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Cotabato Light announcement: 

To all our valued customers, please be informed of the scheduled power interruption affecting a portion of Rosales Street and the whole Purok Pinen, on Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (3 hours).

This is to facilitate primary line maintenance activity in the area.

COTABATO CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangamoro Region and police units in the city conducted on Tuesday "Oplan Harabas" in a bid to help ensure safety of commuters this holy week season.

The endeavor aims to ensure the riding public’s safety and security while traveling by making sure that no driver or dispatcher is under the influence of dangerous drugs.

Drug tests were made on the drivers, conductors and dispatchers of major terminals: Mindanao Star Bus Terminal; Husky Bus Terminal; Kutoco Van Terminal; and, A to Z Van Terminal.

On behalf of Police Regional Office 12, PBGEN PERCIVAL AUGUSTUS P PLACER, Regional Director expressed his sympathy to the grieving family and friends of the victims of vehicular accident transpired along National Highway, Purok 2, Barangay Luhong, Antipas, Cotabato on March 25, 2024.

The traffic investigator of Antipas Municipal Police Station revealed that a HOWO ten-wheeler dump truck traveling from Antipas, Cotabato, towards Kidapawan City experienced a brake system malfunction, leading to a collision with a white Toyota utility vehicle.

ANTIPAS, North Cotabato - Binisita ng mga kaanak at kaibigan ng 17 mga nasawi ang lugar kung saan nangyari ang highway accident noong lunes ng tanghali sa Barangay Luhong.

Nagsindi rin sila ng kandila di kalayuan sa nasunog na passenger van at nag-alay ng panalangin.

Kasama nila ang mga kawani ng Antipas local government unit sa pangunguna ni Mayor Cris Cadungon.

Namigay din ang LGU ng cash assistance sa pamilya ng mga nasawi. 

Nagsorry na din ang driver ng HOWO truck na si Edwin Nasiad.  Aniya hindi niya sinadya ang pangyayari at ito ay talagang aksidente.

MGA NAKILALANG BIKTIMA SA ANTIPAS TRAGEDY, NADAGDAGAN PA; DALAWANG BANGKAY DI PA TUKOY

NARITO naman ang kumpletong pangalan at detalye mula sa Antipas PNP:

a. Mark Anthony Q. Bunda (Driver of the Utility Van), 26 years old, male, single driver and a res of Brgy Pob Antipas -------- Driver of the Utility Van - DOA

b. Irish L. Lopez, 30 years old, female, single, self-employed of Brgy Luhong, Antipas, Cot - DOA

c. Mary Jane L. Lopez, 52 years old, married, housewife and a res of Brgy Luhon, Antipas, Cot -DOA

PATULOY pang nagpapagaling sa pagamutan ang dalawa katao na biktima ng pamamaril sa Sinsuat Avenue, Barangay Rosary Heights 6, Cotabato City, pasado alas 11:00 kagabi.

Kinilala ni Cotabato City PNP Director Col. Querubin Manalang Jr ang mga sugatan na sina Mohammad Mohaimin Abdullah, 41-anyos, byudo, gov’t employee na taga Barangay Rosary Heigths at Beverly Namla, 41-anyos, byuda, medical secretary na taga Poblacion 4 ng lungsod.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Isinugod na sa ospital ang sinasabing may-ari ng Hardware at Motorparts na binaril ng di pa kilalang suspect sa Alim Street, Kidapawan City.

Ang biktima ay nakilalang si Ara Mae Bayhon na tinamaan sa kanyang likod.

Batay sa mga saksi, nakamotorsiklo ang mga responsable sa pamamaril habang inaalam pa ngayon ang motibo sa krimen.

COTABATO CITY --- Two male Islamic theology students on their way home from a Ramadhan Quran reading activity died instantly when their motorcycle hit the rear of an idle dump truck in Barangay Takepan in Pikit, North Cotabato at almost midnight Thursday. 

In separate initial reports released on Friday morning, the Pikit Municipal Police Station and local government officials identified the fatalities as Alino Asim and Tato Compania, both ethnic Maguindanaons and students of a Madrasah, or Islamic school, in the municipality.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) today announced a scheduled power service interruption in Dimapatoy, Datu Odi Sinsuat, Maguinmdanao del Norte on Thursday, March 21 fropm 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

This is to facilitate pole erection in the area.