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COTABATO CITY -- Six people, among them an off-duty policeman, were killed in separate ambush incidents in central Mindanao in just three days.

The latest fatality, security guard Antolin Morales, 41, was on his way home Saturday night when two men on a motorcycle attacked him from behind while along Bonifacio Street here, killing him on the spot.

Two men armed with pistols killed Police Patrolman Franklin Moyet in De Mazenod Avenue here in another attack less than an hour later.

COTABATO CITY – The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) today announced that the scheduled power interruption from 4:30 to 5 p.m. on May 6 has been cancelled.

In an advisory, the Cotabato Light said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will implement the early normalization of supply to Nuling Sub-Station from 6:00pm to 6:30pm tonight.

“Therefore, the scheduled interruption tomorrow (5/6/19) is cancelled,” the Cotabato Light said.

MAKILALA, North Cotabato – Sugatan ang isang 35-anyos na drayber ng ten wheeler truck habang hindi naman nasaktan ang helper nito matapos na bumangga ang kanilang sinasakyang ten wheeler truck sa puno ng Mangga sa Purok Talisay, Barangay Malasila, Makilala, North Cotabato kaninang umaga.

Sa ulat ni SPO1 Xerxes Anthony Fiel, ang traffic investigator ng Makilala PNP kinilala ang sugatang drayber na si Bernie Dagpin Bolo na taga Agusan del Sur.

Kinilala ng Koronadal City PNP na pinamumunuan ni Police Lt. Col Rey Egos ang nasawing welder na si Reynan Pagdato 54 anyos na nagmamay ari din ng tindahan sa compound ng Koronadal Sports Complex sa barangay, Sto. Nino, sa syudad.

Si Pagdato ay agad na binawian ng buhay sa pamamaril ng tatlong mga salarin na bigla na lamang umanong pumasok sa sabungan alas dyes y medya kagabi.

Sugatan din sa insidente si Harry Depito 15 anyos estudyante na kritikal ngayon ang kondisyon dahil sa tama ng bala ng baril sa ulo.

What: Emergency Power Interruption

When: May 4, 2019 (Saturday) 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Duration: 2 hours

Details:
To facilitate the replacement of rotten pole which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen.

Areas Affected:
From Lugay-Lugay bridge going to Bucana, Kalanganan Mother, Cotabato City

MAGUINDANAO - A suspected gun-for-hire was wounded while two others were nabbed in a police operation on Friday morning in Datu Piang town in this province.

The injured Onz Meguan and cohorts Mangi Kato and Tato Tilendo, all ethnic Maguindanaons, are now in the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

COTABATO CITY - The Oblate owned Notre Dame University prides itself with eight new lawyers who passed last year's bar exam, the NDU president announced today.

Fr. Francis Zabala, OMI, NDU president, posted on his FB page the names of successful examinees from NDU college of law.

Only 22.07 percent (1,800 out of 8,158) passed the 2018 bar exam, Bar Chair Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo said in a statement.

COTABATO CITY -- The Cotabato Light and Power Company has announced power interruption in its whole franchise area on Sunday and Monday.

The Cotabato Light said the interruption is due to activities the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has to take on May 5 - 6, 2019.

Below is NGCP announcement:

Scheduled power interruption affecting parts of Cotabato City, Maguindanao, and Sultan Kudarat.

Date and Time:

May 05, 2019 (Sunday) 8:00am - 8:30am

May 06, 2019 (Monday) 4:30pm - 5:00pm

SULTAN KUDARAT --- Authorities seized P1.2 million worth of shabu in an operation in Isulan town Thursday that led to the arrest of five large-scale drug traffickers.

The suspects, Noraida Sabang, Namraida Sengkong Mama, Aisa Nasser Baldido, Abdul Zainudin and Anwar Kasim, are now detained, to be prosecuted for violation of the Comprehensive Philippine Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

All five of them are residents of Cotabato City, according to the Police Regional Office-12.

NORTH COTABATO - Two gunmen were killed while four others were wounded in recurring gunfights since Monday between two Moro clans in Midsayap town.

Police and Army units in the municipality have confirmed that the hostilities in Barangay Tumbras in Midsayap, North Cotabato between the Taha and Macarimbor clans have dislocated 417 families.

The two clans, squabbling for control of arable lands in Barangay Tumbras and locked in deep-seated political differences, reportedly lost a member each in the ensuing skirmishes.