CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police nabbed a 29-year-old man listed as the most wanted person in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon region or Region 4-A in Carrascal town, Surigao del Sur province. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B....
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.3 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur on Friday morning, February 2. EPICENTER of the earthquake. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 5:35 a.m. and its epicenter was 92 kilometers (kms)...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur province on Monday afternoon, January 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 3:37 p.m. and its epicenter was 133 kilometers (kms) northeast of Hinatuan town,...
BUTUAN CITY – Residents of Hinatuan town in Surigao del Sur province panicked when a strong earthquake struck the area on Wednesday night, January 17. Surigao del Sur Gov. Alexander T. Pimentel and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) reported no damage and...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a 5.7-magnitude aftershock that hit Surigao del Sur at 8:31 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Phivolcs Phivolcs said the tremor, which occurred at a shallow depth of 23 kilometers (km), was an aftershock of the magnitude 7.4 quake...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.7 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur province before dawn on Saturday, January 13. MAP shows the epicenter of the January 13 earthquake in Surigao del Sur. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the Army 3rd Special Forces (Arrowhead) Battalion (SFBn) in Barangay Saint Christine, Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Saturday, January 6. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of the Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the Army 4th...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur province on Wednesday morning, January 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 9:11 a.m. and its epicenter was 32 kilometers (kms) southeast of Hinatuan town,...
BUTUAN CITY – Seven New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the Army 36th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur, on Thursday, December 14. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of Public Affairs Office (PAO) of Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division, said...
(File photo by Office of Civil Defense) The damage to infrastructure caused by the two powerful earthquakes in Surigao del Sur two weeks ago has now reached the P1-billion mark. A situation report released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Saturday, Dec. 16,...
BUTUAN CITY – The government has released 88,124 family food packs (FFPs) to earthquake-affected families in Surigao del Sur. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga based here said they are still attending to the needs of families who are still in evacuation centers as...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur on Monday morning, December 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 6:52 a.m. and its epicenter was 123 kilometers (kms) southeast of Cagwait, Surigao del...
