BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-four earthquake jolted Surigao del Norte on Saturday morning, June 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 2:04 a.m. and its epicenter was 19 kilometers (kms) northeast of Claver, Surigao del Norte....
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The secretary of the Guerrilla Front 30 (GF-30) under the Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the 36th Infantry Battalion (36IB) in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur on Thursday, June 22. GRECYL Yparraguirre...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police on Wednesday, June 7, in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur. A NEW People’s Army couple, with their one-year-old child, surrendered to the 1st Surigao del Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company led by force commander Police...
BUTUAN CITY – Three key leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao were killed in an encounter in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur last week, the military said on Sunday, May 14. GUNS seized from the New People’s Army in two encounters in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur last week. (Photo...
BUTUAN CITY – The military recovered high-powered firearms in two encounters with the New People’s Army in Bukidnon and Surigao del Sur on April 30 and May 2. Major Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of the 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO), said the 1st Special Forces Battalion led...
BUTUAN CITY – Troops recovered a New People’s Army machinegun, bullets, and equipment following an encounter in Barangay Esperanza, Carmen, Surigao del Sur, on Saturday afternoon, April 15. TROOPS seized a machine gun, bullets, and a communications radio from the NPA after a gunbattle in...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga recently distributed livelihood projects to 14 associations in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Out of the 14 projects implemented by the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), 12 were funded under the Payapa at Masaganang...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 on Friday, March 24, debunked reports that six missionaries were kidnapped in Surigao del Sur. Social media posts and text messages had earlier claimed that six missionaries of Wycliffe Bible Translators, including a foreigner,...
BUTUAN CITY – Combined personnel of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) and other law enforcement agencies confiscated fresh illegally-cut flitches, lumbers and furniture during an anti-illegal logging operation in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur, said a flash report reaching PRO 13 regional...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19, based on the earthquake information issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 8 kilometers southwest of Tandag City, Surigao del Sur around 12:47...
BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the Army 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion (IB) in Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, Feb. 7. THREE New People’s Army rebels surrendered and revealed the locations of arms caches in Surigao del Sur. (Army photo via Mike U. Crismundo) The...
Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. on Sunday, Jan. 29, asked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to focus on Mindanao’s progress as the region has a “great potential” to address the country’s shortage in onions and other farm products. Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo Momo...
