Police have intensified monitoring on private ports across the country as an added intelligence-gathering measures following the confiscation of 54 container vans of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country through Mindanao. The huge volume of cigarettes were seized inside a...
BUTUAN CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P7 million were intercepted by personnel of the Police Regional Office in Caraga region (PRO-13) during an operation on Thursday in Purok 3, Barangay Cahayagan, Carmen, Agusan del Norte. A concerned citizen 's tip about suspicious cargo unloading from...
BUTUAN CITY – The “Libreng Sakay” (free ride) program in the various municipalities and the lone city of Agusan del Norte formally started Monday to ease the burden on residents amid rising fuel prices and transportation costs. “This is a local initiative of the provincial government of...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province on Christmas Eve. The surrenderers were identified as former medic Liza, former vice commander Dagsa, and member Longlong from different NPA platoons and...
BUTUAN CITY – Two remaining leaders of the New People’s Army-North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NPA-NCMRC) surrendered to the 402nd Infantry Brigade (402Bde) in Agusan del Norte on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday, the 402Bde identified the surrenderers as Ariel Galario Domino, the...
DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a New People’s Army rebel wanted for murder and attempted murder in the Caraga region in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Thursday, Jan. 2. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer identified the suspect...
BUTUAN CITY – Five New People’s Army (NPA) fighters have surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte. CAMP Evangelista, headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division. (FB) Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office (4 th ID-PAO) chief Lt. Col....
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Monday, Nov. 11. DOWNTOWN Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. “Fear is among the primary reasons that they decided to...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested in Barangay Simbalan, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on Sunday, October 13, the most wanted New People’s Army rebel in the Caraga region who is facing a murder case in Agusan del Sur province. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army medical officer and supply courier surrendered to the Agusan del Norte police on Friday, September 6. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro identified the surrenderers as alias Chad and Art, 33, medical officer, and alias Bultahi, 44, Militia ng...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has required the City of Cabadbaran in Agusan del Norte to return to the national treasury the P20.7 million balance out of the P55 million the city received from Local Government Support Fund for Covid-19 Financial Assistance (LGSF). In its 2023 audit report, the COA...