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Underscoring this warning were the findings of geomorphologist Ruben Javelosa, the Calo-Lasam Environment Associates and other geologists whom the government had commissioned to conduct an ecological study of Mt. Mayapay.


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But one soldier and one rebel were wounded in the skirmish.


Major General Cristolito Balaoing, commanding general of the 4th ID, said his troops encountered an undetermined number of armed communist terrorists in Barangay Olave, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday.


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Lawmakers fast-track conversion of timberlands to residential areas

By Ben Serrano | May 13, 2011 - 12:00am

With residential lands in many areas in Surigao City still classified as timberlands, therefore not qualified for titling, Surigao del Norte second district Rep. Guillermo Romarate, Jr. vowed to fast-track the bill...

Nation

Disaster looms at Mt. Mayapay

April 9, 2006 - 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY — Mt. Mayapay, which towers over this city and nearby towns of Agusan del Norte, is another disaster area in the making due to the destructive practices of local folk, environmentalists and geologists...

Nation

Bloodshed looms over land dispute in Caraga’s Mt. Mayapay

By Ben Serrano | January 31, 2006 - 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY — Various tribes of indigenous people in the Caraga Region who are claiming that majority of the lands in the more than 7,000-hectare Mt. Mayapay belong to their ancestral domain warned of bloodshed...

Nation

Rebel plan to bomb transmitters foiled

By Bong Fabe | July 22, 2003 - 12:00am

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Soldiers belonging to the Mayapay Patrol base of the 4th Infantry "Diamond" Division in Butuan City foiled last Sunday a plan by the New People’s Army (NPA) to sabotage a...

Nation

57 bishops ‘adopt’ Caraga mountain

By Ben Serrano | September 15, 2002 - 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY — Some 57 bishops of different religious denominations throughout the country will launch the "Adopt a Mountain, Adopt-a-Bay" Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...

Nation