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 … [Read more...] about Volunteers’ cleanup trek nets 200 kilos of trash from Mt. Apo
‘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 vaccines since it is a … [Read more...] about ‘Halal’ Vaccine for BARMM
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 on Friday the directive takes effect on December 13, … [Read more...] about No Sunday movement in Cotabato City until yearend
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. Alexander Butuan, former police … [Read more...] about Maguindanao town Police chief sacked after terror attack
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 claimed … [Read more...] about Suspect in Cotabato bombing killed
