BUTUAN CITY – Fourteen New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have surrendered to the military in the Caraga region. They surrendered nine high-powered firearms and vowed to support the government’s peace and development program, said 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Lt. Col....
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested two top most wanted persons in the Caraga region in Surigao del Sur on Monday, March 11. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspects as Kirk, the No. 4 MWP, and Renan, the No. 9 MWP....
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur – Police Col. Yahya B. Yusup has been named the new Agusan del Sur Provincial Police Office (PPO) chief. Yusup formally assumed the position in a change of command ceremony at the provincial police headquarters here on Monday, March 11. POLICE Col. Yahya B. Yusup...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, March 9. “For their safety, these demoralized, and tired NPAs ran away from their camp and gave up themselves to the operating unit of the Army 29th...
BUTUAN CITY – A brick of suspected cocaine valued at P5.7 million was discovered by four residents on the shoreline of Burgos, Surigao del Norte, on Friday, March 8. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the pack of cocaine...
BUTUAN CITY – Sixty-six former New People’s Army fighters in the Caraga region received cash assistance from the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Wednesday, March 6. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (seated fourth from left) leads the turnover of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga feted the Manila Bulletin with the PaNata ko sa Bayan award during the agency’s 73 rd anniversary celebration at The Pavilion at the Watergate, in Butuan City on Thursday, March 7. The DSWD cited the Manila Bulletin as best supportive...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized illegal drugs valued at P8.4 million in a two-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation in the Caraga region from March 1 to 2. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Nine lady police officers were honored for their accomplishments during the kickoff ceremony of National Women’s Month in the Caraga region in this camp on Monday, March 4. AWARDEES (standing back row) pose with PRO-13 chief Police Brig. Gen....
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police have arrested a murder suspect in Barangay Poblacion, Trento, Agusan del Sur after 22 years in hiding. The Police Regional Office-13 said Rod, 56, was nabbed on a warrant for murder issued by the Regional Trial Court, 10th Judicial...
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...
Two fishermen found a brick of cocaine valued at P5.3 million floating on the sea in Barangay Bongtud, Tandag City, Surigao de Sur on Friday, March 1. Police said the cocaine brick weighing around one kilogram was discovered by fishermen Junjie M. Villaver, 36, and Paciano P. Villalba, 28,...
