Rescue personnel search for survivors after a landslide hit Brgy. Rotten, Monkayo, Davao de Oro on Feb. 2. A 98-year-old woman died while three others were hurt in the landslide. (Photo courtesy of Monkayo LGU) The death toll from devastating landslides and widespread flooding across Davao Region...
Personnel of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) special Operations Group rescue residents from severe flooding in Brgy. Guadalupe, Carmen, Davao del Norte on Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by PCG Southeastern Mindanao) At least six persons died while almost 100,000 residents were affected by flooding and...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 on Wednesday, January 31, reported a 13.79 percent decrease in index and non-index crimes in the Caraga region. The PRO 13-Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division said that from July 18, 2023, to January 18,...
CAMP ROMUALDO C. RUBI, Butuan City – Agusan del Sur was placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday, January 31, following non-stop downpour that has displaced 9,875 families or 34,947 individuals in 45 barangays the (villages) in the province and Surigao del Sur. Provincial board member Edwin...
BUTUAN CITY – Eighteen personnel of the Police Regional Office-13 were awarded for outstanding performance on Monday, January 29, at the PRO-13 headquarters in Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez here. Police Col. Eleazar P. Matta, PRO-13 Deputy Regional Director for Administration, awarded the Medalya ng...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that many farmers in Davao and Caraga suffered production losses in agriculture and fisheries due to the shear line. In a statement, the DA-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) recorded around P136.56 million in losses, affecting 6,923 farmers in...
BUTUAN CITY – Police nabbed 10 wanted persons in the Caraga region on Tuesday, January 23. The Police Regional Office-13 Regional Operations Division (ROD) said the Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) arrested four, followed by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-13 and Agusan del...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth more than P1.3 million in buy-bust operations under the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) in the Caraga region from January 12 to 18. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-13 seized 5,402.63 board feet of illegally cut logs worth P245,000 in 20 anti-illegal logging operations in the Caraga region from January 12 to 18. “At least 11 illegal poachers and...
Military personnel from the 1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army rescue an elderly woman from her flooded house in Davao on Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by 1001st Infantry Brigade) The damage to agriculture and infrastructure in Davao Region (Region 11) and Caraga (Region 13) due the effects of...
BUTUAN CITY – Seven New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the police in Caraga on Monday, January 15. Police Regional Office-13 Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said these communist guerillas decided to return to the fold of the law to...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) units in the Caraga region were activated on Wednesday, January 17, due to flooding from the shear line since Monday. A LANDSLIDE caused by heavy rain from a shear line blocks a...
