(Photo grabbed from PRO-13 Facebook page) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office - Caraga (PRO - 13) has reported that 51 percent of its personnel have been administered booster shots of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines. In a statement Monday, PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. said the police's Regional Medical and Dental Unit continues to administer booster shots to all its personnel, including those from the different police offices and stations daily. "We have been encouraging our police forces to receive Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for their needed protection as front-liners," Caramat said. He said the available booster shots for their personnel include AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer, and Sinovac. As Caraga is placed under Alert Level 2, Caramat called on the residents to strictly adhere to the health protocols and standards to help sustain and eradicate the Covid-19 virus threat. Meanwhile, Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, the PRO-13 public information
Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (File photo) MANILA - Dra. Maria Natividad Castro, alias Dok, is an active member, recruiter, trainer and fundraiser of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). This was confirmed by former CPP-NPA-NDF member Gleceria Balangiao, liaison officer of the Rural Missionary of the Philippines-Northern Mindanao Region, during a virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday. Balangiao, alias Ka Inday, told the press that she personally met Castro several times between 2006 and 2009 during meetings and trainings of NPA fighters on "first aid" treatment for wounded terrorists. She said she first met the lady doctor in Cagayan de Oro where Castro works and gives trainings in community-based areas controlled by the NPA. Balangiao added that Castro is also into "recruiting health professionals" to join the terrorist movement as
Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (File photo) MANILA - Dr. Maria Natividad Castro, alias Dok, is an active member, recruiter, trainer and fundraiser of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). This was confirmed by former CPP-NPA-NDF member Gleceria Balangiao, liaison officer of the Rural Missionary of the Philippines-Northern Mindanao Region, during a virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday. Balangiao, alias Ka Inday, told the press that she personally met Castro several times between 2006 and 2009 during meetings and trainings of NPA fighters on "first aid" treatment for wounded terrorists. She said she first met the lady doctor in Cagayan de Oro where Castro works and gives trainings in community-based areas controlled by the NPA. Balangiao added that Castro is also into "recruiting health professionals" to join the terrorist movement as &
NEW DIRECTORS. Police Regional Office-Caraga (PRO-13) Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. (center) leads the turnover of command ceremony in Butuan City on Monday (Jan. 10, 2022) as Col. Martin Gamba (left) relinquishes his post as Philippine National Police Director of Agusan del Norte to Col. Helson Walin (right). Caramat also led the change of command for the director for PNP Surigao del Norte from Col. Noel Espinoza to Col. Renato Mercado. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13) BUTUAN CITY - The provincial offices of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte welcomed their new directors who formally assumed their posts on Monday. Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, information officer of Police Regional Office - Caraga, told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat led the turnover of command ceremony at the PRO-13 headquarters here. "The assignment of new directors in provincial offices is in line with the directive of P
RELIEF GOODS. Personnel of the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) load relief goods for Dinagat and Siargao Islands at the Nasipit Port, Agusan del Norte on Dec 21, 2021. The PRO-13 has so far received over PHP4 million worth of relief goods and a total of PHP876,000 cash donations from the different police offices, organizations, and individuals in the country as of Jan. 5, 2022. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) said on Wednesday that it has so far received over PHP4 million worth of goods and PHP876,000 cash donations from various offices, groups, and individuals intended for the victims of Typhoon Odette in the region. PRO-13 Public Information Officer Maj. Dorothy Tumulak told the Philippine News Agency the donations arrived separately days after "Odette" devastated several provinces in the region last December 16. "Most of these donations came from the different police regional offices i