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Three village watchmen serving as perimeter peacekeepers were shot to death by still unidentified gunmen in Buluan, Maguindanao at 8:15 today.

Buluan PNP Chief Lt. Cemafranco Cemacio the victims were members of Buluan Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT).

The attackers remained unknown, voting was not interrupted despite the incident that occured just outside the voting center in Bulual Central School.

A driver of a mayoral candidate was also attacked and stabbed while driving near the voting center.

Breaking! Higit na 500 na special BEI na mga pulis, napagkasunduan ng kapwa panig ng UBJP mayor candidate Bruce Matabalao at kampo ni Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi na magsisilbing BEI para sa Cotabato City.

Kinumpirma ito ni PNP-BARMM Joint Special Operations Task Group Head Brig. Gen. Pablo Labra sa panayam ng Kutangbato News.

Below is photo of Lustre J about soldiers and police at the entrance of Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School where the final testing and sealing was yet to begin at 530 p.m.  

Notice of NGCP Emergency Power Interruption

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Time: 08:45 AM - 9:15am and 3:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Affected Areas: Whole franchise area of Cotabato Light. 

Reason:  To facilitate the transfer of MAGELCO M2&M5 from Tac. to S.K. S/S. Relocation of str # 276B from its original location due to eroded foundation caused by Flash flooding and the normalization of loads afterwards.

PARANG, Maguindanao - Ipinalabas na ng PNP Special Investigation Task Group ng PNP-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ang cartographic  sketch ng pinaniniwalaang responsable sa pagpapasabog ng bomba sa loob ng Rural Tours bus sa Parang, Maguindanao nitong linggo na ikinasugat ng anim katao.

Ipinalabas na din ng PNP ang CCTV footage ng bus na nakakuha ng video ng suspect na pababa ng sasakyan.

Ang publiko na may alam sa kinaroroonan ng suspect ay maaring makipag-ugnayan sa pinakamalapit na police office.

CAMP DARAPANAN, Maguindanao -- The leadership of the Moro Islammic Liberation Front (MILF) and its political arm, the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), today endorsed Vie President Leni Robredo's presidential bid.

Robredo flew to Maguindanao to be present during the formal declaration of support that came as she celebrates her birthday.

It was the first time that the MILF has publicly declare support to a presidential aspirant.

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Reading I Ez 37:21-28

Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land. I will make them one nation upon the land, in the mountains of Israel, and there shall be one prince for them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - A drug-den owner and three other drug personalities were arrested during anti-narcotic operation conducted by joint operatives of PDEA Cotabato Provincial Office and Kidapawan City Police Station on Monday night at Barangay Amas here.

The arrested drug personalities were identified as Nestor Mapili , 53, vulcanizing shop and drug den owner, Edwin Genota, 26, Angelito Garilles, 45, and Jeremy Patrecio, 40, all residents of Kidapawan City.

The vulcanizing shop serving as a drug den owned by Mapili has been operating for more than a year already.

MANILA – A low pressure area (LPA) embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains showers and thunderstorms over Mindanao, Visayas and Palawan, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday.

In its weather bulletin, PAGASA said the LPA was located at 200 km east of Davao City at 3 a.m.

Benison Estareja of PAGASA said the chances of the LPA becoming a tropical depression are very low.

COTABATO CITY – The neighboring regions of Soccsksargen and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have recorded more recoveries for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19 infections, health authorities said.

In a report Tuesday, the Department of Health in Soccsksargen (DOH-12) said Koronadal City and Tacurong City and the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato have listed zero Covid-19 infections.

Dr. Aristides Concepcion-Tan, DOH-12 director, noted that the four areas recorded high cases in January and February this year.

MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has proposed the grant of a three-month wage subsidy for private-sector workers, particularly for minimum wage earners, amid soaring oil prices.

Speaking to President Rodrigo Duterte during his Talk to the People aired Wednesday, Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said the subsidy with a proposed PHP24 billion funding will cover around one million workers from April to June.