DAVAO CITY – Flood from heavy rain swamped low-lying barangays in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato on Tuesday, September 19. Data from the office of acting Mayor Niel Jake Casi showed that as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, September 20, flooding affected 2,065 individuals in Barangays Anick, Balogo,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Four suspected members of a local terrorist group were arrested by the police and military in a law enforcement operation in Tupi, South Cotabato on Sunday, September 17. Major Gen. Alex Rillera, commander of the 6th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Central, said...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – At least 52 contractual workers implementing the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditional cash transfer were downed Thursday afternoon, September 14, by suspected contaminated food served while they were undergoing training in a hotel here. On...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A team leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in South Cotabato surrendered to the military on Thursday, September 7. Lt. Col. Carlyleo Nagac, Army 5th Special Forces Battalion commander, identified the surrenderer as “Mateo,” 35, who...
PIKIT, North Cotabato (PNA) – A candidate for barangay councilor for next month’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was shot dead by still unidentified assailants in Barangay Takepan here Wednesday afternoon. FLORES (FB) Rhoyden Matt Clarence Flores, 36, was buying vegetables in a...
COTABATO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P1.1 million from a dismissed policeman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mother Bagua here on Wednesday, September 6. Christian Frivaldo, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region chief, identified the suspect as...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A fire of still unknown origin hit Barangay Rosario heights 7 here on Tuesday afternoon, September 5, gutting 30 houses made of semi-concrete and light materials. A resident was slightly injured while salvaging valuables from his burning house during the two-hour fire on...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot dead an employee of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-North Cotabato 1st Engineering District on the national highway in Barangay Villarica here on Tuesday morning, September 5. Police Lt. Col. John Miredel...
Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of Philippine Army, addressess the audience during the regional coordinating conference in Cotabato City on Aug. 31, 2023 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). (Photo by Philippine Army) Philippine Army (PA) Commanding General Lt. Gen....
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – The police and military arrested here Tuesday night four armed men, one of them a candidate for barangay chairman, for possession of unlicensed high-powered firearms. The arrest of the group came hours after a candidate for barangay chairman was murdered near the...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a candidate for barangay chairman while having lunch with companions shortly after he filed his Certificate of Candidacy at the Commission on Elections office here on Tuesday, August 29. Haron Dimalanis, 40, of Barangay Malingao, was...
COTABATO CITY – Members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) approved Thursday evening bills establishing eight municipalities comprising the 63 barangays in North Cotabato province that joined the autonomous setup in 2019. Residents from the 63 barangays, called the Special...
