GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A barangay councilor and his companion were arrested and suspected shabu worth P1 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kalawag, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, on September 15. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency identified the suspects as Zacaria Buisan,...
COTABATO CITY – A couple was arrested and seized from them was more than half a kilo of suspected shabu worth P3.4 million in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, August 22, in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Christian Frivaldo, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency- Bangsamoro Autonomous...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake jolted Sultan Kudarat on Monday morning, August 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 3:05 a.m. and its epicenter was plotted 156 kilometers (kms) southwest of Palimbang, Sultan...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Troops killed a New People’s Army rebel and recovered two assault rifles during an encounter in Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province on Thursday, July 27. In a statement on Friday, July 28, Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, commander of the 37th Infantry...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested two New People’s Army rebels in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday, July 26. Major Gen. Rillera, 6th Infantry Division commander, said these communist guerrillas were collared by the 33rd Infantry Battalion led by Lt. Col. Paul Baldomar in Barangay...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police have filed charges against suspected members of a local terrorist group responsible for detonating an improvised explosive device on a passenger bus here which injured seven persons on April 17. Police Col. Christopher Bermudez, Sultan Kudarat police director,...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Seven persons were injured after an improvised explosive device went off inside a passenger bus while stationed in a public transportation terminal here on Monday, April 17. Police Col. Christopher Bermudez, Sultan Kudarat police director, said the Husky passenger bus...
Six persons were reportedly injured in a bus explosion at the Integrated Public Terminal in Barangay Kalawag 2, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Monday, April 17. Initial reports said the incident happened at about 12:20 p.m. Reports said a double-deck Husky Bus with license plates NCD-4383 and body No....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) strongly condemned the killing of an election officer on Monday, Feb. 13 who was shot in broad daylight along National Highway, Purok Libas, Brgy. Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) In a statement sent by Comelec spokesperson...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A municipal election officer in Maguindanao del Sur died in an ambush on Monday, Feb. 13, in Lambayong town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said. Capt. Jetro Doligas, Lambayong municipal police chief, said Haviv Macabangen Maindan, municipal election officer of the town of...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Authorities have launched a manhunt against motorcycle-riding gunmen who shot dead a barangay chairman in Lebak, this province, on Thursday evening, Jan. 26. MAP of Sultan Kudarat with the municipality of Lebak highlighted. Lt. Col. Julius Malcontento, Lebak...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police have been deployed as peacekeepers in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte, to ensure the safety of civilians fleeing their homes due to an ongoing firefight between Moro gunmen in the interiors of Barangay Rebuken. “Our troops and soldiers are in the area...