COTABATO CITY – A suspected bomber of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter was arrested by authorities over the weekend while undergoing treatment at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center here. Lt. Col. Rowell Gavilanes, 60th Infantry Battalion commander, said the suspect, Kuntong Basilan,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Military and police bomb experts safely deactivated at dawn on Thursday, May 25, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left near the main gate of the Husky Bus passenger terminal here. Police Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., city police director, said the plastic bag containing...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A medical officer of the New People’s Army surrendered to the military in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato on Sunday, May 21. Major Gen. Alex Rillera, 6th Infantry Division commander, said the surrenderer alias “Jean” yielded to the 5th Special Forces Battalion under Lt....
M'LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Thirty of the 45 students at the Palma Perez Elementary School here were discharged from the hospital after allegedly being poisoned by the “maruya” (banana fritters) they took for snacks on Monday, May 22. MARUYA (Wikipedia) Dr. Jun Sotea, municipal health...
M'LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Authorities arrested two suspects who allegedly raped and killed a 15-year-old girl in Barangay Lepaga here. Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, municipal police chief, identified the perpetrators as farmers Rogie Articonas Magallanes, 43, of Barangay Lepaga; and Nilo...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P3.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 8 here on Thursday, May 4. Suspects were identified as Solaiman Mohammad, 26, and Bayan Akmad, 42. Seized from them were 500 grams of suspected...
ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized high-powered firearms during a checkpoint at Grebona Patrol Base on the Bukidnon-Alamada-Libungan Highway in Libungan, North Cotabato on Thursday morning, May 4. The 34th Infantry Battalion and Libungan police flagged down a silver Toyota Vios with license plates ...
KIDAPAWAN CITY (PNA) – Four armed robbery suspects were killed during a police pursuit operation in M’lang, North Cotabato on Thursday night, April 27, police said. In a radio interview on Friday, April 28, Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, M’lang police chief, said three of the six suspects...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An off-duty police officer died instantly after his car collided head-on with a pick-up vehicle on the national highway in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Wednesday night, April 26. POLICE Corporal Teodolfo Garavilles’ car. (Kabacan MPS photo via PNA) Police Capt. Razul Pandulo,...
T’BOLI, South Cotabato – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and policemen raided a suspected drug den in Barangay New Dumangas here on Tuesday, April 25, which led to the arrest of its maintainer and two other cohorts. PDEA-12 Director Aileen Lovitos identified the suspects as...
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Juanito Agustin of Pigcawayan town, Cotabato province has stepped in to resolve the infighting of armed Moro groups in Barangay Simsiman to prevent further escalation of the conflict into neighboring areas. Agustin told Manila Bulletin over the phone that he had spoken with the...
KABACAN, North Cotabato (PNA) – Two youngsters drowned while seven others were rescued after they swam on a river dam here on Thursday afternoon, April 13. THE river dam in Barangay Kilada, Matalam, North Cotabato where two students drowned on Thursday, April 13. (Kabacan LGU FB) Two others were...
