7,000 Caraganons lost jobs in Northeastern Mindanao

At least 7,000 Caraganons lost their jobs after a number of companies in various parts of Northeastern Mindanao effected mass lay-offs due to global economic clampdown, the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE’s) regional office here bared yesterday. DoLE Caraga recor…

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FEATURE : Waging war against waste

According to the report of the Surigao City General Services Office released in 2000, the City of Surigao generates 18 tons of waste every single day. This being quite a massive amount of waste, the Province of Surigao del Norte has come up with a resounding response to thi…

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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…

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Pugante sa DAPECOL, dakpan sa Surigao City

Wala na nagsilbi pa ang kaigmat sa usa ka pugante gikan sa Bureau of Corrections sa Davao Prison and Penal Colony niadtong tuig 2001 human kini na-aresto sa Surigao City Police. Naila ang nahisgutang pugante nga usa ka Napoloen Diago Alboto alyas Jimboy, 29-anyos, lumad nga…

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Gov. Ace Barbers gitagaan ug dakong pagtagad ang panginahanglanon sa mga kababayen-an; Skills Training malampusong gipahigayon

Subay sa pagselebrar sa Women’s Month, malampusong gipahigayon niadtong miaging adlawa ang skills training on Recycling Used Materials and Flower Arrangement didto sa Provincial Convention Center sa tanang miyembro sa Gender and Development Coordinating Committee nga pinang…

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KACOSA ni Gov. Ace Barbers padayon nga nang apud-apud ug mga pagkaon sa pipila ka mga elementary schools sa probinsya

Walay puas nga nagtabang ug nagserbisyo sa mga katawhan si Governor Ace Barbers hilabi na ngadto sa paghatag ug dakong bili sa mga kabatan-onan pinaagi sa pagpahigayon sa ubay-ubay nga mga programa sama sa feeding program nga gipaisugdahan sa tanang miyembro sa Kapit Bisig …

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Arrest of escapee in Surigao City

On March 23, 2009 around 2:30 in the afternoon at Purok-7 Barangay Canlanipa, Surigao City, elements of Surigao City Police Station led by SPO1 Bimbo C Polvorosa, arrested an escapee identified as Napoleon Diago Albuto alias "Jimboy", 29 years old, a native of Del…

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4.7 quake hits off Surigao del Norte

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte at 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The undersea quake was located 60 kilometers east-southeast of Surigao City at a depth of 73.9 kilometers. The…

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Nickel producer eyeing switch to other minerals as prices drop

LOCAL NICKEL processor Platinum Group Metals Corp. is looking at venturing into manganese and chromite given the dampened demand and prices of nickel, a company official said. "We are seriously considering multi-alloy production like ferro-manganese or ferro-chrome just…

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Cebu Pacific offers more than one million seats on sale, ‘Go Lite’ fares for as low as P188 all-in for domestic; P799 international

Gokongwei-owned airline, Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ leading carrier to South East Asia and the country’s largest domestic airline is offering more than one million seats on sale from, March 25 to 31, 2009. The system-wide seat sale is valid for travel from June 1 …

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The SUN Shop Express Surigao

SUN Cellular’s retail arm, The SUN Shop Express, recently opened at Unit-2, DAX C.V. Eliot Building, Magallanes St., Surigao City. Residents of Surigao City may now enjoy SUN Cellular’s 24/7 Call and Text Unlimited (CTU) service by subscribing to any of SUN Cellular’s Postpa…

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SSS to provide summer jobs for laid off workers’ children in Surigao Norte

The Social Security System (SSS) branch office here will allocate six slots to college students for a two-month summer job training program dubbed as “Student-Trainees for Summer Training Program on Social Security Services” starting in April. The move is in line with the Pr…

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Report on illegal possession of deadly weapon

On March 21, 2009 at 11:30 in the evening at Corner Borromeo and Navarro Street, Barangay Taft, Surigao City, Ryan Angele Dialde, 27 years old, single, construction worker and resident of Purok-Godong, Nueva Extension, Barangay Taft, Surigao City was arrested by PNP element…

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Report on loose firearm in Surigao City

On March 20, 2009 at 1:10 in the morning at Barangay Taft, Surigao City, PNP personnel of Surigao City Police Station together with BPLK (Barangay Pulisya Laban sa Krimen) apprehended the two suspects identified as Maximo Amazona Vertudazo, 25 years old, married, security g…

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Surigao Banker Kidnapping now Enters 76 Days; PNP Asks Public’s Help

Missing until now with the family still elusive to newsmen in the updates of their public postings for P2-M reward for anyone or group who can return him home safely, the kidnapping of Surigao banker Johnson Custodio Cuiting now enter into its 76-day today after he was kidn…

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