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KIDAPAWAN CITY - Vice gubernatorial hopeful Socrates Pinol today made good his promise to personally help clear the province of his campaign posters after election and started removing them Tuesday.

Pinol who failed in his first try at the second highest post of the province said he will continue serving the people in whatever way he can as a civilian after his term as provincial board member ends on June 30 this year.

KBP-PPCRV PARTIAL AND UNOFFICIAL RESULTS IN REGION 12
Election Returns processed 97.67 percent

North Cotabato:

Governor
Catamco - 265,365 votes
Talinio - 262,191

Vice Governor
Mendoza - 318,990
Pinol - 203,756

Congress
1st district
Sacdalan - 86,807
Cabaya - 67,584
Sultan - 30,142

2nd district
Caoagdan - 69,769
Pinol - 45,579

3rd district
Tejada - 134,712

KIDAPAWAN CITY

Mayor
Evangelista - 38,110
Pinol - 22,873

COTABATO CITY – Two explosions rocked this city at past 10 p.m. today in a spot where two rifle grenades exploded on Sunday night, police said.

No casualty was reported and police and Army bomb experts are still in the area conducting post blast investigation.

The explosions occurred at the back of Cotabato City hall compound in exactly the same area where two rifle grenades, fired from a distance, landed and exploded at about the same time Sunday night.

ESPERANZA, Sultan Kudarat (May 13) -- Police and military authorities arrested two persons at a police and Army checkpoints for possession of a hand grenade.

Reports from Sultan Kudarat police provincial office arrested about 8 a.m. two men on board a motorbike later identified as Edwin Panaligan and Ronny Magtulis.

The two failed to show motor vehicle registration records and when checked a hand grenade was found inside the motorbike's u-box.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Pumalya at hindi gumana ngayong hapon ang apat na mga Vote Counting Machine (VCM) sa apat na barangay sa Bayan ng Magpet North Cotabato.

Nitong hapon sabay sabay na hindi gumana ang mga VCM sa barangay ng Basak, Imamaling, balite at Manonisa.

Ayon kay Magpet election officer Diosdado Javier, pahirapan umano ang signal sa naturang mga barangay dahilan para mahirapan din sila sa pag update kung may mga pumalyang VCM.

Ang iba umano ay kinailangan pang bumaba ng barangay Poblacion para makapag padala ng resulta.

COTABATO CITY -- The Cotabato Light and Power Company announces its business office is open for collection and customer service on Monday, May 13, 2019.

What: Notice of Scheduled Power Interruption

When: May 12, 2019 (Sunday) 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Duration: 8 hours

Details:
To facilitate the primary line re-conductor which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen.

Areas Affected:
In front of Iglesia ni Cristo and some portions of Gen. Luna and Don E. Sero Subdivision, Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY – A town treasurer of Maguindanao transporting P6 million cash and her driver survived an ambush in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao Saturday morning.

Colonel Ronald Briones, Maguindanao police director, said the ambush occurred at 8:30 a.m. along the national highway in Barangay Taviran, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

MLANG, North Cotabato -- Four persons were arrested by police for violation of election laws after they were caught in possession of more than P200,000 cash and campaign materials for gubernatorial candidate Roger Talinio and vice gubernatorial candidate Emmylou Talinio Mendoza.

Two of the four persons were lay leaders of Catholic Church or "Kaabags."

They were allegedly involved in vote buying activities in Barangay New Kalibo, Mlang, North Cotabato on Friday night.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza who is running for vice governor issued a statement on the reported vote buying by four of her supporters in Barangay New Kalibo, Mlang, North Cotabato uncovered by police authorities on Friday night.

Below is her statement posted on her FB page.

PATULOY ANG PANANAKOT AT PANG AABUSO sa Bayan ng Mlang!

Isa na namang pananakot at pagmamalabis ang naranasan ng ating mga tauhan sa kamay ng mga Piñol, sa Barangay New Kalibo, Mlang kagabi.