BUTUAN CITY – Forty-five former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels finished a six-day deradicalization program at the TESDA Provincial Training Center in Barangay Bad-as, Placer, Surigao del Norte on November 11. FORTY-FIVE former NPA rebels participate in a six-day deradicalization program in...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police apprehended the suspect in the massacre of three persons on Friday evening in a pursuit operation in the boulevard area in Surigao City. In an interview on Friday evening over RPN DXKS Surigao, Surigao City police chief Police Lt. Col. Diomedes Cuadra Jr. identified the...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned residents in some coastal areas of Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte about the continuing red tide contaminations. In its bulletin issued Friday, the agency said shellfish collected and tested from the...
BUTUAN CITY – Filipino John Mark Tokong and Japanese Anon Matsuoka emerged on top of the 27th Siargao International Surfing Cup, a World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 3000 event, in General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. TOKONG (FB) “Nalipay ko nga midaug (I'm so happy to...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested eight individuals for violating the election gun ban in Marihatag and San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, on Saturday, October 28. The suspects were identified as alias “Wil,” 33; “Joe,” 42; “Ron,” 38; “Jer,” 48; “Gar”;...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – The Police Regional Office-13 has deployed 59 police officers to secure the ongoing 27th Siargao International Surfing Cup here. PRESIDENTIAL son Vinny Marcos (sixth from left) breaks the surfboard to signal the start of the five-day 27th Siargao...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso A. Magno on Wednesday, October 25, honored the heroism of courageous individuals who died during the Battle of Surigao Strait on October 25, 1944. Magno, who attended the 79th Commemoration of the Historic Battle of Surigao...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – The 27 th Siargao International Surfing Tournament started on Wednesday, October 25, in this town, with 98 top-notch surfers from around the globe competing. Thirty-two foreign male and 16 female foreign surfers from Japan, Indonesia,...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.1 earthquake rattled Surigao del Sur on Friday morning, October 20. AN earthquake hit Surigao del Sur on Friday, October 20, and its epicenter was located northeast of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The family of a seafarer who died on board a bulk carrier while on port call in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has asked for a deeper investigation. Albert Coleto, 39, a resident of Tago, Surigao del Sur, died on October 9 after he collapsed while on board the Star...
BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Constantino Bernardo Navarro IV of Del Carmen town in Surigao del Norte for delay in the liquidation of the P3 million intelligence funds he took from the municipality in two tranches in 2010. Since the prosecution allowed Navarro to plead guilty to a...
