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217 villagers in Cotabato town benefit from medical mission
COTABATO CITY (September 18, 2025) — More than 200 residents of Barangay Anick in Pigcawayan town in Cotabato, including children and pregnant women, benefitted from a medical mission of their provincial government on Wednesday, September 17. Local executives and Shirlyn Macasarte-Villanueva, an incumbent Sangguniang Panlalawigan member, separately told reporters on Thursday, September 18, that the…
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2 dead, 3 hurt in Cotabato City ambush
COTABATO CITY (September 16, 2025) — Two were killed while three others were wounded in an ambush in a busy thoroughfare in this city at about noon Tuesday, September 16. Local executives and officials of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that Mike Pusaka, husband of Fahima Pasawiran Pusaka, who…
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Alleged Maute terrorist arrested in Kidapawan City
COTABATO CITY (September 16, 2025) — Policemen arrested on Sunday, September 14, in Kidapawan City an alleged member of the defunct Maute terror group wanted for crimes related to its May to October 2017 siege of Marawi City in Lanao del Sur. The 43-year-old Jamal Solaiman Romato yielded peacefully when policemen from different units of…
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P2.7-M worth shabu seized in Maguindanao del Sur checkpoint
COTABATO CITY (September 16, 2025) —- Policemen seized P2.7 million worth of shabu found inside a car of two couriers intercepted at a checkpoint in the center of Shariff Aguak town in Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, September 14. Municipal officials and traditional Moro leaders told reporters on Monday, September 15, that they shall…
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Soldiers collect 21 more firearms in Cotabato province
COTABATO CITY (Sunday, September 14, 2025) — Residents of two towns in Cotabato province had voluntarily turned over 21 more military-type firearms to Army officials on Friday, September 12, in support of a regional disarmament program complementing Malacañang’s Mindanao peace process. Major Gen. Donald Gumiran, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, told reporters on…
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Half kilo shabu seized from 2 women in Marawi City
COTABATO CITY (September 13, 2025) — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and policemen seized P3.4 million worth of shabu from two women entrapped in Barangay Sarimanok in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, September 10. The suspects, Daraan Macagaan Baulo, 50, and the 43-year-old Noraida Arindig Tago, were arrested just a day…
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5 drug den operators in Cotabato City busted
COTABATO CITY (Friday, September 12, 2025) — Anti-narcotics agents clamped down five men together operating a drug den after buying from them P40,800 worth of shabu in an entrapment operation in Barangay Rosary Heights 6 in this city on Wednesday, September 10. Barangay officials confirmed on Thursday, September 11, that the five suspects, Romeleo Apolinario,…
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4 in pot session busted, locked in jail
COTABATO CITY (Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025) — Four individuals, including two women, landed in jail, arrested in the middle of their pot session in Purok Pagkakaisa in Barangay Poblacion 2 in Cotabato City on Monday, September 8. City officials confirmed to reporters on Wednesday, September 10, that the suspects, Asmawi Ugalingan Kalolong, 39, Wahid Manalindo…