COTABATO CITY – A suspected bomber of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter was arrested by authorities over the weekend while undergoing treatment at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center here. Lt. Col. Rowell Gavilanes, 60th Infantry Battalion commander, said the suspect, Kuntong Basilan,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Military and police bomb experts safely deactivated at dawn on Thursday, May 25, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left near the main gate of the Husky Bus passenger terminal here. Police Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., city police director, said the plastic bag containing...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P3.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 8 here on Thursday, May 4. Suspects were identified as Solaiman Mohammad, 26, and Bayan Akmad, 42. Seized from them were 500 grams of suspected...
COTABATO CITY – A dispatcher tested positive for shabu during a random drug test conducted on Maundy Thursday by authorities on more than 100 Public Utility Vehicle drivers, conductors, and dispatchers in a public terminal here. Christian Fivaldo, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Mayor Mohammad Ali Matabalao here has offered P500,000 for the surrender of the gunman who shot dead one of his staff on March 9 in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province. MALAGIOK In addition, Matabalao also offered P300,000 cash as reward to anyone who can...
DAVAO CITY -- The Cotabato Provincial Police Office has assured the public that the situation in Pikit, North Cotabato is still manageable amid the series of shooting incidents that left two minors dead and three others wounded in a span of two days. Due to these series of shooting incidents, CPPO...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Mindanao have arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust in Cotabato City on Sunday, Feb. 5. Nabbed were Allan Tito Lazaga, alias “Duduy”; and, Raul Deligencia Estrella, alias “Raul.” They were arrested in Barangay Pobliacion...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Two persons died while five others were injured when around 20 gunmen attacked a Moro community on the outskirts of this city before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 18. AERIAL view of Cotabato CIty. (Wikipedia) Major Sainodin Benasing, city police Station 3 commander, said the 3...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) –The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has welcomed a Supreme Court (SC) decision that dismissed a petition questioning the result of the 2019 plebiscite that included Cotabato City into the region. "We are elated to receive the decision of the SC...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was killed while two others were unscathed in a gun attack in this city, a police official said Wednesday, Dec. 21. Major Amil Andungan Jr., Cotabato City Police Office Station 2 chief, identified the...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police are hunting motorcycle riding-in-tandem gunmen who shot and killed an off-duty Marine here on Sunday, Dec. 18. “There are several angles that investigators are looking into the daring attack against Marine Staff Sgt. Rodolfo Magno Jr., a member of Philippine Marine...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Four persons were killed while two others were wounded in a series of shootings here on Monday night, Nov. 21, police said Tuesday, Nov. 22. Lt. Col. Carmelo Mungkas, city police spokesperson, identified the fatalities as Norhamin Usman Guiadel, 23; a certain Rasiden Angas,...
