A retired police officer was shot dead in Barangay Simbo, Tupi town, South Cotabato province on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3. Police identified the victim as Teodorico Bastan, 79, of Barangay Datal Bob, T’boli town, South Cotabato. Investigation said Bastan, chief of barangay tanods of Barangay...
MATALAM, North Cotabato – A grenade explosion inside a carnival here left one dead and about five others injured minutes before the New Year on Tuesday night, Dec. 31. MATALAM, North Cotabato Vice Mayor Ralph Rafael (center) speaks to residents and police following the grenade explosion on Dec....
COTABATO CITY – Government forces on Sunday confiscated high-powered firearms from a civilian while serving a warrant of arrest against a murder suspect in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SGA-BARMM). The Special Security Task Group in SGA-BARMM,...
Seven passengers, including two minors, were killed and their driver was injured when their van crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato on Monday afternoon, Dec. 23. THIS photo from Facebook shows the van that crashed in Tupi, South Cotabato. Reports said the victims, residents of Cagayan de Oro City, were...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato bagged its fourth Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award conferred by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to recognize local government units’ performance in transparency and accountability. MENDOZA (FB) The...
DAVAO CITY – The erstwhile sleepy town of Aleosan is now classified as the newest first-class municipality in Cotabato province following the declaration of the Department of Finance (DOF) pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act (RA) No. 11964, also known as the Automatic Income...
Police said seven people were killed when a 10-wheel truck loaded with fertilizer rammed vehicles and houses in Barangay Malasila, Makilala, Cotabato, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. Investigation said the truck was on its way to Kidapawan City from Davao City when it lost its brakes and crashed....
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Commission on Elections conducted a demonstration at the provincial capitol here of the new automated counting machine for next year’s elections. MENDOZA (Ivy Tejano) North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza, who participated in the event on...
KABACAN, Cotabato – More than 100 University of Southern Mindanao (USM)-Kabacan campus students participated in the Mindanao Week of Peace that culminated in a program on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3, at the USM Auditorium here. LAWYER Lanang Ali Jr. (right) discusses the Bangsamoro peace process in...
South Cotabato Rep. Peter Bascon Miguel has offered a P1-million reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the gunman of Tantangan, South Cotabato vice mayoral bet Jose Osorio. Osorio was shot dead in the family-owned eatery on Monday, Nov. 18. Investigation said gunshots were heard...
DAVAO CITY – Politics is heating up in Cotabato City as its two top executives traded barbs that may have led to the termination of approximately 3,000 contractual employees effective Oct. 17. Mayor Bruce Matabalao and Vice Mayor Johari "Butch" C. Abu, who are both vying for mayor in the...
Gunmen shot and killed a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Cotabato City on Sunday, October 13. Police identified the victim as Norodin Mama. Investigation said Mama, of Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Sur, was driving a multi-cab going to Sultan Kudarat,...
