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NORTH COTABATO --- Anti-narcotics agents detained a reelected barangay chairman in Makilala town from whose house they found shabu during a raid before dawn Wednesday.The suspect, Melvin Fortajada, chairman of Barangay Malasila in Makilala, North Cotabato, is now in the custody of PDEA-12.Agents of PDEA-12 also found in his residence several live ammunition for a .45 caliber pistol.In an initial statement Wednesday, the PDEA-12 office in General Santos City said the operation that resulted in the recovery of five sachets of shabu and pistol bullets in the house of Fortajada was based on tip

COTABATO CITY – Three minor earthquakes hit northern part of Maguindanao Wednesday
but were too deep these were hardly felt, the Philippine Institute of
Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) today said.

The three
tremors, recorded at Magnitude 3, 3.2 and 3.3, came in succession beginning at
7:31 a.m. followed by two aftershocks at 8:02 and 8:31 a.m. which were traced about
12 kilometers east of Buldon, Maguindanao, the Phivolcs said in its bulletin.

COTABATO CITY --- The local government department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will only issue certificate of recognition to elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials who shall test negative to drugs.Lawyer Kirby Abdullah, regional secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government-ARMM, said Tuesday they have four requirements for the certificate, one of them a printout of drug test result from any government hospital.Each of the proclaimed barangay and SK official also need to submit to DILG-ARMM their statements of assets and liabilities, personal d

COTABATO CITY -- As compared in the past, elections in Maguindanao on Monday were generally peaceful with very minor incidents of violence, commotion and misunderstanding.Senior Supt. Edwin Wagan, Maguindanao, the police provincial director told DXMS-AM today, about 130 cops served as members of electoral board.

KORONADAL CITY - A fire of still unknown origin hit a boarding house here during the early hours of village and youth elections. Image may contain one or more people sky and outdoor sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32551165_10212638259892263_2159213302469623808_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0andampoh=2d5e301115dd3a5ab891873a6f39b368andampoe=5B845F12

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JOLO, Sulu -- Police here are still investigating explosion of an improvised bomb that injured at least 10 persons in a drinking spree inside videoke house Friday night.The Army is helping the investigation of the 7:30 p.m. blast inside JNB Sari-Sari Store and Videoke bar in Barangay Sitio Martirez, Barangay San Reymundo, Jolo, according to Brig. Gen.

COTABATO CITY – A candidate for village council member was arrested by Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives during anti-drug operation early today.

Government
forces recovered from Darping 83 sachets of shabu with estimated market value
of more than P60,000, bank documents and other valuables.

Cotabato Light and PowerCompany(Cotabato Light) will be available to serve its customers on May 14, 2018, Monday, declared as a special non-working holiday in observance of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election.CLPC's full service centers at Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato City will be open from 8and00 AM to 4and00 PM with no noon break. Meanwhile, forpayment options, customer can proceed to Cotabato Light's different TPA agents - ECPAY, Cebuana, CIS Bayad Center, MLhuillier and SAVEMORE (CityMall).

COTABATO CITY – The campaign activities in one of the villages here was briefly disrupted by a suspected improvised explosive device Wednesday night.
For about an hour, police cordoned off an alley in Barangay Bagua 3 after a resident reported what looked like an improvised bomb.
The IED was found at past 6:30 p.m. and was deactivated by police bomb experts more than an hour later.
The suspected bomb, fashioned from 81 mm mortar was allegedly left by two men who hurriedly left to unknown direction, according to witnesses.