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52 Caraga colleges, universities seek school fees hike

52 Caraga colleges, universities seek school fees hike

07 April 2010

BUTUAN CITY – Practically all 57 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) sought an increase in school fees and other fees at the opening of the 2010 school year this June. But five of the 57 private and public colleges and universities in the region have asked the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for implementation of tuition [...]

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Mobile court resolves 85 cases in Davao Norte

Mobile court resolves 85 cases in Davao Norte

07 April 2010

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte – Eighty five cases long pending in court were speedily resolved when the Justice on Wheels rolled out in Davao del Norte recently. Executive Judge Rowena Apao-Adlawan of the Regional Trial Court-Branch 30 in Tagum City said a considerable number of inmates involved in these cases are now free men [...]

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Newly-built Diosdado Macapagal Bridge in Butuan City up for rehab next month

Newly-built Diosdado Macapagal Bridge in Butuan City up for rehab next month

05 April 2010

BUTUAN CITY – The Butuan City’s Land Transportation and Traffic Management Office (LTTMO) will re-route traffic here once the rehabilitation of the two-year old President Diosdado Macapagal Bridge starts this month or next month. The Japanese-funded bridge, which was inaugurated in 2008, will be rehabilitated due to its weakening foundation, that sits on soft rocks [...]

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Barrage of mining operations to make Caraga a ‘Ghost Region’

Barrage of mining operations to make Caraga a ‘Ghost Region’

05 April 2010

BUTUAN CITY – Shortening the time in acquiring mining permits in the country is both bad and sad news for communities protecting environment and will bring sooner the Philippine’s Mining Capital, Caraga Region, lived up to its name –a ghost region. Environmental groups claimed that the barrage of mining activities in Caraga Region had made [...]

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PNP urges filing of charges vs. nabbed Surigao gubernatorial bet

PNP urges filing of charges vs. nabbed Surigao gubernatorial bet

26 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Director Senior Supt. Gilbert De la Cruz urged officials of the local Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to immediately file charges against independent Surigao del Norte gubernatorial bet Ruperto Eludo Deguiño and five others today or face technicality problem. Cruz made an appeal after receiving reports that [...]

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Biz groups, major industries cite ways to solve Mindanao power crisis

Biz groups, major industries cite ways to solve Mindanao power crisis

26 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – With the continuing power crisis in Mindanao, big business groups and major industries in Northeastern and Northern Mindanao regions called on the national government to come up with short-term and long-term solutions to address the energy shortfall in the southern island. The association of wood industries and association of mining industries and [...]

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104 policemen from Region 1 deployed to Sulu

104 policemen from Region 1 deployed to Sulu

25 March 2010

CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -The Ilocos Region police has deployed 104 personnel in a bid to augment security forces in Sulu province. Police regional director Chief Supt. Constante Azares Jr. said the contingent, composed of five commissioned officers and 99 non- commissioned officers, were from the 1st Regional Public Safety Management Battalion [...]

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Suspected NPAs burn heavy equipment in Agusan del Sur

Suspected NPAs burn heavy equipment in Agusan del Sur

24 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels burned the heavy equipments of a construction firm constructing irrigation project in sitio Baclesi, Barangay Angas, Sta Josefa, Agusan del Sur, reports from the police and military said. The area is more than 100 kilometers away from this city, Caraga’s regional center. Official report from the [...]

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40 persons injured as bus plunges into ravine in ComVal province

40 persons injured as bus plunges into ravine in ComVal province

23 March 2010

NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley – At least 40 persons were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a bus ferrying miners fell into a deep ravine in the uphill village of Masara, Maco town, Compostela Valley (ComVal) province Sunday afternoon. Separate reports coming from the Police Regional Office 11 and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Eastern [...]

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Local candidates launched in Davao del Norte sign covenant

Local candidates launched in Davao del Norte sign covenant

23 March 2010

TAGUM CITY – Candidates for the May 10, 2010 local elections in Davao del Norte signed a “Peace Covenant” Sunday for a peaceful, honest and orderly election. The signing of a peace covenant among Davao del Norte candidates was held during the Mass of Commitment officiated by Most Reverend Wilfredo D. Manlapaz, Bishop of Tagum [...]

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Manhunt on vs suspects in North Cotabato massacre

Manhunt on vs suspects in North Cotabato massacre

18 March 2010

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police have launched a province-wide manhunt against gunmen who massacred a family of three in a remote village in North Cotabato. Sr. Supt. Norberto Batislaong, North Cotabato police provincial director, has ordered the manhunt, arrest and filing of appropriate charges against three men who barged into the house of Gumbay family [...]

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Public warned on series of fire in Butuan City

Public warned on series of fire in Butuan City

18 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY- The city government of Butuan, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative (Aneco) has called on the public to refrain from leaving embers at their dirty kitchens. They also reminded them to be sure that electrical units are unplugged during brownouts to avoid electrical glitz that might cause of [...]

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9 nabbed for extortion, violation of Comelec gun ban in Surigao del Sur

9 nabbed for extortion, violation of Comelec gun ban in Surigao del Sur

17 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – Joint military and police team arrested nine persons for allegedly trying to extort policemen disguising as illegal loggers at an illegally installed checkpoints by the suspects in Sitios Bingcongan and San Miguel, Barangay Bigaan, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, police said. Caraga police regional office identified the suspects as Mateo Nacis Monteza, 50, [...]

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Girl, 10, seized in Surigao del Sur

Girl, 10, seized in Surigao del Sur

17 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – A 10-year-old girl was abducted while playing with her classmates near the gate of Adlay Community Elementary School in Barangay Adlay, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur Tuesday morning, police said. The Caraga police regional information office identified the victim as Angel Lusdo Gurro, Grade IV pupil of said school and resident of Purok [...]

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Soldiers nab child warrior after roadside blast in North Cotabato‏

Soldiers nab child warrior after roadside blast in North Cotabato‏

16 March 2010

KIDAPAWAN CITY – A roadside bomb exploded a few minutes after a military truck loaded with members of the 62nd Division Reconnaissance Company of the 6th Infantry Division passed by Barangay New Bulatucan in Makilala town in North Cotabato. No one was hurt during the explosion, according to 57th IB commander, Lt. Col. Bernie Langub [...]

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NFA assures stable rice supply in Northern Mindanao despite El Niño

NFA assures stable rice supply in Northern Mindanao despite El Niño

16 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY – The National Food Authority (NFA) has assured the public of the availability of enough rice to last several months despite the threat of prolonged drought brought by the El Nino phenomenon this year. This, as 128,750 bags of imported rice on board M/V Binh Phouc and 120,000 bags unloaded from M/V Vinh [...]

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More cops deployed in a Maguindanao town to thwart harassment vs. police outposts

More cops deployed in a Maguindanao town to thwart harassment vs. police outposts

15 March 2010

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao – More policemen backed by soldiers were deployed here to thwart attempts by suspected rogue Moro rebels or former government militia to disrupt this town. Supt. Alex Lineses, acting Maguindanao police director, said alert yet outnumbered policemen thwarted attempts by about 20 gunmen to take over a police outpost in Barangay Bagong [...]

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Six out of 10 Caraganons hooked into illegal gambling ‘Swertres’

Six out of 10 Caraganons hooked into illegal gambling ‘Swertres’

15 March 2010

BUTUAN CITY, March 14 (PNA) – Six of every 10 Caraga residents were already duped, addicted or hooked into illegal numbers game called, Swertres, a study made by independent groups here, such as the Movement for Good Governance (MGG), said. MGG, in a press statement, claimed it was alarmed by the increasing number of minors [...]

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