KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño Mendoza reported on Friday, Nov. 28, significant gains in protecting and uplifting children in the province, and acknowledged persistent poverty, conflict, and online exploitation as continuing threats to their rights and welfare. Mendoza, in...
COTABATO CITY – Armed hostilities that erupted Monday in a remote village in Matalam, North Cotabato, involving Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions have left seven persons dead, including an MILF field commander. The fatality was identified as MILF commander Salidato Langalen, whose...
KORONADAL CITY – A suspect in the 2019 bombing in North Cotabato that injured five people surrendered to police Tuesday, officials announced Wednesday. The suspect, identified as alias Nasser, is a 40-year-old member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police arrested six suspects and seized P15- million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a routine checkpoint operation in Barangay Panatan here Thursday. In a report on Friday, Pigcawayan municipal police chief, Police Major Mark John Mutlah, said more than 300...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza on Tuesday, Aug. 26, opened the province’s 111th founding anniversary and Kalivungan Festival 2025 at the Provincial Capitol in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City. With the theme “Cotabato @ 111: Malasakit at Serbisyong Totoo....
MAKILALA, North Cotabato – Two people died and two police officers were wounded in a shootout during a raid in a businessman’s house in this town before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Juaren Caang, spokesperson of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said police were serving a search warrant in...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police and soldiers here have launched a manhunt against two men who shot and seriously wounded a school principal here at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Police identified the victim as Arlyn Alcebar, principal of the Agriculture Elementary School in Barangay Agriculture. Alcebar was...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – A local radio disc jockey died in a highway mishap before dawn Monday in Libungan, North Cotabato. The media community in Midsayap and nearby towns mourned the passing of Garry Lehito, 34, of Barangay Gayonga, Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte, according to a...
KABACAN, North Cotabato — The Cotabato Kulayaan Queen 2025 pageant dazzled the University of Southern Mindanao auditorium here on Saturday evening, July 12, with vibrant performances and a strong message of inclusivity, unity, and pride. Yuan Gubaton of President Roxas town was crowned the...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza on Monday, June 30, renewed her commitment to sustain the province’s progress and outlined her administration’s new priorities during her inaugural address at the Provincial Capitol in Barangay Amas here. “We’ve made significant...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza bared on Tuesday, March 18, that the construction of the Central Mindanao Airport in Barangay Tawan-Tawan in M’lang is moving forward as key preparations and infrastructure improvements are underway. COTABATO Gov. Emmylou...