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DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – A fire of still unknown origin hit a passenger bus in this town on Monday afternoon, October 11. Lt. Colonel Rommel Dela Vega, Datu Odin Sinsuat town police chief, said the incident occurred at past 2 p.m. along the national highway in Barangay Kurintem here. “Nobo

SEIZED. Photo shows the shabu and other items seized from a drug den operator in Tacurong City on Sunday (Oct. 10, 2021). The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 12 conducted the raid after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen who used the 'Isumbong Mo Kay Wilkins' platform. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-12) COTABATO CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 12 (Soccsksargen) has lauded a concerned citizen for alerting anti-drug units on the existence of a drug den in Tacurong Ci...

STEP 2. Members of the 553rd Engineer Battalion of the Philippine Army register for the Philippine Identification System at the Abbas Gymnasium, Barangay Moncado Kadingilan in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur in this July 2021 photo. The Step 2 registration validates demographic data and records biometrics such as photographs, fingerprints, and iris scans. (Photograph courtesy of 553rd EB Facebook) DAVAO CITY - Three provinces and a city in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) a...

P4.7-M smuggled cigarettes seized off Zamboanga City

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. A police dog sniffs boxes of cigarettes seized by joint police and Bureau of Customs operatives in Zamboanga City on Friday afternoon (Oct. 8, 2021). The 137 master cases of the smuggled items worth PHP4.7 million and the eight crewmen of two motorboats reportedly bound for Cotabato City are under Customs custody. (Photo courtesy of the ZCPO-PIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives here seized some PHP4.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and...

GUBERNATORIAL CONTENDERS. North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco (left) and North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmylou Talino-Mendoza are both vying for the provincial gubernatorial post for the 2022 national and local polls. Both women have pledged to maintain a clean and credible election in the province next year.(Photos courtesy of Catamco and Mendoza Facebook accounts) COTABATO CITY - Male politicians in North Cotabato were sidelined by two women leaders who will contest the province's top pos...

Maguindanao Board Member Yasser Ampatuan(Photo courtesy of Ampatuan FB page) COTABATO CITY - A three-cornered rivalry for the gubernatorial post for Maguindanao emerged Friday afternoon after a third-termer board member filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) before the provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec) office here. Lawyer Udtog Tago, Maguindanao election supervisor, said three-termer Maguindanao Board Member Datu Yasser Ampatuan will be running against reelectionist Governor Bai Mar...

COTABATO CITY – A last-termer councilor here will seek the mayoralty post with the backing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) political party–the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP). Former councilor Mohammad Bruce Matabalao, a journalist-turned-politician, filed his certificate of cand

READY FOR DEPLOYMENT. The batch of 196 new non-commissioned police officers is ready to perform election peacekeeping duties across the BARMM after completing their six-month on-the-job training in the field. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale (inset), Police Regional Office - BARMM director, said the batch is set for deployment to Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi for pre-election duties for the 2022 national and local polls. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Almost 200 ne...

4PINOL Targeting to oppose rice tarrification and importation policies among others, former Department of Agriculture Chief Manny Piñol filed his certificate of candidacy for senator on Friday, October 8, at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City. Running under the senatorial slate of Lacson-Sotto tandem