(Google map of Cortes, Surigao del Sur) BUTUAN CITY - Criminal charges have been filed against communist rebels involved in the road blocking and ransacking of houses in the town of Cortes on February 10, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) disclosed Thursday. In an interview, SDSPPO Director Col. Joseph Boquiren said at least 24 New People's Army (NPA) insurgents were included in the criminal charges. "Charges of robbery in band and violation to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9851, otherwise known as Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes against Humanity were filed last February 14 at the provincial prosecutor's office in Surigao del Sur," Boquiren said. The rebels accused in the criminal complaint included Joel Mahinay, alias "Nico" of the Guerrilla Front 30, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee of the NPA, he added. The group of NPA guerrillas blockaded a portion of the national highway in Sit
HARASSMENT HIT. The Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) criticizes the New People's Army (NPA) for harassing and intimidating civilians when they blocked a portion of the national highway Thursday morning (Feb. 10, 2022) in Sitio Lubcon, Barangay Mabahin, Cortes, Surigao del Sur. The SDSPPO said the highway was cleared at around 9:00 a.m. Thursday after the rebels dispersed in different directions. (Photo grabbed from SDSPPO FB Page) BUTUAN CITY - The communist New People's Army (NPA) on Thursday was slammed for blocking a national highway and threatening residents and travelers in Cortes, Surigao del Sur on Thursday. In a phone interview, Col. Joseph Boquiren, director of Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO), said the NPA caused terror and distress in the area when an undetermined number of rebels blocked a portion of the national highway in Sitio Lubcon, Barangay Mabahin, Cortes town early Thursday morning. "That was a plain show of force and a
(Google map of Carmen, Surigao del Sur) BUTUAN CITY - Two civilians and four government troopers were hurt when communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked a preemptive evacuation conducted by government troops in Barangay Cancavan, Carmen, Surigao del Sur at around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday. Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) Director, Col. Joseph Boquiren, told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that the two civilians and the four Army personnel are now in stable condition after medical treatment at the Madrid District Hospital. "The troopers of 36th Infantry Battalion (36IB) were part of the preemptive evacuation team dispatched in the area to secure the residents from the possible impacts of Typhoon Odette," Boquiren said. An encounter immediately ensued as the 36IB troopers manage to position themselves to defend the other civilians in the area, he added. Police personnel from Madrid also provided support to the troopers by setting up checkpoints, he
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PEACEFUL UNDAS. Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office Director Col. Joseph Boquiren recognizes the cooperation of residents for the peaceful observance of Undas. Around 200 police personnel were mobilized in the province's different towns to restrict visits to cemeteries during the occasion. (Photo courtesy of SDSPPO) BUTUAN CITY - The Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) has recognized the cooperation of residents for the peaceful observance of Undas in the area. SDSPPO Director Col. Joseph Boquiren told Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that restriction of entry to cemeteries did not hinder the residents in the province from remembering their departed during the occasion from their homes. "As the local government units issued guidelines for the Undas, residents in the province complied with these issuances and peacefully observed the All Saints Day and All Souls Day in their homes," Boquiren said. He also commended the different police stations in the pr