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COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) has announced a scheduled power interruption along TV Jualiano Avenue, in this city on Jan. 18, Thursday.

This is to facilitate emergency line maintenance activity in the area.

CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao del Norte - Brig. Gen. Allan C Nobleza, police regional director fot he Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) today spearheaded the send-off ceremony for the 4th Special Action Battalion, PNP Special Action Force, at the PRO BAR Grandstand here.

The PNP SAF troopers, consisting of the 41st, 43rd, 44th, and 45th Special Action Companies, will be dispatched and allocated to the municipalities of Lanao del Sur Province, specifically in the municipalities of Malabang, Masiu, and Marantao to include Marawi City.

COTABATO CITY - NAARESTO NG MGA TAUHAN NG Criminal Investigation and Detection Group O CIDG-BARMM ang isang suspected gun runner o nagbebenta ng armas sa ikinasang operation sa Barangay Macabiso, Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte kahapon.

Kinilala ni CIDG-BARMM chief Lt. Col. Ariel Huesca ang mga suspek sa pangalang Alias Datuan na taga Barangay Kalanganan 1, Cotabato City.

Isang undercover agent ang bibili sana ng baril na US-made M16 rifle mula kay Datuan sa gilid ng national highway nang isasgawa ang pag-aaresto sa suspect.

COTABATO CITY - The Aboitiz Power Corporation warns the public of recruitment or hiring scams involving persons falsely and fraudulently claiming to be representatives or officers of Aboitiz Power Corporation and its subsidiaries, and requiring the payment of fees and deposit of money in consideration of employment opportunities in Aboitiz Power Corporation.

The public is advised and reminded that Aboitiz Power Corporation does not require applicants to pay, deposit, or advance any amounts to be considered for a job or position.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) started the year by donating learning tools for the students and teachers of Sandakan Elementary School and Alamada Elementary School in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao Del Norte.

Each school received five units of laptops, four printers, and accessories equipped with the latest technology to support the educational and professional goals of the recipients.

COTABATO CITY - Two men tagged in 13 motorcycle thefts and known for distributing shabu in isolated barangays are now both detained, awaiting prosecution.

Salman Kato Samama, 44, and his 43-year-old cohort, Jumel Matavia Ledesma, were intercepted on Tuesday night by policemen led by Lt. Col. Esmael Madin in the town proper of Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte, while on their way to somewhere to deliver to a buyer P12,000 worth of shabu.

COTABATO CITY - Combined operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Region, Army, Philippine Marines, and Maguindanao police scored big anew in the fight against illegal drugs with the confiscation of P6.8 million worth of shabu during anti-drug operation along the national highway in Barangay Tapayan, Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao on Tuesday.

In a report, PDEA-BARMM Regional Director Gil Cesario Castro said the supposed drug peddler managed to evade arrest during the operation.

PIKIT, North Cotabato - Binaril at napatay ng di pa kilalang suspect ang mag-inang negosyante sa Barangay Poblacion kaninang tanghali.

Nangyari ito sa kabila ng napakaraming mga pulis at sundalo na naitalaga sa bayan dahil sa tila di mapigil na sunod sunod na kaso ng pamamaril sa bayang tinaguriang Bayang Marikit.

KORONADAL CITY --- The South Cotabato police got a P4 million worth tactical van from the governor’s office in the province, essential to its law-enforcement activities in the provincial capital, Koronadal City, and towns around.

Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, director of the Police Regional Office-12, said on Tuesday that he is thankful to Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo, Jr. for providing the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office with a brand new van for its Special Weapons and Tactics unit.

KORONADAL CITY - Mahintana Foundation Incorporated is now a member of the industry board of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority 12 which will be focused in Agriculture, Energy and Information Communication Technology and Information Technology in the region.

In the Year-End Program Evaluation of TESDA 12 together with the other TESDA Training Institutions and Provincial Offices, Mahintana and TESDA 12 signed the Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen the partnership of TechVoc Program and to give opportunities to every TESDA graduate.