PPA guards in 3 provinces, 2 cities in Caraga undergo drug tests

PPA guards in 3 provinces, 2 cities in Caraga undergo drug tests
By Eugenio "Jun" Lira SURIGAO CITY – Around 106 private security guards deployed by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) in three provinces and two cities in Caraga Region recently underwent individual drug tests conducted by the PNP Crime Laboratory.  In an interv…
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Drug courier surrenders to media

By Eugenio "Jun" Lira SURIGAO CITY -A drug courier who acted as middleman for the supply of “ shabu ” to an island town in Siargao Island surrendered on Thursday to members of the local media. Edgar “Loloy” Dulpina, a licensed security guard and sari-sari store owner…
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Celeb singers flock to Surigao town for Pahinungod fiesta

Celeb singers flock to Surigao town for Pahinungod fiesta
As part of the yearly celebration of the Pahinungod Festival of Carrascal, Surigao del Sur, Mayor Vicente VJ Hotchkiss Pimentel III has invited through Front Desk Entertainment Production various artists as guests during the week-long fiesta celebration. On July 11, Jaya w…
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PDIC takes over Siargao Bank

PDIC takes over Siargao Bank
MANILA – The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has placed under receivership a rural bank in Surigao City. PDIC took over Siargao Bank, a three-unit rural bank in Borromeo St., Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, on Monday. PDIC said that as of March 31, 2015, S…
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BSP closes SRBC

BSP closes SRBC
by MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO THE Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered the closure of the Surigaonon Rural Banking Corp., placing the bank under the receivership of state deposit insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC). In a statement, PD…
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Surigao cops burn illegal game machines

Surigao cops burn illegal game machines
By Roel N. Catoto, Mindanews SURIGAO CITY – Police personnel here set ablaze 16 illegal fruit game machines Wednesday morning in a joint operation with officials of Barangay Washington here. Supt. Ruben delos Santos, city police chief, said the machines were seized last Mon…
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53 HIV cases documented in Caraga in 2014 – DOH

By Roel Catoto, Mindanews SURIGAO CITY  – The Department of Health in Caraga Region has recorded at least 53 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2014. The DOH said the number has been the highest recorded in the last 19 years since it started monitoring HIV cases…
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25 found positive of HIV in Surigao Norte

25 found positive of HIV in Surigao Norte
By: ROEL N. CATOTO, Mindanews SURIGAO CITY, March 17 — At least 25 people have been found positive of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Surigao del Norte since 2007, according to Department of Health-Caraga. Eleven of these cases were discovered last year and two thi…
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Siargao (Sayak) airport to be upgraded due to growing tourist traffic

Siargao (Sayak) airport to be upgraded due to growing tourist traffic
By ERWIN MASCARINAS, Mindanews DEL CARMEN, Siargao Island – The small airport in this island will be upgraded starting this month to address runway limitations, said William Hotchkiss, chief of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). He said the upgrade, whic…
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Another first for Surigaonon triathlete-lawyer: swim from Visayas to Mindanao

Another first for Surigaonon triathlete-lawyer: swim from Visayas to Mindanao
By ROEL N. CATOTO SURIGAO CITY – Will he make it? A triathlete-lawyer will try on Wednesday (May 21) what no other human being had done before: swim from an island in the Visayas to Mindanao. Surigao native Atty. Ingemar P. Macarine, 37, will try to cross the Surigao Strait …
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Dynamite fishermen kill 22 rare whales

Dynamite fishermen kill 22 rare whales
By Danilo V. Adorador III, Inquirer.net SURIGAO CITY  – Dynamite fishing continues to destroy not only corals but also rare sea creatures off the world-famous surfing destination of Siargao Island, killing at least 22 rare dwarf sperm whales and 21 dolphins over the weekend. …
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5.4-magnitude quake rocks Surigao del Norte

5.4-magnitude quake rocks Surigao del Norte
SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 17 - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the province of Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the epicenter of the quake was located at 15 kilometers (km) southwest of Malimono, Surig…
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DBP approves P900M loan for construction of hydropower plant in Agnor

DBP approves P900M loan for construction of hydropower plant in Agnor
By: Maricel E. Burgonio, InterAksyon.com MANILA, Mar. 17 - Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P900 million loan to Asiga Green Energy Corp (AGEC) for the construction of a hydropower plant in Agusan del Norte.  In a statement, state-run DBP said it sign…
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