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BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) reported on Tuesday afternoon that 30 additional cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region, the highest recorded in less than a week.

BUTUAN CITY – A team from the Community Support Program (CSP) of the Third Special Forces Battalion (3rd SFBn) encountered heavily armed New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists, and seized high powered weapons and other war materials in Sitio Panukmuan, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga Surigao del Sur.

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Occidental province on Tuesday afternoon, July 21, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN ITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) terrorist was killed, while an undetermined number of other rebels were believed wounded, when a fierce gun battle erupted between government forces and the rebels in Barangay Camp Edward, Alegria, Surigao del Norte on Monday, July 20.

CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – The Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion (23rd IB) disposed of bomb-making materials and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including anti-personnel mines, seized during the unit’s intensified combat and focus operations in Agusan del Norte.

BUTUAN CITY – The Bancasi Airport here has reopened with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 13 (PDEA 13) announcing on Monday that its Airport Interdiction Unit (AIU) and the agency’s K9 Unit has started mandatory tasks of conducting inspection, sniffing, and sweeping operation on inbound and outbound cargoes at Bancasi Airport (BA), in Butuan City.

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Davao Oriental province early Tuesday, July 21, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) reported on Friday night that 13 additional cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region.

BUTUAN CITY – A molecular diagnostic laboratory for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is set to rise in the fast-rising province of Agusan del Sur.

BUTUAN CITY – A 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province Saturday morning, July 18, 2020, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN CITY - The city government of Butuan has issued a new color-coding scheme under the extended General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in an effort to control the movement of people and stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A tourist guide in Siargao Island was arrested for allegedly peddling cocaine.

CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City - Forty-two supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) have withdrawn their support for the Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs).

BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Agriculture – Caraga, through its Livestock Program, turned over 50 heads of cattle to the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) at the Provincial Capitol Grounds in Butuan City on Thursday.

BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude-4.3 earthquake in Davao del Sur province on Thursday, July 16.

BUTUAN CITY – The Commission on Population and Development in Caraga (POPCOM - Caraga) is stepping-up its campaign to remind parents and couples from different parts of the region to practice responsible parenthood and family planning in an effort to avert further problems, especially in this time of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

BUTUAN CITY - The number of Agusan del Norte province’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally has reached 50 after seven more cases were recorded in the towns of Buenavista and Carmen.

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.0-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Oriental province in Southern Mindanao region before midnight Wednesday, July 15, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.