BUTUAN CITY – The city government of Butuan suspended face-to-face classes in public schools on Monday, Nov. 24, as precautionary measure against the possible effects of tropical depression ‘’Verbena” which approached the Caraga region. Private schools were encouraged to suspended classes....
BUTUAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here, in a special session on Sunday, passed a resolution declaring Butuan City under a state of calamity. Under Resolution No. 17-061-2025, the SP indicated that the declaration was anchored on the severe impacts of typhoon ‘’Tino’’...
BUTUAN CITY – Typhoon ‘’Tino’’ has affected 1,432 families or 5,348 individuals in this city. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (CDRRMD) said affected families were from 28 barangays, particularly low-lying areas. They are staying in evacuation centers across the...
BUTUAN CITY – Butuan City and neighboring areas suspended classes on all levels and work, both government and private, following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake in the Davao region Friday, Oct. 10. “To give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes on...
BUTUAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has approved a measure that institutionalizes a car-free Sunday policy in this city. SP Ordinance No. 17-019-2025, approved during a regular session on Tuesday, designates sections of major thoroughfares that will be closed to vehicles every Sunday...
BUTUAN CITY – An active Milisya ng Bayan member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested by personnel from the Butuan City Police Office in Barangay Anticala here on Thursday morning. In a report, Police Lt. Col. Randie Azote, commander of the Butuan City Mobile Force Company...
On May 21, The Climate Reality Project Philippines held its first leg of Klima Eskwela at Caraga State University in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte. Designed to engage students in addressing the climate and plastic crises, Klima Eskwela is an offshoot project of the Climate Reality Philippines’...
BUTUAN CITY – The Panaad 2025 or Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday, April 18, here was generally peaceful, police said. A POLICE outpost on the Panaad trail in Butuan City. Police said hundreds of Catholic devotees climbed the annual Panaad Via Crucis mountain trail in Barangay...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is rehabilitating the decades-old Magsaysay Bridge here. “We are now redoubling our effort in rehabilitation works and all technical men and working force are already on the ground in fast-tracking the project,” DPWH-13 (Caraga)...
BUTUAN CITY – Thousands of supporters of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte in the Caraga region staged a prayer rally and celebrated his 80 th birth anniversary on Friday, March 28. A DRONE art presses the return of former President Duterte during his 80th birth anniversary...
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested two Koreans and nine Filipinos after they were caught transporting 500 sacks of suspected copper ore minerals in Butuan City. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said the foreigners and their alleged...
BUTUAN CITY – Supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte gathered at the Butuan City Sports Complex here on Saturday night, March 15, for a prayer rally urging his return to the country from the Netherlands. A LARGE crowd gathers in Butuan City on Saturday night, March 15, for a prayer rally...
