BUTUAN CITY – Police seized shabu worth P248,880 from nine suspected drug pushers in the Caraga region during the conduct of simultaneous anti-illegal drug operations on Wednesday, June 28. “All the suspects will be charged with violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Interior and Local Government is all set for the launching of the “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” program here on Saturday, July 1. ABALOS (DILG FB) The event will be led by DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos along with Agusan del Norte Gov. Maria Angelica Rosedell...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion (IB) and the City Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (CTF-ELCAC) facilitated the burial of two slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Dugyaman, Barangay Anticala, this city, on Wednesday, June 21. Troops extricated the cadavers...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed while several others were believed wounded in an encounter in the mountainous area of Mount Apo-Apo Dugyaman, Barangay Anticala, here, on Friday, June 16. The slain communist guerrillas were two amazons and one male. The Army 29th...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – An honest policewoman found a wallet and returned it to a worried, teary-eyed driver here on Wednesday, June 7. POLICE Staff Sgt. Esyldra Alfeche Compracion (right) of the Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) hands over the wallet of a driver (center) she...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 will deploy 340 police officers to secure the Balangay Festival 2023 in Butuan City. The Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) and graduates of the Basic Internal Security Operations Course (BISOC) shall ensure area and route...
BUTUAN CITY – The military seized high-powered firearms, bullets, and medical paraphernalia following an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tubuhon, Barangay Bugsukan, this city, on Wednesday, May 3. Also captured by the 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion was a makeshift camp of...
BUTUAN CITY – Police apprehended four men who robbed an individual of P970,000 cash in a hot-pursuit operation here on Thursday, April 13. The Butuan City Police Office Station 4 said the victim was driving his motorcycle after withdrawing money from a bank when his path was blocked by the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 led by Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II joined the annual observance of Panaad 2023 in Barangay Anticala here on Good Friday. People were on the side streets and highways in downtown Butuan to join Panaad as early as 2 a.m. Police officers, family...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Authorities arrested two drug pushers and 130 grams of suspected shabu worth P884,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, March 1. The identities of the suspects were temporarily withheld pending the arrest of their suppliers and their...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Thousands of residents here as well as in the neighboring provinces of Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur fled their homes as the trough of a low-pressure area (LPA) brought heavy rains that caused flooding and landslides on Saturday, Feb. 18. As of the 10 a.m. weather...
BUTUAN CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P700,000 in Barangay San Vicente here on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The lady suspect, whose identity was temporarily withheld pending the arrest of her dealer and other contacts, was an online seller here and was...
