(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 09 November 2024) At 3:00 AM today, a Low Pressure Area was located based on all available data at 1,150 km East of Southeastern Luzon, (14.5°N, 115.8°E) TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY TYPHOON YINXING (2422) (FORMERLY MARCE) LOCATION: 500 KM WEST OF LAOAG CITY, ILOCOS MORTE (18.6N, 115.8E) MAXIMUM SUTAINED WIND: 155 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 190 KM/H MOVEMENT: WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 20 KM/H. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from NorthEast to North will prevail with slight to moderate seas / (0.6 to 2.1 meters).


Friday, 29 December 2023

CTG member falls to Caraga cops

BUTUAN CITY – Police Brigadier General Kirby John B. Kraft, Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 director announced the apprehension of a 24-year-old Militia ng Bayan member, Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda 21C, Weakened Guerilla Front 21, Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee on December 28 at around 12:52 p.m., in Brgy Taguibo, Butuan City.

Mark S. Navarro, a resident of Barangay Anticala, Butuan City, was arrested by the personnel of the Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) and the 29th Infantry Battalion (IB), 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (PA).

He was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by the Regional Trial Court, 10th Judicial Region, Branch 4, Hall of Justice, Brgy. Libertad, Butuan City dated December 19, 2023, for murder under Criminal Case No. 2023-1300 with no bail bond recommended.

The suspect was tagged in the killing of a member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU), 29th IB, PA, assigned to the Mahayahay Patrol Base City on July 12, 2023, in Brgy. Antongalon, Butuan City. 

“I applaud the success of the joint PNP-AFP operation against the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG). This accomplishment proved that when government forces worked together in the aggressive fight against terrorism, the CTG would suffer another major setback,” Dir. Kraft said. (PNP-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)