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PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato - PINAWI ni Pigcawayan town administrator Dr. Vince Tejada ang pangamba ng publiko sa sitwason ni Mayor Juanito Agustin matapos na ito ay madisgrasya sa minamanehong sasakyan sa Digos City.

Ayon kay Tejada, nasa maayos ng kalagayan si Agustin matapos maoperahan sa ulo kahapon.

Nakalabas na rin sa Digos Doctors hospital ang kanyang mga anak habang ang misis nito ay nagpapagaling pa matapos inoperahan din sa ulo at paa.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) announces power service interruption in its franchise area on Sunday, July 23 due to the NGCP initiated activities in the Sultan Kudarat to Datu Saudi Ampatuan 69KV line that will affect the Cotabato Light areas of coverage.

It is also due to transmission lines maintenance activities.

COTABATO CITY - NASA Intensive Care Unit pa si Pigcawayan Mayor Juanito "Totoy" Agustin matapos itong madisgrasya sa Davao del Sur kahapon.

Sa inisyal na impormasyon na nakalap ng Radyo Bida mula kay Midsayap Mayor Rolly Sacdalan, kasama ng alkalde ang kanyang buong pamilya sakay ng Nissan Navarra pick-up nang aksidenteng nabangga nito ang barandilla o railings sa Barangay Tres de Mayo.

Nagpapatuloy pa ang imbestigasyon ng Digos City PNP sa pangyayari.

Sugatan ang alkalde, misis nito na si Jacky at ang kanyang mga anak.

TINGNAN | MOA SIGNING OF THE FIRST PINASBILIS PROJECT IN MINDANAO AT COTABATO CITY

Sa pangunguna ng Cotabato Light and Power Company sa ilalim ng Aboitiz Group, ay nailunsad ang Pinasbilis Project sa People's Palace, Cotabato City ngayong araw, July 12, 2023 na siyang kauna-unahang isinagawa sa Mindanao.

Ang Pinasbilis Project ay alinsunod sa kagustuhan ng Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) na naglalayong gawing efficient ang mga government workers tungo sa pagiging bihasa sa paggamit ng computers at iba't ibang digital softwares.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - The police on Tuesday arrested here six men from the faraway Davao Oriental after they robbed a commercial establishment in nearby Makilala town in Cotabato in the morning the same day.

The suspects, Gemar Solidag Tipan, 36, Manilito Paragas Linda, 42, Allan Colita Miesco, 49, Dennis Singson Sefuentes, 40, Denver Jay Sefuentes, 35, and the 57-year-old Arcadio Tipan Sefuentes Jr., were cornered by pursuing personnel of different units under the Cotabato Provincial Police Office in a busy stretch of the Jose Abad Santos Street here.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Nahuli ng PNP ang anim na mga responsable sa paghold-up ng truck na may kargang Ajinomoto brand na vetsin sa Barangay Malasila, Makilala, North Cotabato pasado alas 3:00 ng hapon kahapon.

Ang mga suspect ay tumakas patungong Kidapawan City at dahil alerto ang PNP, naaresto ang mga suspect sa tulong ng mga sibilyan at impormasyon mula sa Makilala PNP.

Sa inisyal na report, ang anim na mga robbery hold-up suspect na sakay ng pick up truck ay may dalang mga baril at nakaw na mga bagay. Sila ay dayo na galing pa sa Davao Region.

KORONADAL CITY - A passenger bound for Manila was arrested Sunday at the Gen. Santos International Airport for cracking joke about a bomb.  

Members of PNP Aviation Security Group 12 did not identify the man but he was barred from board the Gen. Santos-Manila flight.

While police personnel were conducting physical inspection of his baggage, a man told the police officer "you can take my bag there might be a bomb inside, sorry joke only."

The police officer was not happy and arrested the man for violating Presidential Decree 1727 o Anti-Bomb Joke Law.

COTABATO CITY - An off duty police officer and a motorist were killed when the motorcycle they were driving figured in a highway crash on Saturday in Barangay Lower Salbu, Datu Saudi Ampatuan Maguindanao Del Sur.

Capt. Melvin Laguting, Datu Saudi Ampatuan police chief, identified the fatalities as Patrolman Jamil Sarico, 29, a resident of Parang, Maguindanao del Norte and assigned with the 1402nd Regional Mobile Force Battalion, and a certain Arsad Abdullah, a resident of Barangay Kitango, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao Sur.

COTABATO CITY  – An official of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has ordered an investigation on the viral video of a town mayor in Maguindanao del Sur who threatened to handcuff and arrest business people who have no LGU issued business permits.

Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM interior minister and spokesperson, said the viral video of Mayor Solayman Sandigan of Datu Salibo town in Maguindanao del Sur allegedly threatening business community is not just a simple social media item.

COTABATO CITY - The Tamontaka Central School in Barangay Tamontaka in Cotabato City has received eight units of laptops, five printers, and accessories from the Cotabato Light and Power Company, Aboitiz Fondation, Inc in partnership with the city govenrment of Cotabato.

Present at the turnover ceremony were AboitizPower Distribution Utilities SVP and COO, Anton Mari Perdices, Cotabato Light President and COO Valentin S. Saludes III and City Vice Mayor Johari "Butch" C. Abu as well as the Tamontaka School Principal, Marlon E. Lu.