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BUTUAN CITY – Three thousand, eight-hundred fifty-eight families or 14,233 individuals have been affected as tropical storm “Auring” (international name “Dujuan”) began pounding Northeastern Mindanao or the Caraga region with heavy rains and winds Sunday.

BUTUAN CITY – Rescue teams from the Butuan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) and Agusan del Sur DRRMC are closely monitoring the water level in the mighty Agusan River as tropical storm “Auring” unleashed heavy rains prior to its landfall Sunday.

BUTUAN CITY – Tropical storm “Auring” (international name “Dujuan”) has affected or displaced close to 8,000 families or 10,000 individuals in various parts of Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region where the weather disturbance is expected to make landfall Sunday.

BUTUAN CITY – All rescue teams of different Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (DRRMCs) in Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region are gearing up for "Auring" Friday, February 19, which has already developed into a tropical storm.

A man who could not to bury his son the traditional way decided to burn his son’s body shortly after dying of an undetermined illness.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated P161 million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers in Caraga region for CY 2021.

BUTUAN CITY – Police personnel of the Sison Municipal Police Office (SMPO) repulsed an attack launched by a band of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Thursday, January 28, in Surigao del Norte.

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Oriental province in Southern Mindanao region Wednesday morning, January 27, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN CITY – Northeastern Mindanao, or the Caraga region, recorded 95 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, according to health authorities Monday, January 25.

BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed, while an undetermined number of other terrorist rebels were believed wounded, in a fierce gun battle between government forces and Communist insurgents in the hinterland area of Barangay Segunda in Esperanza town, Agusan del Sur province, military reported Saturday, January 23.

BUTUAN CITY – Government troops clashed with a band of New People’s Army rebels collecting revolutionary taxes in the hinterlands of Barangay San Juan, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental Wednesday.

BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a 50-year-old man for firing a gun outside a convenience store here last Wednesday.

BUTUAN CITY – Northeastern Mindanao or the Caraga region recorded 56 new coronavirus disease cases with six deaths Thursday.

A total of 161 corn and coconut farmers from Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte received the cash and food assistance from the government.

BUTUAN CITY – Leaders of an Indigenous Peoples (IPs) group are ready to help the government, particularly the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), to hunt down members of reported New People’s Army (NPA) liquidation squads.

BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) female rebel was killed while another wounded amazon was captured in a gun battle with elements of the 30th Infantry Battalion (30th IB) in the hinterlands of Barangay Camam-onan, in Gigaquit town, Surigao del Norte province on Wednesday, January 13.

BUTUAN CITY – Three children drowned while another remains missing due to rampaging flood waters in Cabadbaran River in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte.

BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) opened a bio-molecular laboratory in Surigao City on Wednesday, January 13.