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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
PNP-10: Holy Week observance in Northern Mindanao was generally peaceful
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – PNP-10 Director PBGen. Lawrence Coop said that the region-wide observance of Semana Santa was generally peaceful and orderly despite some minor incidents. In a statement, Coop said that crime incidents decreased by 22% during this year’s observance of the Holy Week compared to last year. The incidents were considered cleared […]
Camiguin records 19,000 tourists during Holy Week 2023
Camiguin island province once again proved that it is one of the Philippines’ most visited islands when it logged 19,000 visitors from April 1-9 2023. Camiguin’s Holy Week ‘Panaad’ 0r Pledge of Walk, a pilgrimage act for Catholics that involves walking around the island’s 64-kilometer circumferential road that ends up in an ascent to old […]
Thousands of pilgrims flock to Camiguin for annual ‘Panaad’
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Thousands of tourists flocked to Camiguin Island for the Holy Week where the province’s Panaad (Pledge of Walk) is observed across the island. Camiguin Island, a tiny island off Misamis Oriental and just 50 kilometers South of Bohol island, is one of the most visited island provinces in the Philippines […]
Bus firm on road crash that killed 5: ‘Not our fault’
In the wake of a road accident involving a bus and a truck in Gitagum town, Misamis Oriental March 30, the RTMI management maintains that, based on a CCTV footage, the accident was not the fault of its driver. (Photo courtesy of Bombo Radyo CDO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Bus company Rural Transit (Mindanao) […]
800 Talakag vegetable, coffee farmers benefit from DOST’s assistance
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 10 has recently turned over a vacuum packaging technology to farmer-members of Balugto Hope Agroforestry Association Inc. in Talakag town, Bukidnon. The vacuum sealer will help minimize food waste and stabilize prices in times of oversupply of vegetables and ensure farmers with a reliable source of income. […]
Bukidnon PNP files murder vs 27-year old killer of his partner
DAVAO CITY — The Don Carlos municipal police office has filed murder charges against Edson Erap Campo Jamisola, the 27-year old jobless man who killed his hapless partner on Saturday inside their house in Barangay Poblacion Sur, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. Don Carlos Municipal Police Station Officer-In-Charge Police Major Patrick Castro said that the couple had […]
Cagayan de Oro Youth undergoes AI development Training
DAVAO CITY — The city government of Cagayan de Oro sent fifteen (15) out-of-school youth to undergo six months training on artificial intelligence and software development. City Mayor Rolando Uy on Monday, February 20, 2023, presented the first batch of OSY who will be trained by the Skunk Works, an information technology business process outsourcing […]
Bloodbath inside army camp: 5 dead, 1 wounded
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Five army personnel were killed while another one was wounded when a soldier ran amok and shot at troopers sleeping inside the 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Patag, this city, early Saturday, Feb. 11. Police identified the fatalities as Pvt. Joseph Tamayo, PFC Prince Kevin Balaba, Sgt. Rogelio Rojo, […]
Zamboanga City crime volume down in early 2023
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The crime volume in this city is fewer by 670 in 2022 or 24 percent lower compared to the crimes registered the previous year. Col. Alexander Lorenzo, city police director, said Monday out of the total crime volume of 2,123 recorded last year, 740 incidents or 35 percent are categorized as index crimes […]