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PDEA agents arrest alleged couple drug peddler

COTABATO CITY – Joint police, Army and anti-narcotics operatives arrested Tuesday a couple involved in high profile illegal drug peddling in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said today.Juvenal Azurin, regional director of PDEA in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said the raid, covered by search warrant issued Regional Trial Court Branch 13, resulted to the arrest of Kutin Guiamel alias Kutin, 52 and Jenny Abdullah, 37 both of Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

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Cotabato City Pet Fair is on March 17

COTABATO CITY -- The annual Cotabato
City Pet Fair is set for Saturday, March 17, at the Notre Dame Social Action
Center Gymnasium here.

This year’s fair, which starts at 9 in
the morning and ends at 5 in the afternoon, features a pet walk, free
veterinary services, and a pet exhibit. Pet supplies will also be available for
pet owners and enthusiasts.

Dr. Geraldson Navarra, pet fair sponsor,
said the pet walk will be at 7 a.m. from the Petron Hi-Way gasoline station
going to the NDSAC Gym and is open to all types of pets.

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#FreeEducationNa caravan held in Zambo, ARMM island provs

More than 1,000 participants coming from
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi, and Zamboanga attended the first leg of the
Nationwide Information Caravan for Republic Act 10931 also known as the
Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017.

This year marks the start of
implementation of the legislative milestone nationwide which is why the
CHED-UniFAST held the #FreeEducationNa.

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816 families displaced by recent Army, BIFF clash in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY -- Skirmishes between government troops and
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in two muncipalities of Maguindanao
last week has displaced 816 families that are now staying in nine evacuation
sites.

This was learned by DXMS-Radyo Bida
Cotabato City of Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation from Maguindanao
provincial social welfare action officer Emma Ali on Monday.

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Suspected Indonesian terrorist nabbed in Sultan Kudarat

SULTAN KUDARAT --- Authorities are in custody of an undocumented Indonesian national held on suspicion of having links with a local militant group operating in the fashion of the Islamic State.The 32-year-old Mushalah Somina Rasim, also known as Abu Omar, voluntarily turned himself him Monday when asked by personnel of the Palimbang municipal police and intelligence agents of the 5thMarine Battalion to yield for proper identity verification.Key sources from units of the 1stMarine Brigade in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat said Tuesday Rasim was nabbed in one of the barangays in nearby Palimbang, a se

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378 cops in Region 12 promoted to a rank higher

GEN. SANTOS
CITY – More than 370 police officers in the SOCCSKSARGEN region have been
promoted one rank higher, a police official today said.

Chief
Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for PRO-12, said a total of 378 PNP
uniformed personnel promoted to next higher rank and were sworn-in to office in
a ceremony held at PRO 12 Grandstand on Monday morning.

Chief Supt.
Marcelo C Morales, PRO-12 regional director, led the mass oath-taking of the
newly promoted Police Officers.

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Tantangan newly discovered falls getting tourists' attention this summer

TANTANGAN, South Cotabato - Tourists havebeen flocking the village of Dumadalig here to escape the heat that is getting unbearable each day.Hidden in the lush greenery in the mountain side of the Dumadalig is the Matimus falls surrounded with lush vegetation.
The cool water of the waterfalls, according to local tourists, is the perfect answer to the summer’s sultriness.
Its beautiful rock formation and green scenery are also picture perfect for photo enthusiasts.

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PNP-12 campaign vs. loose guns nets 399 rifles

GEN. SANTOS
CITY – Police authorities in Sultan Kudart province have collected almost 400
loose firearms as the police intensified disarmament campaign in the
SOCCSKSARGEN region, Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales today said.

The guns
were officially accepted by Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, PRO-12 regional
director in ceremonies held at Camp Amado Dumlao Sr, headquarters of PNP-Sultan
Kudarat.

It included
firearms categorized as High-Powered Firearms (HPFA’s) and Low Powered Firearms
(LPFA’s).

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PNP won't talk with NPA for Cui's release

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police in North Cotabato will never negotiate with a rebel group that abducted a town’s deputy chief in the province, said a top police officer.Superintendent Leo Ajero, deputy chief of operations of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO), said it is never their policy to talk or work on the release of any of their men who would be held captive by any rebel group.Also, the PNP will never exchange a captive police to a criminal element that they apprehended, especially so when the prisoner is a member of the rebel organization.Reports are circulating that the New Peop

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Increase noted in Grade 1, Grade 11 early registrants in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY -- An 18 percentincrease was recorded in early
registrations for Grade One by the end of the early registration period set by
the Department of Education Cotabato City Division on February 28.

This was learned from city schools
division superintendent Dr. Concepcion F. Balawag, Al Hadja, during an
interview by DXMS-Radyo Bida.

Balawag said DepEd Cotabato City
Division records show early registrants for Grade One reached 118 percent or 5,027 compared
to last year’s 4,721.

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