DAVAO CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza has urged the Inter-Agency Management, Monitoring, and Advisory Group (IMMAG) to closely monitor and ensure transparency in ongoing big-ticket projects in the province. Mendoza emphasized the importance of IMMAG’s role in ensuring...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – “If children cannot reach the library, then the library must find a way to reach the children.” This was how Cotabato province Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza envisioned the mobile library back then. For six years now, the province’s mobile library has been rolling...
COTABATO CITY – To speed up the resolution of an ambush here that left three people dead and two injured, Mayor Bruce Matabalao has offered a reward for information that would identify the assailants. Police said they have already identified persons of interest behind the ambush of Barangay...
COTABATO CITY – A village chairwoman escaped death in a daylight ambush by six gunmen on separate motorcycles on a busy street here on Tuesday morning, police said. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said Barangay Poblacion 9 chief Pahima Ayunan Pasawiran-Pusaka was slightly...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police arrested six suspects and seized P15- million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a routine checkpoint operation in Barangay Panatan here Thursday. In a report on Friday, Pigcawayan municipal police chief, Police Major Mark John Mutlah, said more than 300...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua assured Cotabato province on Monday, Sept. 1, that the regional government remains a steadfast partner in pursuing peace and development. "BARMM will always be your partner in peace and...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are investigating the alleged hazing of at least 100 criminology students during reception rites in a private college in Kidapawan City in Cotabato province on Aug. 23. In a statement, Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO) chief Police Col. Gilberto Tuzon said that...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza on Tuesday, Aug. 26, opened the province’s 111th founding anniversary and Kalivungan Festival 2025 at the Provincial Capitol in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City. With the theme “Cotabato @ 111: Malasakit at Serbisyong Totoo....
MAKILALA, North Cotabato – Two people died and two police officers were wounded in a shootout during a raid in a businessman’s house in this town before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Juaren Caang, spokesperson of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said police were serving a search warrant in...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police and soldiers here have launched a manhunt against two men who shot and seriously wounded a school principal here at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Police identified the victim as Arlyn Alcebar, principal of the Agriculture Elementary School in Barangay Agriculture. Alcebar was...
DAVAO CITY – Officials of Cotabato province have filed separate measures in support of the proposed establishment of a Philippine Science High School campus in Carmen town. Cotabato third district Rep. Samantha Taliño-Santos has filed House Bill No. 2539 that seeks to establish a school of...
