AUSTRALIAN surfer Wade Goodall (Caloundra, Qld, Aus) will be gunning for back-to-back Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational crowns when the second annual tournament gets underway at the remote, island jewel of Siargao in the Philippines this weekend. The Sunshine Coast ace rode bar…
Coop office sa Surigao Norte misuporta sa trade fair exhibit sa sa General Luna
Ubos sa programa ni Gov. Ace Barbers sa pagpausbaw sa panginabuhian sa katawhan pinaagi sa pagpaila sa mga nagkadaiyang produkto sa atong probinsya, ang Provincial Cooperative Office miawhag sa mga nagkalain-laing mga coop members sa pagsalmut sa Trade Fair and Exhibit sa G…
MAJOR PHILIPPINE LAKE THREATENED BY ILLEGAL LOGGING & POLLUTION: Continued log poaching, kaingin causing slow deterioration of Lake Mainit
Continued timber poaching or log smuggling, unabated cutting of trees and kaingin within watershed areas of Lake Mainit is slowly causing Mindanao's second biggest lake and the country's fourth largest to deteriorate. Mindanao's largest lake is Lake Lanao which i…
2.59% of total national population in 2007 lives in Caraga Region
Final results of the latest census conducted in August 2007 revealed that the total population of Caraga Region or Northeastern Mindanao was posted at 2,293,480. This means that for every 100 persons living in the Philippines, 2 lives in Caraga Region (2.59 percent). The po…
Feature: 4th Pasayan Festival evokes more smiles as ever
A feeling of festivity filled the Luneta Park here as people scrambled to pick their share of the fried pasayan or shrimps while it is still hot in the carefully lined-up frying pans. "This is the usual atmosphere every 10th day of every year since the start of pasayan…
Cong. Villar graces Bonok-Bonok festival 2008
Tourists, neighboring townfolks and covering journalists were once again treated to a cultural festivity as Surigaonons showed off not only their rich culture but also their unique rhythm through the staging of the Bonok-bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival 2008. The Bonok-Bono…
Watch Bonok-bonok 2008 video clips in youtube
Video clips of the Bonok-bonok festival 2008 can now be seen via youtube. Thanks to iraxHD and toyahonda for uploading the video clips. Watch the videos after the jump.
Bonok-Bonok festival a means in fighting poverty
Former governor and Chairman of Bonok-Bonok Culture and Arts Foundation, Inc. (BCAFI) Robert Lyndon Barbers said that Bonok-Bonok is one strategy in solving the problem of poverty. He said that since the local government has successfully marketed the festival for many years…
Gov. Barbers calls for unity for peace and progress
Gov. Robert Ace Barbers urged leaders to set aside politics and unite together while calling the people to rally behind the administration, may it be in a local or national setting, so that good programs will be reached and felt by the people. The Governor said this here to…
Bonok-bonok Festival 2008 features 9 contingents throughout Mindanao; Surigao school grabs 1st place
The city of Surigao and the province of Surigao del Norte once again celebrated its annual convergence of festivals, the Bonok-bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival Tuesday, September 9, 2008. In this year's festival, nine contingents from the different parts of Mindanao joi…
Aussie firm keen on investing in Siana gold project
MINING FIRM RED 5 LTD. OF AUSTRALIA is expected to invest $40 million in the Siana gold project in Surigao del Norte. Red 5 holds a 90-percent beneficial interest in the Siana gold project through Greenstone Resources Corp., which manages the local operations through a joint…
Region 8 task force sets up "Bantay Ibon" brigades
The Avian Influenza Task Force in Eastern Visayas is putting in place additional measures to keep the Philippines bird flu free, especially because the season for the arrival of migratory birds into the country usually starts in the month of September until the month of Apr…
Another two mariculture parks launched in Caraga
Two Mariculture Parks were launched in Barobo, Surigao del Sur on April 8, 2008 and Dapa, Siargao Island on May 10, 2008. The Barobo Mariculture Park is the second in the region but the first one to be launched under the Sustainable Management of Coastal Resources in Bicol …
5.5M Pinoys joined ranks of poor in 2008 - NAPC
The number of Filipinos who can be considered poor has significantly increased to 17.5 million this year from 12 million in 2007, a recent study of the National Anti Poverty Commission (NAPC) has revealed. NAPC attributed the 45.8-percent jump to the record high increase of …
Caraga prepares for landslides
In a move to mitigate if not prevent damages of properties or losses of lives arising from disasters such as in St. Bernard, Guinsaugon, Leyte landslide, the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) Caraga under the auspices of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) con…
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