BUTUAN CITY – Twelve-thousand Catholic devotees are expected to join the annual Panaad Via Crucis 2026 or Way of the Cross pilgrimage in this city on Good Friday. They are expected to trek about five kilometers on a mountainside road in Barangay Anticala with the 14 Stations of the Cross. The...
BUTUAN CITY – The Butuan City Mobile Force Company (BCMFC) arrested 10 individuals allegedly involved in illegal mining during a raid in Barangay Bilay here on Monday afternoon. BCMFC chief Police Lt. Col. Randie Azote said in an interview Tuesday that the 10 suspects were caught in the act of...
BUTUAN CITY – A former supply officer for a dismantled New People 's Army (NPA) guerrilla front surrendered to police on Monday afternoon following negotiations. In a statement on Wednesday, the Butuan City police identified the surrenderer as Dabong, a resident of Barangay Durian, Las...
BUTUAN CITY – The city government of Butuan suspended face-to-face classes in public schools on Monday, Nov. 24, as precautionary measure against the possible effects of tropical depression ‘’Verbena” which approached the Caraga region. Private schools were encouraged to suspended classes....
BUTUAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here, in a special session on Sunday, passed a resolution declaring Butuan City under a state of calamity. Under Resolution No. 17-061-2025, the SP indicated that the declaration was anchored on the severe impacts of typhoon ‘’Tino’’...
BUTUAN CITY – Typhoon ‘’Tino’’ has affected 1,432 families or 5,348 individuals in this city. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (CDRRMD) said affected families were from 28 barangays, particularly low-lying areas. They are staying in evacuation centers across the...
BUTUAN CITY – Butuan City and neighboring areas suspended classes on all levels and work, both government and private, following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake in the Davao region Friday, Oct. 10. “To give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes on...
BUTUAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has approved a measure that institutionalizes a car-free Sunday policy in this city. SP Ordinance No. 17-019-2025, approved during a regular session on Tuesday, designates sections of major thoroughfares that will be closed to vehicles every Sunday...
BUTUAN CITY – An active Milisya ng Bayan member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested by personnel from the Butuan City Police Office in Barangay Anticala here on Thursday morning. In a report, Police Lt. Col. Randie Azote, commander of the Butuan City Mobile Force Company...
On May 21, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held its first leg of Klima Eskwela at Caraga State University in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte. Designed to engage students in addressing the climate and plastic crises, Klima Eskwela is an offshoot project of the Climate Reality Philippines’...
BUTUAN CITY – The Panaad 2025 or Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday, April 18, here was generally peaceful, police said. A POLICE outpost on the Panaad trail in Butuan City. Police said hundreds of Catholic devotees climbed the annual Panaad Via Crucis mountain trail in Barangay...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is rehabilitating the decades-old Magsaysay Bridge here. “We are now redoubling our effort in rehabilitation works and all technical men and working force are already on the ground in fast-tracking the project,” DPWH-13 (Caraga)...
