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Cotabato Light announces holy week sked

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 11:30
by: Arlene Valdez-Hepiga /Cotabato Light
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT: To Our Valued Customers, Please be guided on the following schedules of our accredited service center at Alnor Commercial Complex. Regular operations will resume on...

Rido’ led to deadly Lamitan City ambush

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 07:45
by: John M. Unson
COTABATO CITY - Officials are scrambling to resolve a “rido” involving a barangay chairman who survived an ambush in Lamitan City, Basilan Monday that left his driver dead and hurt three others,...

Cops hunting suspects in Maguindanao Sur twin gun attacks

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 06:30
by: Edwin O. Fernandez
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao Norte – Police are hunting down gunmen believed to be behind the twin but separate ambush incidents Monday in Maguindanao del Sur that left a village treasurer and a...

Village exec hurt, driver killed in Basilan ambush

Monday, April 3, 2023 - 20:30
by: Teofilo Garcia,Jr.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A village official and two others were wounded while the official’s driver was killed in an ambush in a remote area in Basilan province, a top police official said Monday. Lt. Col....

Prices of basic commodities in BARMM 'under control' during Ramadhan, MTIT says

Monday, April 3, 2023 - 17:15
by: BIO BARMM
COTABATO CITY – Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism (MTIT) has been conducting monitoring activities of basic necessities across the Bangsamoro region to ensure stable prices during the Holy...

2 soldiers in fire-stricken boat still missing

Monday, April 3, 2023 - 15:30
by: John M. Unson
COTABATO CITY --- Rescuers are still searching for two missing soldiers who were on board the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 that caught fire while sailing to Jolo, Sulu from Zamboanga City nighttime March 29....

Trough of LPA to bring rain showers over Mindanao

Monday, April 3, 2023 - 13:30
by: Ma. Cristina Arayata
MANILA – The trough of a low-pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility will bring rain showers over most parts of Mindanao, the weather bureau said Monday. The LPA, last...

Safety tips from Cotabato Light

Monday, April 3, 2023 - 12:15
by: Arlene Valdez-Hepiga/Cotabato Light
Public Safety Awareness: Don't trim trees near powerlines yourself. Trimming trees may seem fairly easy, but it's just not worth the risk of electric shock, falling or even being killed. Please...

Cops kill 3 DI armed men, arrest 7 others in Lanao Sur

Sunday, April 2, 2023 - 19:00
by: Edwin O. Fernandez
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao Norte  – Police authorities in Lanao del Sur on Sunday killed three armed men and arrested seven others during pre-dawn law enforcement operation in the town of Bubong....

Gov’t helps conflict-stricken Cotabato communities

Sunday, April 2, 2023 - 18:45
by: John M. Unson
KIDAPAWAN CITY --- More than a hundred residents of now peaceful barangays in Makilala town in Cotabato underwent livelihood training last week and received cash allowances from the government as...

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2 Abu Sayyaf dead in Basilan clash

COTABATO CITY - Soldiers shot dead two members of the Abu Sayyaf in a brief clash in a secluded barangay in Sumisip town in Basilan Tuesday....

Butch Galicia, ex-PNA regional bureau chief writes 30

MANILA – Roberto "Butch" Galicia, former chief of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) regional bureau based in Cotabato City, died in Scarborough,...

Ex-Sultan Kudarat governor named TESDA chief

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Sultan Kudarat governor Suharto Mangudadatu as Director General of the Technical...

Cops seize smuggled cigars in Maguindanao Norte

PARANG, Maguindanao – Police authorities here have prevented the entry into the local market of smuggled cigarettes when law enforcers arrested of a...

Indonesian rescued from Dawla Islamiya in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The military in Basilan has rescued an Indonesian teenager from the hands of terrorists on Saturday (June 3), the Western Midnanao...