KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian in Cotabato province has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza or bird flu following a reported outbreak in the town of M’lang two weeks ago. Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet) officer-in-charge Dr....
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The local government of Kabacan in Cotabato province has temporarily banned the entry of all live domestic poultry, grazing ducks, wild birds, and other avian species due to reported resurgence of bird flu in neighboring areas. Kabacan Mayor Evangeline Pascua-Guzman issued an...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Cotabato province has tapped barangay-based responders for emergencies. PDRRMO acting chief Abril Espadera said that the province has organized barangay-based responder units to serve as front liners in times of...
COTABATO CITY – Dozens of students in Kidapawan City and Tupi, South Cotabato collapsed or experienced anxiety attacks following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck the Davao region on Friday, prompting local governments to immediately suspend classes. Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Datu Ali...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato is sending over 135 tons of rice and other relief assistance on Friday morning to earthquake-hit Cebu province. In 2019, the provincial government of Cebu and city government of Cebu extended financial assistance totaling P16 million to the...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – A female municipal councilor in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and her husband were wounded in a daylight ambush here that left two dead and another resident wounded on Tuesday, police said. Police Lt. Col. Oliver Pauya, municipal police...
COTABATO CITY – Police have identified one of the two gunmen who ambushed and killed a Sangguniang Kabataan chairman and his brother over the weekend in the commercial district here. “The PNP has identified and is actively investigating a person of interest who may have a direct link to the...
COTABATO CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman here was killed while his brother was wounded in an ambush in this city’s busy thoroughfare on Saturday morning. Police Brig. Gen. Jansen de Guzman, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police chief, was at the crime scene,...
DAVAO CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza has urged the Inter-Agency Management, Monitoring, and Advisory Group (IMMAG) to closely monitor and ensure transparency in ongoing big-ticket projects in the province. Mendoza emphasized the importance of IMMAG’s role in ensuring...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – “If children cannot reach the library, then the library must find a way to reach the children.” This was how Cotabato province Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza envisioned the mobile library back then. For six years now, the province’s mobile library has been rolling...
COTABATO CITY – To speed up the resolution of an ambush here that left three people dead and two injured, Mayor Bruce Matabalao has offered a reward for information that would identify the assailants. Police said they have already identified persons of interest behind the ambush of Barangay...
COTABATO CITY – A village chairwoman escaped death in a daylight ambush by six gunmen on separate motorcycles on a busy street here on Tuesday morning, police said. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said Barangay Poblacion 9 chief Pahima Ayunan Pasawiran-Pusaka was slightly...
