DAVAO CITY – A university professor was gunned down in Cotabato City on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25. City police chief Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao identified the victim as Engr. Israel Angas, 29, a professor at the Notre Dame University College of Engineering and Computer Studies and a...
An employee of the municipal government of Matalam, Cotabato was killed in an ambush in Matalam on Sunday, Feb. 23. Police identified the victim as Joseph Ferdinand Gimenez. MATALAM Rotunda (Wikipedia) Initial investigation said Gimenez was driving a government pickup truck when two men onboard a...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato is gearing up to boost rice production through a newly crafted initiative known as Rice Revolution Program (RRP). FARMERS carry newly harvested palay in Barangay Ugalingan, Carmen, Cotabato. (Keith Bacongco) This intervention was...
A man caught his wife and her lover in a motel on Valentine’s Day in Cotabato City. Police said the 22-year-old woman decided to meet up with her 18-year-old lover from South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur to celebrate the occasion. However, her husband found out their plan and he proceeded to...
A former National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball player was shot dead in M’lang, Cotabato on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the victim as Ken Fred “Kentoy” Segura. SEGURA (FB) Segura played for the Arellano University Chiefs in the NCAA and the Maharlika...
DAVAO CITY – Six years since being at the helm of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, interim Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim reiterated that education remains as among the keys in solving peace and sustaining development in the region. BARMM officials during the...
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front member was killed and four others, including two MILF commanders, were wounded in an ambush in Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Ahma Utto, 25, a resident of Barangay Barurao, Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur....
A retired police officer was shot dead in Barangay Simbo, Tupi town, South Cotabato province on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3. Police identified the victim as Teodorico Bastan, 79, of Barangay Datal Bob, T’boli town, South Cotabato. Investigation said Bastan, chief of barangay tanods of Barangay...
MATALAM, North Cotabato – A grenade explosion inside a carnival here left one dead and about five others injured minutes before the New Year on Tuesday night, Dec. 31. MATALAM, North Cotabato Vice Mayor Ralph Rafael (center) speaks to residents and police following the grenade explosion on Dec....
COTABATO CITY – Government forces on Sunday confiscated high-powered firearms from a civilian while serving a warrant of arrest against a murder suspect in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SGA-BARMM). The Special Security Task Group in SGA-BARMM,...
Seven passengers, including two minors, were killed and their driver was injured when their van crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato on Monday afternoon, Dec. 23. THIS photo from Facebook shows the van that crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato. Reports said the victims, residents of Cagayan de Oro City, were...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato bagged its fourth Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award conferred by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to recognize local government units’ performance in transparency and accountability. MENDOZA (FB) The...
