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COTABATO CITY -The Mindanao Cross Publishers Incorporated today turned over to Notre Dame University officials the digital copy of the newspaper dating back from its first issue in 1948 until 2012.Eva Kimpo-Tan, MC editor in chief, and Carlos Bautista, news editor, personally brought the digital copy in CD form and turned over to Fr. Charlie Inzon, OMI, NDU president as witnessed by Sheila Algabre, NDU vice presidentfor administration and extension at the school president's office.

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NORTH COTABATO --- Bandits attacked two detachments of government troops in separate incidents in two North Cotabato towns on Saturday night and before dawn Sunday.Supt. Romeo Galgo, Jr., spokesman of the Regional Police Office-12, said members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters shot with assault rifles a militia detachment in Barangay Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato at 4and00 a.m.

KORONADAL CITY -- Interior and Local Government Sec. Ismael Mike Sueno, who hails from this city, has donated his own Rosenbauer Fire Coat to the Koronadal City Fire Station (KCFS).In its FB page, the KCFS, acting City Fire Marshall Senior Inspector Reginald Legaste, welcomed Sueno's generosity. The best gift comes from the heart, not the store, Sueno told fire officers in a visit to the city fire office.He also inspected the effectivity of facilities and equipment of KCFS to ensureincreasing efficiency in delivering quality services to the public.

GEN. SANTOS CITY - Three uniformed personnel who are about to retire from police service were conferred with the Medalya Ng Paglilingkod during Salamat
Kapatid Program in front of PRO-12 Administration building here, recognizing their invaluable service rendered to the PNP.

COTABATOCITY – Firefight erupted early today in the mountain areas of Ampatuan, Maguindanao while government forces were serving search warrants against a town mayor and several others in Maguindanao, police and military officials said today.Superintendent Jimmy Daza, chief of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-ARMM), confirmed in a phone interview that there is an on going search warrant operation against several personalities in Barangay Saniag, Ampatuan, Maguindanao in relation to war on drugs and possible illegal firearms and explosives possession.Daza, however, did not di

TACURONG CITY -- Lawless elements suspected to be members of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) tried, but failed, to inflict injury on soldiers as well as non-combatants who visited Mamasapano in Maguindanao Wednesday morning.Government forces, police and local officials, as well as relatives of slain Special Action Force visited Barangay Tukanalipao to commemorate the second year anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre.Colonel Cirilito Sobejana, 601st Infantry Brigade commander, told and//www.ndbcnews.com.ph

KORONADAL CITY -- A law student, a lady jail guard and four others were arrested during anti-drug operation launched by anti-narcotics operatives and police here and in Gen. Santos City.Supt. Barney Condes, Koronadal City police director, identified the lady guard as Annie Dajay Gran, 44, assigned with the South Cotabato Provincial JailRaymond Cuenca Millan, 44, resident of Barangay Sta. CruzChris Alovera Mallorca, 36, of Sto Nino,l South Cotabato andLovely Peralta Sobrepena, 32, of GPS, Koronadal.Condes said at 4:30 p.m.

MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao (Jan. 25) – Two years have
passed after the bloody Mamasapano massacre, waters along a river here that
served as silent witness to one of the country’s bloodiest police operation are
now quite.

Another silent witness, a wooden bridge, was gone
and a new concrete pathway connects one side of the river to the other in
Barangay Tukanalipao.

TANTANGAN, South Cotabato - After a series of avoidablehighway accidents that claimed lives and maimed people, the local government of Tantangan has passed and started implementing speed limit ordinance here.A speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour (kph) is being implemented in the town proper while not more than80 kph is allowed in other parts of the highway linking Tacurong City-Tantangan and Koronadal City in South Cotabato.Tantangan Vice Mayor andSangguniang Bayan presiding officer Timee Joy-Gonzales the speed limit ordinance simply aimed at ending highway accident and save lives.She sai