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COTABATO CITY (Sept. 5/NDBC) - At least 50 public schools have been submerged by floodwater that
inundated 26 municipalities in Maguinanao, an education officials today said.

Jamar Kulayan,
Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(DepEd-ARMM) regional secretary, said as a result more than 10,000 pupils and
about 200 teachers were affected.

A low pressure
area triggered torrential rains in Maguindanao and nearby provinces triggering
floods in low lying towns around the 220,000-hectare Maguindanao marshland.

BULUAN, Maguindanao(Sept.5/NDBC) – The provincial board on Friday declared the province under state of calamity as floodwaters spawned by incessant rains since last week continued spreading through farming enclaves in low-lying areas.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 5/NDBC) -- Following the murder of an education official in North Cotabato, ProvincialSchools Division Superintendent Omar Obas has scheduled a meeting to discuss education officials security andsafety.Obas was deeply concerned with the safety of education officials after unidentified gunmen shot dead last weekVioleta Almazan, 60, district supervisor of Midsayap South district.Almazan was backriding with her husband, Gervacio heading to Midsayap from Magpet town when gunmen ambush them in Pikit, North Cotabato.

COTABATO CITY (Sept.5/NDBC) - The dedication of licensed barrio midwives and trained hilots” in hostile territories remain high, unfazed by security problems besetting their workplaces.Non from among the more than 100 midwives and traditional Moro and Christian hilots, or birth attendants, that joined Wednesday’s Paanakan Congress” of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) manifested intention to stop serving in far-flung areas due to threats from extremist groups, kidnap-for-ransom gangs, and extortionists.The congress, organized by the ARMM’s regional health department, was hel

MAGUINDANAO (Sept.5/NDBC) --- Soldiers on Thursday foiled again an attempt by members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to takeover an Army detachment in Barangay Damabalas in Datu Piang town.Col.

SULTAN
MASTURA, Maguindanao (Sept.5/NDBC) – A fishermanhere has survived dynamite blast but
lost his arm when the explosive he was using prematurely exploded Thursday,
police said today.

Morka Marohom,
23, fisherman and resident of Poblacion, Mastura, is now recuperating at a
hospital here.

Police said he
was fishing along Simuay river using a dynamite when it went off prematurely as
he was preparing to set it off.

Aside from
losing his left arm, Marohom also sustained blast injuries in his face and
chest.

DATU PIANG, Maguindanao
(Sept. 5/NDBC) –- Alarmed by the rash of killings in his town, Mayor Genuine
Kamaong convened the municipal peace and order council to stop violence in this
conflict ridden community, officials said today.

We need to
put a stop to this, everybody should cooperate to make our town peaceful,”
Kamaong said after the meeting.

Without
revealing in details the strategy his town is working on, Kamaong appealed to
all residents of Datu Piang locked in misunderstanding not to use violence in
settling conflict.

COTABATO CITY (Sept. 4/NDBC) -- A home-made music video of a15-year old high school student from Kabacan, North Cotabatohas been going viral in the internet.Jhong Madaliday visited DXND Radyo Bida-Kidapawan and performed to the staff and listeners' delight.Someone filmed his performance along with two friends and now making waves in the internet, especially youtube and facebook.Published on June 30, 2014 byMarlon Alocilja-Nol Traws on Youtube,now has 282,885 views, as of posting,and is counting.

COTABATO CITY (Sept
4/NDBC) – A top Health official in Maguindanao today expressed alarm over the rising
cases of measles in the province this year with nine fatalities due to
complications already recorded.

Dr. Tahir
Sulaik, Maguindanao health chief, raised his fear as the provincial health
office launched the anti-measles, anti-polio mass immunization in Maguindanao’s
46 municipalities.

COTABATO CITY (Sept.
4/NDBC) -- Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are finding solutions to a
critical bridge that connects the region to Davao.

The Tunggol
Brigade in Datu Montawal, Maguindanao is being threatened by rampaging waters
from Malitubog-Maridagao rivers after four days of heavy to moderate rain.