Surigao City and Surigao del Norte Province

[rally]

Originally Posted by banog

@rally and @springcity,
excuse for no response to your PM. It was verry difficult to connect the Internet. I was in Tavern and I did not have enough time to go to an Internet cafe.

So, I'm already back in Germany.

Here are some new pictures.

















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Good morning Banog.

Sayang ya ta magkita. anyway, some other time then.

Great pix though. keep posting!

[rally]

Originally Posted by shaun WIN

thnx everyone... btw qwert_guy kung naa ka pagadian.. hope magkita kita ta wid my crew para picture2... tan aw ha para apil ka cheer namo hehehe... thnx guyss...

ayu ayu kamu bai. pakita ka mayunglaki nan surigaonon.

[april@aries]

weather update....

At 4:00 a.m. today, Tropical Depression "ONDOY" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 440 kms East Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora or 240 km East Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes (15.0°N 126.7°E) with maximum winds of 55 kph near the center. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 11 kph.

The eastern sections of Luzon will experience rains and gusty winds with moderate to rough seas. The rest of Luzon and the whole of Visayas will have monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides while Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Light to moderate winds blowing from the southwest to southeast will prevail over the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon and coming from the northeast to northwest over the rest of luzon with slight to moderate seas except during thunderstorms.

[mike durero]

surigao today


Bantugang mga Adventurist-Friendship Kayak Expedition moari sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte
at Friday, September 25, 2009

Sa makausa pa, mapagarbuhon na usab ang mga Surigaonon diin nahiapil na usab ang probinsya sa Surigao del Norte sa usa sa mga ruta nga paga agihan sa mga batikan ug bantugan nga mga adbenturista sa kayak, nga gitawag nga Friendship Kayak Expedition.

Niadtong Setyembre 23, midangat ang maong grupo sa Hayanggabon Port ug sa misunod nga adlaw, Setyembre 24, sila mipaingon na usab sa Sohoton Cove, usa sa mga maanindot nga tourist spots dinhi sa probinsya. Ug karong adlaw nga Sabado, Setyembre 26, sila gi schedule alang sa usa ka Press Conference sa pagkagabii nga pagahimuon didto sa Hotel Tavern. Ug sa Setyembre 27, mobiya ang Kayak Expedition sa Lipata Ferry Terminal paingon na usab sa Southern Leyte.

Malipayon ug mapagarbuhon si Gov. Ace Barbers nga gipili sa maong grupo ang probinsya sa Surigao del Norte isip usa sa ilang mga ruta sa ilang gipahigayon nga kayaking dinhi sa tibuok nasud. Dugang pa niini, iya usab nga gibutyag nga ang maong talagsaong higayon, nakahatag ug dakong tabang sa pagpaugmad sa atong turismo. Pinaagi sa pagpakita sa kaanyag sa atong probinsya sa mga telebisyon ug mga nagkalain-laing websites, dili layo nga maila na usab ang atong lalawigan sa tibuok kalibutan. (PGO-Media Bureau)

[mike durero]

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guyam island

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daku island

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[mike durero]

mountainside of siargao

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swampy area of siargao, somewhere in pilar

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[crystallyn]

Originally Posted by springcity

Welcome to Thread 26

Post away folks!

its amazing we got this far....

[mike durero]

Originally Posted by crystallyn

its amazing we got this far....

not that far enough! hehe..hello! newbie! welcome ! tagasurigao ka?

[hakz2007]

magandang hapon surigao peeps....kumusta ang panahon diyan?

[ScReWfAcE]

SIARGAO ISLAND

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SIARGAO ISLAND PHILIPPINES

[ScReWfAcE]

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[ScReWfAcE]

Originally Posted by mike durero

my pictures

guyam island

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daku island

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butangi ton nan watermark bai ..kay pwede ton pahimoslan nan iban tawo ..silay maka kwarta sa imo picture heheheh

[donnex]

Airport nears completion
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Siargao airport in Surigao del Norte is nearing completion after failing to open in the first quarter of this year, the Transportation and Communications department said. The P197-million airport rehabilitation project included the runway’s extension to accommodate bigger aircraft. Transportation Secretary Leandro R. Mendoza said once reopened, the airport will be able to service flights direct from Manila in addition to its present Cebu link. At present, tourists going to the island have to come from several drop-off points due to the lack of daily flights. Improvements in the airport have been undertaken since 2005, but only the apron expansion and taxiway have so far been completed. The turnaround pad, security fence and parking area costing P29.82 million are due for completion in December.

[ScReWfAcE]

BASUL ISLAND, SURIGAO CITY PHILIPPINES
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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

[mike durero]

surigao today

Gov. Ace Barbers labing gipangandaman na karon ang ika – 15 nga Siargao International Surfing Cup sa Lungsod sa Gen. Luna
at Saturday, September 26, 2009

Malipayon ug madasigong gibutyag ni Gov. Ace Barbers uban sa hugot nga suporta nga gihatag usab sa buhatan sa Provincial Tourism Office nga andam na ang probinsya sa laing dakong kalihukan na usab nga pagahimuon dinhi sa atong probinsya, partikular na diha sa Lungsod sa Gen. Luna nga mao kining 15th Sirgao International Surfing Cup nga pagabuksan karong Oktubre 20 ug kini molungtad hangtud sa Oktubre 27, 2009.

Ubay-ubay na nga mga kalihukan ang giandam sa Provincial Tourism Office ubos na sa pagdumala sa Provincial Tourism Officer niini nga si Mr. Arturo Cruje. Gikalipay usab sa maong buhatan ang mga kompirmasyon nga ilang nadawat sa mga giimbitar nga mga bisita gikan sa kauluhan hilabi na sa mga bisita nga nanukad pa gikan sa gawas sa nasud.

Dako ug ubay-ubay na usab ang preparasyon nga gihimo sa local government unit sa maong lungsod pinaagi na sa maabtik nga Municipal Mayor niini nga si Hon. Felipe “Ping” Espejon. Matud pa sa Mayor, dako ang iyang pasalamat ngadto kang Gov. Ace Barbers sa dakong tabang nga naihatag niini sa Lungsod sa Gen. Luna hilabi na ngadto sa mga lungsuranon. Tungod sa mga paningkamot sa Gobernador nga maila ang ilang lungsod sa ilang daghan nga mga tourism destinations, kini nakapadani sa mga bisita nga moadto sa ilang lungsod nga maoy nakapausbaw sa ilang panudlanan.

Gi-awhag ni Gov. Barbers ang katawhang Surigaonon nga sa makausa pa, gikinahanglan na usab ang ilang tiunay ug hugot nga suporta niining laing talagsaong kalihukan sama sa ilang suporta nga gipakita sa niaging Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival. Gilauman sa batan-ong Gobernador nga magmalampuson ang ika-15 nga Siargao International Surfing Cup tungod mamahimo na usab kini nga laing kalambo-an sa Probinsya sa Surigao del Norte nga angay lamang gayud ipasigarbo ngadto sa uban. (PGO-Media Bureau)

[mike durero]

Originally Posted by ScReWfAcE

butangi ton nan watermark bai ..kay pwede ton pahimoslan nan iban tawo ..silay maka kwarta sa imo picture heheheh

wala pa lage nako mabutangi..hehe..thanx maybe if im no longer busy!

[Ady001]

Originally Posted by ScReWfAcE

BASUL ISLAND, SURIGAO CITY PHILIPPINES
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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

The pictures are uber exotic!

Except the second one.... abi nakog nalibang ang baji...

Anyone know the islands na nakatalikod sa Siargao, duol sa San Jose island?

[mike durero]

Originally Posted by ScReWfAcE

BASUL ISLAND, SURIGAO CITY PHILIPPINES
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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

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Basul Is. Sunset

wish i could come here in this beautiful island..dugay naku nangandoy! hehe..great pics bai!

basul island is part of the various dive spots of surigao city aside from punta bilar! thanx to surigao dive club for putting in surigao as a dive destination in caraga! i saw this banners and ads along streets posting DIVE SURIGAO!

surigao is really a tourist haven if we just tap the right development we need and taking advantage of our tourist spots..surigao diving has a lot of diving adventures! considering the world war 2 wrecks on that part of dinagat and surigao straight! wow! they,re just waiting to be explored!



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[mike durero]

Originally Posted by dinabaw

more on Davao Sanitary Landfill..




Our dumpsite
01/06/2009 - 13:02 Saturday, January 17, 2009
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By Stella A. Estremera
Sunstar Davao


STUDENTS looking for a sob story and pitiful photos of soot-covered children at the city's dumpsite for their social science classes will have to look somewhere else.

The city mayor has been mentioning it in his television program on Sundays, the city's sanitary landfill is almost done and the city can even become the only highly-urbanized city to have a functioning landfill.

It's something the city can be proud of, he once said.

Having seen the dumpsite in 2004 just before it was converted into a restricted dump the following year, it was hard to believe how a place designed for garbage could make anyone proud.

But that the dumpsite is also a regular part of the itinerary of visiting employees and officials of other local government units should make you wonder what's in there that are bringing in excursionists...And so we went on an excursion as well and found...

Nothing. Not a single garbage. That's what was at the old dumpsite in New Carmen. What was once covered with garbage and stank to high heavens is now a rolling terrain of vetiver grass and young mahogany and fruit tree seedlings.

Had the engineer of the landfill contractor not said the hill we were facing used to be the old dumpsite, I wouldn't have realized that we were in the same place as I was almost five years ago. Down the hill was the almost-finished sanitary landfill facility.

Constructed at P261 million, it is designed to contain 1.2-million cubic meters of residual garbage -- or garbage that can no longer be recycled -- in five to eight years, said Engineer Eliza Guimbaolibot of the IPM Construction, a Manila-based company specializing in sanitary landfills.

The end-design, she said, will include a retention pond for leachates or the garbage juice. No treatment plant, she said, since the design and contract they bidded for doesn't include that. Just the retention pond. But it seems like with time, even leachate or garbage juice can be recycled for as long as it is not allowed to freely pour down water sources,

"We used to water the vetiver glass with the leachate, the growth was good," she said.

Vetiver or Chrysopogon zizanioides is most often used for erosion control because its roots grow downward, up to even six meters down, and not in horizontal mats like all other grasses. Because of its downward root system that digs deep into the soil, it holds the topsoil together. Thus vetiver is used as a stabilizing hedge for stream banks, terraces, and rice paddies.

With all those vetivers growing, fragrant essential oil can also be harvested, if anyone would want to. Vetiver oil is in 90 percent of all western perfumes, an entry from Wikipedia says.

What used to be a mountain of garbage is now a field of vetivers with blue PVC pipes sticking out from the ground.

As one gets a whiff of a leaking gas stove, you are reminded never to light up for a smoke.

"There was a worker here who lit a cigarette, he burned his brow," Engineer Guimbaolibot said. The reason, those blue pipes sticking out from the ground are actually releasing methane gas. Government is not utilizing the free cooking gas, these are just released to the air.

It's true, the project is 90-percent completed, but it's taking longer than it should. The reason: Davao's regular rains. There are days when they cannot work because their equipment couldn't move around. But they expect the project to be completed within two to three months.

In the meantime, the city's garbage is being thrown at a temporary dumpsite in Barangay Lacson, Calinan district.

It's a vast private property owned by the family of Cecilio "Boy" Manaois. It's around 36 hectares of rolling terrain that has a guardhouse that only allows authorized persons to enter.

Once you reach the dumpsite, it's a scene straight out of "Wall-E" and not Payatas; dump trucks rumbling down the well-graded dirt roads, the air filled with smoke from the garbage, and very few people milling sifting through the rolling terrain of garbage.

Among the men is a father of five, who maintains a shack in the clump of shacks in the dumpsite.

"That's our sleeping quarters. We don't call it a house since we have our houses outside the dumpsite," he said. His family is at New Carmen, he said, and he goes home every weekend.

Only the men who have passed background check and approval by the landowner are allowed inside. Each scavenger has a record of sorts. No one else can enter and scavenge. Also, no family member is allowed inside, no wives, no children. Only full-grown men.

It's more organized, he said, but they're earning less now.

"The garbage dumpsite owner's buying price is very low. Like scrap bronze, which we could sell at P300 per kilo in the New Carmen dumpsite before is only bought for P90-P100 per kilo here," he said. "The landowner is the one who sets the price."

Scrap cartons are bought at P0.30 a kilo down from a maximum of P0.70 per kilo before. All other recyclable trash is bought at prices way below the price they were sold before.

All garbage recycled is sold off to the landowner, he said.

The man, who asked not to be named, added that they can no longer ask for "cash advance." That's not allowed.

In New Carmen, he said, when there was free enterprise, they had "suki" buyers who would allow them to get some cash advances. Not here, he said.

But that's part of the arrangement made with the City Government when it was looking for a temporary dumpsite. The area was offered to be used for free on condition that all the recyclables go to the landowner.

Monopoly? Yes, but then, there were no takers before. No one wanted the city's tons of garbage, except this landowner. Call it entrepreneurial.

Manong, whose children's ages range from 5 to 22, said there are 30 of them in their area and 15 more in an area farther off. He also estimates that at least 90 truckloads are dumped everyday.

Data from the city environment and natural resources office shows that the city collects 1,000 cubic meters of trash everyday using 10 compactor trucks with 18 cubic meter capacity each, three open dump trucks with 7 cubic meter capacity each, 40 ten-wheeler trucks with 14 cu. m. capacity, and eight six-wheeler trucks with 7 cubic meter capacity each.

Manong has been scavenging in New Carmen for five years before the dumpsite was transferred. Now he's in Lacson doing the same, and intends to move on and follow the garbage trail once it packs up and leaves for the new landfill.

That's his livelihood he said, and he still has a five-year-old child to feed. Anyway, even the prospect of a new landfill means garbage being sorted and recycled because only residual waste should be thrown into the landfill as it will cost hundreds of millions more to build another one.

In the meantime, the sanitary landfill project is a sight to behold. The mountain breeze reminding you of what it once was before it became a garbage dump -- a rolling terrain of greens. Just make sure you don't take a deep breath where the blue pipes are sticking out from the ground.

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gas pipes for methane



lechate pipes







they call this vetiver grasses to be planted on the slopes of the landfill for the purpose of holding the soil and eliminating odor eminating from the landfill.









old landfill now covered and patches of grass are now growing.



new hatches....






Note: Scavengers are a thing of the past, they are not allowed , instead they're employed either as segregating waste materials or maintenance works.[/QUOTE]

updates sa ato sanitary landfill!!! i was so proud knowing it was the first in mindanao! hmmm..davao now has theirs.. kanus-a man na tawon tapuson?

[regjeex]

better than nothing MIKE.... we must be thankful that Surigao is a right place to be.

Originally Posted by mike durero

equipments



gas pipes for methane



lechate pipes







they call this vetiver grasses to be planted on the slopes of the landfill for the purpose of holding the soil and eliminating odor eminating from the landfill.









old landfill now covered and patches of grass are now growing.



new hatches....






Note: Scavengers are a thing of the past, they are not allowed , instead they're employed either as segregating waste materials or maintenance works.

updates sa ato sanitary landfill!!! i was so proud knowing it was the first in mindanao! hmmm..davao now has theirs.. kanus-a man na tawon tapuson?[/QUOTE]