It took President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. three hours before he was able to grace an event in South Cotabato due to a technical issue on his aircraft going to the province. President Marcos arrives in Banga Municipality in South Cotabato at 12 noon on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (RTVM...
COTABATO CITY – Security forces thwarted an alleged Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters plot to bomb a transmission tower of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in Pikit, Cotabato on Independence Day. Police Lt. Col. Rowel Gavilanes, 90th Infantry Battalion commander, said personnel of...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Twenty students of a public school in M’lang town in North Cotabato have tested positive for the dengue virus, an official said on Tuesday, June 6. M’lang rural health unit dengue coordinator Minerva Suriaga said 27 students of New Rizal High School had earlier manifested...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A barangay tanod or watchman was shot dead inside his house in Barangay Maligo, Polomolok, South Cotabato on Monday, May 29. Police Lt. Col. Joseph Forro, Polomolok police chief, identified the victim as Eduardo Ybanez, 61. Forro said the victim, who was reportedly an...
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...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A medical officer of the New People’s Army surrendered to the military in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato on Sunday, May 21. Major Gen. Alex Rillera, 6th Infantry Division commander, said the surrenderer alias “Jean” yielded to the 5th Special Forces Battalion under Lt....
M'LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Thirty of the 45 students at the Palma Perez Elementary School here were discharged from the hospital after allegedly being poisoned by the “maruya” (banana fritters) they took for snacks on Monday, May 22. MARUYA (Wikipedia) Dr. Jun Sotea, municipal health...
M'LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Authorities arrested two suspects who allegedly raped and killed a 15-year-old girl in Barangay Lepaga here. Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, municipal police chief, identified the perpetrators as farmers Rogie Articonas Magallanes, 43, of Barangay Lepaga; and Nilo...
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...
ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized high-powered firearms during a checkpoint at Grebona Patrol Base on the Bukidnon-Alamada-Libungan Highway in Libungan, North Cotabato on Thursday morning, May 4. The 34th Infantry Battalion and Libungan police flagged down a silver Toyota Vios with license plates ...
KIDAPAWAN CITY (PNA) – Four armed robbery suspects were killed during a police pursuit operation in M’lang, North Cotabato on Thursday night, April 27, police said. In a radio interview on Friday, April 28, Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, M’lang police chief, said three of the six suspects...
