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...
View ArticleALPSIDE 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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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 by...
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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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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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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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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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