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DECEMBER 28,
2015 (MONDAY)
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1. BIFF nagbanta ng muling pangaatake
sa Central Mindanao, Army at PNP, nakaalerto2. Isa sa mga tower ng NGCP na
pinasabugan sa kasagsagan ng pagdiriwang ng pasko, nakumpuni na

3. Koronadal City Treasurer’s Office
umapela sa mga real property owners na bayaran ang kanilang buwis, kasabay ng
pagtatapos ng taon.4. Dahil sa panununog ng mga NPA sa construction equipment, South CotabatoGov. Fuentes nagbabalang itigil na ang road project

COTABATO CITY -- The outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Saturday warned of more attacks --- after a three-day rampage that left eight innocent people dead --- in response to government’s crackdown on local Jihadist factions.Four BIFF members were confirmed killed in its incursions, met with heavy resistance from soldiers and armed villagers.Abu Misry Mama, BIFF spokesperson, said their harassment of peasant enclaves and military detachments in Central Mindanao the past three days were also meant to show their continuing opposition to the presence of state forces in Moro-

MANILA -- A Catholic priest has said that Filipinos, especially those affected by typhoon Nona, will be inspired by the victory of Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach, who was crowned Miss Universe 2015 on Monday.Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Public Affairs Committee (CBCP-PAC), said that Filipinos should be proud of what Wurtzbach has achieved. Pia Wurtzbach’s feat is something that we should be proud of.

ALBARKA, Basilan -- The Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao imposed measures to stave off a return to Albarka town of Abu Sayyaf gunmen soldiers drove away from the area last week.Hundreds of Yakan families were displaced by the hostilities, driven away from their homes by the Army-Abu Sayyaf encounters.ARMM Gov.

COTABATO CITY -- Only a small fraction of the thousands of employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Lanao del Sur want their ousted schools division superintendent (SDS) to hold on to her post, sources said Saturday.Even mayors from Lanao del Sur were markedly silent about former SDS Mona Macatanong during the December 16-18 fiscal management summit in Cotabato City of local executives from across ARMM, presided over by Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman.Lanao del Sur is a component-province of ARMM, which also covers Maguindanao and the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Ta

WEATHER TODAYMindanao, Bicol Region, Central andamp Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms which may trigger flash flood and landslides.

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/23:5 JER 23:5-8 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,when I will raise up a righteous shoot to DavidAs king he shall reign and govern wisely,he shall do what is just and right in the land.In his days Judah shall be saved,Israel shall dwell in security.This is the name they give himand The LORD our justice.”Therefore, the days will come, says the LORD,when they shall no longer say, As the LORD lives,who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt”but rather, As the L

TUPI, South Cotabato - Vice Mayor Floro Gandam and four others survived a fatal highway accident Thursday afternoon along the national highway here, Radyo Bida Koronadal reported in a flash report.The incident transpired at 2 p.m. along the Koronadal-Gen. Santos City highway. Gandam told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal that he was driving the town owned vehicle (SAA-4810) heading to Gen. Santos City with four others when it smashed on a parked Isuzu elf.

COTABATO CITY - For failing to complete school buildings they
committed to construct, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has
started hunting unscrupulous private contractors who failed to perform the task
stipulated under the contract.

ARMM regional government has already filed at least three
cases against unnamed contractors who have failed to complete the construction
of school buildings four years after the contracts have been signed.

COTABATO CITY - Simbang Gabi, the Philippines' observance oftraditional 9-day dawn masses, or Misa de Gallo, willofficially start Wednesday dawn (December 16)in many Catholic Churches across the country and in the Archdiocese of Cotabato.Thousands of Catholics across the archdiocese of Cotabato and throughout the countryare expected to flock to Cathedrals, Churches and chapelsto attend the traditional dawn mass, which usually stats at 4 in the morning.