The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has opened a temporary access road and stairway in the landslide-hit section of Bukidnon-Davao Road in Quezon, Bukidnon, to provide motorists and residents limited passage as full restoration work continues. DPWH said its engineers are completing...
ILOILO CITY – Thirty-two families of Panay Bukidnon indigenous peoples (IPs) affected by the mega dam project in Calinog town, Iloilo province are moving into their new homes. The National Irrigation (NIA) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) turned over houses to beneficiaries in a ceremony...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Army K9 units won public admiration for their role in locating the bodies of two landslide victims in Quezon, Bukidnon, after a five-day search. The bodies of the couple, Ely and Thelma Ubatay, were recovered Thursday by joint search and rescue teams with the help of the...
DAVAO CITY – Responders on Thursday retrieved the bodies of a couple from the landslide site in Sitio Kipolot, Barangay Palacapao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province. The couple was identified as Ely and Thelma Ubatay, both 60-year-old vegetable vendors. They were swept down the ravine when their...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are on the fourth day of search and retrieval operations for the couple who went missing after a section of the Bukidnon-Davao highway collapsed due to a landslide on Saturday, Oct. 18. The landslide in Sitio Kipoloto, Barangay Palapacao, Quezon town, Bukidnon province,...
Close to 3,000 residents of Barangay Mabuhay in San Fernando town in Bukidnon province are now free from the recurring threat of flash flood following the completion of a P112.9–million flood control project by the Department of Public Works and Highways. Data from the Sumbong sa Pangulo website...
Police have arrested a 23-year-old criminology student who allegedly killed his parents and sibling in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon last May. The suspect was apprehended in a manhunt operation in Purok 4, Barangay Uno, Malaybalay last Friday, Sept. 12. He faces parricide and murder cases and no bail...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A localized thunderstorm has caused severe flooding in central Bukidnon, leaving three people dead and five missing as of Thursday, authorities reported. According to a report by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 10 (Northern Mindanao),...
BUTUAN CITY – The top New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Bukidnon province voluntarily surrendered to the police and vowed to help the government’s peace and development program. The NPA leader, listed under the Periodic Status Report (PSR) of the Police Regional Office-10, turned himself in...
BUTUAN CITY – A 14-year-old student is recovering from a bullet wound he sustained while grappling for a gun with the security guard of an elementary school in Lantapan town, Bukidnon province recently. “The 14-year-old boy was immediately rushed to Bukidnon Provincial Hospital for medical...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter in Kibawe, Bukidnon. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office (PRO 10-RPIO) chief Police Major Joan G. Navarro said the suspect was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 21. The suspect was the...
Soldiers killed four New People’s Army rebels in a gun battle in Bukidnon on Wednesday, the military said. Fatalities were three men and an amazon. The 403rd Infantry Brigade engaged the communist rebels at the Saldab Complex in the hinterlands of Malaybalay City and Barangay Dumalaguing in...
