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KORONADAL CITY -- Police authorities here announced the arrest in Sultan Kudarat provinceof two more suspects in the daring Agencia Brillantes robbery with murderhere almost a year ago.Senior Supt. Nestor Salcedo, Koronadal City police director, told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal , the two suspects were arrested in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat Thursday afternoon with the help of South CotabatoHighway Patrol Group and Isulan police office.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -At least 50 houses built for the Manobo families here were lighted through the use of solar energy.On Wednesday, City Mayor Joseph Evangelista led the ceremonial switching on of solar led lights to Manobo homes at Barangay Balabag, a hinterland village located on Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak.Evangelista said the households’ solar lighting system was made possible through the seed money, a project of the International Urban Training Center (IUTC) in Gangwon Province of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations Habitat.The seed money given in July to the Kidapawan

KIDAPAWAN CITY -Unidentified gunmen riding in motorcycle gunned down a member of the Philippine Army while on his way to Datu Montawal, Maguindanao, Wednesday, the second attack on state forces in five days.Authorities are still sifting through two crime scenes to
identify the culprits in the seemingly related gun attacks in Maguindanao and North Cotabato.

COTABATO CITY - Another detainee who fled the Maguindanao provincial jail early today was rearrested Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.Jail Warden Macapagal Blao said Faizal Macarimbang was rearrested with the help of village officials of Barangay Poblacion 2, Cotabato City.Blao said Macarimbang was sighted in Barangay Poblacion 2 and the jail authorities coordinated with Barangay Chairperson Johair Madag.Madag negotiated with the escapee who quietly surrendered to jail officials at past 2 p.m.Blao said manhunt is still on for the remaining escapee, Fahad Sangki (facing theft charges),

KORONADAL CITY - Police and anti-narcotics agents here arrested two persons in separate raids in the city as the campaign against illegal drugs went full swing.The Koronadal City PNP and City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), led by Chief Insp. Rey Egos and CADAC Action Officer Dr. Glorio Sandig, arrested Ferdie Somblingo, 29 during a raid alongDe Pedro Street, Barangay General Paulino Santos, Koronadal City.

COTABATO CITY - At the height of heavy down pour Tuesday night until Wednesday morning, five inmates of the Maguindanao provincial jail quietly bolted their cell and gained freedom.But three of them were re-arrested by responding elements of the Provincial Public Safety Battalion manning a checkpoint in Esteros, Cotabato City, according to Jail Warden Macapagal Blao.

MAKILALA, Nortth Cotabato -- A militiaman and a rubber laborer were killed in two separate highway accident in one portion of the Cotabato-Davao highway Monday in Makilala, North Cotabato, apolice traffic officer said.

KORONADAL CITY - Police have filed Monday murder and frustrated murder charges against a militiaman who shot dead his two comrades and wounded another in Tampakan, South Cotabato last week.Senior InspectorSherwin Boy Maglana, Tampakan police chief, told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida thatCAFGUMark Anthony Aradaza of Barangay San Isidro, Tampakan, has been charged before the local court.Maglana did not say whether or not Aradaza revealed what motivated him to kill comradesFrankly Viloria, 23 and Mark Anthony Macul, 26, both belonging to 7th CAA/CAFGU company under the supervision of the 27th Infantry

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Atricycle driver was killed while 31 others were injured when a wayward 10-wheeler truck swept through various vehicles and pedestrians along the national highway here Monday night, authorities said.During a flash report over DXND-AM Radyo Bida and DXDM-Happy FM witnesses said the huge truck was from Davao City and heading toward Cotabato City when it smashed several approaching vehicles near Crossing ARC, Balindong and Santol, Barangay Paco, Kidapawan City.

COTABATO CITY - The Office of Civil Defense in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM) today reported a fire incident in Isabela City, Basilan province.The OCD-ARMM said the conflagration erupted at about 5:30 p.m. from unknown origin.In its report, the OCD office said the fire gutted down undetermined number of houses at the Barangay Fort Area, Isabela City.Most of the destroyed houses were made of light materials situated along the coast.