KORONADAL CITY (PNA) – Unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and seriously wounded a former town councilor of Polomolok, South Cotabato while he was on his way to the municipal hall on Friday morning, March 17. Former Councilor Rhyolite Agregado Balili, now personal secretary of Polomolok...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested a municipal councilor of Tantangan, South Cotabato for rape and sexual harassment on Friday, March 10. Tantangan police chief Major Randy Apostol said Councilor June Vicente Seneca was arrested by personnel of the General Santos City Police Office at his...
ILIGAN CITY – A female member of the Milisyang Bayan under the Guerilla Front Musa, Far South Mindanao Region surrendered to the 5th Special Forces Battalion in Sitio Tabudtod, Barangay New Dumangas, T’boli, South Cotabato on Thursday, Feb. 2. A GUN and a grenade were among the items...
Government anti-narcotics operatives destroyed P4.2 million worth of fully-grown marijuana plants in Tampakan, South Cotabato, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The PDEA South Cotabato Provincial Office, the military and the local police immediately proceeded...
PALENCIA COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The mayor of Polomolok town, South Cotabato province has offered a P500,000 bounty for anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest of gunmen behind the separate killings of four of the town’s civil security unit (CSU) personnel. Mayor Bernie...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 6 commended South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. for vetoing the controversial local measure that seeks to lift the ban on open-pit mining in the province which was approved by the Provincial Board two weeks ago. “I laud South Cotabato Gov....
DAVAO CITY – The Diocese of Marbel in South Cotabato will remain vigilant until such time when there is no more threat of lifting the open-pit mining ban in the town of Tampakan. A few days back, South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo repudiated a Provincial Board resolution seeking to lift the...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group here has expressed elation over the decision of South Cotabato governor Reynaldo Tamayo to veto a Provincial Board’s resolution lifting a ban on open-pit mining. The environmental group Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) said the...
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City -- An Ilongga from South Cotabato leads the 214 graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy ‘Bagsik-Diwa’ (Bagong Sibol ng Kinabukasan Didigma Hanggang Wakas) Class of 2022. PMA superintendent Lt. Gen. Ferdinand Cartujano announced that Krystlenn Ivany...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 a seaman who yielded some P374,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspect as 54-year old Ryan Ramos, considered a high-value target...
Two alleged Islamic State (IS)-linked terrorists were killed by Philippine Army (PA) forces in a military operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Monday, Jan. 31. Philippine Army troops kill Zypol Nilong, alleged member of the terrorist group Daulah Islamiyah (DI), in an encounter in Polomolok,...
Written by TERENCE L. RANIS Do you know that there is a place that looks and feels like Baguio in South Cotabato? The cool weather is present and there are strawberry farms all around plus more, including magnificent views and guyabano juice. This place is called the Strawberry Guyabano...
