BUTUAN CITY – Relief operations for flood victims in Agusan del Sur are ongoing, police said on Friday, January 19. POLICE transport relief goods to flood victims in Agusan del Sur through a boat. (Photo via Mike U. Crismundo) Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief...
BUTUAN CITY – Two towns in Agusan del Sur have been placed under a state of calamity due to flash floods caused by heavy rains from the shear line since Monday, January 15. A LANDSLIDE caused by heavy rains blocks a road in Agusan del Sur. (FB) The Agusan del Sur Provincial...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and an undetermined number of his comrades were wounded in a gun battle with soldiers in Sitio Calaitan, Barangay Simbalan, Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province on Tuesday, January 16. A COMMUNIST rebel was killed in a gun...
BUTUAN CITY – The No. 8 most wanted person in the Caraga region was arrested by the police in Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte on December 27. Agusan del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Police Col. Filemon O. Pacios said the suspect, “Junjun,” 31, was nabbed by the Las Nieves...
BUTUAN CITY – The Tabon Farmers’ Association (TFA) in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, has received P700,000 worth of livelihood assistance under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) facilitated by the Army 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (IB)....
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested an 18-year-old suspected drug pusher in a search warrant operation in Barangay Punta, Nasipit, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday, October 11. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspect as alias...
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 bomb threat abruptly suspended work at the Agusan del Norte provincial capitol here on Tuesday, October 3. Agusan del Norte Community Affairs Officer (CAO) Edgar M. Palarca Jr. said work was suspended at 10 a.m. “Our police authorities have taken swift action to ensure the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) has provided rice aid to former New People’s Army (NPA) fighters in Agusan del Norte. FORMER New People’s Army (NPA) rebels receive rice aid from the OPAPRU and 23 rd Infantry Battalion in...
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...
