T’BOLI, South Cotabato – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and policemen raided a suspected drug den in Barangay New Dumangas here on Tuesday, April 25, which led to the arrest of its maintainer and two other cohorts. PDEA-12 Director Aileen Lovitos identified the suspects as...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Juanito Agustin of Pigcawayan town, Cotabato province has stepped in to resolve the infighting of armed Moro groups in Barangay Simsiman to prevent further escalation of the conflict into neighboring areas. Agustin told Manila Bulletin over the phone that he had spoken with the...
KABACAN, North Cotabato (PNA) – Two youngsters drowned while seven others were rescued after they swam on a river dam here on Thursday afternoon, April 13. THE river dam in Barangay Kilada, Matalam, North Cotabato where two students drowned on Thursday, April 13. (Kabacan LGU FB) Two others were...
Unidentified gunmen killed an anti-drug cop in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Tuesday night, April 11. Police Col. Harold Ramos, Cotabato police director, identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. Abejay Dandan, 35, assigned to the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cotabato Police Provincial...
TULUNAN, Cotabato – The leader of a lawless armed group and his four cohorts were killed in an encounter with the police Wednesday morning, April 12, in Barangay Dungos, this town. Brig. Gen. Jamili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, said police were implementing warrants of arrest...
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...
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato – Two miners died and another was injured after they were trapped inside a mining tunnel which collapsed in the gold-rush area of T’boli, South Cotabato on Monday, April 3. Police identified the fatalities as Vincent Allega, 24, and Erwin Sawan, 27, while the...
POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (PNA) – Mayor Bernie Palencia has issued an order implementing curfew hours in this town as part of preventive measures against crimes. In a statement on Friday, March 24, the mayor said curfew hours are from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Palencia issued the order on Thursday, March...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Authorities arrested a drug pusher and seized suspected shabu valued at P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Monday, March 20. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, identified the suspect as Rey Caspillo, 36, a...
KORONADAL CITY (PNA) – Mayor Bernie Palencia of Polomolok, South Cotabato offered a P500,000 reward on Monday, March 20, for anybody who can provide information on the whereabouts of the culprits behind the attack on his executive assistant on Friday, March 17. Palencia told reporters he could...
KORONADAL CITY (PNA) – Unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and seriously wounded a former town councilor of Polomolok, South Cotabato while he was on his way to the municipal hall on Friday morning, March 17. Former Councilor Rhyolite Agregado Balili, now personal secretary of Polomolok...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A couple died after their tricycle allegedly carrying two containers of fuel hit a tree and burst into flames in remote Barangay Salvacion here, a fire officer said Thursday, March 16. SFO1 Romel Quiñones, Bureau of Fire Protection investigator, identified the...
