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DAVAO CITY – The City of Davao may be placed under the alert level 3 status starting January 16 when the cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will continue to increase, an official of the Davao City COVID-19 Task Force said on Wednesday, Jan. 12.

TACURONG CITY, SULTAN KUDARAT – Unidentified gunmen shot dead on Wednesday, Jan. 12, a former radio anchor while tending to his vehicle which was being repaired at a car shop in Barangay New Carmen, this city.

A municipal councilor of Kumalarang Municipality, Zamboanga del Sur was arrested for alleged violation of the Comelec gun ban last Monday.

NORTH COTABATO – A five-old old boy was killed while six others were injured after an improvised explosive device exploded on a passenger bus in Aleosan town Tuesday morning, Jan. 11.

Around 200 persons were left homeless after a fire razed some 35 houses in Zamboanga City Monday morning, January 10.

DAVAO CITY – The City Government of Davao has prepared 2,674 beds for isolation due to the expected surge of infections amid the presence of Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A high school student was arrested while a minor was held at a COMELEC (Commission on Elections) checkpoint in Ipil Municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay at dawn Sunday, January 9, for alleged possession of a gun replica.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – It was a dream come true for Erham Awaluddin, then a construction worker in Patikul, Sulu, to become a soldier.

Millions of pesos worth of funds intended for the first ever flyover in Zamboanga City were reverted to the national government’s coffers due to non-implementation of the project.

PIKIT, NORTH COTABATO — Local officials here debunked reports of a rub out involving a bloody encounter between security forces and lawless armed group in Barangay Gokotan last December 29 while policemen were serving an arrest warrant against a suspected criminal gang leader in the area.

COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Board of Investments of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BBOI-BARMM) on Friday welcomed the approval of investments of two companies with a total worth of more than P200 million to operate in this city.

COVID-19 cases in Zamboanga City are showing a declining trend amid a spike in cases in Metro Manila, but City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite still warns of a possible surge due to the entry of the Omicron variant in the country.

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – A high-value target drug suspect was killed in a shootout and some PHP3.4 million worth of suspected shabu were seized following a drug buy-bust operation carried out here by lawmen on Wednesday afternoon.

DAVAO CITY — Davao City’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate jumped to 1.6% as of January 2 from an average of 0.5% reported in the previous weeks, a local health official said.

DAVAO CITY – The local government of Davao will not reimpose the stringent quarantine restrictions following the resurgence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the capital amid the presence of Delta and Omicron variants, Mayor Sara Duterte said.

COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MBHTE-BARMM), through its Education Facilities Section, has turned over a P4.2-million school building to the Schools’ Division of Maguindanao II.

Hundreds of families have started the new year preparing to re-build their homes as the national government expedites the rehabilitation of Marawi City before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term in June.

As I write this, relief have been pouring into Odette affected Visayas and Mindanao provinces. I thank you all for the love given to the Visayas and Mindanao, and commend all those both in government and the private sector who have helped local communities prepare for the supertyphoon’s onslaught.