The Commission on Elections (Comelec) strongly condemned the killing of an election officer on Monday, Feb. 13 who was shot in broad daylight along National Highway, Purok Libas, Brgy. Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. (Photo courtesy of Comelec) In a statement sent by Comelec spokesperson...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A municipal election officer in Maguindanao del Sur died in an ambush on Monday, Feb. 13, in Lambayong town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said. Capt. Jetro Doligas, Lambayong municipal police chief, said Haviv Macabangen Maindan, municipal election officer of the town of...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Authorities have launched a manhunt against motorcycle-riding gunmen who shot dead a barangay chairman in Lebak, this province, on Thursday evening, Jan. 26. MAP of Sultan Kudarat with the municipality of Lebak highlighted. Lt. Col. Julius Malcontento, Lebak...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police have been deployed as peacekeepers in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte, to ensure the safety of civilians fleeing their homes due to an ongoing firefight between Moro gunmen in the interiors of Barangay Rebuken. “Our troops and soldiers are in the area...
DATU Naga Mangudadatu (FB) TACURONG CITY (PNA) – Police in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat have launched a manhunt against gunmen who shot dead the son of Mayor Datu Pax Mangudadatu on Tuesday night, Dec. 13. Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, Sultan Kudarat deputy police director for operations, said police in...
DATU Naga Mangudadatu (FB) COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Two persons were killed while two others were injured in a gun attack on Tuesday night, Dec. 13, in Lutayan town, Sultan Kudarat province, police said Wednesday, Dec. 14. Capt. Leonel Delasan, Lutayan police chief, said the 6:30 p.m. shooting at...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) maintained the legitimacy of the operation in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat that resulted in the death of a son of a policeman and his two other companions last week. But PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said there is an ongoing investigation on the alleged...
TACURONG CITY (PNA) – Three men died after ignoring a checkpoint inspection and engaged the police in a predawn shootout in Lambayong town, Sultan Kudarat province, on Friday, Dec. 2. Major Jenahmeel Toñacao, Lambayong police chief, said cops manning a checkpoint at around 1 a.m. in Barangay...
Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Barangay Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24, the military said. TROOPS recovered guns and other items left behind following an encounter with the New People's Army in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24....
An alleged communist leader and two of his followers were killed in a series of military assaults in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat on Saturday, July 30. (Graphics: Western Mindanao Command) The Western Mindanao Command WestMinCom) identified the fatalities as Ian Dela Rama alias “Cris;” Valerio...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 3.7 hit Sultan Kudarat, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Saturday, April 16. (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the quake was traced 67 kilometers (km) southwest of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat. It was recorded around 8:40...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat -- Three people were killed while ten others were injured when a wayward cargo delivery truck rammed into a commuter van along the national highway in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat last Sunday. (Photo via Joseph Jubelag) Esperanza police chief Captain Jethro Dave Doligas said the...
