The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Caraga (Region 13) said Friday, Dec. 2, that its Regional Committee on Devolution (RCommDev) had conducted a forum with various local government units (LGUs) in preparation for their transition to full devolution. DILG-Caraga Regional...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A top official of Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) on Wednesday, Nov. 23, claimed that the government is winning in its fight against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in all fronts in Northeastern Mindanao....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – An Australian and his other Filipino accomplices were sentenced to over 120 years in prison for sexual abuse and trafficking of victims from Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions. In an interview on Monday, Nov. 7, Regional Prosecutor Merlynn Uy said the ruling was...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The new director of the Police Regional Office in the Caraga region (PRO-13) assumed his post in a ceremony held Wednesday morning, Nov. 2, in Camp Col. Rafael C. Rodriguez in Barangay Libertad here. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. (left) presides over the Caraga police...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City -- Realizing their useless fight will not succeed as their weary followers have been surrendering due to hunger and lack of logistical support, two commanders of the communist-New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily gave up themselves to a police unit in Caraga...
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (PNA) – At least 199 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga region pledged allegiance to the government and received financial assistance in a ceremony at the provincial capitol here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin...
Minimum wage earners in the provinces of Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, and Siargao Islands, have received a salary adjustment starting on Sept. 1, according to the wage advisory of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) released on Friday, Sept. 2. (Courtesy of National Wages...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested the fourth most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the Caraga region. HIJOS (left). Police Major Jennifer Ometer, chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Caraga) public information office, identified the arrested NPA leader as Atheliana Hijos,...
BUTUAN CITY – Positive cases continue to rise as the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH Caraga Region 13) recorded 102 new cases of Covid-19 in Caraga region for the past week. The figure was from July 16 to July 23, with three reported deaths, the regional office of the DOH 13 said...
BUTUAN CITY -- Five alleged top leaders of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) operating in Caraga region have surrendered to the field troops of the Army’s 402nd Infantry ‘Stinger’ Brigade (402nd Brigade), military official reported Thursday afternoon. Chief of Public Affairs Office (PAO) of...
BUTUAN CITY – The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH Caraga Region 13) on Tuesday (May 31) reported 24 new cases of Covid-19 in Northeastern Mindanao or The Caraga region. It noted that the figure was from May 22 to May 28, with 6 deaths also registered, the DOH 13 said in a...
BUTUAN CITY – An alleged Communist-New People’s Army (NPA) finance staff who is facing multiple criminal charges was arrested by the combined government security forces in Northeastern Mindanao (The Caraga Region), a police official reported Monday. Caraga Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13)...
