KIDAPAWAN CITY – Continuous dredging operations in waterways in low-lying areas in Cotabato province have significantly reduced the impact of perennial flooding due to monsoon rains. The provincial government intensified its dredging operations in silted waterways to address perennial flooding...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato is implementing measures to assist motorists traversing the temporary alternate route in Arakan, Cotabato town following the closure of a portion of the Bukidnon-Davao Highway in Barangay Marilog Proper here due to a landslide on Saturday, July...
COTABATO CITY – The suspect in a daylight gun attack that killed a tricycle driver and injured a police officer here was arrested in a police-military checkpoint in this city Monday afternoon. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, identified the suspect as alias “Jamir,” 29, a...
COTABATO CITY – Police have intensified anti-crime operations by setting up more checkpoints and increasing patrols in crime-prone areas following three separate shootings over the weekend that left four people dead. "Our personnel are conducting intensified patrols, checkpoints, and...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday, July 1, said one suspect was killed, another was arrested, and three others were being hunted following a raid in Aleosan, North Cotabato that yielded loose firearms and suspected illegal drugs worth P689,000. Police General Jose Melencio C....
A Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao official appealed to people on Sunday to rely on official information about a recent rally in Cotabato City. Bangsamoro Minister of the Interior and Local Government Jordan Bayam, in a statement, warned the public against fake and misleading reports...
The Catholic Bishops ' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on Friday, June 26 that three Filipino archbishops will receive the pallium from Pope Leo XIV during a Mass at St. Peter 's Basilica on June 29. The ceremony, which coincides with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul,...
After leading the inauguration of the Antong Dam and Irrigation System in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat, President Marcos had lunch with farmers and irrigators in a "boodle fight." In a series of photos released by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Marcos was seen joining the boodle lunch...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – A 10-year-old boy was killed instantly while two others were injured after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) exploded in Barangay Ganatan, Arakan, North Cotabato, at about 10:58 a.m. on Monday, June 22. Police Col. Ramel Hojilla, North Cotabato police director, identified the fatality...
Days after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8, field and aerial assessments are revealing the extent of the geological changes left behind across parts of southern Mindanao. Surveys conducted by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) and the Mines and Geosciences...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato delivered on Saturday, June 13, emergency relief aid to earthquake-hit areas in Davao Occidental, General Santos City, Sarangani, and South Cotabato. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Abril Espadera said the...
Aftershocks continued to be recorded hours after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani and nearby provinces on Monday morning, June 8, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. As of 2 p.m., 258 aftershocks had been logged, ranging in magnitude from 1.3 to 6.7....
