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....
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) donated medical devices to the second district of South Cotabato to support the health needs of vulnerable sectors. PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles formally turned over the donation to South Cotabato second district Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government has intensified dredging operations in silted waterways in several low-lying towns to address perennial flooding in Cotabato. Perennial flooding has swamped hundreds of hectares of agricultural land, affecting rice production in most of the municipalities in...
COTABATO CITY – The North Cotabato police provincial office, along with Highway Patrol Group members, are jointly searching for a man who shot a highway patrol officer during law enforcement in Matalam town on Tuesday night. The victim, Police Senior Master Sgt. Noel M. Demate, a resident of...
COTABATO CITY – Police have launched a manhunt against two men who shot and killed two alleged gold buyers and wounded another in a daylight gun attack in Barangay Poblacion 8, Midsayap, North Cotabato on Monday afternoon. Police Lt. Col. Rey Salgado, chief of the Midsayap police station,...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato unveiled the Renal Dialysis Unit of the Dr. Amado B. Diaz Provincial Foundation Hospital (DABDPFH) in Midsayap on Monday, May 11. Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, who led the inauguration, said that the provincial government initially allocated P27...
Primelectric Holdings Inc. is seeking to export its infrastructure rehabilitation model to South Cotabato, aiming to replicate the operational turnaround it achieved in Negros Occidental through a proposed partnership with South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative Inc. (Socoteco II). In a statement,...
KABACAN, North Cotabato – The newly completed parallel bridges worth P499.8 million opened on Monday, promising improved mobility and stronger connectivity between Regions 10 and 12 and across Mindanao. DPWH-12 Regional Director Cayamombao Dia said the bridges, located in Kabacan and Carmen, form...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato is strengthening its efforts to prepare for the possible adverse impacts of El Niño which is expected to hit the country starting July. Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is eyeing to form a Task Force El Niño to monitor the implementation of...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A New People’s Army leader and amazon were killed in an encounter on Thursday, April 9, with government troops in a remote barangay in T’boli, South Cotabato. Brig. Gen. Michael Santos, 603rd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the slain NPA rebels as Anthony Narvasa,...
