GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A New People’s Army leader and amazon were killed in an encounter on Thursday, April 9, with government troops in a remote barangay in T’boli, South Cotabato. Brig. Gen. Michael Santos, 603rd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the slain NPA rebels as Anthony Narvasa,...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region 12 has signed a memorandum of agreement with the provincial government of Cotabato for the implementation of the Tara, Basa! tutoring program this year. The MOA was signed by DSWD-12 Director Loreto Cabaya Jr. and Gov. Emmylou...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza assured the people that flood control projects are properly implemented in Cotabato province. “In Cotabato province, it is properly implemented," Mendoza said in her State-of-the-Province Address (SOPA) on Tuesday, March 24, here. Mendoza said flood...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Cotabato province is debt-free for two years in a row, Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza reported during her State-of-the-Province Address (SOPA) on Tuesday, March 24. Due to prudent fiscal management, Mendoza said that the province has exceeded revenue collection targets that yielded...
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza on Tuesday highlighted two game-changing initiatives expected to spur economic opportunities and position this province as a hub of connectivity once completed. In her State-of-the-Province Address, Mendoza described the Cotabato...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato gearing up for the deployment of the Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) in select routes in the towns of Carmen, Kabacan, M’lang, Makilala, and the City of Kidapawan before the year ends. Once it becomes operational, Cotabato will be the first...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police are hunting two men who attempted but failed to assassinate a municipal councilor from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday. Police Capt. Sammy Clarito, deputy police chief of Midsayap, said Tuesday investigators are reviewing...
DAVAO CITY – The 6th Infantry Division is looking at a whole-of-government approach to resolve recurring clashes among rival armed groups in Central Mindanao, more particularly Midsayap, Cotabato, and Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)....
DAVAO CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has reminded her constituents to tighten their belts and implement measures to mitigate the looming impact of Middle East conflict on the local economy. Mendoza issued the reminder as the crisis may disrupt oil supply chains and spike inflation....
DAVAO CITY – Officials of Cotabato province have condemned the broad daylight ambush of a retired police officer and his companion in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao del Sur province on Tuesday, March 3. Police identified the victims as retired Police Major Elias Dandan and Raymund Bioy....
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato province has introduced a sustainable farming practice to maximize insect-eating bats as natural pest control. The innovation is not just helping farmers fight pests in the...
COTABATO CITY – A rare Philippine Grass Owl (Tutop longimembris amauronota) was released into its natural habitat Thursday at the Libungan River Watershed Forest Reserve after being rescued by local authorities and concerned citizens. Lawyer Felix Alicer, DENR-12 regional executive director, said...
