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                    [Title] => Ex-Surigao governor's acquittal over fertilizer scam affirmed
                    [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the dismissal of the charges filed against former Surigao del Norte governor Robert Lyndon Barbers in connection with the fertilizer fund scam.
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                    [AuthorName] => Elizabeth Marcelo
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                    [Title] => Surigao set to stage skimboarding event
                    [Summary] => Skimboarding enthusiasts around the country will troop to Surigao del Norte next month for the staging of the 1st Surigao National Skimboarding Competition set from May 13 to 14 in the municipality of Bacuag. 


The provincial government of Surigao del Norte through the joint efforts of the Department of Tourism-Caraga, the Provincial and City Tourism Office, sponsored the now increasingly popular sport of skimboarding.


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                    [Title] => Surigao City eyeing record for biggest shrimp cookout
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — After Agusan del Sur’s bid for the world’s longest mudfish grill, it’s now Surigao del Norte’s turn to take aim at a Guinness record — the biggest shrimp cookout.


As targeted, 500 kilos of shrimp will be cooked in one setting on Sept. 10 as part of Pasayan or Shrimp Festival, one of the two highlights (the other is the Bonok-Bonok Festival) of Surigao City’s fiesta celebration, said Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers.


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                    [Title] => Govs back barangay polls’ deferment
                    [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has passed a resolution supporting the postponement of next year’s barangay elections, a proposal also backed by Congress leaders to save the financially distressed government some P2 billion.


Gov. Mark Lapid said the resolution was passed during the second annual LPP meeting in Manila.


He said the resolution, authored by Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers, got the full backing of LPP members.


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                    [Title] => Barbers threatens to bolt Lakas
                    [Summary] => Sanction them and they will bolt.


Sen. Robert Barbers said yesterday that he, his two sons and 50 other Lakas party members in the House of Representatives will resign from the ruling party if they were sanctioned for signing a petition urging former Ambassador Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco to run for president in the May 2004 elections.


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                    [Title] => Kidnappers of Japanese businessman identified
                    [Summary] => Police have the identities of the kidnappers of a Japanese businessman, who, feeling the heat of a police-military pursuit, abandoned him in Surigao del Norte Tuesday night.


"It’s only a matter of time before the law catches up on them," said Senior Superintendent Renerio Camins, Caraga deputy police director. He refused to identify the kidnappers pending their arrests.


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                    [Title] => Gov. Barbers’ aide shot dead by cop
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — A personal bodyguard of Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers was killed in a gun duel with a policeman in front of the governor’s office here yesterday.


Police said Ronnie Alburo, a former policeman, died before reaching the hospital from several gunshot wounds from a caliber .45 pistol.


His enemy, SPO2 Julieto Yonzon, sustained three gunshot wounds from Alburo’s 9-mm pistol but was declared out of danger.


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                    [Title] => No politics in slay try on Surigao radioman — Barbers
                    [Summary] => It’s absurd to claim that politics was behind the failed attempt on the life of a political commentator last Sunday evening, Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers said yesterday.


Barbers issued this statement in reaction to the political opposition’s claim that the attempt on Manuel Kong was politically motivated.


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                    [Title] => Gov. Barbers fights illegal recruitment
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers assured victims of illegal recruitment that his office will personally see to it that cases of illegal recruitment and violation of children’s rights will push through in court. 


Barbers gave the assurance during a media forum at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) office here recently.


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                    [Title] => Comelec urged to act on Surigao bet’s plea
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was assailed yesterday for allegedly delaying the resolution of the disqualification case filed against Robert Lyndon Barbers, son of Sen. Robert Barbers, who was proclaimed winner in Surigao del Norte’s gubernatorial race.


Ernesto Matugas, the young Barbers’ closest rival in the polls, decried the failure of the Comelec en banc to act on his urgent petition to annul the proclamation of Barbers who, he claimed, is an American citizen.


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                    [Title] => Surigao set to stage skimboarding event
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The provincial government of Surigao del Norte through the joint efforts of the Department of Tourism-Caraga, the Provincial and City Tourism Office, sponsored the now increasingly popular sport of skimboarding.


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                    [Title] => Surigao City eyeing record for biggest shrimp cookout
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As targeted, 500 kilos of shrimp will be cooked in one setting on Sept. 10 as part of Pasayan or Shrimp Festival, one of the two highlights (the other is the Bonok-Bonok Festival) of Surigao City’s fiesta celebration, said Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers.


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                    [Title] => Govs back barangay polls’ deferment
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Gov. Mark Lapid said the resolution was passed during the second annual LPP meeting in Manila.


He said the resolution, authored by Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers, got the full backing of LPP members.


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                    [Title] => Barbers threatens to bolt Lakas
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Sen. Robert Barbers said yesterday that he, his two sons and 50 other Lakas party members in the House of Representatives will resign from the ruling party if they were sanctioned for signing a petition urging former Ambassador Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco to run for president in the May 2004 elections.


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                    [Title] => Kidnappers of Japanese businessman identified
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"It’s only a matter of time before the law catches up on them," said Senior Superintendent Renerio Camins, Caraga deputy police director. He refused to identify the kidnappers pending their arrests.


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                    [Title] => Gov. Barbers’ aide shot dead by cop
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — A personal bodyguard of Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers was killed in a gun duel with a policeman in front of the governor’s office here yesterday.


Police said Ronnie Alburo, a former policeman, died before reaching the hospital from several gunshot wounds from a caliber .45 pistol.


His enemy, SPO2 Julieto Yonzon, sustained three gunshot wounds from Alburo’s 9-mm pistol but was declared out of danger.


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                    [Title] => No politics in slay try on Surigao radioman — Barbers
                    [Summary] => It’s absurd to claim that politics was behind the failed attempt on the life of a political commentator last Sunday evening, Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers said yesterday.


Barbers issued this statement in reaction to the political opposition’s claim that the attempt on Manuel Kong was politically motivated.


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                    [Title] => Gov. Barbers fights illegal recruitment
                    [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — Surigao del Norte Gov. Robert Lyndon Barbers assured victims of illegal recruitment that his office will personally see to it that cases of illegal recruitment and violation of children’s rights will push through in court. 


Barbers gave the assurance during a media forum at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) office here recently.


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                    [Title] => Comelec urged to act on Surigao bet’s plea
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Ernesto Matugas, the young Barbers’ closest rival in the polls, decried the failure of the Comelec en banc to act on his urgent petition to annul the proclamation of Barbers who, he claimed, is an American citizen.


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