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KIDAPAWAN CITY – Unidentified gunman shot dead a member of a para-military operating in Matalam, North Cotabato, around 730 p.m., on Wednesday, reports from the Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO) said.The CPPO identified the victim as Michael Joredico Dapitillo, 37, member of the 9th North Cotabato Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) under the Army’s 38th Infantry Battalion.Reports said Dapitillo was taking a rest inside his house at Purok-3A, Barangay Kibia in Matalam when the gunman pumped bullets into his head and chest.The victim died on the spot due to severe gunshot wounds.The Mata

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Authorities uprooted at least 21 marijuana hills and recovered 89 additional hills the suspects had abandoned in a remote village in Aleosan, North Cotabato, on Wednesday, police reports said.Senior Inspector Edwin Abantes, chief of the Aleosan PNP, said he has dispatched a team of his operatives to Purok-8, Barangay New Panay in Aleosan, after he received tips from reliable sources that a marijuana plantation exists in the area.A saturation drive was conducted, around 330 p.m., on June 27, and discovered several abandoned marijuana hills in the site.The cops also uprooted

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand June 28, 2018 (Friday) 5and00 AM – 8and00 AM Durationand 3 hours Details and To facilitate the replacement of riser of the transformer which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand In some portions of ORG Compound,Cotabato City.

NORALA, South Cotabato - Arson investigators are digging deeper into the circumstances behind the fire that hit a hardware store here Tuesday.Initial investigation showed the cost of damages reached as high as P15-million due to hardware materials destroyed by the fire. The Norala BFP, headed by Municipal Fire Marshal SFO4 Isidro D Benosa, reported that the conflagration also damaged the Shaina Hardware building located in Barangay Poblacion. The fire started at abut 4 a.m.

GEN. SANTOS CITY -- Eleven police officers, four commissioned officers and seven were non-commissioned police officerswere conferred Medalya ng Papuri (PNP Commendation Medals).The awarding was held during the traditional flag raising ceremonies on Monday the PNP regional office in Barangay Tambler, this city.Chief Superintendent Rhodel O Sermona, director of police Community Relations
Group, presented the medals to the awardees, according to Supt. Aldrin Gonzales, PRO- 12 information chief.Sermonawas the guest of honor and speaker during the Cascading of the PNP recovery and

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team (CIDT) in North Cotabato and the Kidapawan City PNP neutralized a known member of a drug syndicate operating in Davao del Norte and other parts of Mindanao, around 6 p.m., Monday, police reports said.Senior Police Officer 1 Mardonni Alegarbes of the investigation unit of the Kidapawan City PNP identified the slain suspect as Dodong Catiz, one of the members of the notorious Joel Baguio Criminal Gang of Davao del Norte.The Baguio syndicate, according to intelligence reports, is engaged in gun for hire, gun running, a

Whatand NOTICE OF SCHEDULED ELECTRIC SERVICE INTERRUPTION Whenand June 28, 2018 (Friday) 8and00 AM – 12:00 NN Durationand 4 hours Details and To facilitate the replacement of rotten pole which we cannot work on live (energized) line for the safety of our linemen. Areas Affectedand Along Guadalupe Street, Notre Dame Village and portions of Rosary Heights 9,Cotabato City.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – At least 13 high-powered guns and hundreds of ammunition were turned over to the Army and Police in North Cotabato by relatives of a former barangay chairman in Magpet town, around 3 p.m., Monday, reports said.Julie Dinampo-Fajatin, younger sister of ex-chairman Renado Dinampo of Barangay Tagbak, Magpet, told authorities here they don’t want a repeat of what happened in August 2017 where a number of communist guerillas raided the chairman’s house and seized at least 10 of his firearms.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – At least 322 additional housing units for homeless and displaced families would be erected in a lot here under the local government’s resettlement project, reports from the city’s legal department said.On Friday, City legal officer Christoper Cabilen led an inspection team, composed of project contractor, city engineer, planning and development officer, and representatives from the National Housing Authority (NHA), where they conducted a relocation survey at Purok-8, Barangay Sudapin.Cabilen said the five-hectare lot intended for the Resettlement Housing Project Phase 4 of

GENERAL SANTOS CITY --- The judiciary is now prosecuting a serial killer charged with 13 murder cases he allegedly perpetrated here in the past 23 months.Senior Superintendent Raul Supiter, city police director, said Monday John Eleser Alisna Cavan was arrested in Digos City on May 29 after a drawn-out surveillance by their intelligence agents.Cavan has allegedly killed 13 people in a spate of attacks in different barangays here that started in late 2016.He went missing after he shot dead his 13 victim, Glen Alicarte on last March 20, 2018.Cavan was cornered on May 29 by personnel of the Ge