Ricardo A. David, commanding general of the Caragaregion Army’s 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade, said the three leaders were caught by surprise when combat troops of the 42nd Military Intelligence Company and intelligence operatives of 30th Infantry Battalion pounced on them.
The husband and wife are secretary and second deputy secretary, respectively, of “Abe Command,” while the other communist official is a commander of the same group and leader of squad 2, 9th platoon of FC 21-C. The CPP-NPA officials are under tactical interrogation in an undisclosed place in Agusan.
The 7,400-strong NPA is the armed wing of the CPP that is waging a 37-year-old Maoist communist insurgency in the Philippines.
The history of Caraga can be traced back to the 15th century when explorers discovered the existence of "Kalagans", believed to be of Visayan Origin in one of the three districts in Mindanao.
CaragaRegion, situated in the northeast section of Mindanao, is located between 8000' to 10030' latitude and 125015' to 126030' longitude.
The 1995 census revealed that the dominant religion in the region was Roman Catholic, with the population of 1,397,343 or 79% of the total household population in caraga.
BUTUAN CITY -- Indiscriminate, uncontrolled, and discreet cutting of trees of the more than one million hectares of forest lands in CaragaRegion are to be blamed for the flashfloods that hit the region, environmentalists groups said.
Mordeno said the lack of political will to stop wanton destruction of Caraga's forest further aggravated the situation as concerned government agencies and its workers are in the first place indebted to politicians.
Earlier a lumad group, Tribal Communities of CaragaRegion, Inc. exposed the reported wanton smuggling of logs in CaragaRegion, which deprived government millions of pesos of revenues.
More than 200,000 residents of Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, Davao Oriental and the Compostela Valley face the loss of their livelihoods should Picop Resource Philippines be forced to close down operations, the firm’s chief executive officer warned on Tuesday.
Aside from loss of livelihood and around 80 percent of the income of the Caragaregion, Bernardino said Picop’s closure would cost the country billions of pesos in taxes, forestry charges and other fees.
The Picop officer showed Times editors and reporters what it said was a DENR certification stating the firm owed the no forestry charges.
The poverty rate of the region which is fifty point two percent (50.2%) is actually worse than that of the entire country, which is only thirty-four percent (34%).
Industry Clustering facilitates investments for the eight clusters in Caraga; which are the wood, oil palm, tourism, abaca, high value vegetables, seaweed and arts and crafts clusters.
Unspoiled white sand beaches, hot and cold springs, forest, mangrove, swamps, mystical wetland, the pristine beauty of its islets & islands, the sparkling coves of white sand, the outstanding rock formations, caves, cascading waterfalls, and hidden lagoons beckon tourists and adventurers.
This is their Program of Infrastructure and Promotion of the Economic Sector in Rural Areas - Sustainable Rual Development Project in CARAGA - Butuan City.
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The Regional Development Council CaragaRegion, bracing for more development initiatives for the next three years, jump started its activities by conducting the reorganization of the Council.
This reorganization, which is the fourth one conducted by the RDC, is made even more significant with the expansion of the RDC membership.
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Comprised of the two cities and four provinces in the northeastern portion of Mindanao, Caraga is adventure epitomized.
This northeastern region holds the Philippines' largest gold deposits, but Caraga's agricultural, marine, and human resources are more precious than gold.
Caraga have a potential for big plantations [for the business-minded] and internationally known tourist facilities [for vacationers]," said Epimaco Galero Jr., vice chairman of the CaragaRegional Development Council and area head of the Growth with Equity in Mindanao Program.
This new born region we now call Caraga was named after the historic Caraga: an extensive land mass covering some provinces in the Northeastern seaboard of island of Mindanao, Philippines.
Caraga sits on 3.5 billion metric tons of of metallic and non-metallic reserves the largest concentration of which is found in Surigao.
Caraga is served by an international port in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte,by the SurigaoCity port, and by wharves in Tandag, Bislig and Dapa.
DTI Caraga’s data does not include public investment figures.
It is of interest to note that Caraga’s percentage contribution to Mindanao’s exports has been erratic.
Once in Caraga, you can take your pick of which to visit.
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Logging and Mining Caused the Floods in CARAGA : QC IMC(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For the past couple of years Caragaregion, specifically the cities of Butuan and Surigao and the province of Surigao Sur, has been flooded during the monsoon rains and storms.
Sa ulahing 2 ka tuig, ang rehiyon sa Caraga, partikular ang mga syudad sa Butuan ug Surigao ug ang probinsya sa Surigao del Sur, gibaha panahon sa ting-ulan ug mga bagyo.
Walay byahe sulod sa mokabat 2 ka adlaw sa tibuok Caraga tungod sa pagbaha ug dili maagian nga mga dalan.
This total log ban called by Malacañang last year was only meant for publicity and PR-related campaigns to offset public outrage and shift public opinion in favor of the DENR and the Office of the President," Pamalakaya information officer Gerry Albert Corpuz said in a statement.
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But Col. Louie Mirar, brigade commander of the Army’s 401st Infantry Brigade, was quick to dismiss the militants’ claim that the deployment was part of the state’s policy to purge the region of Leftist activists.
Caraga is the old name of the northeastern provinces during the Spanish times and was a newly formed region.
