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COTABATO CITY-- Police arrested a town councilman and his two relatives during a law enforcement operation in Barangay Mirab, Upi, Maguindanao before dawn Friday.Chief Insp. Esmael Madin, head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-ARMM), identified the arrested persons as Norodin Salik Musa, 50, municipal councilor of Upi town, and his two relatives, Alimodin Musa Dalmabao, 35, and Ahod Salik Musa, 30.

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand August 10, 2018 (Friday) 8and00 AM – 10:00 AM Durationand 2 hours Details and To facilitate the installation of EMC which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Along San Vicente Street, Rosary Heights and some portions of Mother Barangay, Cotabato City.

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KIDAPAWAN CITY – Workers of a mall here found
suspicious paper bag left unattended near the entrance-exit door for employees
of Gaisano Grand mall-Kidapawan on Monday night, hours after a suspected improvised
bomb was found in Mlang, North Cotabato.

In a report to Senior Supt. Maximo Layugan, OIC
police provincial director, Supt. Ramel Hojilla, acting Kidapawan City police
director, said bomb experts recovered a live rifle grenade and MK-2 hand grenade wrapped in a white
cloth and put inside a paper bag.

KORONADAL CITY -- A village councilwoman was shot dead by still unidentified gunmen while she was tending to her farm in Sitio Benigno Aquino, Barangay Miasong, Tupi, South Cotabato Monday morning.The Tupi PNP identified the victim as Anie Maramba, 46, farmer and village councilor.Police investigation showed the victim and her husband Ronnie, were clearing separately a hilly portion of their farm when they both heard gun shots.

PAGADIAN CITY -- A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Tabina, Zamboanga Del Sur Tuesday morningThe quake which was tectonic in origin came at 6:18 a.m. and was traced 18 kilometers east of Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur, according to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.Phivolcs said it recorded the following ntensitiesand Intensity IV - Tabina, Zamboanga del SurIntensity III - Pagadian CityIntensity II - Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur Iligan CityIntesity I - Zamboanga CityThe Phivolcs also recorded two aftershocks, magnitude 2.3 and 2.2that came 6:21 a.m. and 6:55 a.m., respectively.

President Duterte on Monday signed the National ID law.Every Filipino should have this ID, he said.The Philippine Statistics Office released a sample image of how the national ID looks like.

MLANG, North Cotabato -- Another suspected improvised explosive device was found along the national highway here and safely deactivated by bomb experts Monday morning, the second since Sunday.DXND Radyo Bida in Kidapawan City reported that the IED was left unattended in front fo Arcylyn Store along the national highway, Purok Maharlika, Barangay Bagontapay about 10:30 a.m.The Mlang PNP reported that passersby noticed the black bag in front of the store and quickly alerted the police.Police and military bomb experts disrupted the suspected bomb.It was composed of a mobile phone, a canister w

MAGUINDANAO --- Three villagers were drowned in rampaging floodwaters when they fell from a footbridge connecting the banks of a wide river in South Upi town on Saturday.The Police Regional Office-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao identified the fatalities as Linda Modunggel and her children, Melanie, 11, and 12 month-old Ritchel.Responding investigators from the South Upi municipal police said the bamboo footbridge collapsed while they were trying to cross the Bantek River in Barangay Bantek, an upland area northwest of the municipality.The victims were swept downstream by floodwaters a

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand August 5, 2018 (Sunday) 7and00 AM – 10:00 AM Durationand 3 hours Details and To facilitate the installation of EMC which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Near Lugay - Lugay Elementary School, MB and some portions of Brgy. Bagua 1,2 andamp 3, Cotabato City.