Lea Salonga has earned some of the entertainment industry 's highest honors, from a Tony Award to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She can now add a distinction from an entirely different field after botanists named a newly discovered flowering plant in her honor. The species, "Begonia...
BUTUAN CITY – The 4th Infantry Division reported on Tuesday the surrender of the former secretary of the dismantled North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) of the New People 's Army (NPA). Elena Estaniel Rambuyon, 56, also known as Sandara, voluntarily surrendered to the troops of...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Caraga) has reported the service of arrest warrants against the primary suspect in the non-fatal shooting of Mayor Ronito Martizano of Barobo, Surigao del Sur earlier this year. In a statement on Friday, PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Marcial...
BUTUAN CITY – A rescued female Green Sea Turtle was released back to sea in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, the local government unit (LGU) of Carrascal said the marine turtle was found by a deputized fish warden (Bantay Dagat) while conducting a routine seaborne...
Vice President Sara Duterte called on government officials to set aside politics and focus instead on improving peace, order, and development in communities across the country. Speaking during the Araw ng Bigaan and 65th Patronal Fiesta in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, on July 8, Duterte said public...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police said on Friday that the No. 1 most wanted person in Surigao del Sur has been arrested in Purok Langka, Barangay Arorogan, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Police Col. Jeffrey Lawrence D....
BUTUAN CITY – No damages were recorded in Surigao del Sur after two moderate earthquakes struck the town of Bayabas on Sunday evening and early Monday morning, May 25, officials said. The first tremor hit at around 9:19 p.m. on Sunday, located 57 kilometers northeast off the coast of Bayabas,...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported three earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 5.0 to 5.5, that struck Mindanao within 24 hours, including a 5.2-magnitude offshore tremor off Davao Oriental on Monday morning, May 25. The latest quake, measuring magnitude 5.2,...
BUTUAN CITY – Indigenous people (IP) leaders in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur praised the Philippine Army for neutralizing New People’s Army (NPA) leader Edilberto Daval, alias Waco. Daval, identified as the second deputy secretary of the executive committee of the North Eastern Mindanao...
BUTUAN CITY – A high-ranking New People 's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter on Monday morning in Sitio Casting, Barangay Bayan, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur. The 401st Infantry Brigade identified the slain NPA leader as Edilberto Daval, alias Bong, also known in the underground...
BUTUAN CITY – A police officer was killed in a buy-bust operation involving two suspected drug pushers in Sitio Cayutan, Purok 2, Barangay Cagniog, Surigao City on Wednesday night, May 6. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Marcial Mariano P. Magistrado IV visited the wake and...
BUTUAN CITY – A male beaked whale was found dead in the coastal waters of Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Monday, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 13 (Caraga) said Wednesday. Edwin Igsoc, municipal agriculture officer of Lianga, said they immediately reported the finding to the...
