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BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte — A priority drug personality was arrested in a late afternoon buy-bust operation on March 23, 2026, in Barangay Fort Poyohon, leading to the confiscation…
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur — Government troops engaged suspected communist rebels in a firefight in the hinterlands of Surigao del Sur on Sunday, March 22, resulting in the deaths of…
CARMEN, Surigao del Sur — Two members of a Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) surrendered peacefully to government forces on the morning of March 21, 2026, in Barangay Puyat, marking another…
TAGBINA, Surigao del Sur — A ranking public school official was arrested in a late-night anti-drug operation on March 20, 2026, in a development that has sent shockwaves through the…
SURIGAO CITY, Philippines — A 46-year-old man was arrested Thursday night, March 19, after allegedly threatening a woman with a firearm in a tense incident that alarmed residents in Barangay…
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — A grieving father broke down in tears after learning that his son was brutally shot dead while resting inside a parked vehicle along a…
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Philippines — Authorities arrested four individuals allegedly involved in illegal mining activities in the municipality of Placer during a joint law enforcement operation on March 16, as…
TAGO, Surigao del Sur — A high-value drug suspect was arrested during a coordinated anti-illegal drugs operation conducted by law enforcement authorities in Barangay Purisima, Tago, Surigao del Sur on…
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte — A taxi driver from Butuan City voluntarily surrendered a loose firearm he discovered along a roadside in Cabadbaran City, highlighting what police described as…
The Philippine boxing community is in mourning following the untimely death of Jordan “Tuklaw” Padernal Atlao, the reigning flyweight champion of the Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF), who passed away after…