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COTABATO CITY -- With the summer still coming but the
heat already getting intense this March, the Bureau of Fire Protection in
Cotabato City reminded residents to be always on alert against fires.

The BFP is the lead agency in
commemorating March as Fire Prevention Month, as declared by Presidential
Proclamation No. 115-A, because of the alarming increase of fires happening
across the country during this particular period.

COTABATO CITY – Joint police, Army and anti-narcotics operatives arrested Tuesday a couple involved in high profile illegal drug peddling in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said today.Juvenal Azurin, regional director of PDEA in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said the raid, covered by search warrant issued Regional Trial Court Branch 13, resulted to the arrest of Kutin Guiamel alias Kutin, 52 and Jenny Abdullah, 37 both of Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

COTABATO CITY -- The annual Cotabato
City Pet Fair is set for Saturday, March 17, at the Notre Dame Social Action
Center Gymnasium here.

This year’s fair, which starts at 9 in
the morning and ends at 5 in the afternoon, features a pet walk, free
veterinary services, and a pet exhibit. Pet supplies will also be available for
pet owners and enthusiasts.

Dr. Geraldson Navarra, pet fair sponsor,
said the pet walk will be at 7 a.m. from the Petron Hi-Way gasoline station
going to the NDSAC Gym and is open to all types of pets.

More than 1,000 participants coming from
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi, and Zamboanga attended the first leg of the
Nationwide Information Caravan for Republic Act 10931 also known as the
Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017.

This year marks the start of
implementation of the legislative milestone nationwide which is why the
CHED-UniFAST held the #FreeEducationNa.

COTABATO CITY -- Skirmishes between government troops and
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in two muncipalities of Maguindanao
last week has displaced 816 families that are now staying in nine evacuation
sites.

This was learned by DXMS-Radyo Bida
Cotabato City of Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation from Maguindanao
provincial social welfare action officer Emma Ali on Monday.

SULTAN KUDARAT --- Authorities are in custody of an undocumented Indonesian national held on suspicion of having links with a local militant group operating in the fashion of the Islamic State.The 32-year-old Mushalah Somina Rasim, also known as Abu Omar, voluntarily turned himself him Monday when asked by personnel of the Palimbang municipal police and intelligence agents of the 5thMarine Battalion to yield for proper identity verification.Key sources from units of the 1stMarine Brigade in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat said Tuesday Rasim was nabbed in one of the barangays in nearby Palimbang, a se

GEN. SANTOS
CITY – More than 370 police officers in the SOCCSKSARGEN region have been
promoted one rank higher, a police official today said.

Chief
Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for PRO-12, said a total of 378 PNP
uniformed personnel promoted to next higher rank and were sworn-in to office in
a ceremony held at PRO 12 Grandstand on Monday morning.

Chief Supt.
Marcelo C Morales, PRO-12 regional director, led the mass oath-taking of the
newly promoted Police Officers.

TANTANGAN, South Cotabato - Tourists havebeen flocking the village of Dumadalig here to escape the heat that is getting unbearable each day.Hidden in the lush greenery in the mountain side of the Dumadalig is the Matimus falls surrounded with lush vegetation.
The cool water of the waterfalls, according to local tourists, is the perfect answer to the summer’s sultriness.
Its beautiful rock formation and green scenery are also picture perfect for photo enthusiasts.

GEN. SANTOS
CITY – Police authorities in Sultan Kudart province have collected almost 400
loose firearms as the police intensified disarmament campaign in the
SOCCSKSARGEN region, Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales today said.

The guns
were officially accepted by Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, PRO-12 regional
director in ceremonies held at Camp Amado Dumlao Sr, headquarters of PNP-Sultan
Kudarat.

It included
firearms categorized as High-Powered Firearms (HPFA’s) and Low Powered Firearms
(LPFA’s).

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police in North Cotabato will never negotiate with a rebel group that abducted a town’s deputy chief in the province, said a top police officer.Superintendent Leo Ajero, deputy chief of operations of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said it is never their policy to talk or work on the release of any of their men who would be held captive by any rebel group.Also, the PNP will never exchange a captive police to a criminal element that they apprehended, especially so when the prisoner is a member of the rebel organization.Reports are circulating that the New Peop