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COTABATO CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) -- Tropical depression Luis has slightly gained strength while over the Philippines sea waters, the state weather bureau said on Friday.Mainland Mindanao will continue to experience slight to moderate rains Friday afternoon and evening, the weather bureau said.In its 11 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said that as of 10 a.m.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 12/NDBC) – Army authorities are considering the request of villagers in
Matalam, North Cotabato for the establishment of an Army detachment.

Lt. Jose Carlos
Gamos, chief Charlie Company of the 7th Infantry Battalion, said the
desire of residents of Barangay Estado, Matalam, North Cotabato was valid and
being considered.

Residents have
sought Army presence in the village after armed men traded bullets last Sunday
that disrupted the quite farming community.

(3rd UPDATE)KIDAPAWAN
CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) –- Thirteen houses were totally washed out by flash floods that struck this city early Thursday night, the city disaster officials said today.Thirteen other houses were listed as slightly damaged. Earlier in the day,Mayor Joseph Evangelista has ordered force evacuation of city
residents living beside or near creeks and rivers criss-crossing the city.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 12/NDBC) -- Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista today suspended classes in all levels in the city following flash floods that displaced families in at least eight villages.Speaking over DXND-Radyo Bida Kidapawan, Evangelista said the suspension will help ensure the safety of pupils and the general public in the city which sits at the foot of the country's highest peak - Mt. Apo.

COTABATO CITY (Sept.12/NDBC) --- The military will award posthumous citations to two Moro soldiers killed in Thursday’s attempt by the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to simultaneously takeover Army detachments in Midsayap, North Cotabato.The fatalities, Privates First Class Merham Dalimbang and Marlie Kalilangan, both Muslims, belong to the Army’s 40thInfantry Battalion, a component unit of the Army’s 6thInfantry Division.Six soldiers, Sergeants Jose Navarro and Dante Alfonso, Corporal Darwin Timbang, and PFCs Jeffrey Daza, Ronnie Abas and Melron Balolong, were badly wo

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 12/NDBC) – About 270 families were affected by extra quick flash floods
that hit eight villages here Thursday night following an hour long heavy
downpour.

Nuangan river
overflowed and inundated all the villages on its path,” Psalmer Bernalte, city
chief of disaster risk reduction management council told DXND Radyo Bida
Kidapawan.

He said the
rainfall was unusual that the city Call 911, Kidapawan City’s emergency response
unit, recorded a 40 mm per hour rainfall beginning at 8 p.m.

WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER ONE

TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERTand TROPICAL DEPRESSION LUIS”

ISSUED AT 5and00 AM, 12 SEPTEMBER 2014

(Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin to be issued at 11
AM today)

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION EAST OF VISAYAS HAS ENTERED THE
PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAR) AND WAS NAMED LUIS.”Eye/centerand

At 4and00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression

LUIS” was estimated based on all available data at

1,050 km East of Virac, Catanduanes (14.0

°N,

135.0°E).

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 11/NDBC) -- An hour long heavy down pour flooded houses near rivers and creeks here Thursday night.Among the flooded areas was the staff house and vicinity of Radio Station DXND following heavy downpour that started at about9 p.m.Hospital beds, oxygen tanks, garbage, cellophaneand other debris litter the rear portion of DXND compound.Rains have slowed down and the water along a creek have receded, DXND reported.Reports have it that other low lying areas and houses near rivers and creeks also experienced flash floods.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 11/NDBC) — In the 28th years of existence ofthe University of Southern Mindanao (USM) College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), it failed only onceto surpass the national passing rate, a USM official today said.Dr. Emerlie Okit, college ofveterinary medicine dean, told Radyo Bida Kidapawan, the DVM only failed once, in 1999,in beating national passing rate.It has been always on top 5 as far as passing rate was concerned, Okit said.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept.