BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released over P1-million worth of assistance to a farmers’ association and Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) beneficiaries in Loreto town, Agusan del Sur province. FARMERS in Loreto, Agusan del Sur pose...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and guns and bullets were captured in encounters in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur and Impasug-ong, Bukidnon recently. Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Major Francisco P. Garello Jr. said troops under...
CAMP DEMOCRITO O. PLAZA, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – More than 500 Indigenous Peoples (IP) have benefited from the Panapton, Butang, og Bado ko, Makanmo or PBBM humanitarian project of the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (ADSPPO). A BENEFICIARY (left) of Project PBBM receives a...
By Henrylito D. Tacio Edglenn “Ondo” C. Genotiva is 29, but he started farming when he was only 10 years old. Growing up, however, he dreamed of serving the country either as a policeman or a member of the military. Unfortunately, his parents were against it. “My mother was against the...
BUTUAN CITY – The P96.4-million Guihao-an River flood control project in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte will be finished before the end of this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways said. “Residents will surely be happy while local business folks will be in jubilant mood because...
BAYUGAN CITY – Police seized illegally cut lumber worth P175,866 in an anti-illegal logging operation in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur on Saturday, August 27. Acting on a report from a concerned citizen, the 1304th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-13, Sibagat Municipal Police...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 401st Infantry (Unite N’ Fight) Brigade formally turned over the remains of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel to his family in Sitio Neptune, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. “Ka Maro,” political instructor of the Sub-Regional Sentro de Gravidad...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered on Saturday afternoon, August 19, a cadaver of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in the hinterland Barangay Laperian, Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur. The recovery took place a day after the 75th IB engaged around...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested two most wanted New People’s Army rebels in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur on Saturday, August 12. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspects as “Ka Mario,” 50, and “Ka...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have seized more than 1,600 board feet of illegally cut lauan lumber in Sibagat town, Agusan del Sur province. The Sibagat Municipal Police Station (MPS) has coordinated with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 has seized 1,175.31 board feet of illegally cut logs and lumber valued at P262,925.82 in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur on Friday, July 14. ILLEGALLY cut lumber was seized in Barangay Buena Garcia, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur,...
By Henrylito D. Tacio I had been to Agusan del Sur at least two times already – that was when I still worked for a non-governmental organization. Then this year, my good friend, Dr. Johnvie B. Goloran, invited me to attend the Naliyagan Festival, now in its 31st year. I had heard about it before....
