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Soldier offers marriage to fiancée in the middle of manhunt vs. NPAs in SK

BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat – A day before
lovers celebrate Valentine’s Day worldwide, two soldiers became engaged, not in
aristocratic restaurant or lovers’ resort, but in the middle of the
battlefield.

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Lanao Sur exec suspends classes due to Basyang

LANAO DEL SUR -- Vice Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr. suspended on Tuesday classes in all towns in Lanao del Sur and in Marawi City due to heavy rains and strong winds spawned by Tropical Storm Basyang.
Adiong, in a directive issued Tuesday morning, said the suspension of classes in local elementary, high school and college institutions is meant to ensure the safety of residents from the storm, whose effects are now felt in many southern towns and provinces.

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Father, mother, son nabbed for shabu business

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat -- A family of three here was arrested for violation of Section 2, of Article II of
Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 during a raid on Saturday, police said.Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in the SOCCSKSARGEN region, said the raid and serving of search warrant was conducted in Purok Paghidaet, Barangay
Impao, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.

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Cotabato Light schedules power service interruption in Malagapas area

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company has scheduled a three-hour electric service interruption Sunday, Feb. 11, to facilitate change of pole construction.In an advisory, the Cotabato Light, the three-hour power interruption will affect theareas surrounding Cotabato City Hall compound, Malagapas Relocation site and portions of Purok Masagana, Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City.Interruption will start at 8 a.m.

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3 wanted drug dealers nabbed in PDEA-12 operations

COTABATO CITY --- Anti-narcotics agents arrested three large-scale drug traffickers in separate operations Friday in central Mindanao.Valente Cariño, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for Region 12, said Saturday the now detained Norodin Lawas, Mark Cantoneros and Alex Cañon are to be prosecuted separately for violation of the provisions of the Philippine Dangerous Drugs Act.Lawas was arrested by combined PDEA-12 agents and personnel of the local police in Maasim town in Sarangani province.Valente said Lawas belong to the notorious Premo drug syndicate.The group, whose memb

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BFP-ARMM sets cool run for Fire Prevention Month

COTABATO CITY -- The Bureau of Fire Protection-Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (BFP-ARMM) will be accepting entries for its 2nd
Joint Cool Run until February 19.

This year’s edition of the Cool Run
with the theme Takbo Laban sa Sunog 2018 is set for March 10 as part of this
year’s observance of Fire Prevention Month.

According to BFP-ARMM, they set an
earlier registration period for the run to have adequate time to prepare the
items participants will receive.

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February is Civil Registration Month

COTABATO CITY -- The City Civil Registry
Office (CCRCO) here has called the attention of its clientele to the importance of
Civil Registration Month, celebrated yearly every February as mandated by
Proclamation 682 issued by former President Corazon Aquino on January 28, 1991.

The theme for this celebration this year
is #napapanahongCRVS .

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Cotabato City engineering office sets 2018 projects

COTABATO CITY -- The City Engineers’
Office (CEO) here has started implementing infrastructure projects scheduled
for this year with P8-million funding from the City Government.

According to Engr. Samuel Jorolan, city
engineer, the projects include the concreting key streets in the city among
which are San Antonio Street in Rosary Heights 11, Rufo Mañara Sreet going to L.R
Sebastian Elementary School, Yap-Sia Street and Delcano Street in Rosary
Heights 10 and Concha Drive in Rosary Heights 3.

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Cotabato City PESO holds 1st jobs fair for 2018

COTABATO CITY --Seeking to further increase the level of employment in the city, the Cotabato City Public Employment Services Office
(PESO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) conducted a one-day
jobs fair at the ground floor of the People’s Palace (City Hall) on Monday, the first in a series this year.

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8 hurt in NorCot grenade attack triggered by rido

BANISILAN, North Cotabato – Eight persons
were injured in a grenade throwing incident at the town plaza here at the
height of the culminating program for the town’s 36th foundation
anniversary Wednesday night.

Most of the victims were followers and relatives of
Sanny Khadil, chairperson of Barangay Tinimbacan, Banisilan, according to Senior
Inspector Wilson Mangcay, town police chief.

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