COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Skirmishes erupted between two armed groups of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Pikit, North Cotabato Wednesday, August 10, sending some 50 families scampering to safer areas. “There were evacuees but many stayed with their relatives in nearby communities,”...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Authorities are determining if the human rights lawyer in Maguindanao was the intended target when his parked car was shot twice by still unidentified attackers over the weekend. Police Col. Querubin Manalang, city police director, identified Monday, August 8, the owner of...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) – Saying they are tired and disappointed, five more members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operating in North Cotabato surrendered to authorities Thursday, July 21, the military here said Friday, July 22. FIVE members of the Bangsamoro...
NORTH COTABATO -- Police authorities have launched a manhunt operation against the two assailants who killed a village chair in Pikit town on Thursday. Police Brig. Gen. Alexander Tagum, Police Regional Office-12 director, ordered the hot pursuit operation against the suspects in the killing of...
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...
DAVAO CITY -- A week after being elected governor of the Province of Cotabato, incumbent Vice Governor Emmylou "Lala" Taliño-Mendoza reflected on the lessons she learned during the campaign period. (Photo Courtesy of Vice Gov Lala Mendoza Facebook Page) As a seasoned politician, Mendoza admitted...
DAVAO CITY – The Third District of Cotabato province will be represented by Samantha Taliño Santos, who, at 25, is likely to become the youngest member of House of Representatives at least in Mindanao, if not in the country. Photo courtesy of Samantha Santos Page Santos garnered 116, 869 votes...
DAVAO CITY -- The United Bangsamoro Justice Party’s mayoralty candidate in Cotabato City was leading based on the partial and unofficial results in the hotly-contested race where around 500 police personnel have been carrying out election duties for obvious reasons. As of 1:02 p.m. on Tuesday...
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...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) replaced 524 electoral boards in Cotabato City with members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who will serve as special electoral boards on Election Day, May 9, according to poll Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. Comelec/MB During a press...
