DAVAO CITY – Bishop Ronald Lunas of Pagadian died on Tuesday at a hospital here while he was recovering following a heart bypass operation last week. Doctors at the hospital declared the passing of the 57-year-old bishop at 8:28 a.m inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). His death was confirmed by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles […]
Opening of polling precincts delayed in BARMM and Soccsksargen
DAVAO CITY — The opening of polling precincts in many areas in Cotabato City and Region 12 has been delayed due to the late arrival of the ballots. The senior citizens and persons with disabilities who were scheduled to start voting at 5:00 earlier, waited because the ballot boxes arrived for a long time. This […]
Hunter mistakenly killed wildlife poacher
DAVAO CITY —- A hunter who was exploring the wilderness at the borders of Libungan and Carmen town in Cotabato province on Tuesday, accidentally killed a wildlife poacher whom he mistakenly though was a monkey. The police identified the victim as William Rendoan Jr, a member of Menufu-Aromanen tribe. The hunter whose identify was kept […]
Volunteers’ cleanup trek nets 200 kilos of trash from Mt. Apo
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Environmentalists and tourism officers, including guides and porters, trekked Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak, and collected almost 200 kilos of garbage over the weekend. On Monday, Karl Tanaid, Magpet town tourism officer, said about 130 volunteers from mountaineering groups and other organizations climbed Mt. Apo for a cleanup activity. “We […]
‘Halal’ Vaccine for BARMM
COTABATO CITY – Health authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said they are certain that Coronavirus vaccines delivered to them are ‘Halal’ or permissible to the Islam faith. “Muslim prefer Halal”, stressed Dr. Amirel Usman, acting head of the BARMM health office. “However, the Islamic body may allow the use of any […]
No Sunday movement in Cotabato City until yearend
COTABATO CITY — Until the yearends, city residents are not allowed to go out on Sunday. The move is one of the city’s step to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease, a police approved by the inter-agency task force three months ago. Speaking for the city government of Cotabato, Lawyer Kitem Kadatuan Jr., said […]
Maguindanao town Police chief sacked after terror attack
COTABATO CITY—The chief of police of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao was relieved on Monday, December 7 three days after the Islamic State-linked Moro gunmen raided the town’s military and police outposts. BARMM Police chief, Brig. Gen. Samuel Rodriguez, ordered the relief of Capt. Israel Bayona, Datu Piang police chief. He was replaced by Maj. […]
Suspect in Cotabato bombing killed
COTABATO CITY— – The suspect in the December 31, 2018 mall bombing was killed in a course of a police operations, said the Philippine National Police. Police operatives here neutralized Abraham Abdulrahman alias Abu Suffian in a pre-dawn operation in Bagua district, this city. Major Esmael Madin, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]
AFP, PNP ready for possible retaliation from terror group
COTABATO CITY – Police and military authorities in the Soccsksargen region and in Maguindanao are bracing for possible retaliatory attacks after the death of high profile bomber in Tacurong City last week. The slain bomber was involved in the Marawi siege in 2017 and the Jolo Catherdral suicide bombings, according to Colonel Roy Galido, 601st […]
Finally, two remote coastal towns get ATM booth
COTABATO CITY – For the first time, two coastal towns of Lanao del Sur will have its own automated teller machines (ATM) to serve their daily financial needs. The ATM booths of Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) will start serving its clients in the town of Malabang, Lanao del Sur, on December 3. The […]
7 reds surrender in Sulta Kudarat
COTABATO CITY — The Philippine Army has claimed on Sunday, they got seven more members of the New People’s Army (NPAs) retuning to the folds of the law. Based on the tactical debriefing, Major Gen. Juvymax Uy of the Army’s 6th Infantry Divisiono said they “Decided to submit themselves to government authorities claiming they wanted […]
NoCot flash floods kill 2; 12k residents displaced by calamity in Maguindanao
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao – Torrential rains spawned by recent weather disturbances in Mindanao have triggered flash floods in North Cotabato and Maguindanao the past days. In Maguindanao, more than 12,000 residents were forced to evacuate after the Kabaan river and Malitubog-Maridagao rivers overflowed and the water inundated residential areas in Pagalungan and nearby Montawal, also in […]
NoCot priest test positive for Covid-19, 30 others in isolation
DAVAO CITY — A priest from Matalam town in North Cotabato was tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a birthday party of one of his parishioners in Matalam town last week. Diocese of Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo believes that Fr. Jonel Peroy, a member of the Diocese Clery of Kidapawan (DCK) and assigned as […]