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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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