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GEN. SANTOS CITY - Following the traditional flag raising
ceremony on Monday, February 26, 2017 at Police Regional Office 12 (PRO12)
Grandstand, five personnel from Regional Investigation and Detection
Management Division 12 (RIDMD-12) were conferred with the Medalya Ng Papuri (PNP
Commendation Medal).

GEN. SANTOS
CITY (Feb. 27) – A series of anti-drug operations in the region have resulted
to the arrest of five drug suspects and the recovery of more than Php20,000
worth of prohibited substance, police said.

Chief
Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in Region 12, said the series of
operation were conducted by the city police in partnership with the Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-12) and the city and regional Police Drug
Enforcement Units.

COTABATO CITY -- The Cotabato Light and Power Company has scheduled power interruption in two areas in its franchise area on Wednesday and Friday.On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon, service interruption will take effect in areas near the Rojas Elementary School in Barangay Rosary Heights 12.Arlene Hepiga of Cotabato Light information office said the interruption is necessary to ensure the safety of personnel while fixing primary lines and tapping point.On March 2, Friday, Cotabato Light will implement power service interruption from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

MATALAM, North
Cotabato – Four were killed in a clash involving members of two Moro
fronts in a remote village here over the weekend, police said today.

Chief Inspector
Sunny Leoncito, police chief of Matalam police station, said both the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have
suffered two fatalities each in sporadic skirmishes I Barangay Marbel, Matalam,
North Cotabato.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – A soldier was slightly injured when suspected communist rebels set
off a roadside bomb in President Roxas, North Cotabato Saturday, police said.

A convoy of
military vehicles of 19th Infantry Battalion was heading to
Kidapawan City from Arakan, also in North Cotabato when the roadside bomb went
off at 8:10 p.m. Saturday in Purok 8, Barangay Poblacion, Pres. Roxas town, Supt.
Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesperson, said

BAGUMBAYAN,
Sultan Kudarat – They used to shoot each other in every given opportunity. In
their mind, outsmarting enemies was a priority.

But this time,
soldiers, police and former communist rebels have jointly celebrated their
natal day, an event they never imagined to happen even in their wildest dreams.

Thanks to the
very creative and innovative Army battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel
Harold Cabunoc.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY --- Authorities arrested and detained Friday a suspected member of the Islamic State-inspired Ansar Al-Khilafa Philippines for violation of the Philippine Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, information officer of the Police Regional Office-12, said Saturday Urbano Abdullah, 43, was nabbed by pursuing policemen at Barangay Kanalo in Maasim town in Sarangani last Friday.Gonzales said the joint operation of the Sarangani provincial police and the Maasim municipal police that led to his arrest was assisted by local officials

COTABATO CITY – The cadaver of a man who died 18 years ago and his body remained intact is now getting curiosity among local folks in a coastal town in Maguindanao.

BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat---Three councilmen of the Kilusang Rebolusyonaryong Baranggay(KRB) withdrew their support from the communist movement at 3and00pm yesterday, Feb 21. Lt Col Harold M Cabunoc, the Commanding Officer of the 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion, said that the councilmen were deceived by the communist movement in joining the 'village level elections' in 2017. They were made to believe that it was a regular election of village leaders. They swore their oath of duty before unfamiliar people who visited the village, said Cabunoc.

COTABATO CITY -- Two teendrivers lost their lives
when the motorcycles they were driving figured in a collision Sunday, February
18, in Barangay Nabalawag, Barira, Maguindanao.

Barira police chief Police Senior
Inspector Misuari Macacua identified the young drivers as Alikasan Marindeg, 16
years old, and Jalil Marcos, 17, both residents of Barangay Tugaig also in Barira.

Macacua said Marindeg was driving an
unregistered RUSI 125 while Marcos was on an XRM-125 with plate number of MK
3619.