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SURIGAO CITY, Philippines — Authorities arrested 18 individuals, including eight Chinese nationals, and seized heavy mining equipment, vehicles, firearms, and other paraphernalia valued at ₱153.343 million during an intensified crackdown…
BUTUAN CITY — A newborn baby boy was found abandoned behind a house near a pigpen in Purok 5, Barangay Maug, Butuan City, shortly after midnight on Tuesday, October 13,…
CARMEN, Surigao del Sur — Questions over construction quality and public accountability have emerged after a newly built evacuation center worth nearly ₱9.76 million in Barangay Esperanza, Carmen, Surigao del…
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) has recorded the voluntary surrender of 21 loose firearms and the turnover of seven firearms with expired licenses across…
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur — A 46-year-old man was arrested after a joint anti-illegal drug operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 13 (PDEA RO 13) and the…
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur — A 47-year-old man was shot by unidentified assailants near a mosque in the Andanan area of Bayugan City on Friday afternoon, October 9, 2026,…
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — Thirteen loose firearms were voluntarily surrendered to police units across the Caraga Region on October 10 as the Police Regional Office 13 (PRO13) intensified its campaign…
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — Police in the Caraga Region confiscated smuggled cigarettes worth ₱2,483,905 during a weeklong series of anti-criminality operations from September 28 to October 4, 2026, as authorities…
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — Authorities seized approximately ₱810,000 worth of illegally sourced lumber and arrested two individuals during an anti-illegal logging operation in the mountainous area of Barangay Pakwan, Lanuza,…
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — A man identified only by the alias “Sadam” was shot dead inside a residence in Purok 5B, Barangay Baan Riverside, Butuan City, at around 4:00 p.m.…