BUTUAN CITY The government’s campaign against the dwindling communist movement in Central Mindanao has gain another strategic victory after two hard-core Communist New People’s Army Terrorists (CNTs) bolted their mountain camp and gave themselves voluntarily to the authorities. In return, a Cent
Published December 20, 2020, 2:58 PM
BUTUAN CITY
(PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed, while several firearms and other materials were recovered as the military, responding to information provided by indigenous peoples (IP) communities, engaged the Communist group in a one-hour encounter in a remote area in Sitio Paradise, Barangay Magsaysay in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Friday, December 18.
Third Special Forces Battalion (3SFBn) Civil Military Operation Officer First Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan said on Sunday their troops responded to reports made by IP communities that they were facing threats with the presence of more than 30 armed NPA rebels, who were planning to conduct extortion activities at the height of tropical depression Vicky.
Published December 19, 2020, 9:23 AM
BUTUAN CITY – More than 2,000 were displaced by tropical depression Vicky, which exited Caraga region late Friday, December 18.
Shown in photo are the disaster rescue personnel of 3rd Special Forces Battalion securing flash flood victims to safer grounds in Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 3rd SFBn CMO Officer 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan via Mike U. Crismundo/Manila Bulletin)
Absorbing the brunt of the tropical depression were areas in the southern and northern parts of Surigao del Sur where more than 1,600 families were affected by the flash floods.
“We are still collecting data from our different municipal and city disaster councils, but as of this time more than 1,600 families were already affected by the flash floods,” said Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Managements Council (PDRRMC) Head Abel De Guzman, in phone interview with The Manila Bulletin on Saturday.
Published December 18, 2020, 5:57 PM
BUTUAN CITY – Rescue teams from various disaster risk reduction and management councils (DRRMCs) in Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte and this city, as well as troops of the Army’s Third Special Forces Battalion (3
rd SFBn) were mobilized as a large number of villagers in these provinces were affected flash floods caused by heavy rains brought by tropical depression Vicky.
Shown in photo are the members of the rescue team of the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Battalion set to rescue a one family in Barangay Payasan, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of 3rd SFBN CMO Officer 1st Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan via Mike U. Crismundo/Manila Bulletin)