Over 750 civilians have been displaced following a clash between government troops and communist rebels in Butuan, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
A hold departure order has been issued against Tubay, Agusan del Norte Mayor Sadeka Garcia Tomaneng in connection with a criminal complaint for the alleged illegal demolition of houses filed against her at the Sandiganbayan.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the filing of graft charges against Tubay, Agusan del Norte Mayor Sadeka Tomaneng and another town official in connection with the demolition of houses of people who refused to heed the mayor’s alleged demand for them to recant their affidavits on a labor case.
Government forces have apprehended members of a criminal group in Agusan del Norte.
National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito Banayo on Tuesday confirmed he was resigning his post to run for congressman of his home district in Agusan Del Norte.
The government is now focusing its crackdown on illegal logging in six provinces in Mindanao where loggers still reign in “connivance” with local, environment and police officials.
Five mayors in Agusan del Sur and Agusan del Norte have been placed under investigation for their alleged failure to detect the shipments of millions of pesos worth of illegally cut logs that were transported through their towns.
An independent team of scientists has cleared a mining firm operating in Agusan del Norte of environmental violations that the province’s top politicians are accusing the firm of committing.
Three mild earthquakes hit some parts of the country early Maundy Thursday, state volcanologists said.
More troops were deployed to Kitcharao town in Agusan del Norte to sustain pursuit and combat operations against fleeing New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas who engaged soldiers in fierce clashes there Sunday.
One soldier was killed while three others were wounded in a clash with New People’s Army rebels in Agusan del Norte Thursday, the military said.
A 17-year-old girl from Agusan del Norte who accused a priest of raping her on Friday sought the intervention of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in her quest for justice. Leah (not her real name) was accompanied by the women’s party-list group, Gabriela, when she dropped by the CBCP office in Intramuros, [...]
A Catholic Church official on Sunday urged the superiors of a priest accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in Agusan del Norte to quickly send the case to the Vatican as required, as it was causing a scandal and an embarrassment to the Church. Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz said that under canon law, cases of [...]
