BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The family of a seafarer who died on board a bulk carrier while on port call in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has asked for a deeper investigation. Albert Coleto, 39, a resident of Tago, Surigao del Sur, died on October 9 after he collapsed while on board the Star...
BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Constantino Bernardo Navarro IV of Del Carmen town in Surigao del Norte for delay in the liquidation of the P3 million intelligence funds he took from the municipality in two tranches in 2010. Since the prosecution allowed Navarro to plead guilty to a...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.9 earthquake rattled Surigao del Sur before dawn on Friday, September 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tremor was recorded at 1:06 a.m. and its epicenter was 47 kilometers (kms) northeast of Cagwait, Surigao del...
DAPA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. launched “Walang Gutom 2027,” the country’s pioneer food stamp program (FSP), at Teatro Nan Dapa, here, on Friday, September 29. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrives in Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Mayor Riza Rafonselle Timcang of Socorro, Surigao del Norte is seeing “real threat and imminent danger” from the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), a group accused of child abuse and cult-live activities, following a raucous rally on Saturday, September 25. On Monday,...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P1.5 million from three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation on Saturday, September 23, in Surigao City. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspects as alias...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Three New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in San Agustin, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, September 19. “Ivar,” 16, “Jerence,” 20, and “Leo,” cited difficult life and lack of future in the armed struggle in their decision to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now investigating reports of a religious cult supposedly collecting the cash grant of its members who are part of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Secretary Rex Gatchalian defends the proposed P207.37-billion...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion (IB) seized New People’s Army war materials following a gun battle in Barangay Maitum, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, on Tuesday, September 19. Recovered were a Bushmaster rifle, an M16 rifle, a Stag A5 VLTOR rifle, an M653 rifle, two R4...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested a newly identified street-level drug personality and seized suspected shabu worth P136,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Canlanipa, Surigao City, on Monday, September 18. Police Regional Office-13 Regional Public Information Office...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to conduct a thorough investigation into the case of children being allegedly sexually abused and forced into marriages by a religious cult in Surigao del Norte. In a privilege speech on Monday, September 18, Hontiveros alleged that the...
