SCHOLARSHIP REFUND. Amelito Mazo (right), 57, a tricycle driver from the town of Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, is among the parents who received a refund from the Siargao Island Institute of Technology (SIIT) through the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) program of the Commission on Higher Education this week. A total of PHP19.8 million refunds were released by the SIIT to 1,089 TES students.(PNA photo by Alexander Lopez) DAPA, Siargao Island - A total of 1,089 students of the Siargao Island Institute of Technology (SIIT) who are scholars of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under its Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) program have received refunds from their scholarship grants. SIIT president and former Surigao del Norte governor Francisco Matugas, in an interview on Saturday here, said a total of PHP19.8 million were refunded to the parents of the students during a series of releases by the school this week. "Each of these scholars has an allocation of PHP30,000
The province of Surigao del Norte and other local government units welcome the development of the Silangan copper-gold project, according to Philex Mining Corp.
(Photo grabbed from SDNPPO FB page) BUTUAN CITY - A former New People's Army (NPA) rebel has received full financial assistance amounting to PHP144,000 from the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). In a statement Wednesday, the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (SDNPPO), said alias Jay-R surrendered to authorities last May 23, 2021 in Barangay Pautao, Bacuag, Surigao del Norte. Surigao del Norte Governor Francisco Matugas handed over to Jay-R the financial assistance on Tuesday. "Jay-R served as the Vice Commanding Officer of the Dragon Squad of Sentro De Grabidad 16 of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the NPA," the SDNPPO said. During his surrender, the former rebel handed over to the government an AK-47 rifle with eight magazines and a Stoeger shotgun, a property of the Philippine National Police that was taken by the rebels during the attack at the town police station in Alegria, Surigao del Norte on July
FLIGHT RESUMPTION. A Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight lands at the Sayak Airport in Del Carmen, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte on Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2022) as the airline resumes its regular flights to the island. PAL is flying three times a week - Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday - on the island. (Photo courtesy of Del Carmen Vice Mayor JR Coro) BUTUAN CITY - Philippine Airlines (PAL) has resumed its regular commercial flights from Manila to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte on Tuesday. Regular PAL flights were halted after Typhoon Odette devastated the island in December last year. Among the ravaged town on the island during the typhoon was Del Carmen where the Sayak Airport is situated. On Tuesday, a PAL commercial flight arrived at Sayak Airport at 9 a.m. The airline is flying to Siargao three times a week every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Del Carmen Mayor Proserfina Coro and Surigao del Norte Gov. Francisco Matugas welcomed the resumption of the PAL flights on the island. In an i