DAVAO CITY — Heavy rains and ctrong current of flood waters swept children in Barangay Kisante in Makilala, North Cotabato. Kisante is a village located at the foothills of Mt. Apo stretched along the Davao-Cotabato highway. “The children were enjoying the 4 p.m. heavy downpour near the river when rampaging waters swept them away,” said […]
NHA turns over 100 housing units in IP’s devastated communities by earthquake
COTABATO CITY —- The National Housing Authority through the provincial government of North Cotabato turned over 100 housing units to Indigenous Peoples (IPs), whose houses were devastated by the series of earthquakes in 2019. The housing units will be the new home for the T’boli and Blaan tribespeople in Barangay Bacung, Tulunan, North Cotabato. National Housing […]
64 Cotabato hospital staff on quarantine; limits admission
COTABATO CITY – Some 64 hospital staff of Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) are on quarantine over suspicion that coronavirus-19 (Covid-19) could have infected the staff. Because of this, the management of the hospital had decided to limit admissions for emergencies and life-threatening cases only. Dr. Helen Yambao, CRMC chief, said the staff workers are […]
AFP Chief revisits his old army home, shares a glorious past with his troops
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. revisited his old army home at the 6ID headquarters in Barangay Awang of Datu Odin Sinsuat town on Friday. In his speech, Santos shared “I learned a lot from this unit because the 6th Infantry Division was my first assignment,” Santos told the […]
9-month-old boy survives Covid-19 in Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY— The Department of Health in Region 12 on Monday announced that the nine-month-old baby boy who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) last month has recovered. Based on contact tracing, it was learned that baby has a history of exposure to the region’s 23rd Covid-19 positive patient, his 11-year-old sister, who had […]
Cotabato City mayor’s secretary shot dead
COTABATO CITY – The police and the city leadership here are facing blank wall over the death of Aniceto Rasalan, the secretary and the spokesperson of Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, who was shot dead Monday morning. Rolen Balquin, chief of the Cotabato City Public Safety Office, said Rasalan, 58, secretary of the Mayor, was shot […]
Man working in MisOr is NCot’s latest Covid-19 patient
COTABATO CITY – Health authorities are contact tracing persons who may have had close contact with a 43-year-old male in Banisilan, North Cotabato who was tested positive of COVID-19, officials today said. Dr. Philbert Malaluan, provincial board member and spokesperson of the inter-agency task force on COVID-19 said the man was a driver working in […]
Maguindanao folks feast over hundreds of fish washed ashore
DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Nords Sabiwang, a fisherman living in the coastal village of Matuber here and other fisher folks, had been trying to improve their catch when he noticed a huge group of fish few meters from the shoreline. It was Friday morning in Barangay Matuber when suddenly a huge army of tulingan […]
Quake victims who returned home are again back to evac camps
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato — Residents who earlier returned home after seeking shelter to a safer ground following several strong earthquakes in October are again back to the evacuation centers as magnitude-6.9 earthquake jolted last Sunday. Psalmer Bernalte, city disaster risk reduction and management council action officer, said about 30 families were told to leave […]
Islamic body issues ruling on BARMM family planning program
COTABATO CITY– Health programs for the Bangsamoro region are now in accordance with the teachings of Islam after an Islamic religious body issued “fatwa” (Islamic rulings) on reproductive health and family planning, including the expanded program on immunization. The “fatwa” were issued by the Regional Darul Ifta (RDI), highest Islamic religious policy- makers, and, the […]
Kidapawan Mayor scraps employees Christmas parties
KIDAPAWAN CITY — – Mayor Joseph Evangelista scrapped the planned Christmas parties during the yuletide season, saying they cannot afford to be happy while the city residents are trying to rise from damages brought about by series of earthquakes. Last week, Evangelista issued Memorandum No. 3717 directing all department heads to forego all scheduled Christmas […]
Disaster officials reprimand “showy” adventurists in quake hit town
KIDAPAWAN CITY – For being showy in the midst of tragedy, three teenagers were summoned by disaster officials and reprimanded for setting foot in high risk areas of Makilala, North Cotabato. Vice Gov. Shirlyn Macasarte-Villanueva, head of Incident Management Team of North Cotabato provincial disaster risk reduction and management council was assisted by local police […]
BREAKING! Hail storm hits Makilala, evacuation tents collapse
MAKILALA, North Cotabato —- A hail storm hit this quake devastated town following sudden heavy downpour with strong winds late Monday afternoon, November 11. The strong winds blew some of the tents built in evacuation centers for families affected the series of earthquakes. North Cotabato Vice Gov. Shirlyn Macasarte said the affected evacuation centers are […]