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DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Maguindanao -- The local leaders of Datu Blah Sinsuat town of Maguindanao turned over Wednesday unlicensed firearms to military authorities.The turn over was held during the mass oath taking of the newly-elected Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials at the town’s municipal covered court.A total of 24 loose firearms were handed over to the military coming from the 13 barangays of the municipality as part of the Balik-Baril Program of the government.The event was graced by Maguindanao Governor Esmael Toto Mangudadatu, Joint Task Force Central Commander Brig.

KIDAPAWAN CITY– The Army in North Cotabato has quelled communist guerillas’ plans to attack one of its detachments located at a remote village in Tulunan, North Cotabato.Lt. Col.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
- Six personnel of 19th Infantry Battalion, including an Army lieutenant were
injured today in a roadside bomb in Magpet, North Cotabato.

The North
Cotabato police reported that the victims were returning to the provincial
capitol at past 1 p.m. when suspected communist rebels set off a roadside bomb, believed to be a landmine, in a dirt road in Barangay Binay, Magpet.

COTABATO CITY– President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed government prosecutors to do their best to obtain partial judgment against some of the accused in the infamous 2009 Maguindanao Massacre within the year.This was disclosed by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during a press conference here Tuesday, following the graduation rites of some 2,000 students of the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College where he was guest speaker.

KORONADAL CITY -- A 4-month old baby miraculously escaped unharmed in a highway mishap here Tuesday afternoon that left five persons injured, traffic investigators said.Involved in a 3:30 p.m.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The provincial prosecutor in North Cotabato has found probable cause to indict a state-run college president for keeping unlicensed firearms and illegal drugs when anti-drug personnel searched his cottage in Arakan town, three months ago.Charged was Dr.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – After a year in hiding, authorities arrested here on Monday the suspected killer of the municipal agriculturist of Arakan, North Cotabato, police reports said.Senior Inspector Jun Napat, officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Arakan PNP, identified the suspect as Caesar Mangawan, also known as Boy Dawag, who, according to witnesses, was a gun-for-hire.Mangawan was accused of killing Arakan municipal agriculturist Edgar Arana in November 18, 2017.Aside from facing murder, Napat said the suspect is involved in robbery by band with two homicide cases under Criminal Case Number 4198-

Cotabato Light and Power Companywill be available to serve its customers on June 20, 2018, Wednesday, declared asspecialnon-working holiday,in celebration of the Araw ng Cotabato. CLPC's collection and customer related transactions at Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato City will be open from 8and00 AM to 4and00 PM with no noon break. Meanwhile, forpayment options, customer can proceed to Cotabato Light's different TPA agents - ECPAY, Cebuana, CIS Bayad Center, Mlhuillier and SAVEMORE (CityMall).

GEN. SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao – An Army colonel and his buddy have been doing two things almost at the same time, that is running after IS linked terrorists in the Maguindanao marshland and brokering warring families to smoke the pipe of peace. The military here facilitated the settlement of a 20-year-old Muslim clan war that already claimed the lives of a dozen persons from both sides.It was historic and sweet as it came during the Eud’l Fitr or the end of fasting month of Ramadhan.

DATU ODIN
SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Anti-narcotics operatives, police and military
personnel arrested today a Maguindanao lady public school teacher and three
other companions during drug buy bust operation that led to the recovery of about
P6.8-million of suspected shabu.