SC votes 8-7 on illegal-campaign case, Mayor Penera disqualified from holding office of Santa Monica

THE Supreme Court (SC), voting 8-7, has issued a decision declaring that Section 80 of the Omnibus Election Code, banning election campaign outside t…

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 Ja…
Chiz: Power shortage looms in Mindanao

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 pl…
1 dead, 8 hurt in road accident

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…
Gov. Jade, the singing governor

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 Al…
GMA signed Special Patent 3745 106 HECTARES NONOC ECO-ZONE: “CASURRA LEGACY” to Surigao

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 P…
Surigao High grabs 1st place in Bonok-bonok Festival 2009

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 a…

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 p…
More Caraganons benefit PCSO’s “charity virus”

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, Sept…

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 minin…

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’…

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 …

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, …

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’…

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,…