BUTUAN CITY – About 600 policemen, complemented by soldiers and force multipliers, are securing this year’s “Panaad” or Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in Barangay Anticala here on Good Friday, March 29. The Police Regional Office-13 led by Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft fully supports...
BUTUAN CITY – Police confiscated suspected shabu valued at P6.8 million and arrested two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here on Monday, March 4. The Police Regional Office-13 identified the suspects as high-value individuals Jun, 44, and Noynoy, 47. Also recovered from the suspects were...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested two fake dentists and their associate in an entrapment operation in Barangay Libertad here on Sunday, February 18. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the operation was conducted after lawmen posed...
BUTUAN CITY – The 2024 Tourism Stakeholders' Summit of the Department of Tourism-Caraga kicks off on Friday, February 16, at the Pavilion Watergate Hotel here with Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco as guest of honor and speaker. DUMADAG (DOT-13) More than 300 tourism stakeholders, congressmen,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) on Wednesday, February 7, declared 13 barangays here under a state of calamity due to heavy rain and flood from the low-pressure area the past few days in the Caraga region. POLICE evacuate residents living in riverside barangays in Butuan City as...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 23rd Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division captured two wounded New People’s Army amazons in an encounter in Barangay Bitan-agan, this city, on Wednesday, January 24. They were taken and under tight security in a hospital here on Thursday, January...
BUTUAN CITY – All roads lead to Barangay Libertad here as the week-long Kahimunan Festival this year kicks off on Friday, January 12. “We are expecting more visitors to come here to witness again our Kahimunan Festival,” Barangay Chairman Vincent Rizal C. Rosario said. Among the activities...
BUTUAN CITY – More than 1.5 tons of contraband were seized by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Caraga in a day-long “Oplan: Baklas” at Butuan City Jail Male Dormitory on January 8. “Throughout the operation, this substantial amount of ‘nuisance contraband’ was confiscated, and...
BUTUAN CITY – The city government opened a Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) in a popular mall here to facilitate the renewal and application of new business permits. THE Butuan City government opened a Business One-Stop Shop to hasten the issuance of business permits. (Butuan City...
BUTUAN CITY – People fled to the streets and higher grounds after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake rocked the Caraga region on Saturday night, December 2. PEOPLE gather outside a building after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the Caraga region on Saturday night, December 2. (PIA-Caraga) Two...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 5, said that a Personal Accident Insurance policy is now active for all teachers and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) as she works in her concurrent capacity as Education chief to address the challenges faced by...
BUTUAN CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte is set to emphasize the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to supporting teachers in the Matatag Agenda and enumerate some plans of the agency to improve their welfare during the culminating program of National...
