Surigao police forms tracker team to run after bank robbers
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 Nov) – The city’s police force has created a tracker team to run after the robbers who carted away P4.4 million in cash from a bank here last Monday. Although tight-lipped...
View ArticleBanks in Surigao City lax in security – mayor
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 Nov) – Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas said there is lax in security on the part of the banks in the city, particularly on the recent robbery at United Coconut Planters Bank...
View ArticleSecurity in Surigao banks not lax – bankers group
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/13 November) – An official of a local bankers group refuted claims by Surigao City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas that banks in Surigao City were either lax in security or had no...
View ArticleSurigao mayor mulls banning use of motorbike helmets
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/13 November) — City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas on Wednesday said he will ask the city council to ban the use of helmets by motorcycle riders as a deterrent against robbery and...
View ArticleSurigao council bet faces disqualification
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/15 Nov) – A former city prosecutor in this city has filed a disqualification complaint against a candidate for councilor here. Lawyer Clarito P. Servillas, a former city...
View Article17-hour blackout hits Surigao City, 2 Surigao Norte towns
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/24 November) — A prolonged blackout in the city on Sunday and Monday drew flak from residents who blamed it on the local power distribution firm. Sunday’s scheduled blackout...
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Power Outage
A candle lights up a sari-sari store in Barangay Punta Bilar, Surigao City Sunday night (22 Nov 2015) as the city and 18 towns of Surigao del Norte suffered prolonged power outage lasting as much as...
View ArticleSurigao City mulls no-helmet policy to prevent crimes
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 Nov) – A legal officer of the city government here said it may be possible to ban the use of helmets as a deterrent to robberies and other crimes committed by suspects...
View ArticleSurigao City to address illegal structures
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Nov) – To address the problem of illegal structures built around the city, the city government is bent on creating the Office of Building Official (OBO). City chief legal...
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Slow Day
Only a few applicants for driver’s license show up at the Land Transportation Office in Surigao del Norte on Thursday afternoon (November 26, 2015). The new LTO order requiring applicants to obtain...
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Police trainees
At least 97 police trainees were admitted at the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City on Friday afternoon after complaining of diarrhea. Only 27 trainees remained in the hospital when this photo...
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97 police trainees hospitalized in Surigao City; now back in training school
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 November) — At least 97 trainees of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were rushed to the Caraga Regional Hospital on Friday afternoon in Surigao City after complaining...
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Robredo in Surigao City
Camarines Sur 3rd District Representative Leni Robredo speaks before hundreds of students in Boulevard in Surigao City on Monday (December 7, 2015). Robredo is running for vice president under the...
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Coin Divers
Sea gypsies popularly called Badjaos find time to play on Thursday (December 10, 2015) at Surigao City Port while waiting for passengers aboard M/V Renie Maria Magdalena to throw coins into the water...
View ArticleUnabated crimes lead to road closure in Surigao
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Dec) – Because of a series of crimes occurring inside a subdivision here, its residents have decided to close a private road from the rest of the public on Tuesday, even...
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Road Closed
Motorists who are not residents of the Ouano-Cenisa Heights subdivision are barred from accessing Ceniza Road, a private road that serves as shortcut going to downtown Surigao City. The homeowners’...
View Article10 HIV cases in Surigao Norte from Jan-Sept
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/17 December) — At least 10 people were found positive of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Surigao del Norte from January to September this year, a health official say....
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Preparing for ‘Onyok’
Fishermen in Barangay Sabang in Surigao City move their boats away from shore on Friday (December 18, 2015) tropical depression “Onyok” approaches the area. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
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‘Onyok’ strands passengers, cargoes in Surigao City
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 December) — Close to a thousand passengers and 108 rolling cargoes were stranded at the Lipata Port in Surigao City as authorities braced for Tropical Depression Onyok which...
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Waiting
Crew members of cargo trucks secure their things while waiting for clearance to travel in Lipata Port, Surigao City on Friday afternoon, December 18, 2015 due to tropical depression Onyok. At least 119...
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