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COTABATO CITY - Two more shabu dealers suspected of being connected to local terrorists yielded P2 million worth of shabu in a police entrapment operation in nearby Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte at noontime Thursday.

Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said in an initial report released an hour after the anti-narcotics sting that the relatives Fahad Tumagantang Sapal and Faisal Giomla Sapal are now both locked in a detention facility of the Sultan Kudarat Municipal Police Station.

NASA KUSTODIYA na ngayon ng Datu Blah Sinsuat PNP sa Maguindanao del Norte ang apat na kalalakihan matapos na pagbabarilin at inagawan ng kanilang sinasakyang mga pumpboat sa bahagi ng Bongo Island sa bayan ng Parang.

Dalawa sa kanila ay napadpad sa Barangay Pura, Datu Blah Sinsuat habang ang dalawa naman ay napunta sa karagatang sakop ng Barangay Tapian sa bayan naman Datu Odin Sinsuat.

KASUNOD ng intel-driven operation ng Sultan Kudarat PNP, naaresto ang tatlong kalalakihan na may dalang smuggled cigarettes, pasado ala 1:00 ng hapon kanina.

Kinilala ni Sultan Kudarat PNP chief Lt.Col. Ismael Madin ang mga nahuli na sina: Garban Jhon Rex Paglinawan, nasa hustong gulang na taga South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur, Jason Lanoria, 30-anyos na taga Brgy Making, Parang Maguindanao del Norte at Abubakar Halid Nawal, na taga Talayan, Maguindanao del sur.

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - PATAY ang driver ang habang sugatan naman ang anim na pasahero nito nang masangkot sa vehicular crash sa Barangay Poblacion 8 kaninang madaling araw.

Kinilala ni Midsayap town police chief Lt.Col. John Miridel Calinga ang nasawi na si Hezam Tambilan, 25-anyos, habang sugatan naman ang anim na iba pa kabilang ang dalawang mga menor de edad, na lahat ay taga Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.

What: NOTICE OF NGCP POWER INTERRUPTION

When: Sunday, February 4, 2024 | 8:00 - 8:30 AM | 6:30 - 7:00 PM

Affected areas: Whole Cotabato Light Franchise

Reason: Transferring of Cotabato Light loads from Sultan Kudarat Substation to Tacurong Substation due to the following:

1. To swing or transfer the line conductors from old / existing 69 kV DSA associated HVEs to the new 69 kV DSA Line associated HVEs.

2. To swing or transfer the line conductors from the 69 kV Simuay Line.

Inambush ng di pa nakikilalang mga suspect ang isang babaeng doktor habang nagmamaneho ng kanyang sasakyan sa national highway ng Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur kagabi.

Kinilala ni Bulaun municipal police station chief Lt. Cemafranco Cemacio ang biktima na si Dr. Sharmaine Ceballos Baroquillo, 28 taong gulang, may-asawa at nagmamaneho ng itim na Toyota Swift (MAN-1705) nakatira sa Esposoda Village Cannery site, Polomolok, South Cotabato at nagtatrabaho sa isang government hospital.

COTABATO CITY --- Four commuters died while two others were hurt when a sports utility vehicle rammed from behind a tricycle in Barangay Kalawag 2 in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday night.

The Isulan Municipal Police Station said four passengers of the tricycle that figured in the accident, Gilbert Lanterna, Arante Matignao, Roselyn Vallero and Joseph Cardiente, were declared dead on arrival by physicians at the nearby Sultan Kudarat Provincial Hospital where emergency responders brought them for treatment.

KORONADAL CITY - Ilang LGUs nagdeklara ng pagsuspinde ng klase dahil sa Trough of Low Pressure Area (LPA).

Nagsuspinde ng klase ang ilang local government units sa pampubliko at pribadong paaralan ngayong araw, Pebrero 1 dahil sa patuloy na pagbuhos ng ulan.

Narito ang mga LGUs na nagdeklara ng suspension ng klase:

Cotabato Province:

- LGU Aleosan

Sultan Kudarat Province: (February 1 to 2)

- All 12 LGUs

Sarangani Province:

- LGU Malungon

General Santos City

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company has scheduled a power interruption affecting power consumers along Pansacala Street, Slaughterhouse area on Sunday, Feb. 4.

The interruption which will last from 8 a.m. to 11 am (3 hours) will be implemented to facilitate the restructuring of primary line maintenance activity in the area.

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao Norte - NAARESTO ang isang drug suspek sa buy bust operation ng mga otoridad sa bahagi ng Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte nitong Lunes ng gabi, Jan. 29.

Kinilala ang suspek na si Kenny Malagel Sapad, 30 anyos at residente ng Barangay Tamontaka, Datu Odin Sinsuat.

Naging matagumpay ang pagkakadakip sa suspek sa pinagsamang ibat ibang police units sa lalawigan at rehiyon.

Nakuha sa suspek ang humigit kumulang 55 grams na nagkakahalaga ng P374,000.