A Moro Islamic Liberation Front member was killed and four others, including two MILF commanders, were wounded in an ambush in Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Ahma Utto, 25, a resident of Barangay Barurao, Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur....
DAVAO CITY – Politics is heating up in Cotabato City as its two top executives traded barbs that may have led to the termination of approximately 3,000 contractual employees effective Oct. 17. Mayor Bruce Matabalao and Vice Mayor Johari "Butch" C. Abu, who are both vying for mayor in the...
Gunmen shot and killed a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Cotabato City on Sunday, October 13. Police identified the victim as Norodin Mama. Investigation said Mama, of Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Sur, was driving a multi-cab going to Sultan Kudarat,...
A member of an Indigenous People's group was gunned down in Cotabato City on Monday, October 7. Police identified the victim as Jun Quimbo, 40, of Barangay Darugao, North Upi, Maguindanao del Norte. Investigation said Quimbo was with his wife and daughter at the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’...
Reelectionist Mayor Mohammad Bruce Matabalao of Cotabato City and his running mate, former Barangay Poblacion 2 chairman Johair Madag, filed their Certificates of Candidacy before the Commission on Elections on Saturday, October 5. MATABALAO (FB) Also submitting their candidacies was their complete...
ILIGAN CITY – Two drug pushers were arrested and suspected shabu worth P6.8 million was seized in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, August 20. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City on August 20. (PDEA photo) Philippine Drug Enforcement...
Cotabato Archbishop Emeritus Orlando Cardinal Quevedo on Tuesday, May 21, condemned the weekend grenade attack at a village chapel in the southern city of Cotabato. (The grenade attack at the Sto. Niño Chapel in Barangay Rosary Heights 3 in Cotabato City on Pentecost Sunday, May 19 / Photos from...
Authorities conduct an investigation at the Chapel of Senior Sto. Nino in Cotabato City after a grenade went off on May 19, 2024. The blast injured two churchgoers. (Photo courtesy of Public Safety Office Cotabato City) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity...
ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized suspected shabu worth P3.4 million and four drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City on Thursday, April 18. The suspects were identified as Sampulna Amboto Mague, alias Sampulna, 52, male; Tammy Slaiman Mague, 23, male; Armran Abdullah...
Delays in the implementation of the priority programs and projects in 2023 by the Cotabato City local government caused "shortfalls in the delivery of services and benefits intended to alleviate the socio-economic conditions of the city's residents," the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its...
ILIGAN CITY – Shabu worth P3.4 million was seized and a suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Sinsuat Ave., Barangay Poblacion 5, Cotabato City on Monday, February 19. AUTHORITIES seized suspected shabu worth P3.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Election officials declared a village chairperson aspirant here as winner via drawing of lots after he and his rival obtained equal number of votes on Monday, October 30. Cotabato City Election Officer Norpaisa Paglala Manduyog administered the “drawing of lots” to...
