BUTUAN CITY – A religious leader was killed and a tribal member was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Rizal, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on Friday afternoon, July 31. Police identified the fatality as Pastor Balvino Andaya, 61, a leader of the Risen Christ Community Church, and the wounded as...
BUTUAN CITY – Be strong. Agusan del Sur Gov. Santiago Cane advised the family of Ateneo cager Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia who was laid to rest in his hometown Talacogon, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday, June 24. Cane hopes justice will be served to Baterbonia who drowned during a...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Col. Ruel M. Cagape is the new Agusan del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) director. Cagape, who came from the Regional Highway Unit-Negros Islands Region, succeeded Police Col. April Mark C. Young in a ceremony at the Agusan del Norte PPO...
Police have intensified monitoring on private ports across the country as an added intelligence-gathering measures following the confiscation of 54 container vans of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country through Mindanao. The huge volume of cigarettes were seized inside a...
BUTUAN CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P7 million were intercepted by personnel of the Police Regional Office in Caraga region (PRO-13) during an operation on Thursday in Purok 3, Barangay Cahayagan, Carmen, Agusan del Norte. A concerned citizen 's tip about suspicious cargo unloading from...
BUTUAN CITY – The “Libreng Sakay” (free ride) program in the various municipalities and the lone city of Agusan del Norte formally started Monday to ease the burden on residents amid rising fuel prices and transportation costs. “This is a local initiative of the provincial government of...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province on Christmas Eve. The surrenderers were identified as former medic Liza, former vice commander Dagsa, and member Longlong from different NPA platoons and...
BUTUAN CITY – Two remaining leaders of the New People’s Army-North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NPA-NCMRC) surrendered to the 402nd Infantry Brigade (402Bde) in Agusan del Norte on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday, the 402Bde identified the surrenderers as Ariel Galario Domino, the...
DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a New People’s Army rebel wanted for murder and attempted murder in the Caraga region in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Thursday, Jan. 2. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer identified the suspect...
BUTUAN CITY – Five New People’s Army (NPA) fighters have surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte. CAMP Evangelista, headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division. (FB) Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office (4 th ID-PAO) chief Lt. Col....
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Monday, Nov. 11. DOWNTOWN Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. “Fear is among the primary reasons that they decided to...
