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COTABATO CITY - Simbang Gabi, the Philippines' observance oftraditional 9-day dawn masses, or Misa de Gallo, willofficially start Wednesday dawn (December 16)in many Catholic Churches across the country and in the Archdiocese of Cotabato.Thousands of Catholics across the archdiocese of Cotabato and throughout the countryare expected to flock to Cathedrals, Churches and chapelsto attend the traditional dawn mass, which usually stats at 4 in the morning.

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/zephaniah/3and1 ZEP 3and1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORDandWoe to the city, rebellious and polluted,to the tyrannical city!She hears no voice,accepts no correctionIn the LORD she has not trusted,to her God she has not drawn near.For then I will change and purifythe lips of the peoples,That they all may call upon the name of the LORD,to serve him with one accordFrom beyond the rivers of Ethiopiaand as far as the recesses of the North,they shall bring me offerings.On that dayYou need not be ashamed

MARAWI CITY -- Teachers in Lanao del Sur are jubilant over a ruling by the Court of Appeals (CA) that their recalcitrant superintendent had erred in adjusting her age to preclude retirement in 2013.The erstwhile superintendent of public schools in Lanao del Sur, Mona Macatanong, has been insisting she will retire in October 2016 yet, even as government records indicates she turned 65 on October 18, 2013.Macatanong had earlier secured a questionable ruling from a Marawi City court stating she was younger than her entry on a standard government data sheet which she filled out when she applied

KORONADAL CITY – A man wanted by law for eight counts of qualified theft was arrested by agents of theSouth Cotabato Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).Senior InspectorTimothy Arciso Jr, CIDG- provincial chief, identified the suspect asRicardo Ombid Derecho, 48, resident ofSitio Lampako, BarangayLiwanay, Banga, South Cotabato.Armed with arrest warrants issued by RTC-26 Judge Roberto L. Ayco, the police arrested Derecho in his home Sunday morning.

COTABATO CITYA conflagration hit the Cotabato City Assessor's Office at the second floor of the Peoples Palace at past 7 a.m. Monday, fire officials said.City Fire spokesperson James Ra told DXMS Radyo Bida, the fire was started at the office air condition unit inside the office. But the office is now safe, very minor ang damage, Ra said. Office transaction may continue today.

The Mindanao Cross digital edition Dec. 12, 2015

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/zephaniah/3:14 ZEP 3:14-18A Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!Sing joyfully, O Israel!Be glad and exult with all your heart,O daughter Jerusalem!The LORD has removed the judgment against youhe has turned away your enemiesthe King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,you have no further misfortune to fear.On that day, it shall be said to JerusalemandFear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!The LORD, your God, is in your midst,a mighty saviorhe will rejoice over you with gladness,and renew you in his

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1. MAHIGIT sampung oras na brownout,
naranasan ng mga taga-Cotabato City at karatig lugar

2. Pagsasaayos sa pinabagsak na Tower
ng NGCP sa Aleosan, North Cotabato, posibleng aabutin pa ng ilang araw

3. Kontribusyon sa Philhealth maari
nang bayaran sa mga piling LGUs sa
rehiyon dose

4. Duterte-Cayetano tandem, dadalaw sa North Cotabato

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COTABATO CITY – Supply of electricity to dozens of Central Mindanao towns and Cotabato City was restored noontime Friday following a 15-hour outage due to the destruction by saboteurs of a power relay pylon in Aleosan, North Cotabato.Unidentified menon Thursday night toppled down Tower 68 of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Barangay Pagangan in Aleosan town by setting off explosives they strapped on its four angular columns, detonated from a distance using mobile phones.An NGCP advisory issued at 12:30 saidand At 12 noon, NGCP energized the Tacurong-Sultan Kudara

COTABATO CITY - The scheduled 12-hour power interruption in North Cotabato's first district announced by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has been called off.Melfrance Bambi Capulong, speaking for NGCP Southern Mindanao, said the scheduled preventive maintenance of 138K Kabacan-Simuay line was cancelled.NGCP earlier set 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. power interruption in PPALMA area due to the preventive maintenance works.She said instead, NGCP field workers will work on the bombed Steel Tower No. 68 in Pagangan, Aleosan, North Cotabato.