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) ...
SURIGAO CITY – Surigao del Norte has been declared insurgency-free after the massive and successive surrender of high-ranking New People’s Army leaders in the province at the provincial gymnasium here on Friday, March 15. Gov. Lyndon Barbers said that the province has become conflict-manageable...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army leader surrendered to the government in Surigao del Norte on Monday, March 11. A TOP NPA amazon and her three comrades yielded these guns and bullets in Surigao del Norte. (Photo via Mike Crismundo) Capt. Jonel G. Castillo, Civil-Military Operations (CMO)...
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 – A brick of suspected cocaine valued at P5.7 million was discovered by four residents on the shoreline of Burgos, Surigao del Norte, on Friday, March 8. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the pack of cocaine...
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 – Police seized suspected shabu worth P2.3 million in a buy-bust operation in Surigao City on Friday, March 1. The 51-year-old suspect, a high-value individual and a top priority target in the illegal drugs trade, yielded seized 21 sachets of shabu weighing a total of 352 grams....
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...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 awarded the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting (PNP Wounded Personnel Medal) to a police officer from the Surigao City Police Office who was wounded in an encounter with a gang who robbed a cement company in Surigao City early this month. POLICE Regional...
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....
