Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Butuan City is in the Agusan del Norte province and within Region XIII - Caraga Region, North/eastern Mindanao

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List of Municipalities in the Agusan del Norte Province of the Philippines
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Cities in the Province of Agusan del Norte: Butuan City || Cabadbaran City (Capital City)
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Butuan City,
Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Butuan City has a total of 86 barangays (27 Urban) and (59 Rural).
Registered Voters of Butuan City as of (2010) = 154,553
Butuan City is in the 1st Voting District of Agusan del Norte.
Population of Butuan City (as of Aug 1, 2007) = 298,378
Land Area of Butuan City (as of 2007, in hectares) = 81,662
Butuan City is a 1st class City and Highly Urbanized.
Butuan City is in the Agusan del Norte province and within Region XIII - Caraga Region, North/eastern Mindanao

Butuan was the capital of Agusan del Norte until 2000 when Republic Act 8811 transferred the capital to Cabadbaran City. However many of the provincial government offices are still located there, including the provincial capitol, as are many the Caraga regional offices of the national government agencies.

1 Geography of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
2 Location of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
3 History of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
4 People of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
5 Elected Government Officials of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
- 5.1 Barangays Elected Officials of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
6 Businesses in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
7 Real Estate or Properties for Sale or lease in Mncplty, Prvnce, Philippines
8 Churches, Mosques, or Places of Worship in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
9 Schools in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
10 Economy of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
- 10.1 Jobs in Butuan City
11 Natural Resources of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
12 Tourists Attractions of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
13 Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
14 Butuan City, Agusan del Norte supports Philippine Cycling
15 Featured News of The Philippines
16 Sports Heroes of Butuan City
17 Butuan City News
18 Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines Photo Gallery

Geography of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Land Area (as of 2007, in hectares): 81,662

Location of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Butuan City is located in the province of Agusan del Norte and within Region_XIII
Agusan de Norte is in the island of mindanao

Article below verbatim from: www.butuan.gov.ph

Butuan City is located at the Northeastern part of Agusan Valley sprawling across the Agusan River is Butuan City, known for its colorful history and culture. BUTUAN is a term believed to have originated from the sour fruit “Batuan”. Others opined, it came from a certain “Datu Buntuan”, a chieftain who once ruled Butuan. Scholars believed, it came from the word “But-an”, which literally means a person who has sound and discerning disposition. Whichever theories appear credible depends on the kind of people residing in Butuan, for whatever is said about them, Butuan continues to live on.

Butuan’s history, culture, arts and people date back to the 4th century as showcased in museums which makes Butuan an exciting source of cultural artifacts in Mindanao.

As early as the 10th century, according to the Chinese Song Shi (history), people from Butuan had already established trading relations with the kingdom of Champa in what is now South Vietnam. By the 11th century, Butuan was the center of trade and commerce in the Philippines. The best evidence to prove this fact is the discovery of 9 balangays (The BUTUAN BOAT) and other archeological finds in the vicinities of Butuan City, particularly in Ambangan, Libertad near the old EL RIO de BUTUAN and MASAO River.

Article above verbatim from: www.butuan.gov.ph

History of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Article below verbatim from: www.butuan.gov.ph

Butuan City was originally located in Pinamanculan by the banks of the Masao River, a kilometer away from barrio of Libertad. Finding the Place less ideal because of the Flood, the people moved to Baug, now the municipality of Magallanes, at the mouth of the Agusan River. They again transferred to Lapaca, now known as Linungsuan in Barrio Banza about five kilometers inland of Agusan River. Still troubled by floods, the people once more settled, this time in the present site of the city proper.

A description of Butuan is not complete without infusing it with the significance of the Agusan River and its tributaries that provide the valley with rich soil from periodic floods. Its serpentine route through the city and two Agusan provinces provided the people with easy means of transportation for trade and commerce encouraged settlement along its banks. The Agusan River greatly helped the booming of the “Logging Industry” which earned Butuan the name “Timber City of the South.”

Butuan City sprawls across the Agusan River nine kilometers from its mount. Towards this, to the north and seaward, run fertile Ricelands. Halfway around the city to the southwest, roll the gently sloping hills over Mount Mayapay. To the east, the majestic Hilong-Hilong and Diwata mountain ranges protect the entire valley from fierce Pacific storms.

It is very difficult to pinpoint the exact time when the name Butuan first emerged. Certainly, the name Agusan came into being upon the creation of the province in 1914. Before this, the entire area had been known as BUTUAN, as can be born out by old historical records.

Article above verbatim from: www.butuan.gov.ph

People of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

Registered Voters (2010): 154,553
Population (as of Aug 1, 2007): 298,378

Elected Government Officials of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

The Sangguniang Panlungsod is composed of the City (Municipality) Vice-Mayor as Presiding Officer, regular Sanggunian members (Councilors), the President of the Association of Barangay Captains and the President of the Sangguniang Kabataan.

They shall exercise and perform the legislative powers and duties as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991. Shall consider and conduct thorough study all matters brought to their attention and consequently pass resolutions, enact ordinances and to introduce recommendations.

Elected officials of Butuan City for the term of 2013-2016

Mayor: Ferdinand Magdamo Amante Jr.
Vice-Mayor: Still too Close of a Race to name the winner
- CALO, ANGIE (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 45477 35.36%
- MARTICION-SALISE, JO (LAKAS) LAKAS CHRISTIAN MUSLIM DEMOCRATS 44602 34.68%
Councilors:
1. AMANTE, SAM (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 61556 6.82%
2. Ramon Pajarillo Carampatana (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 61036 6.77%
3. Ryan Booc Culima (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 56290 6.24%
4. NALCOT, FERDINAND (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 52445 5.81%
5. Erwin Lucero Dano INDEPENDENT 45455 5.04%
6. BURDEOS, REMA (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 44722 4.96%
7. PASCUAL, SERGIO INDEPENDENT 43716 4.85%
8. Virgilio Gomonit Nery Jr. (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 43054 4.77%
9. PLAZA, DERRICK (LAKAS) LAKAS CHRISTIAN MUSLIM DEMOCRATS 42305 4.69%
10. Jaime Martinez Cembrano Jr. (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 40930 4.54%

Elected officials of Butuan City for the term of 2010-2013

Barangays Elected Officials of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte

Barangays Elected Officials of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte for the term of 2010-2013

Businesses in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Real Estate or Properties for Sale or lease in Mncplty, Prvnce, Philippines

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Churches, Mosques, or Places of Worship in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Schools in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

School year 2013-2014 starts June 3 and ends March 31, 2014, for public elementary and secondary schools. The school year will have 201 school days, of which 180 days are “nonnegotiable” student-teacher contact time.

The multisectoral Brigada Eskwela to prepare schools for the students’ return will be on May 21-26. Oplan Balik Eskwela will be from May 28 to June 8 while orientation on K to 12 for parents and other stakeholders will be on June 9.

Although private schools may deviate from the Department of Education (DepEd) calendar, they are enjoined not to start before June 3 and later than Aug 31.

School Year 2013-2014 in public elementary and high schools will start on June 3 and end on March 31, 2014

Father Saturnino Urios University (former Urios College)
Butuan Doctors College
Caraga State University ( formerly Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology )
FSUU is listed as among the top 20 colleges/universities in the country by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) due to its exemplary performance in consistently producing passers in CPA, bar exams, engineering and LET.
St. Joseph Institute of Technology is also producing passers in nursing, engineering, LET and criminology. Its coliseum with a seating capacity of 6,500 is under construction. It is constructing also a state of the art maritime school funded by Norway at the nearby municipality of Buenavista. Successful sailors and marine engineers are products of SJIT.

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Economy of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Jobs in Butuan City

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Natural Resources of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Sewer Systems of the Philippines

It is sad but true that as of the year 2012 the rivers of the Philippines continue to be the #1 Sewer Systems of the Philippines.

Protect & Save the Rivers. Do not let your sewer drain into the river. Your community can be the first to initiate this project.
Build your riverbank protection with a built-in gutter system. Reforest within Ten Years - Guaranteed!

Plant More Trees

Let us plant more trees in every barangay in the entire Philippines. It does not make any difference if the barangay is urban, partially urban or rural; we need more trees. Trees will prevent erosion, provide oxygen, prevent green house effect, and even a place of business for the shade tree mechanic.

The Philippines is a tropical country and practically anything will grow. The DENR has the planting trees project that goes on every year. Lots of picture taking for the media. Planting trees one by one is the "human" way of doing it. This individual planting of trees is good if done to "line" the roads and highways with trees or along fences or property divisions, or if you have a plantation.

To reforest the nation of the Philippines we have to plant trees the "mother nature" way. Sow the seeds during the rainy season. Go deep into "bald" forests and plant trees by sowing seeds. If there's not enough volunteers to do this, use the military helicopters to fly over the designated areas and sow the seeds.

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Save The Rivers in the Philippines. They are Dying.

We are using our rivers as our sewer system. If you ask a Filipino, "Are the Filipinos a clean people?" The answer is an automatic, "Yes!". However, the Filipinos are suffering from the same disease or attitude as most people do, and that is the "NIMBY" disease or "NIMBY" attitude. (NIMBY) Not In My Back Yard. So it is OK to dump my garbage and sewer there. Not mine! Someone else will take care of it.

This attitude is killing our rivers. Your great-grandparents, grandparents or parents were once proud to tell the stories of how they enjoyed swimming in the river behind your house or nearby. However, you can't say the same or tell the same stories to your kids or grand kids. Why? Because your generation is killing the river.

Contact:

Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Visayas Avenue, Diliman, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines
+63-2-929-6626
osec@denr.gov.ph

Potable Water

We have so much water in the Philippines and yet very little to drink.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Instead of relying too much on Diesel fuel and Coal to generate the majority of Philippine's Electrical energy Supply, we can concentrate more on renewable and sustainable source of energy such as: Hydro Power, Solar Power, and Wind Power. We have too many black outs.

Tourists Attractions of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

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Butuan City, Agusan del Norte supports Philippine Cycling

Philippine Cycling is about cycling in the Philippnes. Philippine Cycling helps promote bike races, cycling clubs, bicycle tours, and the development of bicycle trails. Activities are coordinated with bike shops and cycling clubs throughout the Philippines to promote the fun of riding bikes. Philippine Cycling will be coordinating events with tour of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Road biking and mountain bikings will be promoted by Philippine Cycling.
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Tour de Zamboanga 2013: From the 11^th of July, 2013 to the 14^th of July, 2013. A four day 540 kilometer bicycle race for Charity!

Due to the road constructions going on in the route of the Tour, we are eliminating the road bikes from this race.

This is a (Non-Roadbike) individual bicycle race. Everybody is welcome in this race. The more the merrier. Racers who skip a stage will not be allowed to continue. Everybody who finishes the race and does not skip a stage is a winner.

The race starts at the port municipality of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte and rests in the historical city of Zamboanga del Norte, Dapitan City to end the first stage. The following day the race will continue from Dapitan City to Pagadian City to end the second stage. The 3rd stage will be from Pagadian to Ipil. And finally culminate with the final stage from Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay to Zamboanga City.

Prizes for the Winners and Participants of Tour de Zamboanga

80 PRIZES in all to be Given Away. OVER ₱ 782,000.00 pesos in Prizes

Grand Prize: The overall (liloy, dapitan, pagadian, ipil, zamboanga) first 15 finishers will be based on the overall accumulated time it took to finish the 4 stage race. The racer must finish all stages to qualify for the grand prize.
- The racer with the best accumulated time wins the championship. 1st:50K, 2nd:30K, 3rd:20K, 4th:15K, 5th:10K, 6th:9.5K, 7th:9K, 8th:8.5K, 9th:8K, 10th:7.5K, 11th:7K, 12th:6.5, 13th:6K, 14th:5.5K, 15th:5K
Every stage has a winner. Prizes will be presented to the first 3 racers to win each stage. 1st:20K, 2nd:15K, 3rd:10K, 4th:6.5K, 5th:6K, 6th:5.5K, 7th:5K, 8th:4.5K, 9th:4K, 10th:3.5K, 11th:3K, 12th:2.5K, 13th:2K, 14th:1.5K, 15th:1K
- The winner of each stage keeps the prize money even if he/she can't continue with the race because of injury or other reasons. But because the racer skipped a stage he/she will not be allowed to continue with the race.
Besides the Open Category, There are three (3) other competitive categories: (Women; Under 16 years old; 50 years old and over. Prizes for these categories are as follows: 25K 1st, 20K 2nd, 15K 3rd, 10K 4th, 5K 5th. Each Category gets a prize. Prizes given only to finishers of all 4 stages for these 3 categories.
Finishers of all the 4 stages get a certificate of completion and a refund of their 1,000.00 peso registration fee. If a racer skips a stage he or she is will not be allowed to continue the race. Every finisher of the Tour de Zamboanga is a WINNER!

First Bicycle Race to cover the entire Zamboanga Peninsula

Due to the election complications in the Zamboanga peninsula, the tour has been postponed to July 11 - July 14 of 2013.

Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Zamboanga City.

First Stage - July 11, 2013 (Thursday): Liloy to Dapitan City
- 143 Kilometers: This stage of the race does not have many hilly terrains. It will be mostly flat. The roads are cemented.
Second Stage - July 12, 2013(Friday): Dapitan City to Pagadian City
- 128 Kilometers: The second stage will be more challenging as there will be more hills to climb. About 40% of the terrain will be hilly. It will be on the Osmena Hwy which is almost completely cemented. There are only a few kilometers that are still under construction.
Third Stage - July 13, 2013 (Saturday): Pagadian City to Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
- 139 Kilometers: The race from pagadian to Ipil will prove to be a grueling race specially the first 35 kilometers. The first 35 kilometers is about 80% uphill battle.
Fourth Stage - July 14, 2013 (Sunday): Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay to Divisoria, Zamboanga City
- 130 Kilometers: There are three challenging parts to this section of the race. First challenge is the uphill climb from the border of zamboanga sibugay to the border of zamboanga city (barangay of licomo). After that is the twisty uphill in the barangay of Tigbalabag and finally the quiniput tuktukalaw climb. Then it will be a downhill race to the finish at the barangay of Divisoria.

All Philippine Cyclers are invited to participate in the open bicycle race. It is for a great charitable cause: Project BOSS - Brotherhood Operation Sweet Smile

Total Distance to be traveled: 540 kilometers or 338 miles - Visit our WebPage

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Carabao Festival

Date: May 14 - Location: Angono, Rizal

Farmers pay tribute to their patron saints; a procession of carabao carts bearing a myriad local produce is held; prizes are awarded to the strongest and most beautifully decorated carabaos.

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Hundreds of festively adorned carabaos are paraded by their farmer-owners on the street leading to the church; there the carabaos are made to kneel down as a homage to San Isidro de Labrado, the patron saint of farmers.

Sports Heroes of Butuan City

Do you anyone who excells in any type of sport and lives in Butuan City? Then he/she desserves to be honored. Put his/her name here.

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Butuan City News

Class suit eyed vs Butuan fire victims' employer

Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=67&articleId=806009
Saturday, May 12, 2012

By Ben Serrano

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – A lawyer-relative of one of the 17 fatalities in last Wednesday’s fire that razed a commercial building here plans to file a class suit against the victims’ employer, a garment store, and the building’s owners.

Besides suing Novo Jeans and Shirts Enterprises, lawyer Danilo Delima Lim is also studying filing administrative charges against city officials and other concerned authorities for failing to close the store and the building for posing grave danger to the occupants and the general public as well.

This, as city permits and licensing division chief Paul Cabrera clarified that a business permit was issued last Jan. 20 to Novo under the name of Fabulous Jeans and Shirts of Alexander Arqueza.

The store though had no mechanical safety and fire safety inspection certificates since no fire drills were conducted, he said.

The 17 fatalities were Novo’s female stay-in workers who were trapped when the fire struck the building before dawn last Wednesday. Three other employees survived the tragedy.

Cabrera recalled noticing the presence of young women at the store’s sleeping quarters at the mezzanine floor when they inspected the premises last September.

But the management told him that the room was only a resting place, not sleeping quarters for the employees, he said.

Lim described as “flimsy and absurd” the reasoning of Novo legal counsel Oliver Yuan that the company did not violate any laws because three workers managed to escape by using the fire exit on the second floor.

Yuan denied that the Novo management had padlocked the doors.

In their initial report though, firefighters said it took them some time to destroy the two padlocks at the store’s roll-up doors to gain entry.

Meanwhile, only six of the 17 fatalities have been identified so far with the help of their families and relatives.

The six fatalities are Joanlie Amor, secretary; Judelyn Ore and Ellenie Ocoy, both assistant supervisors; Mylyn Lieazon and Princess Grace Sayre, both cashiers; and Princess Mae Figueras, bagger.