The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao is already set to ensure public safety and security for the celebration of Labor Day on May 1. PNP-10 Regional Director PBGen. Lawrence Coop, Regional said that PRO-10 will deploy enough personnel across the region to secure rallyists/demonstrators and the general public from any act of violence and […]
BHRC-BARMM denounces firefight in Maguindanao del Sur
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BHRC-BARMM) on April 25 condemned the ongoing firefight between two armed groups in the three barangays of the Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao del Sur. The Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division reported that armed clashes between two armed […]
Police nab alleged mastermind in cop murder
DAVAO CITY —Combined police operatives from the General Santos City Police Office and South Cotabato Provincial Police Office on April 22 arrested the suspects in the murder of Police Corporal Razul Alongan of the General Santos Police Station 5 Intelligence Unit. Alongan was shot dead in Barangay Fatima, General Santos City on April 20 by […]
BFAR detects toxic red tide in Surigao, Zamboanga del Sur
Photo Credit: Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Central Office The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued an alert warning against harvesting, selling, and consuming shellfish from Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur and Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur. In a statement issued on April 20, BFAR said that their surveillance […]
DILG Sec. Abalos: Acorda Jr. is the right man to lead PNP
Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on April 24 expressed his belief that newly appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. is the right man for the job to lead the 228-thousand-strong police force. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Acorda as the 29th PNP Chief after General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. […]
PNP 10: Crime index down by 9.64% for 2023 Q1
The crime index in Northern Mindanao for the first quarter of 2023 has dropped by 9.64 percent compared to the same period last year, Philippine National Police Region 10 director PBgen. Lawrence Coop said. The Eight Focus Crimes include homicide, physical injury, robbery, theft, vehicle theft, motorcycle theft, and rape. In a statement released on […]
BARMM police forms body to probe Silongan’s killing
Philippine National Police-BARMM Police Regional Office director PBGen. Allan Nobleza created Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Silongan on April 19 following the daring daylight shooting of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur Councilor Demson Dagloc Silongan. Silongan was shot dead in an attack just outside the Datu Salibo municipal hall on April 17. Datu Salibo Municipal […]
CM Ebrahim names Maslamama as new BARMM senior minister
COTABATO CITY — Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim appointed on April 17 former Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forves (BIAF) spokesperson Abunawas “Von Al Haq” Maslamama as new senior minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The appointment of Maslamama came after Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua vacated his post as senior minister as he […]
Sandiganbayan sentence ex-Congressman to 100-year in prison
DAVAO CITY — The Sandiganbayan Friday, April 15, convicted former Bukidnon First District Representative Candido Pancrudo and two others for multiple counts of graft, malversation of public funds, and malversation of public funds via falsification of public documents. The decision was promulgated on October 21, 2022, but was just released on the Sandibayan website last […]
Camiguin readies in case of volcanic eruption
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Region 10 conducted a 3-day Workshop on Contingency Plan on Volcanic Eruption in Mambjao, Camiguin on April 12-14. Close to 300 participants from local government unit, national line agencies, and barangay officials across the island joined the workshop that aimed to […]
Arrested ex-drug convict yields P408K worth of shabu
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police authorities arrested Jovel Veroy on Tuesday April 11, in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulua here, Veroy a newly released convict for drug peddling. City director PCol. Aaron Mandia said that Veroy was imprisoned in the city jail in Barangay Lumbia for violation of R.A. 9165 or the Comprehensive […]
South Korean firm asks DA for more cassava sources
Photo Courtesy of Department of Agriculture RFO X CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – South Korean food corporation sought the assistance of the Department of Agriculture Regional Office 10 and 13 in sourcing more cassava tubers for starch production. DA-10 OIC-Regional Executive Director Carlene Collado said last week that Daesang Philippines, Corp., a food processing company, […]
PDEA-BARMM intercepts P20.4-M shabu
Suspected runner leaves 3kg of drugs Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) and the Luuk Municipal Police Station and other law enforcement agencies intercepted a drug courier in an interdiction operation on April 8 in Luuk, Sulu. Authorities identified the drug runner as Almando Insali a resident of Zamboanga City. Insali […]