Phivolcs: Magnitude 5.9 quake rocks Agusan del Sur

Adrian Parungao 02/10/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Agusan del Sur around Saturday noon, the state seismology bureau said. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter of the tectonic earthquake was located…

Top collegiate basketball players to see action in invitational cup in Bayugan City, Augusan del Sur

Glendale G. Rosal 06/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Adamson University (AdU) Soaring Falcons, Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, and the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Pirates banner the upcoming and cash-rich “Bayug Festival Celebration Mayor’s Cup Invitational Basketball Tournament 2023”…

Pure love: Honor student tags along younger brother to school so she can watch over him

Immae Lachica 05/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A teacher from Agusan del Sur is making hearts melt online with a simple Tiktok video of her student and her younger brother.  Edelyn Buhawe, a grade seven teacher from Guadalupe, Esperanza, Agusan del…

Legal bytes: Untold story of killing of teachers and Manobos during Martial law referendum

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/22/2022

They deserve to die. They are activists and the noisy ones. Philippines is peaceful without them. Comments one can read after stories of human rights violations under Martial Law of the Marcos dictatorship are posted in social…

11 buried by landslide in Agusan del Sur at height of typhoon; 4 bodies recovered

Chris Panganiban 12/18/2021

SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR – Eleven members of a family in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur were buried by a landslide as they were heading to an evacuation center on Thursday amid the onslaught of Typhoon Odette.…

3 dead, 1 missing in Agusan del Sur due to TD Vicky, says governor

Catherine Gonzales 12/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Three people have died while one was reported missing in Agusan del Sur due to tropical depression Vicky, its governor said Sunday. “Sadly as of yesterday afternoon may reported na tatlong namatay (there are…

Cebu netizen helps ‘homeless’ man reconnect with his family in Agusan del Sur

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 05/19/2020

MOALBOAL, CEBU —Khaloy Navaja barely knew Tatay Ruben Juntilla, but he felt the need to help him find his family in Mindanao. On Monday, May 18, Navaja posted on his Facebook page an announcement that Juntilla, who…

Finding healing through the lights of Christmas

Rosalie Abatayo 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four decades of love has kept 69-year-old Victoria Satumbaga in Cebu, a place hundreds of kilometers away from her hometown in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Sur. But at this time when its only…

PH’s oldest, tallest tree spared from cutting

Chris Panganiban - Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/14/2019

SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR—Officials of the local government, and public works and environment agencies have agreed to save a giant centuries-old Philippine Rosewood (Petersianthus quadrialatus) tree, believed to be the tallest and oldest in the country.…

Webmasters survive MPBL team Valenzuela for second win in Bayugan Mayor’s Cup tourney

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 06/28/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters won their second in a row, outlasting Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League squad Valenzuela Classic, 83-81, in Day 3 of the Bayugan City Mayor’s Cup Basketball Invitational Tournament on Friday,…

Cebu under storm signal number 1

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/08/2017

Cebu has been placed under public storm signal number one Sunday morning due to tropical cyclone ‘Auring.’ Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan, said ‘Auring’ might landfall in Surigao area…

Signal No. 1 in Cebu; Marce to leave Monday

11/24/2016

SIGNAL No. 1 was hoisted over several provinces in Visayas and Mindanao as the low pressure near Surigao del Sur intensified into a tropical depression and was locally named “Marce.” The storm signal was raised over Southern…

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