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PHOTO VIA JOSEPH JUBELAG Lt. Chester Ross Cabaltera, spokesman of theNaval Forces Western Mindanao, said the suspects, identified as Karim Omar and Abdullah Saidan  were flagged down at a checkpoint aboard a cargo truck loaded with Fort brand smuggled cigarettes along the national highway in Barangay Sapad, Matanog town last December 27. He said the suspects were taken to the Matanog police station after they failed to present pertinent documents relative to the importation of the seized  cig...

Bangsamoro Government Takes Over Schools In Capital Autonomous government will now administer education department in capital and North Cotabato province. Continuing with the normalization process, the autonomous Bangsamoro government in southern Philippines has formally taken over the education department in capital Cotabato City and 63 barangays. An official statement said the Philippine Department of Education officially transferred...

Published December 28, 2020, 1:10 PM PetroSolar Corporation (PSC) was elevated to the Hall of Fame of PEZA Awards for winning the Outstanding Community Project Award for three consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. The awarding ceremony was held on December 10, 2020 in Pasay City.  PEZA cited the efforts of PSC in strengthening relationship with its partner communities, a total of 11 barangays in Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac City. PGEC Environmental and Community Relations Manager, Yrel V. Ventura,...

Published December 26, 2020, 2:29 PM COTABATO CITY  – Tacurong City Mayor Angelo Montilla has placed health front-liners on alert status after seven new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections were reported in the city on Friday. The seven new cases were all employees of a private business establishment in the city and residents of barangays New Isabela, Poblacion, and Griño, Montilla said on Saturday. “Contact tracing of direct and secondary contacts of the confirmed cases is ongoing,...

Published December 26, 2020, 12:46 PM COTABATO CITY – Warring families in the borders of North Cotabato and Lanao del Sur were brought together on Friday to end their long-drawn “rido”, or family feud. Tears fell and excitement ran high after North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco, with the help of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr., the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion (34IB), and other local officials, successfully gathered the families, which were locked in a decades-old clan wa...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The expanded line up of flights is so far the flag carrier’s biggest ramp up of domestic commercial operations this year – a 103% increase in PAL flights vs. November 2020 levels – as the local travel industry continues to bounce back gradually with the calibrated easing of travel requirements, re-opening of tourist routes and enhanced health and safety protocols.      PAL has doubled services on the prime trunk route between Manila and Cebu, from 14 to 28...

Published December 22, 2020, 3:57 PM Vice President Leni Robredo’s office has allotted P14 million as funding for the purchase of additional coronavirus test kits in four provincial hospitals and testing centers. Vice President Leni Robredo said that an amount of P3.5 million each was allocated for UP Los Baños molecular diagnostic laboratory, Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center, Dr. Jorge Royeca Hospital, and Cotabato Regional and Medical Center. This was on top of the P12.5-million funds gi...

December 21, 2020 Villanueva: Senators urge resumption of probe into senseless killing of citizens, including mother-and-son shot dead by police in Tarlac The senseless killing of a woman and her son by a police officer highlights the prevailing culture of impunity among law enforcement agencies that should never be allowed to persist, senators said on Monday. Senator Joel Villanueva said he and several senators have sought a public inquiry into the spate of unresolved, unlawful killings of cit...

  The measure, Senate Resolution No. 600, seeks to identify the gaps in law enforcement, attain justice for the victims, and break the culture of impunity in the country especially among law enforcement agencies.   The filing of the measure comes on the heels of the cold-blooded murder of a mother and son by a police official in Paniqui, Tarlac last Sunday afternoon.   Angara, Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Sherwin Gatchalian and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri.   The senators stressed t...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines spearheaded by Resident Representative Dr. Selva Ramachandran turned over five medical ventilators to the Lanao del Sur provincial government to support of the efforts to enhance the local government’s capacity in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. (From left) Lanao de Sur Board Member Abdulrashid Balindong; Winston Camarinas, UNDP Philippines Cotabato Office; Lanao del Sur Board Member Allan Panolong; Dr. Selva Ramachan...