COTABATO CITY – To speed up the resolution of an ambush here that left three people dead and two injured, Mayor Bruce Matabalao has offered a reward for information that would identify the assailants. Police said they have already identified persons of interest behind the ambush of Barangay...
COTABATO CITY – A village chairwoman escaped death in a daylight ambush by six gunmen on separate motorcycles on a busy street here on Tuesday morning, police said. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said Barangay Poblacion 9 chief Pahima Ayunan Pasawiran-Pusaka was slightly...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police arrested six suspects and seized P15- million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a routine checkpoint operation in Barangay Panatan here Thursday. In a report on Friday, Pigcawayan municipal police chief, Police Major Mark John Mutlah, said more than 300...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua assured Cotabato province on Monday, Sept. 1, that the regional government remains a steadfast partner in pursuing peace and development. "BARMM will always be your partner in peace and...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – A barangay chairman reporting for work survived a gun attack here Wednesday morning by trading gunshots with his attackers. The Pigcawayan municipal police immediately launched a manhunt for two gunmen who escaped when Barangay Presbitero Chairman Emmanuel Doctolero...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are investigating the alleged hazing of at least 100 criminology students during reception rites in a private college in Kidapawan City in Cotabato province on Aug. 23. In a statement, Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO) chief Police Col. Gilberto Tuzon said that...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza on Tuesday, Aug. 26, opened the province’s 111th founding anniversary and Kalivungan Festival 2025 at the Provincial Capitol in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City. With the theme “Cotabato @ 111: Malasakit at Serbisyong Totoo....
MAKILALA, North Cotabato – Two people died and two police officers were wounded in a shootout during a raid in a businessman’s house in this town before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Juaren Caang, spokesperson of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said police were serving a search warrant in...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police and soldiers here have launched a manhunt against two men who shot and seriously wounded a school principal here at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Police identified the victim as Arlyn Alcebar, principal of the Agriculture Elementary School in Barangay Agriculture. Alcebar was...
DAVAO CITY – Officials of Cotabato province have filed separate measures in support of the proposed establishment of a Philippine Science High School campus in Carmen town. Cotabato third district Rep. Samantha Taliño-Santos has filed House Bill No. 2539 that seeks to establish a school of...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Authorities are pursuing armed assailants who killed the younger brother of Mayor Duma Mascud of Kadayangan town, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Special Geographic Area (SGA), on Thursday morning. Police Lt. Col. Benhur Catcatan, Midsayap...
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato – Prices of freshwater tilapia have significantly dropped in Lake Sebu following a massive fish kill, locally known as "kamahong," affecting fish cages in the lake, an official said Wednesday. "We are still determining the cost of damages, but a huge volume of tilapia...
