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(Photo grabbed from PRO-13 Facebook Page) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) on Tuesday said it has arrested a New People's Army (NPA) rebel with a standing arrest warrant for two counts of attempted murder. In a statement, PRO-13 Director, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., identified the arrested suspect as Roel Villatora Mangadlao, alias Ruel, 48, a member of the NPA Guerrilla Front 19 (GF-19), North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC). "Mangadlao was arrested by the joint personnel of Lianga police station and 1303rd Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion - 13 on Monday in Purok 6, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur," Caramat said. The suspect has arrest warrants issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 28 in Lianga town in February 2020. "(The) investigation disclosed that on February 19, 2020, Philippine Army troopers who were conducting main security route clearing along the Simowao-Neptune Barangay road in
Dr.Maria Natividad Castro (Courtesy of PNP) MANILA - Authorities will accompany to Butuan City the doctor arrested in San Juan City on Friday for kidnapping and serious illegal detention and identified as a Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) official. However, no details have been released yet on the transfer of Maria Natividad Castro, 53, who was nabbed in Barangay San Perfecto based on a warrant of arrest issued on Jan. 30, 2020 by Fernando Fudalan of the Regional Trial Court Branch 7 of Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur. No bail was recommended for Natividad (alias Yam/Agi/Kyle/Prim), No. 7 regional level communist terrorist group (CTG) priority target and head of the National Health Bureau of the CPP-New People's Army (NPA) based in Barangay Libertad, Butuan City, according to the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13). Castro was allegedly involved in the felonious kidnapping of a member of the Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA), detained the victim in an unidentified locatio
(Photo grabbed from PRO-13 FB Page) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) has meted sanctions on a total of 81 administrative complaints against its personnel between January 1, 2021 and February 10 this year. Of the total complaints, 44 have already been decided, with each respondent receiving corresponding penalties. In a statement Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., PRO-13 director, said that of the 44 respondents, 13 have already been suspended, 10 dismissed from the service, three were demoted, 14 were reprimanded, three were meted with forfeitures of their salaries, and one was restricted to specified limits. "A total of 32 personnel complained were also exonerated after due consideration of their cases," Caramat said. He added that of the 81 complaints, five are still pending at the Committee on Disposition of Administrative Cases in PRO-13. "The internal cleansing among our ranks is working, and there are no biases in giving sanctions o
(Photo provided by PRO-13 Information Office.) BUTUAN CITY - After hiding for more than a year, the sixth most wanted person in Caraga Region has been arrested in a joint operation by the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) and the Compostela Valley municipal police station of Davao de Oro province in the Davao Region. In a statement on Monday afternoon, PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. identified the arrested person as Rey D. Dionafra, 37, of Purok 3, Barangay Panikian, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. "Dionafra was arrested in the place where he was hiding for more than a year in Purok 6, Poblacion, Compostela, Davao de Oro," Caramat said of the Sunday law enforcement operation. The suspect has a standing warrant of arrest for incestuous rape issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 41 in Cantilan town, he added. Dionafra sexually abused a 14-year old minor at his abode on August 28, 2020, in Sitio Maslog, Barangay Panikian in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. "