BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Quirino, Madrid, Surigao del Sur, on Friday, June 14. POLICE recover smuggled cigarettes in Barangay Quirino, Madrid, Surigao del Sur, on Friday, June 14. (Mike U. Crismundo) Police Regional Office-13 Director...
BUTUAN CITY – Fifty-one New People ’ s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga region surrendered to the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, May 1. FIFTY-ONE New People's Army rebels surrendered to the government on Wednesday, May 1, in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur. They received...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army leaders and six members surrendered to the military in Surigao del Sur last April. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief, said six of them turned themselves in to the 36th Infantry (Valor)...
BUTUAN CITY – Surigao del Sur Gov. Alexander “Ayec” T. Pimentel on Wednesday, April 3, offered a P1-million reward to people who would provide information on the person who spread fake news about his death on social media on Monday, April 1. “Yes, I am offering a reward,” Pimentel said as...
BUTUAN CITY – Three-hundred twenty-three policemen in Surigao del Sur were promoted on Monday, March 25. Their oath-taking and donning of ranks were held at the Surigao del Sur Provincial Police Office (SDSPPO) Covered Court in Camp Vicente L. Pimentel Sr. in Tandag City. PROMOTEES are...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.9 earthquake hit Surigao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, March 24. MAP of Surigao del Sur with the municipality of Marihatag highlighted. No injury or damage was reported in the earthquake, the Surigao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
BUTUAN CITY – Four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion in Carmen, Surigao del Sur, over the weekend. FOUR New People’s Army surrendered to the 36th Infantry Battalion in Carmen, Surigao del Sur last weekend. (Photo of via Mike U. Crismundo) ...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, March 9. “For their safety, these demoralized, and tired NPAs ran away from their camp and gave up themselves to the operating unit of the Army 29th...
BUTUAN CITY – Sixty-six former New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region received cash assistance from the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday, March 6. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (seated fourth from left) leads the turnover of...
BUTUAN CITY – The most wanted person in Surigao del Sur was apprehended on Friday, March 1, after six years of hiding in Taguig City. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said Rol, 30, a resident of Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, arrested by the combined...
Phivolcs A 5.9-magnitude offshore earthquake struck near Surigao del Sur on Friday afternoon, March 1, based on the preliminary data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake, which was recorded at 5:29 p.m., had its epicenter 75 kilometers...
BUTUAN CITY – No injury or damage was reported in a magnitude-5.6 earthquake that jolted Surigao del Sur on Thursday morning, February 29, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said. EPICENTER of the magnitude-5.6 earthquake that shook Surigao del Sur on...
