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BUTUAN CITY - An online course on “Practicing COVID-19 Preventive Measures in the Workplace” is now open to the public, according to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Oriental province in Southern Mindanao region early Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN CITY - Despite the threat posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the provincial and municipal governments of Agusan del Sur extended financial assistance to 59 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the remote and far-flung areas in the municipality of La Paz town of that same province.

BUTUAN CITY - The inter-agency task force (IATF) on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response has approved the request of local authorities in Caraga region to defer the return of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) to the region.

CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The regional command of Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) on Wednesday ensured that justice will be served for a civilian victim, who was allegedly mercilessly killed by New People’s Army (NPA) terrorists in the hinterland of Barangay San Antonio, Remedios T. Romualdez (RTR) town, Agusan del Norte.

Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged Caraganons to help protect the region’s rich bounty of natural resources by planting more trees “without let up” in support to the government’s Enhanced National Greening Program (E-NGP).

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) reported 15 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Caraga region on Monday night, July 6.

BUTUAN CITY – The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already served 157, 587 indigent senior citizen beneficiaries under the Social Pension (SocPen) program amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in the first semester of the year.

BUTUAN CITY - A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Sur province in Northeastern Mindanao on early Monday night, July 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

BUTUAN CITY – A total of 30 former communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels participated in the five days skills on livelihood program in organic agriculture and livestock training in Surigao del Sur province, 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion (36th IB) Civil Military Operations (CMO) officer 1st Lt. Rodante A. Soso said.

BUTUAN CITY - The Regional Task Force on Covid-19-One Caraga Shield (RTF-COCS) unanimously passed a resolution on Friday, July 3, requesting the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to have locally stranded individuals (LSIs) tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection before they are allowed to return to Caraga region.

BUTUAN CITY - A joint operation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) seized around P45,000-worth of illegally-cut lumbers during anti-illegal logging operation in Barangay Tagbuyacan, Santiago, Agusan del Norte province, PRO 13 and DENR reported on Monday.

CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The regional command of Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) on Monday condemned the killing of a former New People’s Army (NPA) member by his former comrades in a far-flung area of Barangay Buenavista, in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur province.

The bags of OPV white corn seeds worth P172,800 will benefit 148 members of five indigenous associations in Carmen town, Bislig City, and Lingig town, all of Surigao del Sur province.

BUTUAN CITY - Caraga region has recorded 23 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in its Friday night report.

BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Development Council (RDC) has recently granted its approval for the Regional Recovery Program (RRP) in Caraga region from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, it was learned yesterday.

BUTUAN CITY – As a show of revolt, close to 50 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and the Communist group’s local militia ng bayan (MB) conducted a peace rally with the entire village of Kasapa Uno in the far-flung municipality of Loreto, Agusan del Sur.

CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 200 new members of Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) took their oath of office at the PRO 13 parade ground on Wednesday, July 1.