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ROAD MISHAP. A privately-owned commuter van sits in a semi-concrete house after its brake system malfunctioned along the highway in Barangay Barangiran, Alamada, North Cotabato Thursday (Dec. 23, 2021). The mishap left 11 persons injured, including 10 teachers, according to the police. (Photo shared by Alamada MPS) ALAMADA, North Cotabato - Ten teachers of a state-owned school and a passenger van driver were hurt when the vehicle they were riding experienced mechanical trouble and plowed through...

Over 304,200 people or 76,000 families will be spending their Christmas in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, Dec. 24. (DSWD Region IX Facebook page) Based on the latest report of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Inform

BTA-BARMM Member Maisara C. Dandamun-Latiph (File photo courtesy of BTA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A member of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament has filed a bill before the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) to establish a regional system for accredited orphanages. The 80-member BTA is the interim lawmaking body of the BARMM. "This is to institutionalize support for the welfare of orphans in the Bangsamoro region," said BTA-BARMM Member of Parliament...

CEBU CITY – Telecommunication services in Cebu province remain to be very erratic five days after Typhoon Odette, leaving poor connectivity from existing cell sites. Kenneth Cobonpue, chair of the Regional Development Council (RDC) 7 (Central Visayas), said a “big factor hindering full reactivation

BBOI-BARMM chair Ishak Mastura (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has exceeded its investment generation target by more than PHP300 million this year, the Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) said Thursday. In a statement, the BBOI-BARMM said PHP2.8 billion worth of investments were generated by the region this year, exceeding its PHP2.5 billion target for 2021. Lawyer Ishak Mastura, BBOI-BARMM c...

Financial and humanitarian assistance continued to pour in from several countries to help hundreds of thousands of people in the Visayas and Mindanao recently affected by Typhoon “Odette” (international name: Rai).

The number of individuals who were staying in evacuation centers following the onslaught of typhoon Odette decreased to 372,000, while the number of those who opted to stay with their relatives or friends increased to more than 258,700, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Th

POWER LINES BACK. Linemen restore power lines damaged by Typhoon Odette on Dec. 16, 2021. RDC-7 chair Kenneth Cobonpue on Thursday (Dec. 23, 2021) said the power supply connection from Leyte to Cebu has been completed but the challenge lies in the restoration of damaged electric poles, lines, and equipment, in order to fully reenergize Cebu. (Photos courtesy of VECO and Dennies Siongco) CEBU CITY - Now that reconnection of the power supply from Leyte has been completed, the Regional Development ...

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A local newspaper publisher says people are afraid to come out and criticize the present set-up of the province