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Former NPA rebels, gov’t forces celebrate natal day together

BAGUMBAYAN,
Sultan Kudarat – They used to shoot each other in every given opportunity. In
their mind, outsmarting enemies was a priority.

But this time,
soldiers, police and former communist rebels have jointly celebrated their
natal day, an event they never imagined to happen even in their wildest dreams.

Thanks to the
very creative and innovative Army battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel
Harold Cabunoc.

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Member of IS-inspired AKP group nabbed in Sarangani province

GENERAL SANTOS CITY --- Authorities arrested and detained Friday a suspected member of the Islamic State-inspired Ansar Al-Khilafa Philippines for violation of the Philippine Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, information officer of the Police Regional Office-12, said Saturday Urbano Abdullah, 43, was nabbed by pursuing policemen at Barangay Kanalo in Maasim town in Sarangani last Friday.Gonzales said the joint operation of the Sarangani provincial police and the Maasim municipal police that led to his arrest was assisted by local officials

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Faith healer's dead body remain intact 18 years after death

COTABATO CITY – The cadaver of a man who died 18 years ago and his body remained intact is now getting curiosity among local folks in a coastal town in Maguindanao.

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NPA shadow government officials withdraw support from CPP-NPA-NDF

BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat---Three councilmen of the Kilusang Rebolusyonaryong Baranggay(KRB) withdrew their support from the communist movement at 3and00pm yesterday, Feb 21. Lt Col Harold M Cabunoc, the Commanding Officer of the 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion, said that the councilmen were deceived by the communist movement in joining the 'village level elections' in 2017. They were made to believe that it was a regular election of village leaders. They swore their oath of duty before unfamiliar people who visited the village, said Cabunoc.

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2 die in motorcycle collision in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY -- Two teendrivers lost their lives
when the motorcycles they were driving figured in a collision Sunday, February
18, in Barangay Nabalawag, Barira, Maguindanao.

Barira police chief Police Senior
Inspector Misuari Macacua identified the young drivers as Alikasan Marindeg, 16
years old, and Jalil Marcos, 17, both residents of Barangay Tugaig also in Barira.

Macacua said Marindeg was driving an
unregistered RUSI 125 while Marcos was on an XRM-125 with plate number of MK
3619.

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GenSan cops arrest 2 drug suspects, seize P36K meth

GEN. SANTOS CITY - Joint operatives from Regional Police
Drug Enforcement Unit 12 (RPDEU 12) and Police Station 3 of General Santos City
Police Office (GSCPO) seized almost P36,000 worth of shabu and arrested two suspects in illegal-drug buy bust operation on Tuesday.The operation was conducted along Nursery road corner Yanson Village in Barangay Lagao, General
Santos City.

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Maguindanao town councilor shot dead

SAUDI
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao – Police and military authorities here have
launched manhunt against two gunmen who shot dead a town councilor Wednesday
morning.

Capt. Arvin
John Encinas, spokesperson of 6th Infantry Division, said elements
of the 57th Infantry Battalion have been providing manpower and
resources to the Datu Saudi Ampatuan Municipal Police Office in hunting down
the killers of Town Councilor Sahabudin Namli, 42 of Datu Saudi Ampatuan and
resident of Barangay Madia.

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PRO-12 honors 4 cops, 2 non-uniformed personnel

GEN. SANTOS CITY - Four uniformed
personnel and two on-Uniformed personnel assigned with the Regional
Comptrollership Division of Police Regional Office 12 were awarded with Medalya
Ng Papuri (PNP Commendation Medal) during Monday morning program at the PRO-12
regional office.

Following the PRO12 traditional
flag raising ceremony, Senior Supt. Johnson C. Almazan, deputy regional director
for operation, assisted by Senior Supt. Manuel M. Lukban Jr., regional chief directorial
staff presented the medals to the awardees.

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493 police rookies deployed around Region 12 for field trainings

COTABATO CITY -- Hundreds of police rookies were deployed Tuesday around Region 12 to study law-enforcement missions in culturally-pluralistic and ethno-linguistic communities.The region ---- covering the cities of Tacurong, Cotabato, Kidapawan, Marbel and General Santos, and the provinces of Sarangani, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato --- is home to tri-people, which means mixed Muslim, Christian and indigenous non-Moro Lumad residents.Chief Supt.

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24 rifles confiscated from MILF members travelling without coordination

MAGUINDANAO --- Soldiers seized on Tuesday 24 assault rifles from members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front moving around without prior coordination with local authorities.Reports reaching the Army’s 6thInfantry Division in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao indicated that the gunmen, led by Orly Gampong, were on a truck that Army personnel stopped at Barangay Mileb in Sultan sa Barongis, acting on tips from informants.The government and the MILF are bound by a July 1997 interim security pact binding both to coordinate any tactical movement by either side in potential conflict flashpoint are

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