BUTUAN CITY – Dinagat Islands province was placed under a state of calamity Wednesday following the destruction caused by typhoon ‘’Tino.’’ The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the declaration through SP Resolution No. 25-2666 based on a Rapid Disaster Assessment Needs Analysis (RDANA)....
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Nicolas D. Torre III awarded on Sunday, Aug. 10, the PNP Heroism Medal or Medalya ng Kadakilaan to Police Patrolman Ferry S. Jaso of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group who was killed during...
BUTUAN CITY – An officer of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and a suspect were killed in a pre-dawn shootout in San Jose, Dinagat Islands, on Thursday, police said. In a report, the Dinagat Islands Police Provincial Office (DIPPO) said two CIDG personnel were monitoring...
Malacañang has declared Nov. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of San Jose in Dinagat Islands. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Noel Pabalate) Through Proclamation 739, President Marcos made the declaration to mark the celebration of Dinagat...
BUTUAN CITY - Former Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI) governor and legislator Glenda B. Ecleo passed away on Sunday night, August 27. ECLEO (FB) She and her husband, Ruben Ecleo Sr., founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association Inc., a nonsectarian and nonprofit charitable religious...
DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the provincial government of Dinagat Islands signed on Thursday, June 27, a memorandum of cooperation to establish an Economic Zones (EZs). MAGNO (MinDA FB) MinDA Secretary Leo Tereso Magno said in a statement that establishing EZs aims...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported the completion of a P44.1-million all-weather community access road project in Loreto, Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI). “This completed community access road project will surely boost the island’s agricultural...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways has disclosed that five high-impact road projects are ongoing in the Caraga region. DPWH-13 Director Pol delos Santos said these projects have a total length of 418.963 kilometers and a total budget of P64.311 billion. These are the Daang...
President Marcos has revealed his administration's initial plans to strengthen the tourism industry of the Dinagat Islands and its efforts to recover from the damages caused by Typhoon Odette. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang file photo) Marcos said this as he led the...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted the province of Dinagat Islands before dawn on Saturday, July 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 2:54 a.m. and its epicenter was located 19 kilometers (kms) northwest of...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 inaugurated a modern police station in the coastal town of Tubajon, Dinagat Islands province, on Thursday, April 27. A part of the Philippine National Police (PNP) modernization program, the new Tubajon Municipal Police Station (MPS) is the second police...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Tuesday, April 25, denied that low turnout was the reason for the extension of the SIM registration as he lamented the “bad habit” of Filipinos when it comes to doing things “at the last minute.” (From...
