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Surigao dock workers end strike

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/06 October) — Dock workers at Surigao City base port ended on Friday their strike after their employer ended its contract on the same day with the Philippine Ports...

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NPA launches series of attacks in Surigao City

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 Dec) – Communist rebels here launched a series of strikes in this city Sunday. According to Supt. Jay Baybayan, chief of police of Surigao City, alleged New People’s Army...

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Reds postpone release of captive cops in Surigao

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Communist rebels called off the scheduled release of the two police officers they abducted in Placer town in Surigao del Norte early last month, citing the...

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CCTV footage leads to arrest of suspect in slay try of Surigao barangay captain

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Dec) – A footage from a closed-circuit TV (CCTV) led to the identity of one of the suspects and his eventual arrest Wednesday in connection with the broad daylight shooting...

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LPA spotted east of Surigao City

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 December) — A low pressure area (LPA) that may develop into tropical depression ‘Agaton,’ has been spotted 850 kilometers east of Surigao City as of 3 p.m. Sunday, the state...

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Surigaonons greet New Year with flash floods 

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 January) — The New Year revelry here was cut short as rains brought about by a low pressure area that developed into tropical depression ‘Agaton’ by Monday afternoon caused...

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25 adults, 43 minors ‘arrested’ for violating ‘general curfew’ in Surigao City

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Jan) – A total of 25 adults and 43 minors were brought to the police station for two consecutive days for violating the “general curfew” that the police implemented...

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Surigao City’s curfew takes a toll on tricycle drivers, balut vendors

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 January) —  The city’s 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew has led to the arrest of close to a hundred minors and dozens of adults but has taken its toll on businesses that operate at...

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ALPSIDE DOWNED: Siargao-ed (Last of two parts)

GENERAL LUNA, SIARGAO (MindaNews/ 24 Sept) – According to a story in Rappler, up to 1.2 billion pesos had been allocated in 2016 to add and improve infrastructure in the Caraga region, with special...

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Surigao City council slammed for resolution seeking ban on PUIs from other areas

GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island (MindaNews / 9 April) – The city council of Surigao City has drawn criticisms for passing a resolution urging the Department of Health not to accept persons under...

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Caraga health worker is 4th COVID-19 case in region

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur  (MindaNews / 16 May) — A 37-year old female health worker from the Caraga Regional Hospital (CRH) in Surigao City is the fourth confirmed case of coronavirus disease...

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Disinfecting Motorbikes

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Distansya lang

Passengers of a multicab in Surigao City on Sunday afternoon, 26 July 2020,  observe distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.[] As of July 24, Surigao City had 10 COVID-19 cases. MindaNews photo...

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Catching a dogtooth tuna

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 January) – As the world got scared with the pandemic and everyone tried to distance themselves from other people to avoid catching the virus, I was safely secluded in...

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Big catch

Local fishermen catch a 12-kilogram amberjack in the waters off Mabua village in Surigao City on Friday morning, February 12, 2020. MindaNews photo by ROEL N. CATOTO

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Japanese rubyfish

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Boatmakers

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Daredevil

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Squid baits

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Surigao City mayor suspends order re ‘no vax card, no entry’ policy

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – ‘No vax card, no entry.’ Surigao City Mayor Ernesto Matugas, Jr. has suspended the implementation of his own executive order mandating a ‘no vax card, no entry’...

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Easy fishing

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Heavy catch

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Bayanihan

Residents in the fishing village of Mabua in Surigao City help dock a fisherman’s pump boat Wednesday afternoon (24 November 2021). MindaNews photo by ROEL N. CATOTO

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No vax, no entry

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Surigao City after ‘Odette’

Survivors of Typhoon “Odette” scavenge piles of wood amid their damaged houses in Barangay Sabang, Surigao City on Friday (17 December 2021), a day after the storm made landfall. MindaNews photo by IVY...

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Misa de Gallo in Surigao

Residents of Surigao City attend Day 4 of the nine-day Misa de Gallo at the San Nicolas Tolentino Cathedral on Saturday, 19 December 2021, also Day 4 since super typhoon ‘Odette’ swept across the city,...

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‘Odette’ aftermath

A long queue for precious water on Sunday, 19 December 2021, is a common sight in Surigao City in the days after super typhoon ‘Odette’ battered the city, cut off its power and water supply and...

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Christmas in Surigao

Catholics in Surigao City, one of the areas hardest hit by super typhoon ‘Odette’ on December 16, 2021. find time to attend mass at the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral on Christmas eve, 24 December....

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Toppled Tower

The tower of the old site of radio station RPN-DXKS, situated at the junction of Gov. Jose Sering and Rizal Streets in Surigao City, collapsed during the onslaught of Typhoon “Odette.” The station has...

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Relief goods for Siargao stuck for two days in Surigao

GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island  (MindaNews / 15 January) — Relief goods and construction materials for  survivors of super typhoon ‘Odette’ is Siargao were stuck in Surigao City for two days due to...

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Collapsed tower

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Japanese Ruby Fish

A local fisherman from Barangay Mabua in Surigao City shows a Japanese ruby fish that he caught on Easter Sunday (17 April 2022). Several fishermen in coastal villages remain struggling as their boats...

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ALPSIDE DOWNED: A fish-take

BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 19 March) — Mayors making presscons from City Hall rarely make for interesting news. But not when a young first-time mayor targets local businessmen in his campaign to...

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BATANG MINDANAW: Everything happens for a reason

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 April) – As the cliché goes, “everything happens for a reason.” I am sure many people have lost count of the times they have blurted out this phrase.  In my youthful...

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BATANG MINDANAW: In the eyes of a student mother

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 May) — Today, we celebrate Mother’s Day, a very special day to many, especially among us family-oriented Filipinos, to honor the sacrifices of our biological mother,...

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BATANG MINDANAW: In memory of Rizal

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 May) — The relics, those monuments, that specific park, that celebration — oh, the holiday? Those foundational novels, that notable one-peso coin, those school names, the...

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Surigao City celebrates Bonok-Bonok Festival as thanksgiving

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 Sept)— This city, which endured the devastation of Typhoon Odette and faced the challenges of the pandemic, celebrated the 39th Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival as...

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Sunset Splash

SUNSET SPLASH. A fisherman jumps off his boat to take a swim upon returning from a fishing trip at Barangay Mabua, Surigao City on Monday, 23 October 2023. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO

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Surigao Fire

Residents help extinguish a fire that broke out in a coastal community in Barangay San Juan, Surigao City on Tuesday (12 March 2024) by using pails and other containers to gather water from the sea....

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Preparing to Fish

Fisherfolks prepare their net before venturing into the sea while a man lounges in the boat to relax as the sun sets in Barangay Mabua, Surigao City on Wednesday (13 March 2024). MindaNews photo by...

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NEWS BRIEFS | 10 June 2024

MILF commander arrested for 2008 Kolambugan attack Police arrested a leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) allegedly responsible for the April 18, 2008 attack in Lanao del Norte, which...

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BATANG MINDANAW: Mirror, mirror on the wall

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 July) — In fairy tales, mirrors are instrumental in causing harm and creating conflicts between people, oneself, and society. However, I would like to believe that in...

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Seafoods Galore

Fresh seafoods sell cheap at the Surigao City Public Market, like these big crabs selling at P250 a kilo and shrimps at P280 spotted Thursday afternoon (8 August 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

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New Bridge

A worker checks on the bridge being constructed in Anao-aon, Surigao del Norte on Thursday (8 August 2024). The bridge will augment the old one on the left. It connects the municipality (now...

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Coast Guard temporarily suspends sea travel in Surigao, Siargao, Dinagat

CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 15 Sept) —  The Philippine Coast Guard on Sunday temporarily suspended sea travels in Surigao City, Siargao Islands, and Dinagat Islands due to prevailing gale force winds...

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Good Samaritan

A family in the back of a pickup truck distributes bottled water to stranded drivers and cargo truck helpers outside the port of Lipata in Surigao City on Tuesday (19 September 2024). Barge trips to...

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‘Bogus tribal group’ in Surigao to face alarm and scandal charges

The bolos seized from members of the Federal Tribal Group of the Philippines while they were manning an illegal checkpoint in Barangay Sabang, Surigao City on Friday, 24 January 2025. Photo courtesy...

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Defiant leader of bogus tribal group threatens bloodshed in Surigao City

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 29 Jan) — Despite facing 10 criminal charges for alarming business owners and causing a public scandal in Surigao City on Jan. 24, a leader of an alleged...

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NEWS BRIEFS | 31 January 2025

FTGP members surrender in Surigao City Members of the bogus indigenous peoples group Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines have started to surrender to the police following a crackdown on their...

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21 members of ‘bogus’ tribal group arrested in Surigao

Members of the Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines sit handcuffed on the ground following their arrest during a joint operation in Barangay Sabang, Surigao City on Thursday, 20 February 2025....

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