Some 700 local candidates in Maguindanao and North Cotabato have vowed to support presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s masterplan in fighting poverty and corruption in the country. Senator Manny Pacquiao The local leaders made the vow as they took their oath as new members of the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a mayoralty candidate who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in an anti-illegal drug operation in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday night, Oct. 21. (PDEA photo) The PDEA identified the suspect as Tom...
To further boost its testing capacity for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Saturday, Sept. 18, formally opened its 14th molecular laboratory in Cotabato City. New molecular laboratory of PH Red Cross rises in Cotabato City (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has conferred university status to the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College (CCSPC) after it had complied with the agency's standards. CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III (Photo from CHED) Republic Act No. 10585 was passed in the House of Representatives...
Those with less income are “generally happy” than those with more, based on the results of a Philippine Journal of Science (PJS) study. (PEXELS) The study, which was conducted by Rosalina Palanca-Tan of the Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University in Koronadal City, revealed that...
COTABATO Regional and Medical Center (Photo courtesy of Dr. John Maligad) DAVAO CITY – The Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) in Cotabato City has expressed alarm over dwindling resources due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. In a public advisory Tuesday, the CRMC said its...
DAVAO CITY - The provincial government of Cotabato and the municipal government of M'lang are offering a total of P200,000 bounty for those who can provide any information related to the burning of a unit of Yellow Bus Line (YBL) in M'lang, Cotabato province last Thursday, June 3. The bus unit,...
DAVAO CITY - Three still unidentified persons were burned to death after being trapped in a bus that was set on fire in M'lang, Cotabato Thursday afternoon. Based on the initial report of the police, a unit of the Yellow Bus Line company, YBL A-104, with temporary plate number 1301-1245660 was...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has reiterated his directive to local power stakeholders to ensure "reliable and stable" supply of electricity for the cold storage needs of sensitive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page)...
The government is determined to enforce the law and will not tolerate any form of violence following the recent attack of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) elements in a town in Maguindanao. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) This will be the message to be conveyed by...
"Remarkable" is how Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana sees his late mom Juanita Napeñas Negrillo-Lorenzana. On Sunday, May 9, Lorenzana honored his mother in celebration of Mother's Day as he recalled how she persevered to give quality education to all her sons and daughters despite their poor...
Art is life and living is art For almost a year now, Covid-19 has taken over our lives, having stopped the world in its tracks. We could say momentarily, but this moment has stretched over eight months. In the same way, the pandemic has jumpstarted a new era, the fourth industrial revolution. Among...
