BUTUAN CITY – Surigao del Sur is on alert after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked the province in the Caraga region on Saturday morning, August 3. The Office of Civil Defense-13 and Surigao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council are monitoring reports from the...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the military in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur. Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (4th ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr. said that their surrender to the 36th Infantry Battallion...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) leads the distribution under the SIBOL program. (Speaker’s office) BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur--Over 6,000 residents here received rice and cash assistance Friday under three separate programs that sought to assist...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur--The 20th Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) was held here in the province Friday, June 21 to cap the service caravan's Mindanao swing, at least for now. Expected to...
President Marcos urged residents in Surigao del Sur to prepare for the looming La Niña in October. Surigao del Sur residents (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding) Marcos told them to brace for La Niña as he recognized that the El Niño has affected almost 12,000 farmers in Caraga Region....
Major infrastructure projects in Surigao del Sur are halfway to completion, President Marcos assured the province. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. interacts with the beneficiaries of government assistance during the distribution of presidential assistance to farmers, and fisherfolk...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Quirino, Madrid, Surigao del Sur, on Friday, June 14. POLICE recover smuggled cigarettes in Barangay Quirino, Madrid, Surigao del Sur, on Friday, June 14. (Mike U. Crismundo) Police Regional Office-13 Director...
BUTUAN CITY – Fifty-one New People ’ s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga region surrendered to the government in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, May 1. FIFTY-ONE New People's Army rebels surrendered to the government on Wednesday, May 1, in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur. They received...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army leaders and six members surrendered to the military in Surigao del Sur last April. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief, said six of them turned themselves in to the 36th Infantry (Valor)...
BUTUAN CITY – Surigao del Sur Gov. Alexander “Ayec” T. Pimentel on Wednesday, April 3, offered a P1-million reward to people who would provide information on the person who spread fake news about his death on social media on Monday, April 1. “Yes, I am offering a reward,” Pimentel said as...
BUTUAN CITY – Three-hundred twenty-three policemen in Surigao del Sur were promoted on Monday, March 25. Their oath-taking and donning of ranks were held at the Surigao del Sur Provincial Police Office (SDSPPO) Covered Court in Camp Vicente L. Pimentel Sr. in Tandag City. PROMOTEES are...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.9 earthquake hit Surigao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, March 24. MAP of Surigao del Sur with the municipality of Marihatag highlighted. No injury or damage was reported in the earthquake, the Surigao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...