promoting this island in the Northeastern Mindanao as the "Surfing Capital of Asia" is seeking funds to further improve its facilities to accommodate the growing number of foreign and local tourists drawn to the destination. Ping Espejon, munic…
Surigao city to open waste treatment facility in December
In a bid to become a model in solid waste management, Surigao City, located in Surigao del Norte province, is set to open and operate its Swedish-funded waste treatment facility in December. In a briefing with Manila-based reporters, Alfonso Casurra, Surigao City mayor, said…
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