Fiesta in Butuan

Feast day is a very busy day for workers of lechon makers in Butuan City as hundreds of lechon await pick-up on Sunday, the annual May 19 feast of Saint… »

Marines deployed in Caraga to help secure polls

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/25 April)– About 400 troops from the Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 (MBLT-3) have arrived here to help the Army’s 4th Infantry Division secure the May 13, 2013… »

Replica of Butuan’s historic balanghai boat undergoes repair

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/20 April) — Repair works on a replica of the historic Balanghai boat have started to restore it to its original state when it first sailed all over… »

Death on Good Friday

Father Joesilo Amalla blesses the body of one of two militiamen killed during a clash between suspected members of the New Peoples Army and a team of police personnel, soldiers… »

5,000 devotees trapped for 4 hours as NPA, soldiers clash on Good Friday; 2 Cafgu members killed

ANTICALA, Butuan City (MindaNews/29 March) — Two members of the paramilitary Cafgu were killed while some 5,000 devotees of the Good Friday “Panaad” (vow) stations of the cross trek to… »

51 families flee fighting in Butuan

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/15 March) — Fifty-one families fled their homes after fighting broke out between elements of the police’s City Public Safety Company and suspected New People’s Army rebels in… »

4-hour daily brownout hits Butuan

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/08 March)—Insufficient power supply in the Mindanao grid and not power transmission problem triggered the four-hour daily brownout in this city, an official of the National Grid Corp.… »

Butuan artists to create balanghai replicas from trash

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/07 March) – The city government has tapped 10 local artists to create miniature replicas of the historic balanghai boat using trash materials. The 3D replicas will be… »

TINGOG SA SUBA: Ina, Kapatid, Anak

Excuse me sir bise presidente nganong imong anak si nancy gipadagan nimong senador daghang commentator nag-ingon binuang ni nga pabor-pabor palakasan ra kuno ni pasiugda sa makati walay kalaki abilidad… »

15,000 persons evacuated by force in Butuan as Agusan River overflows anew

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/24 February)  –  Some 2,800 families or 15,000 persons from 14 barangays here were evacuated by force on Saturday afternoon as the Agusan River overflowed, its water level… »

State of calamity declared in Butuan

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/15 January) – A state of calamity was declared by the city council Monday afternoon to speed up the release of additional funds for the estimated 4,500 families… »

Butuan City goes Code Red; riverside residents ordered to vacate

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – Code Red. Evacuations were enforced in at least seven riverside barangays here as authorities raised the alert level to 3 or Code Red at 8… »

Getting Dirty

Elementary student players battle for ball position in this bit of muddy action at the Butuan City Sports Complex in Barangay Libertad in Butuan City on Nov. 18, 2012. MindaNews… »

Butuan seeks more cops, mounts more CCTV cams

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/09 November)—The city police has requested for additional policemen and the installation of more closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to suppress the increasing criminal activities in the locality, said… »

TINGOG SA SUBA: Epal

panahon na gyud karon sa samot nga pakapalan ang nawong sa mga unggoy naka-plastar na sa kanto ug mga dalan labi na kay hapit na ang pasko walay gipa-saylo bisan… »

TINGOG SA SUBA: Baktin

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/04 Nov) – purhisyo gayud tinuoray kung magbuhi ka og baktin hasol bantayan kay puwerti ka laagan bisan asa abot dili magpadaplin bisan asa manungad sa kalsada man… »

TINGOG SA SUBA: Destiny

Ingon ni Erap dili political dynasty ang iyang family wa siya kuyafi? kinsa pa ba ganahan sa iya maminaw aw, kadto ra pud dunay utok bulinaw kinsa ma’y dili maglagot… »

Butuan authorities hopeful to win conviction vs. illegal logger

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/27 Sept) – The regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. have expressed optimism that the case filed against… »

Thousands of board feet of Lauan lumber seized in Butuan raid

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/26 Sept) —  Authorities here discovered at least 20,000 board feet of Lauan lumber and thousands more of Lauan flitches hidden underneath waste lumber during a raid Tuesday… »

17 killed in Butuan fire

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/9 May) – A fire of still unknown origin that erupted before dawn here today right in the middle of town killed 17 people, all employees of the department store Novo Jeans and Shirts who were trapped inside the building.

Butuan City: PFF U-23 National Suzuki Cup

A player from Butuan-Agusan del Norte cries in pain during a match with the Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental team last April 21, 2012 for the Philippine Football Federation under 23… »

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