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MARAWI CITY - Police nabbed two drug personalities during drug buy-bust operation launched by joint personnel from Marawi City Police Station and Lanao del Sur police office in Brgy. Daguduban, Marawi City at past 8:20 p.m. Monday.

The suspects, Nashereen Pangcoga Abinal and Junaid Capal Macabando, both male and of legal age, were arrested in a buybBust operation with PDEA BAR operatives.

Confiscated from them were one sachet containing suspected shabu worth P170,000, boodle money, identifiation cards and motorcycle.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) today announced its whole franchise area will be affected by the NGCP scheduled power service interruption on July 9, Sunday.  

KORONADAL CITY - Sa ngalan ng publiko, hiniling ni South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. sa may-ari ng lupain na buksan ulit ang ipinasarang bahagi ng daan sa bayan ng Tboli para magamit ng publiko.

Ito ay habang inaayos pa ng national government ang pagbili dito.

Binigyang diin ni Tamayo na wala na sa huridiksyon ng provincial government ang hinarangang daan.

Paliwanag ng gobernador na convert na kasi ito bilang national road.

WATER SERVICE ADVISORY

What: LOW WATER PRESSURE TO NO WATER

Why: Replacement of Defective Butterfly Valve at Crossing Awang, DOS, Maguindanao del Norte

Where (Affected Areas): Tanuel, Magelco, Awang, Tenorio, Discom Village, MINTEX, Broce, SPDA, Tamontaka –Mother Barangay, Kalanganan 2, Datu Sarip Sinsuat, Malagapas RH 10, Brgy. Rosary Heights 11, Bgry. Bagua 2, and Brgy. Rosary Heights 4

When: July 3, 2023, Monday (8:00am to 3:00pm)

Dahil dito ay makakaranas ng low water pressure to no water sa nabanggit na service area.

CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao Norte - An intelligence-driven checkpoint operation conducted by joint personnel of anti-drug police units, mobile force company and Marawi City PNP had resulted to the arrest of two High Value Individual drug suspects at about 1:30PM Thursday in Barangay  Sugod, Marawi City, police said.

O OUR VALUED MEMBER-CONSUMER-OWNERS (MCO):

This is to inform you that we will have a SCHEDULED power interruption on the following scheduled date an affected areas, to wit:

July 2, 2023 (Sunday) - 1 hour

Power Off - 8:00 AM Power On - 5:00 PM

Reason:

To conduct final line clearing activity.

Affected area:

Barangay Ugpay, New Esperanza, Calunasan, New Consolacion in M'lang, Cotabato.

Power will resume right after the completion of the maintenance work. Thank you for your kind understanding.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) has announced scheduled power interruption affecting customers in inside the BARMM Compound, Cotabato City, on Saturday, July 1, 2023, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM (2 hours).

In a statement, the Cotabato Light said this is to facilitate the restructuring of the primary line maintenance activity in the area.

Binawian ng buhay ang isang babae matapos mabangga ng wing van habang tumatawid pasado alas 9:00 kagabi, Hunyo 27 sa Km 12 McArthur Highway, Brgy. Dumoy, Toril sa Davao City.

Kinilala ang biktima na si Lyra Martin Marcito, 24 anyos, residente ng Brgy. Saliao, Ezperanza, Sultan Kudarat na kakapasa lamang sa Medical Technologist Licensure Examination noong Marso 2023.

Ayon sa driver ng wing van na si Renato Garciano, 51 anyos at residente ng Mangagoy, Bislig, Surigao Del Sur, hindi niya napansin na tumawid ang dalaga dahil sa dilim ng daan at malakas na ulan.

LIBUNGAN, North Cotabato – Police from Alamada, North Cotabato arrested Sunday two men listed as high value target individuals during anti-drug operation along the national highway here, police said.

Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, police director for Soccsksargen region, said police also seized about P105,000 worth of prohibited drugs from “Alias Ronald” and “Alias Alfatah,” both residents of Barangay Batulawan, Pikit, North Cotabato.

The two were arrested after they handed over the illegal stuff to an undercover agent in Barangay Ulamian at about noon Sunday.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - No fewer than 3,000 families in Kabacan, Cotabato relocated to higher grounds after rivers crisscrossing the municipality overflowed following heavy downpours Tuesday, inundating villages.

Worst hit by the flashflood are dwelling enclaves around the campus of the state-run University of Southern Mindanao, not too distant from the town proper of Kabacan.

Kabacan is touted as the "rice granary" of Cotabato for being the top producer of rice from among all 17 towns in the province.