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
RAPE SUSPECTS FALL. Two suspects in the July 2018 rape of a 13-year-old girl in Butuan City are arrested by local police operatives in Purok 5 Silad, Barangay Mahogany in Butuan City on Thursday (Dec. 2, 2021). The suspects were arrested after hiding for more than three years. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13) BUTUAN CITY - The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) said Friday two more suspects implicated in the 2018 rape of a 13-year-old girl here have been arrested. Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, PRO-13 public information officer, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that the two suspects had gone into hiding for more than three years after the rape incident. Arrested on Thursday afternoon by city police operatives were Karl Adrian Daanoy Flores, 23, and Benjamin Borja Acido, 22, during an operation conducted in Purok 5 Silad, Barangay Mahogany in this city. "The arrest was made possible through the support of Barangay Intelligence Network in the area. The members of the network are force m
INVESTMENT SCAMMERS. The mugshots of the three suspected investment scammers caught by Bayugan City police operatives in simultaneous operations in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2021). The suspects, all formerly working under a Forex Trading investment firm, have standing warrants of arrest for syndicated estafa. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13) BUTUAN CITY - Three individuals allegedly involved in an investment scam known as Forex Trading, fell into the hands of Bayugan City police operatives during a coordinated law enforcement operation in Agusan del Sur province. In a phone interview on Thursday, Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) public information officer, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that the three suspects have standing arrest warrants for syndicated estafa issued on Dec. 20, 2019 by the Regional Trial Court Branch 7 in Bayugan City. "The arrest warrants were implemented on Wednesday afternoon after our police personnel i
NABBED. The Police Regional Office in Caraga announces the arrest of Efraim Marcos Alicabo, alias Ep-Ep, at his residence in Barangay Binongan, Veruela, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect is a member of the notorious Umali/Kapatiran armed group involved in various crimes in the Caraga and Davao regions. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - A member of the notorious Umali/Kapatiran armed group has been arrested during an operation in Veruela town of Agusan del Sur, the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) reported Thursday. In an interview, Major Dorothy Tumulak, PRO-13 information officer, told the Philippine News Agency that Efraim Marcos Alicabo, alias "Ep-Ep", 32, of Purok 6A, Barangay Binongan, Veruela, was nabbed by personnel of the 1303rd Maneuver Company - Regional Mobile Force Battalion 13, and the Veruela police on Wednesday afternoon at his residence. "His arrest was made by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the R