Peace and Order

COTABATO CITY --- A suspect in a series of motorcycle thefts, multiple murders, extortion, and operation of a drug den who has links with local terrorist groups was killed while his companion was wounded in a shootout with policemen in Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday.

The 32-year-old Razul Adza was declared dead on arrival at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center here where policemen brought him after the brief gunfight that left his cohort, Ali Mama, 54, badly wounded.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 12 had filed corresponding cases against three operators of a drug den busted in Tacurong City on Friday last week, a non-bailable offense.

"They are now awaiting litigation. Operating a drug den is a non-bailable offense so they will remain locked in jail for the whole duration of their prosecution for the case they now face," Aileen Lovitos, director of PDEA-12, said.

Drug den owner Ricky Plarisan Borres and his accomplices, Bernadette Caños Besavilla and Kristelle Mae Bermejo Caalim are now all in the custody of PDEA-12.

COTABATO CITY - PERSONAL na binista ngayong hapon ni Vice President at Education Secretary Sara Duterte ang mga labi ng apat na sundalong nasawi sa ambush sa Maguindanao del Sur.

Sila ay naka burol ngayon sa chapel ng 6th ID sa Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte.

Isa-isang kinausap ni VP Sara ang mga naulilang pamilya ng apat na sundalo. Kasama rin ni VP Sara ang mga matataas na opisyal ng Philippine Army sa pagbisita.

The Philippine Army denounces the ruthless ambush of our troops by armed men believed to be members of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) -Hassan Group in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on March 17, 2024.

KORONADAL CITY  – Acting on a tip, police operatives in Gen. Santos City arrested a 20-year-old student from Maguindanao del Norte and seized from him over P1 million worth of shabu on Friday night.

Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, police director for the Soccsksargen region, said operations of Police Station 6 and City Drug Enforcement Unit have executed a meticulously planned anti-illegal drug entrapment operation that led to the arrest of a drug trafficker and confiscation of approximately 155 grams of suspected shabu estimated to cost P1,054,000.00.

COTABATO CITY - Gunmen killed the operations chief of the Cotabato City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in a daring ambush here on Friday night, an incident that saddened the personnel of different government and private volunteer emergency response contingents he was closely associated with.

COTABATO CITY - Policemen shot dead a motorcycle thief, implicated in more than 20 heists since 2022, in a shootout in Barangay Kalaisan in Kidapawan City on Friday night, about an hour after he stole a unit owned by a barangay kagawad in the area.

Citing a report from the Kidapawan City Police Office, Brig Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, director of the Police Regional Office 12, said on Saturday that a police team in pursuit neutralized Winston Alamada when he pulled out a pistol while being prodded to peacefully yield and turn in the motorcycle of Ruel Quiamco that he stole early on.

COTABATO CITY --- Robbers shot dead a helpless 28-year-old woman and wounded her father in a highway heist in Barangay Libutan in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday.

The slain Janine Hinay and his 56-year-old patriarch, Dionisio, itinerant dealers of ground coffee beans and powder, most known as “native coffee,” are residents of Monteville in Barangay EJC Montilla in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.

Kalahating milyong pisong pabuya ibibigay ng LGU sa makapagtuturo sa anim na mga suspek na nang-hold up sa isang pawnshop sa Koronadal

At umaasa si Koronadal Mayor Eliordo Ogena na mgagamit sa paghuli sa mga suspek na nang hold-up sa Agencia Brillantes sa lungsod ang CCTV footage na hawak na ng PNP.

Gayunpaman ayon kay Ogena magbibigay ang lokal na pamahalaan ng P500,000 na pabuya sa sinumang makapagtuturo o makapagbigay ng lead para sa ikadarakip ng mga suspek.

COTABATO CITY - Joint elements of PDEA BARMM Drug Enforcement Officers, Police Station 2, Cotabato City Police Office, and PNP Maritime conducted a high-impact operation that resulted in the dismantling of a drug den and the arrest of four drug personalities at the vicinity of Dump Site, Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City, at about 10:45 p.m. of February 21, 2024.