THE Supreme Court (SC), voting 8-7, has issued a decision declaring that Section 80 of the Omnibus Election Code, banning election campaign outside the campaign period, remains in effect despite implementation of Republic Act 9369, or the poll-automation law. In a 34-page d…
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 …
Chiz: Power shortage looms in Mindanao
Opposition Sen. Chiz Escudero yesterday warned that the power supply of Mindanao could reach critical levels soon if the development of more power plants on the island is not fast-tracked. “If nothing is done to address the impending shortage, the national economy will take …
1 dead, 8 hurt in road accident
A multicab driver died while eight of his passengers were injured when a passenger bus hit the vehicle they were riding in along the national highway in Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, a police official said yesterday. Chief Inspector Nelly Villagarcia, chief information officer…
Gov. Jade, the singing governor
Ai Ai delas Alas (left) has a new co-performer in Face to Phase...of Love, Life, Laughter and Beauty, which set last Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 p.m. at Aliw Theater. She’s Jade Ecleo (right), the governor of Dinagat Islands. The bubbly lady not only breaks into a weepy Didith Reye…
GMA signed Special Patent 3745 106 HECTARES NONOC ECO-ZONE: “CASURRA LEGACY” to Surigao
As he bid farewell to the City in 2010, the country’s Most Outstanding City Mayor Pons Casurra now have a monumental legacy for the Surigaonons, as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo finally signed the Special Patent No. 3745 declaring the One Million Sixty Four Thousand Sev…
Surigao High grabs 1st place in Bonok-bonok Festival 2009
The contingent of Surigao del Norte National High School (SNNHS) walked away triumphant from this year's Bonok-bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival after bagging the championship crown in the competition held Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at the newly refurbished Sen. Robert…
Miner seeks loan
Canada’s MBMI Resources, Inc. is aiming to obtain the second tranche of its $3-million secured loan from a European bank to fund nickel exploration projects, the miner told the Canadian bourse late last week. “Up to $1.8 million will be advanced to MBMI in the form of a secu…
More Caraganons benefit PCSO’s “charity virus”
More Caraganons benefitted the simultaneous medical, dental and feeding mission of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) held Sunday, September 6 throughout the country. In Caraga Region, the activity opened at eight o’clock in the morning in key cities, provinces…
Century Peak comes closer to official listing
Century Peak Metals Holdings Corporation (CPMHC) has met the requirements of the Philippine Mineral Reporting Code, or PMRC, becoming the first mining applicant company to comply with the Code as a pre-requisite for initial listing in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). T…
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…
PGMA enjoins Mindanao leaders to continue reform agenda
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked Mindanao local executives to help in the implementation of the government's reform agenda. The President made the call at the closing ceremonies of the Mindanao-Island Cluster Conference, which was sponsored by the League of Munic…
Feature: PCSO continues to spread charity virus
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Agusan del Norte Field Office is in the final stage of preparation for the upcoming nationwide medical, dental, feeding and information-gathering mission on Sunday, September 6, as part of the effort to "spread the charity v…
Philex Mining output down
THE MINERAL output of Philex Mining Corp. dropped by 7.5% last month, the listed miner told the stock exchange yesterday. Philex Mining, the country’s largest miner, said output stood at 663,762 dry metric tons (MT). It produced 272,457 grams of gold, 1.201 million kilograms…
Improving the lives of Filipinos through accelerated hunger-mitigation program
Alarmed with the rising hunger incidence, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo initiated in July 2006 the Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation program or AHMP, an all-out campaign to curb, if not eradicate, hunger. The AHMP is a package of strategies and interventions to address hung…
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