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No Stopping Love
Despite fears caused by aftershocks of the quake on February 10, 2017, one hundred forty couples exchanged vows in a “kasalang bayan” at the Surigao City Auditorium on Valentine’s Day. MindaNews photo...
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Surigao Norte town declares state of calamity
SAN FRANCISCO, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/14 February) — This town has been placed under a state of calamity due to damage sustained by several infrastructures when a 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit the...
View ArticleAfter quake, killings continue in Surigao
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) — Even as the city is still trying to recover from the effects of the 6.7-magnitude quake last February 10, motorcycle-riding hit men struck again on Thursday. On...
View ArticlePrice freeze remains in force in quake-hit Surigao – DTI
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) — A price freeze on basic commodities continues to be enforced in the city, an official reminded local businessmen and consumers. Celestino Negapatan, provincial...
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Fallen
The second floor of Cuizon Lodge along P. Reyes Street in Barangay Taft in Surigao City collapses on February 18, 2017, a week after a 6.7-magnitude quake hit Surigao del Norte. No one was reported...
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High Price
Prices of fish in Surigao City have increased after the 6.7-magnitude quake that hit Surigao del Norte las February 10. Vendors cited the low supply of fish due to bad weather as the reason for the...
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Treated
Carlita Awatin of Barangay Washington leaves the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City after getting treatment from burns she sustained when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck at 8:08 a.m. Sunday, 5...
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Classes in Surigao suspended as magnitude 5.9 quake leaves one dead, 37 injured
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 March) — Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas has ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools here Monday and in four neighboring towns...
View ArticleCop in anti-drug drive wounded in Surigao shooting
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/13 March) — A police officer who is involved in the campaign against illegal drugs became the latest target of motorcycle-riding gunmen in the city. A police report identified...
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Car on fire
Bureau of Fire Protection personnel spray water on a car that burns as it passes along Kilometer 2, National Highway, Barangay Luna in Surigao City on Tuesday noon (March 14, 2017) The driver and...
View ArticleRun for a cause to benefit quake-damaged schools in Surigao
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Lending support to damaged schools in Surigao del Norte due to the devastating magnitude 6.9 quake last February, the Surigao Runners’ Club, Triathlon Surigao and...
View ArticleSPEECH: Through this Change, we will fix and put an end to the age-old...
(Speech of Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III at the 116th Founding Anniversary of “One Surigao” at the Provincial Gymnasium, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte on May 15, 2017) Marajaw na...
View ArticleSurigao hosts 4th Mindanao Dragon Boat Race
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/19 May) — The city government through its Tourism Office is all set for the 4th Mindanao Dragon Boat Race, a paddle for peace contest, on Sunday, May 21, in Barangay Mabua....
View ArticleSurigao town vice mayor assaults community paper editor
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 23 Sept) — The vice mayor of Dapa town in Surigao del Norte has been accused of mauling an editor of a Surigaco City-based weekly newspaper....
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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...
View ArticleNPA 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...
View ArticleCCTV 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...
View ArticleLPA 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...
View ArticleSurigaonons 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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