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MAGUINDANAO --- Three large-scale drug traffickers were killed while 217 others were arrested in a series of police operations in five southern provinces in the past four months.Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares of the Police Regional Office-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said Friday 154 drug dependents in different ARMM towns also surrendered and promised to reform during the period.The ARMM covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, which are both in mainland Mindanao, and the islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.Mijares, citing reports from the provincial police offices in the fiv

PIKIT, North Cotabato - A former soldier was killed while another was arrested during police anti-drug operations before dawn Friday in Barangay Batulawan here, police said.The 3 a.m. operation, according to Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, resulted in the death of retired Sgt. Ibrahim Ayunan, 57, resident of Barangay Batulawan who resisted arrest by firing at the operating troops using his 9mm pistol.Arrested was Salaban Sapalon Talusan and a cal.

Below is the statement from Cotabato Light Please be informed that there will be anemergencyinterruptionanyt ime from 7and00 - 11:00 pm this evening (March 1). This is to facilitate the replacement of bumped pole number 0023475 hit by vehicle truck. Withareas affected from Roman Vilo Street Corner Don. Rufino Alonzo St going Old Market Site.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Firefighters were not in a firefighting mode when they marched along the streets here, on Thursday.

KORONADAL CITY - A man and his nephew were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives and police during drug buy bust operation inPurok Poticar, Gen. Paulino Santos, this city.Dr. Glorio Sandig, City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) action officer, identified the suspects as Elmer Zabate Atinen, 45, and his nephewMark Anthony Atinen, 19, both residents ofBarangay Gen. Paulino Santos.Recovered from them was a small sachet of suspected shabu, drug paraphernalia, P4,500 cash and marked money used during buy bust.

GEN. SANTOS CITY - Following the traditional flag raising
ceremony on Monday, February 26, 2017 at Police Regional Office 12 (PRO12)
Grandstand, five personnel from Regional Investigation and Detection
Management Division 12 (RIDMD-12) were conferred with the Medalya Ng Papuri (PNP
Commendation Medal).

GEN. SANTOS
CITY (Feb. 27) – A series of anti-drug operations in the region have resulted
to the arrest of five drug suspects and the recovery of more than Php20,000
worth of prohibited substance, police said.

Chief
Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in Region 12, said the series of
operation were conducted by the city police in partnership with the Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-12) and the city and regional Police Drug
Enforcement Units.

COTABATO CITY -- The Cotabato Light and Power Company has scheduled power interruption in two areas in its franchise area on Wednesday and Friday.On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon, service interruption will take effect in areas near the Rojas Elementary School in Barangay Rosary Heights 12.Arlene Hepiga of Cotabato Light information office said the interruption is necessary to ensure the safety of personnel while fixing primary lines and tapping point.On March 2, Friday, Cotabato Light will implement power service interruption from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

MATALAM, North
Cotabato – Four were killed in a clash involving members of two Moro
fronts in a remote village here over the weekend, police said today.

Chief Inspector
Sunny Leoncito, police chief of Matalam police station, said both the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have
suffered two fatalities each in sporadic skirmishes I Barangay Marbel, Matalam,
North Cotabato.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – A soldier was slightly injured when suspected communist rebels set
off a roadside bomb in President Roxas, North Cotabato Saturday, police said.

A convoy of
military vehicles of 19th Infantry Battalion was heading to
Kidapawan City from Arakan, also in North Cotabato when the roadside bomb went
off at 8:10 p.m. Saturday in Purok 8, Barangay Poblacion, Pres. Roxas town, Supt.
Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesperson, said