DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat has vowed to improve its medical facilities as Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu aims to upgrade its provincial hospital to Level 3 accreditation next year. The Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital is still operating under Level 2 accreditation....
DAVAO CITY – Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu backed President R. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order for lifestyle checks on government officials. Mangudadatu issued the statement following the controversy over flood control projects that dragged Department of Public Works and Highways...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Police are hunting two gunmen who ambushed and killed a family of three in Barangay Nalinan here on Monday afternoon. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro police, identified the fatalities as Ibrahim Payapat, his wife Zenaida...
COTABATO CITY – Eight people were killed and 13 others were injured after a mini-dump truck fell off a cliff in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, on Wednesday afternoon. Police Lt. Jasper Garcia, deputy police chief of Lebak municipal police station, identified the eight fatalities as Moner Abdulla, Todz...
Ten persons were reportedly killed and 13 others were injured when the mini-dump truck they were riding in plunged into a ravine in the boundary of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat and South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 6. The victims were residents of Barangay Senditan, Sultan...
DAVAO CITY – Coffees from Davao del Sur and Sultan Kudarat provinces are set to represent the country in the Southeast Asia Green Coffee Competition (SEAGCC) in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat in October. In the Arabica category, eight of the top 10 winners were from coffees grown in Bansalan...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested an alleged bomb-making expert of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terrorist group following a clash in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Brig. Gen. Vladimir R. Cagara, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT), said soldiers were responding to...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and a soldier were killed during a fierce firefight in the mountains of Sultan Kudarat province before dawn Thursday, the Philippine Army’s 37th Infantry Battalion (IB) said in a report. Lt. Col. Christopherson...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat arrested a father and son on Tuesday suspected of murdering a police officer in Barangay Kalawag II before dawn on the same day. “The suspects were apprehended at past lunchtime Tuesday,” Police Lt. Col. Julius Malcontento, Isulan...
COTABATO CITY – Police have launched an intensive manhunt against six heavily armed men responsible for killing four persons and wounding three others in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte province on Monday afternoon. “Among the fatalities was a 10-year-old girl. The brazen attack...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Three residents have tested positive for monkeypox or mpox in Sultan Kudarat province, Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu confirmed Friday. "They are now in stable condition,” Mangudadatu said, citing reports from local health workers. Two cases were recorded in Tacurong...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – A 35-year-old bomb-making expert of the Dawlah Islamiya (DI) terrorist group on Thursday turned himself in to the Army 's 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT), bringing weapons and explosives with him. The former extremist, whose identity remains protected,...
