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MT. FIRIS, Maguindanao (Jan 18) – Members of Indigenous Peoples here, repeatedly harassed by IS inspired armed group, said they are arming themselves to defend their ancestral lands.Evicted from their communities by atrocities committed by outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Christmas Day, members of the Teduray communities in the tri-boundary of Datu Hofer, Datu Unsay and Datu Saudi towns, have started arming themselves with traditional weapons just to get even, when they (BIFF) harass us again.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
-- Florelie Cui who died after her husband, Senior Inspector Menard Cui, was abducted
last Dec. 28, was laid to rest Friday with the police officer still in the
hands of communist rebels.

She was
buried on Friday morning in Magpet, North Cotabato, Supt. Bernard Tayong,
speaking for the North Cotabato police said.

COTABATO CITY -- Enrollment is still on-going at Notre Dame University for out-of-school youth interested to undergo skills training in bread and pastry, food processing, housekeeping, automotive, computer system servicing, and electrical installation.Joseph P.

COTABATO CITY -- The Sangguniang Panglunsod here has commended Fulbright scholar and Cotabato City native Dr. Ramjie Y. Odin for having been awarded a doctorate degree in fisheries and agricultural studies in Auburn University, Alabama, USA. Odin also received the H.S.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
– Three persons were killed in a late evening shooting incident along the
national highway here, police said.

Chief
Inspector Ramil Hojilla, Kidapawan City police chief, identified the fatalities
as Tricycle driver Noa Capulong, Algiver Saga and John Hermie Estopacia, both
residents of Barangay Saguing, Makilala, North Cotabato.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao– The Army's 6th Infantry Division today said itsrelentlessness focused military operation and information dissemination of the 1stMechanized Infantry Battalion, five more members of the New People’s Army on Tuesday laid down arms and surrendered Lt.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Authorities nabbed a suspected member of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) they caught in an alleged extortion activity during an entrapment operation here, Monday, a police officer said.City police director Chief Inspector Ramel Hojilla identified the suspect as Crisanto Dandan Coyoca, 29, driver, and a resident of Barangay New Corilla in Makilala, North Cotabato.Hojilla said the suspect, who identified himself as a member of the NPA under Front Guerilla 72, was caught receiving the alleged extortion money from a hardware store owner whose identity was withheld for security rea

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Communists New Peoples’ Army today confirmed it has in its custody a
police officer they snatched on December 28 and forwarded proof of life video
to local journalists through electronic mail.

Rigoberto
Sanchez, spokesperson of NPA Southern Mindanao Region, said Senior Inspector
Menard Cui, deputy police chief of Pres. Roxas, North Cotabato and resident of
Magpet, also in North Cotabato, had been abducted and being tried by the NPA
kangaroo court for his offenses against the masses.

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao -- A suspected improvised explosive device left at a roadside in Barangay Satan here was deactivated by Army bomb experts early Monday.The IED was found by residents who alerted the Army's 601st Infantry Brigade located some 200 meters away at about 5:50 a.m.Traffic along the national highway had to be shut down for about an hour while bomb experts worked on the suspected explosive. sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/26857214_10154567613249364_1995417220_n.jpg?oh=c747afbb2b30c564bc55019bb1b597a1andampoe=5A5E04AD

COTABATO CITY -- A fire of still unknown origin gutted down the three-story home of DXMS Radyo Bida Anchor-Reporter Esmael Sam Sali in Campo Muslim, Barangay Bagua Mother, Cotabato City Friday. Bureau of Fire Protection (BFO-Cotabato City) spokesperson Fire Officer 2 Aldrin Jason Nara said the fire erupted at about 5:05 p.m. inside a room at the ground floor.The fire, Nara said, was already in advance stage when firefighters responded in three minutes.