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KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in North Cotabato reported 44 fire incidents during the first quarter of this year that damaged more than P88 million worth of properties.

Five persons were reported killed during various conflagration.

Fire Officer Samyr Mundas of BFP-North Cotabato said this year's number of fires was almost the same during the same period last year.

Mundas, speaking in behalf of BFP North Cotabato told dxND-Radyo Bida that the cost of damages was based on bureau’s initial assessment.

KORONADAL CITY -- The partnership of Department of Social Welfare and Development and United Nations Development Programme has completed P13. 18 million worth of infrastructure projects, helping various villagers in the region to access basic social services, an agency senior official said Tuesday.

Bonifacio V. Selma Jr., DSWD 12 assistant regional for operations said that 11 community projects have been completed including day care centers, schools, centers for children with special needs and senior citizens building.

WATER SUPPLY ADVISORY

TO ALL WATER CONSUMERS:

We are experiencing the effect of El Nino Phenomenon since the start of 2019. As we all know, El Nino is a weather phenomenon caused when warm water from the western Pacific Ocean flows eastward or in short the effect of that is drought.

In this regard, please be informed that the Saguing River Headwaters (Lapaan Intakes) production already reduced by 25% due to the current El Nino Phenomenon.

Our team is conducting further monitoring on this effect.

POWER ADVISORY:
Scheduled power interruption on May 3,2019 from 8 AM - 4 PM affecting Barrio 2, Barrio 4, and Barangay Rotonda, Koronadal City.
Purpose: Line clearing
Socoteco said Outage time may change without prior notice but we will exert all efforts to restore power asap.

What: Notice of Electric Scheduled Power Interruption

When: March 10, 2019 (Sunday) 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Duration: 5 hours

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

Areas Affected:
Corner Dona Theresa St. and A. Badoy Avenue and some portions of Brg. Poblacion 2, 3, 4 and Nayon Shariff RH 3 and 4, Cotabato City.

MAGUINDANAO --- Five militants were killed in the continuing bombardment of the lairs of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in swampy areas in this province.

The air and artillery strikes by the Army’s 6th Infantry Division against BIFF bandits in Shariff Saidona Mustapha, Maguindanao began Saturday.

The operation was launched after vigilant residents, among them Moro farmers, reported to Army units in the province seeing BIFF gunmen converging in Pinditen and Inaladan areas in Shariff Saidona, located in the second district of Maguindanao.

COTABATO CITY (March 10) - Saying “pain is still deep,” Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Romeo Saniel of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), the Jolo Vicariate administrator, led on Friday the 40th day commemoration of the January 27 twin bombings of Jolo Cathedral.

With Monsignor Saniel was Fr. Jeff Nadua, OMI and the relatives and loved ones of 24 Church goers who perished in celebrating a mass and offering of flowers and prayers.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Authorities killed another large-scale drug trafficker remitting proceeds of illegal deals to the Maute terror group, the second since Wednesday.

Personnel of the Lanao del Sur provincial police were to entrap on Friday the 28-year-old Caharodin Abocadama in Barangay Banday, Malabang but killed him instead when he resisted, pulled out a gun and opened fire.

COTABATO CITY - Mabilis na isinugod ng kanyang mga magulang sa ospital ang isang batang lalaki matapos tamaan ng bala nang aksidenteng pumutok ang baril ng kanyang ama sa loob ng kanilang bahay sa Brgy. Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao pasdao alas otso ng umaga kahapon.

Nakilala ang biktima na si RICO, 7 years old.

Ayon sa salaysay ng ama ng bata na si SINGKI na isang barangay tanod, nagulat na lamang siya nang makarinig ng putok ng baril sa loob at nakitang duguan na ang kanyang anak.