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COTABATO
CITY (Sept. 16/NDBC) – Two of the three missing passengers of an ill-fated
roll-on, roll-off ferry, MV Maharlika 2 that sank off Southern Leyte, were from
Cotabato City, radio reports said.
Nine
of the 116 passengers were also from Cotabato City, the Philippine Coast Guard
said.
In a nationwide
radio interview, Capt. Joseph Coyme, deputy district commander of Coast Guard
in Northern Mindanao said a total of 113 survivors were rescued as of Tuesday

COTABATO CITY (Sept.

MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) --
Typhoon Luis is now over the west Philippine sea as it continues to
move away from the country, according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical
and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 15/NDBC) – A study conducted by the Community Environment and Natural
Resources (CENRO) office showed Kidapawan City’s soil has been getting less
absorptive.

Ming Cariga,
CENRO chief, said the study was conducted after rampaging waters swept through
the city’s eight villages, a first in the city’s history, Thursday night.

Cariga said apart
from the heavy rainfall, the poor absorptive capacity of Kidapawan's soil was
one of the reasons of the flash floods that affected some 306 families.

PARANG,
Maguindanao (Sept. 15/NDBC) – Police here detained about 20 persons who figured
in a shooting incident with a retired police officer Saturday, police confirmed
today.

However,
the Parang police office refused to issue further statements on the incident
that reported to have happened in Barangay Making on Saturday morning.

Repors have
it that about 20 men with machete, amulets and sporting red head gears described
by residents as Pulahan” vigilante group,arrived in Barangay Making.

KIDAPAWAN
CITY (Sept. 15/NDBC) – Residents of a densely populated district here were
awakened by the discovery of an explosive which many believed was among the
debris scattered by Thursday night’s flash floods that hit the city.

Residents
told DXND Radyo Bida Kidapawan Monday they discovered the explosive inside a paper box
among the debris taken by flash floods.
They quickly alerted the police.

COTABATO CITY (Sept. 15/NDBC) – All is set for the first ever Talkshop
series on Bangsamoro,” at Notre Dame University on September 18, a public forum
aimed at educating the public on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Lawyer Benny Bacani, executive director of Institute for
Autonomy and Governance (IAG), said the talkshop will feature key people in the
government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process.

COTABATO
CITY (Sept. 15/NDBC) –- Three officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
were invited by the Senate committee on local governments, chaired by Senator
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., for a senate panel briefing on the draft Bangsamoro Basic
Law (BBL).
A report by the Philippine News Agency quoted Sen. Marcos as saying that his
committee has already sent out invitations to Mohaqher Iqbal, MILF chief
negotiator and chair of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) that crafted

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COTABATO CITY
Sept. (14/NDBC) – The Department of Agriculture in the SOCCSKSARGEN region
prides itself with the first DA regional field unit to submit business plans to
the National Program Coordination Office (NPCO) of the Philippine Rural
Development Program (PRDP).

This after the
DA-12 Regional Program Advisory apprpoved the business plan on the P37.3
million cassava granules production project of the South Cotabato provincial
government, according to DA-12 Regional Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan.