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ESPERANZA, Sultan Kudarat -- A mainstay contributor of this news website saved the life of a mother and her newly-born child in a quick rescue maneuver here Sunday morning.
Speaking to DXMS-AM Radyo Bida,John Felix Unson, also writer since 1996 of Mindanao Cross, a weekly sister publication of this online news outlet, first saw Bainot Maniging surrounded by panicking people, lying on the sandy side of a highway here, about to give birth unexpectedly.

COTABATO CITY - A new police chief has been named and installed for Cotabato City Police Office (CCPO) on Saturday.Senior Supt. Victor Valencia has been appointed as new city police director, replacing Senior Supt. Danny Reyes.Senior Supt. Debold Sinas, Deputy Regional Director for Administration (DRDA) of Police Regional Office (PRO-12) administered the turn over of command Saturday morning at CCPO, PC Hill, Cotabato City. Senior Supt.Danny Reyes' stint as city director of Cotabato City was very remarkable because crime rate dropped by about 20 percent, Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi said.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Five persons were killed on the spot and two others were hurt in an
early morning highway mishap Saturday involving a speeding passenger van and a motorbike
driven by drunk motorists in Barangay Paco here, disaster officials said.

Psalmer
Bernalte, Kidapawan City disaster action officer, said involved in the 4 a.m.
highway mishap were a Mitsubishi L-300van (KGL--720) from Cagayan de Oro City heading for Kidapawan City and the motorcycle (license plate 7404 MB)heading toward Matalam, North Cotabato.

NORTH COTABATO -- Only 13 of the 42 arrested followers of notorious drug trafficker Mokz Masgal are to be prosecuted for various criminal offenses, officials said Friday.The suspects were arrested in Midsayap, North Cotabato more than a week ago, detained until Thursday at a camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Maguindanao. They are now in the custody of the North Cotabato provincial police.Col.

COTABATO CITY– The Department of Education of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) highlighted the importance of developing the habit of handwashing with soap during the Global Handwashing Day observed on Wednesday, October 12.Dr. John Magno, DepEd-ARMM secretary, said the Education department is committed in ensuring that every child in the region develops healthy habits that start with simple steps like daily handwashing with soap.

COTABATO CITY-- Lawmen arrested on Thursday 13 armed drug traffickers while fleeing from Midsayap town to escape from the brunt of the government’s anti-narcotics campaign in the municipality.
The arrest of the 13 men in Barangay Nabalawag in North Cotabato’s Midsayap town was preceded by last week’s take over by authorities of the fortified enclave in the same municipality of large-scale drug dealer Mokz Masgal after a two-day ground and artillery offensive.

KORONADAL CITY -- Police operatives in Region 12 today said it seized Php350,000 worth of prohibited drugs 13 high powered assorted firearms and arrested 18 persons in an overnight implementation of Oplan Double Barrel in the region. Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr, speaking for police in the SOCCSKSARGEN region, said 78 sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride in small and medium size were in Gen. Santos City.

Isa na namang parangal ang natanggap ng BIDA Specials na radio feature ng Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation o NDBC, mula sa Catholic Mass Media Awards o CMMA - isa sa mga prestihiyosong award-giving body sa buong bansa.Ang episode ng Bida Specials na may pamagat na, Diskarte sa Buhay , ang wagi bilang, Best Business Program sa 38th CMMA 2016 na ginanap sa Star Theater, CCP Complex, kagabi.

COTABATO CITY – The executive branch of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is keen on setting a national record of having all of the more than 26,000 ARMM teachers examined for narcotics abuse.Teachers in the autonomous region, which covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur and the islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, are grouped under what was known as the region’s most corrupt agency - the regional education department - during the time of past ARMM governors.John Magno, regional secretary of the Department of Public Works-ARMM, said the extensive drug testing program will also invol

COTABATO CITY -- Lawmen arrested 139 drug offenders here and seized 15 firearms and 14 fragmentation grenades in joint operations in the past three months by the police and the city mayor’s office.