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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
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1 kilo shabu, drug den operators busted in 2 PDEA operations
COTABATO CITY (Tuesday, September 9, 2025) — Anti-narcotics agents arrested two drug den operators and seized P6.8 million worth of shabu from a peddler in separate operations in Mindanao regions on Monday, September 8. Benjamin Recites III, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-12, said on Tuesday, September 9, that two men were arrested by
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7 NPA `tax collectors’ surrender in Sultan Kudarat
COTABATO CITY (Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025) — Seven more members of the now weakened New People’s Army, including two women, surrendered to the 37th Infantry Battalion in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on Monday, September 8. Local executives told reporters on Tuesday, September 9, that the seven NPAs, four of them minors, belonged to a group that
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PDEA-9 agents seize 1 kilo shabu from peddler
COTABATO CITY (Tuesday, September 9, 2025) — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 confiscated P6.8 million worth of shabu from a dealer entrapped in a residential area in Barangay Sinunuc in Zamboanga City on Monday night, September 8, 2025. Bryan Babang, regional director of PDEA-9, told reporters on Tuesday, September 9, that the male
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86 poor Tawi-Tawi villagers undergo free ophthalmic surgery
COTABATO CITY (Monday, September 8, 2025) — Up to 86 marginalized villagers from different barangays in Bongao and in other island towns in Tawi-Tawi underwent free cataract and pterygium surgery during a three-day multi-sector eye care mission last week. Provincial officials and ranking employees in the office of Tawi-Tawi Gov. Yshmael Sali, told reporters in
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P2.7-M worth shabu seized from militiaman, barangay official
COTABATO CITY (Sunday, September 7, 2025) — Policemen had shot and wounded an uncooperative member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit and arrested his accomplice after buying from them P2.7 million worth of shabu in an entrapment operation in Barangay Ampao in Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur on Friday, September 6. Local executives and senior
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Defense secretary wants tight security for BARMM elections
COTABATO CITY (Sunday, September 7, 2025) — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro had personally ordered military officials in Central Mindanao to do their best in helping the Commission on Elections ensure a safe and credible Bangsamoro parliamentary elections next month. Teodoro, officials of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division and the Navy’s 1st Marine Brigade met on