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MAGPET, North Cotabato-- The New People's Army's (NPA) released the deputy chief of police of President Roxas municipality in Cotabato to Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Bong Go in a remote village in Magpet town, North Cotabato on Friday.The release of Inspector Menard Cui came after seven months of negotiations with the NPA for the former’s release.

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand July 27, 2018 (Friday) 7and00 AM – 10:00 AM Durationand 3 hours Details and To facilitate transformer relocation which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Beside Sero Elementary School Sinsuat Avenue and some portions of Mother Barangay, Rosary Heights, Cotabato City.

BULUAN, Maguindanao -- Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu has urged members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to register with the Commission on Elections so they can pariticipate in the democratic process of governance once the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in in place.Mangudadatu issued the statement during the ground breaking of one stop government centers here Wednesday. They should register so their voices are heard, so hey can democratically elect leaders, he said, adding that this is how democracy works in this country.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Army troops of Joint Task Force Talakudong recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) along the national highway in Tacurong City yesterday.

GEN. SANTOS CITY --The concerted effort of elements from 1202ND Regional Mobile Force Company, Regional
Mobile Force Battalion 12 (RMFB 12), and LAMBAYONG MPS during the operation
conducted at Purok Mupak, Brgy Tambak, in the town of Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat
on Tuesday morning, July 24, 2018 yielded the arrest of Roy Guimal Mupak and
the recovery of assorted firearms, ammunitions and explosives.

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand July 25, 2018 (Wednesday) 6and00 AM – 10:00 AM Durationand 4 hours Details and To facilitate transformer relocation which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Corner Sinsuat Avenue and Gonzalo Javier Street and some portions of Brgy. RH-7 and RH 10,Cotabato City.

COTABATO CITY – In her determination to survive, a public school teacher in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato escaped death after a violent attack by robbers Monday morning.Riza Montegrande-Moreno, a 38-year-old teacher and resident of Barangay Kabpangi, Pigcawayan was on her way to Payong-Payong Elmentary School-Annex, a primary school situated atop a mountain of Barangay Payong-Payong.PO1 Janeth Bueno, Pigcawayan PNP investigator on case, said Moreno has been regularly going to the far flung village teaching Grades 1 and 2 pupils.At 7:45 a.m.

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand July 25, 2018 (Wednesday) 9and00 AM – 12:00 NN Durationand 3 hours Details and To facilitate primary line stringing which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Lugay - Lugay and some portions of Barangay Bagua 1,Cotabato City.

KORONADAL CITY – Protesters belonging to Indigenous Peoples (IPS) who have been camping
in front of the regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd-12) here
has blocked the Koronadal City-Gen. Santos City highway from 11 to 12 noon
today in protest to Duterte administration failure to address their concern.

We shut down
the highway to protest government inaction on our demands, Timothy Romero,
speaking for the Lumads from South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat, said.

KORONADAL CITY - A suspected robber who allegedly cuts victims' undies fell on cops' operation here Saturday.