DAVAO CITY – Politics is heating up in Cotabato City as its two top executives traded barbs that may have led to the termination of approximately 3,000 contractual employees effective Oct. 17. Mayor Bruce Matabalao and Vice Mayor Johari "Butch" C. Abu, who are both vying for mayor in the...
Gunmen shot and killed a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Cotabato City on Sunday, October 13. Police identified the victim as Norodin Mama. Investigation said Mama, of Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Sur, was driving a multi-cab going to Sultan Kudarat,...
DAVAO CITY – For the third time in 15 years, Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Talino-Mendoza and former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol will again face each other for governor in the 2025 elections. MENDOZA Their rivalry rekindled anew when Piñol filed his Certificate of Candidacy for...
A member of an Indigenous People's group was gunned down in Cotabato City on Monday, October 7. Police identified the victim as Jun Quimbo, 40, of Barangay Darugao, North Upi, Maguindanao del Norte. Investigation said Quimbo was with his wife and daughter at the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’...
Reelectionist Mayor Mohammad Bruce Matabalao of Cotabato City and his running mate, former Barangay Poblacion 2 chairman Johair Madag, filed their Certificates of Candidacy before the Commission on Elections on Saturday, October 5. MATABALAO (FB) Also submitting their candidacies was their complete...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza urged the people of Cotabato to uphold mutual respect and connection as these values are essential for the province’s welfare and continuous progression. PEOPLE watch a music festival in Kidapawan City that capped the 110th Kalivungan Festival in...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police Brig. Gen. James Gulmatico, Police Regional Office-12 director, has ordered the filing of criminal and administrative charges against a police captain who allegedly killed two videoke bar patrons in Barangay Osias, Kabacan, Cotabato on Saturday, August 31. Gulmatico...
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Five-thousand farmers, fishermen, and families from 15 municipalities and one city in this province received cash assistance from the Office of the President on Monday, August 26, at the Capitol Compound in Barangay Amas here. FIVE-thousand farmers, fishermen, and...
ILIGAN CITY – Two drug pushers were arrested and suspected shabu worth P6.8 million was seized in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, August 20. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Cotabato City on August 20. (PDEA photo) Philippine Drug Enforcement...
DAVAO CITY – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged the Department of Agriculture to establish a satellite animal disease diagnostic laboratory in Cotabato province as part of measures to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). PASSENGERS step on footbaths in a quarantine checkpoint in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) to implement their septage management systems mandated under Republic Act No. 9275, the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, to assure their constitutents of better water quality. The COA said that RA 9275 mandates all LGUs to...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato, various government agencies, and the National Power Corp. have agreed to strengthen safety protocols to help mitigate the perennial flooding in Central Mindanao. GOV. Emmylou Mendoza meets government agencies at the provincial capitol in...
