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COTABATO CITY – A police officer assigned in Maguindanao and a woman were arrested
by Cotabato City police personnel while in a pot session inside a lodging house
here Thursday.

Suharto
Mamasalanao Gumnay, 33, a police officer assigned in Municipal police station
in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao and a woman identified only as Nadja of Barangay Rosary
Heights 6, Cotabato City were arrested inside Carta de Amor Inn along Yapsea
Street, Barangay Rosary Heights 10 at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

KORONADAL CITY – A police officer in Sarangani province was in critical condition
after he was shot while responding to an alleged shooting incident in Malungon
town Friday morning.

Chief Inspector
Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in Region 12, said Police Officer 1 Jared
Bogador, intelligence operative of Malungon PNP, was shot by a certain Pedro
Donasco at about 9:30 a.m.

Gonzales said
Bogador was responding to a reported shooting incident in Barangay Datal Tampal
when the suspect opened fire on him.

COTABATO CITY -- Power outage will be experienced in some homes and establishments near Rojas Elementary School in Barangay Rosary Heights 12 on Saturday morning (FEb. 17), Cotabato Light announced today.Power ?interruption will start at 8 a.m.

COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics agents,
backed by police and soldiers, arrested Wednesday night a Maguindanao village
chairman and his son for possession of unlicensed guns and illegal drugs.

Another man who was also armed and present when
agents of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) was also arrested, according to PDEA Director Juvenal
Azurin.

MANILA— A Catholic priest died and another was injured today in separate road accidents in the southern part of Eastern Samar province amid inclement weather.Fr. Moses Campo, parish priest of Guiuan town, died on the spot on suspicion of hit-and-run after the vehicle he was driving was rammed by a truck at around 3:30pm along Brgy.

BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat – A day before
lovers celebrate Valentine’s Day worldwide, two soldiers became engaged, not in
aristocratic restaurant or lovers’ resort, but in the middle of the
battlefield.

LANAO DEL SUR -- Vice Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr. suspended on Tuesday classes in all towns in Lanao del Sur and in Marawi City due to heavy rains and strong winds spawned by Tropical Storm Basyang.
Adiong, in a directive issued Tuesday morning, said the suspension of classes in local elementary, high school and college institutions is meant to ensure the safety of residents from the storm, whose effects are now felt in many southern towns and provinces.

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat -- A family of three here was arrested for violation of Section 2, of Article II of
Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 during a raid on Saturday, police said.Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in the SOCCSKSARGEN region, said the raid and serving of search warrant was conducted in Purok Paghidaet, Barangay
Impao, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company has scheduled a three-hour electric service interruption Sunday, Feb. 11, to facilitate change of pole construction.In an advisory, the Cotabato Light, the three-hour power interruption will affect theareas surrounding Cotabato City Hall compound, Malagapas Relocation site and portions of Purok Masagana, Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City.Interruption will start at 8 a.m.

COTABATO CITY --- Anti-narcotics agents arrested three large-scale drug traffickers in separate operations Friday in central Mindanao.Valente Cariño, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for Region 12, said Saturday the now detained Norodin Lawas, Mark Cantoneros and Alex Cañon are to be prosecuted separately for violation of the provisions of the Philippine Dangerous Drugs Act.Lawas was arrested by combined PDEA-12 agents and personnel of the local police in Maasim town in Sarangani province.Valente said Lawas belong to the notorious Premo drug syndicate.The group, whose memb