Butuan News

Cabinet secretaries to lead turn over of 6,000 school chairs made from confiscated logs in Butuan City
BUTUAN CITY — Four cabinet secretaries of the Aquino administration will lead the formal turn over ceremonies of initial 6,000 school chairs made from confiscated logs in Agusan del Sur and some areas in Caraga Region.

Butuan City gov't dismantles illegal small-scale mining structures in mountainous villages
BUTUAN CITY — The Butuan City government, through the city’s Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO), dismantled on Monday the illegal mining structures in hinterland and mountainous villages in the city.

Butuanons to Congress: junk “defective” bills seeking to protect Mt. Hilong Hilong
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/04 February) — An organization of Butuanons including US-based groups urged Congress to scrap what it called a “deceptive” proposed law to protect Hilong Hilong from destruction but would seemingly allow mining, logging and quarrying in area. Rene Vargas, president of the Ivory Charities Foundation (ICF) in Butuan City, said there are two [...]

Gov't Cites 115 Caraga 'Heroes'
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Philippines – Recognizing them as the “new heroes” in modern times, the 115 trainees who manufactured the armchairs that were distributed to various public schools in Butuan City and neighboring areas in the Caraga Region will each receive a recognition and certificate of competency from the government.

Preemptive evacuation of riverbank folk in Butuan
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/20 Janua) – Learning its lessons from the tragic aftermath of the floods brought by Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities last month, the city government has decided to relocate at least 6,000 families living along the flood walls of Agusan River. Executive Order No.53 signed last week created Task [...]

DA pours multi-million aggie projects in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY — Around 35 million worth of various farm inputs and implements had been turned over by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala during his regional engagement here in Caraga Region to boost production in the region.

Task Force Likas formed in Butuan City for flooding evacuation, relocation
BUTUAN CITY — A task force in-charge of pre-emptive evacuation and relocation of residents living outside flood walls of the mighty Agusan River was created Thursday by the city government headed by Mayor Ferdinand Amante.

Agusan del Sur tops country’s rice self-sufficiency program
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/08 February) – Efforts by the provincial government of Agusan del Sur to sustain its rice self-sufficiency program since 2008 have gained recognition from the agriculture department’s Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards program. Jasmine Reyes, information officer of the provincial agriculture office, said Agusan del Sur was named among the country’s top 10 provinces [...]

PAG-IBIG Butuan grants P7.5M calamity loans
BUTUAN CITY — The PAG-IBIG Fund here is now accepting calamity loan applications from its members all over Caraga Region, which was declared under state of calamity through Presidential Proclamation No. 303 by President Benigno S. Aquino III on Dec. 20, 2011.