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COTABATO CITY -- The whole franchise area of Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) plunged into darkness for more than three hours after a huge coconut palms hit the 69 KV line of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)from Nuling sub-station to the city.Arlene Hepiga of Cotabato Light said the interruption occurred at about 5:30 p.m. during heavy down pour with strong winds brought about by the Low Pressure Area east of Mindanao island.Power was restored three hours later after NGCP linemen found and removed the coconut palm then resume power supply.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Two hinterland towns in North Cotabato are considered by the Philippine Army as ‘problematic’ or ‘very challenging’ in terms of terrain and alleged ‘support’ that the communist guerillas are getting from the communities, a military spokesperson said.First Lieutenant Prolen Bonacua, spokesperson for the Army’s 19thInfantry Battalion, identified these areas as towns of Arakan and Magpet, both in North Cotabato.The towns of Arakan, Magpet, President Roxas, and the city of Kidapawan, all in North Cotabato, are the newest places of assignment of the 19thIB of the 901stBrigade,

PRESIDENT
QUIRINO, Sultan Kudarat – Government forces raided a marshland
village in Maguindano on Friday dawn, arrested five members of IS linked Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and seized three firearms.

Lt. Colonel
Harold Cabunoc, 33rd Infantry Battalion commander, PNP Special
Action Force and armored personnel carriers raided the village of Tual in
Paglat town in Maguindanao aimed at arresting Sindatok Dilna, a sub-leader of
the BIFF under Commander Gani Saligan.

COTABATO CITY – Completing education is dream come
true for a 66 year-old mother who despite her difficulty in speaking managed to
complete her junior high school at a state-run institution here.

And her graduation march went viral after a school mate posted her photos on Facebook. As of Wednesday, the 39,484 likes and
31,019 likes.

A dream come true, how sweet it is marching on
stage, Amina Akmad, more known as Milet, of Barangay Bagua, Cotabato City, said
in Filipino.

GEN. SANTOS CITY -- Cops in Region
12 are being prepared for upcoming May 14 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
Election (BSKE).

Chief Superintendent Marcelo C Morales, the
Regional Director (RD) of Police Regional Office 12 said in a statement that
all PNP personnel in R-12 are being readied for the entire election period
which will run April 14, 2018 to May 21, 2018.

COTABATO CITY – Joint operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) and police operatives arrested Thursday in Marawi City a big time drug peddler and seized P1 million worth of shabu.PDEA-ARMM Regional Director Juvenal Azurin said Arab Malawani Macaombang was arrested during drug buy bust operation at 1:30 p.m. inside the state-run Mindanao State University (MSU) campus.Seized from him were two jumbo pack of shabu, P1,000 marked money and P1,000 peso bill on top of boodle money.

GEN. SANTOS CITY – A police officer
assigned in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) who went on Absence
Without Official Leave (AWOL) and in President Duterte’s drug watch list
voluntarily surrendered to police in Sultan Kudarat province.

Supt. Aldrin Gonzales, chief
information officer of PRO-12, identified the officer as Jaiton Kulat Camsa,
allegedly leader of Top Gun Drug Group operating in Sultan Kudarat and
Maguindanao.

PRESS STATEMENT FROM COTABATO LIGHT Cotabato Light and PowerCompany(Cotabato Light) will be available to serve its customers on April 13, 2018, Friday, declared as a legal non-working holiday in observance of Izra Wal Miraj.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).

NORTH COTABATO - Thirty four members of the New People’s Army surrendered to the military Tuesday.The rebels yielded to the Army’s 19thInfantry Battalion based in the hinterland Magpet town in North Cotabato.They agreed to return to the fold of law through the joint intercession of the commander of the 19thIB, Lt. Col.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The New Peoples’ Army (NPA) operating in North Cotabato and Bukidnon provinces admitted killing a leader of the indigenous peoples (IP) in Magpet town for his alleged active participation in intelligence gathering and military offensives against the rebel movement.Ka Isabel Santiago, spokesperson for the Mount Apo Sub-Regional Command of the NPA Southern Mindanao Region, said they meted out what they termed as ‘revolutionary justice’ against Antonio P.