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, […]
Northern Mindanao
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 […]
Army mulls transfer of munitions complex after the fire
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –— The Philippine Army of planning to move out its ammunition complex away from Camp Edliberto Evangelista, the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division. Following the fire and explosion early dawn Tuesday, Commanding General of the Philippine Army Lt. General Romeo Brawner, Jr on Tuesday said that area around Camp Evangelista’s […]
About 2K makeshifts vanish as occupants believe they occupy ancestral domain land
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Close to 2,000 families were rendered homeless after the police and demolition team swooped upon the legal orders of the court to clear the 27-hectare property they occupy on June 14,2022 in Sitio Zayas, Barangay Carmen. Demolished residents claim a certain Amir “Datu Lawlawan” lumatao Alibug invited them to put […]
Top NPA leader surrenders to PNP
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A ranking officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) whom authorities believed to be responsible for several attacks in the province including the destruction of equipment in Bukidnon towns and the abduction of a police officer, has surrendered to the Phil. National Police-10. In a hastily called press conference Wednesday, […]
High-powered firearms, IEDs surrendered to Army in Surigao del Norte
DAVAO CITY — Two high-powered guns and undetermined number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were surrendered on Tuesday, March 1, to the Philippine Army’s 30th infantry battalion in Brgy. Magtangale, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte. The surrender of the IEDs, one M16 rifle and one M79 grenade launcher was made possible when a former member […]
Top rebel leader killed in Bukidnon clash
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao was killed during a recent encounter between communist rebels and government troops in Bukidnon, the military said Tuesday, Jan. 25. In a report that was circulated to the media Tuesday, the Army’s 16th Infantry Battalion (16IB) identified the fatalities […]
Alleged mastermind in doctor’s killing surrenders to the police
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The suspected mastermind in the killing of Dr. Raul Winston Andutan surrendered to the police om Monday, January 24. Major Evan Viñas, the spokesperson of the City Police identified the alleged mastermind as Richard Gepte, 51, and a resident of Balingoan town in Misamis Oriental. Gepte is an incumbent councilor […]
Medical director killed in Cagayan de Oro City
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A medical doctor was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight in Barangay Nazareth, this city, Thursday morning, Dec. 2 while on his way to the hospital from his residence in Barangay Macasandig. Police identified the victim as Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, a urologist was a medical director at […]
Military Ops displace 33 individuals
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — At least 33 individuals have fled their homes in Sitio Gabunan, Barangay Dumalaguing, Impasug-ong town in Bukidnon after the military launched an operation which killed George Madlos aka Ka Oris, the top NPA commander in Mindanao. Madlos was killed on last October 29, 2021, in the hinterlands of Bukidnon prompting […]
LTFRB launches modern PUVs in CdeO
DAVAO CITY — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory on Tuesday launched the transport cooperatives’ modern public utility vehicles (PUVs) being implemented under the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) on October 8 at SM Uptown Mall, Cagayan de Oro City The Department of the Interior and Local Government-Region 10 (DILG-10) lauded the LTFRB and expressed its […]
MisOr implements ‘mental health playbook’ to prevent suicides
DAVAO CITY —To prevent the high probability of suicides with the surge of mental health problems caused by the pandemic, the Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) has organized focal persons to fight mental health illnesses among adolescents. The PHO conducted recently a two-day capacity building course for the newly organized Peer Support Group Oversight […]
DOH-10 issues warning against the use of Ivermectin for covid-19 patients
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Department of Health Region 10 issued a warning on September 16, 2021, regarding the use of livestock medicine Ivermectin as one of the treatments of the Covid-19 virus. DOH-Region 10 Director Jose Llacuna, Jr. said that he issued an advisory on September 15, 2021, against the use of Ivermectin. […]