DAVAO CITY – The Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato province has introduced a sustainable farming practice to maximize insect-eating bats as natural pest control. The innovation is not just helping farmers fight pests in the...
COTABATO CITY – A rare Philippine Grass Owl (Tutop longimembris amauronota) was released into its natural habitat Thursday at the Libungan River Watershed Forest Reserve after being rescued by local authorities and concerned citizens. Lawyer Felix Alicer, DENR-12 regional executive director, said...
DAVAO CITY – The Catholic Church in South Cotabato has insisted that money is the real reason why coal is being extracted in a remote barangay in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, not because it poses geohazards risks to communities. In a meeting called by the provincial government of South Cotabato on...
DAVAO CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of South Cotabato believes that ongoing open pit coal mining operations may have contributed to the massive landslide in Sitio El Dulog in the mountainous Barangay Ned in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. But PDRRMO Rolly Doane...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The National Commission for Senior Citizens has condemned the recent ambush of a retired Army colonel who served as regional president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines in the Socsksargen region. NCSC Commissioner Edwin Espejo urged police...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou "Lala" Taliño-Mendoza has condemned the series of shooting incidents in Matalam town, including the ambush on Friday, Feb. 6, of a retired Army officer. In a statement, Mendoza urged the police to hunt down the suspects behind the ambush of retired Army...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The local government of M’lang, Cotabato denied reports that Barangay Dungoan in M 'lang served as a safe have for the Bondi Beach shooters in Australia. “This characterization is not only false and misleading, but deeply harmful to our community 's reputation and...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, Jan. 2, ordered intensified checkpoints and hot pursuit operations in Matalam, North Cotabato following a grenade attack that injured 22 civilians during a New Year’s Eve celebration. According to initial investigation, two men riding a motorcycle...
DAVAO CITY – One of the suspects in the New Year’s Eve grenade throwing incident in Barangay Dalapitan, Matalam town, Cotabato province was killed in a police hot pursuit operation on Thursday evening, Jan. 1. According to a report from the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, 22 persons were...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The provincial government has rolled out its annual year-end relief operation with a budget of P252 million for vulnerable families in Cotabato. Data from the provincial government showed that the budget will cover 450,000 families in 17 towns and this city. Also known as...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police in the municipality of Kabacan, North Cotabato province, is on high alert following a police operation that resulted in the death of five wanted men in the area on Tuesday. In a radio interview on Wednesday, Police Lt. Col. April Lou Palma, Kabacan municipal police...
COTABATO CITY – A stray bullet from a fatal shooting triggered a fire on a power transmission tower, causing a six-hour brownout across Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao del Norte and North Cotabato Sunday night. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines reported an emergency shutdown at...
