Look: Army colonel meets NPA leaders in Surigao

LOOK: Lt. Col. Rico Amaro, commanding officer of 30th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army based in Sta. Cruz, Placer, Surigao del Norte meets New People's Army (NPA) leaders somewhere in the mountains of Surigao del Norte. With him are Ka Oto, spokesperson of the Gueri…

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NPA rebel killed in pursuit operations in Surigao Norte

SURIGAO CITY - A suspected member of the New People’s Army rebel group was killed while authorities are on a rescue mission of three policemen and a non-uniformed personnel who were abducted last week at a village in Surigao del Norte province. Reports from Surigao del Nor…

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30IB, Phil. Red Cross hold bloodletting activity

SURIGAO CITY -- The 30th Infantry "Python" Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army in partnership with the Philippine National Red Cross, has conducted a bloodletting activity at the 30IB Headquarters, Sta. Cruz, Placer, Surigao del Norte.  The bloodletti…

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Farmers picket Surigao’s City Hall, demand amendment to copra trading ordinance

By Vanessa Almeda SURIGAO CITY - Protesters marched towards City Hall Monday morning to demand the mayor’s  intervention on the amendment of a copra trading ordinance while also asking him to act on the reported militarization of upland barangays. Nemesio Borja, chair of the …

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Troops dismiss allegations of forced evacuation of Mamanwa families

The 30th Infantry “Python” Battalion Commanding Officer LTC Erwin Rommel Lamzon has dismissed the allegations made through text messages that there was a forced evacuation of Mamanwa tribe of Kitcharao in Agusan del Norte from Sitio Bacud, Brgy. Luna in Surigao City. “There…

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Task force created for displaced Kitcharao tribal folk

The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) created recently a multi-agency task force purposely to facilitate the peaceful transfer of the Mamanwa families temporarily settled in Brgy. Luna, Surigao City back to their original abode in Sitio Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kit…

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Tagana-an Mayor survived in ambush

Tagana-an Mayor Cesar Diaz survived an ambush near the boundary of Barangays Laurel and Union, Tagana-an, this province around 11:20am Monday, April 18, 2011. According to 30th Infantry “Python” Battalion Commanding Officer LTC Erwin Rommel Lamzon, Mayor Diaz was driving hi…

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30IB to hold MEDCAP, Grand Pulong-Pulong in Surigao Norte barangays

The 30th Infantry Battalion (30IB), 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army stationed at Barangay Santa Cruz, Placer, which has jurisdiction over the three provinces of Surigao del Norte, Dinagat and Agusan del Norte, will be having a series of Medical and Dental Civic Actio…

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Army opens door to Surigaonons for new soldiers

The Philippine Army is now accepting new applicants for commissioned officers and candidate soldiers to be enlisted into the regular force of the military. Lt. Col. Eduardo Gases, Division Adjutant of the 4th Infantry Division based in Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan d…

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