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PIKIT, North Cotabato -- Another powerful explosion rocked the town center here Wednesday night, causing panic among local folks.Lt. Col.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
– Unidentified gunmen shot dead a public school teacher while he was
having session with his pupils in a public school President Roxas, North
Cotabato Tuesday.

Police Senior
Inspector Romy Castanares, President Roxas police chief, identified the slain as
Marato Dilangalen Ampatuan, 49, teacher of Datu Sundungan Elementary School in
President Roxas town and resident of Barangay Bulit, Kabacan, North Cotabato.

PIKIT, North Cotabato - Unidentified men set off three powerful improvised bombs in one of the steel transmission towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) here Tuesday night, authorities said.The blast toppled the tower, sending part of North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Cotabato City without electricity for more than two hours.Capt. Joanne Petinglay, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said the toppled tower was in Barangay Gilakit, Pikit and was bombed at about 9 p.m.It cut off power transmission from Bukidnon to Simuay in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

STO NINO,
South Cotabato – Police here have filed charges of robbery with homicide
Tuesday against three men believed to have carried out the daring robbery at Palawan
Pawnshop here.

Chief
Inspector Joel Fuerte, Sto. Nino police chief, refused to name the three
suspects. He told Happy FM Koronadal that with the solid and vital evidences against them, the police had a strong
case.

The three men remained at large and are the subject of intensive police manhunt, he said.

KORONADAL CITY - Police authorities in Sto Nino, South Cotabato have filed charges Tuesday against one of the six suspects arrested during a buy bust operation over the weekend.Chief Inspect Joel Fuerte, Sto Nino police chief, said only Muzid Alamada, 22 of Barangay Ambalgan, Sto Nino, South Cotabato was officially charged for violating Section 11 of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act due to strong evidence against him.Fuerte told Happy FM-Koronadal that the court recommended no bail for Alamada.During the raid,Sto Nino police seized about 116.3 kilograms orP1.3 mil

KORONADAL CITY - A police officer survived an assassin's bullet Monday night while driving his motorbike on his way home in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, police said.Supt. Joefel Siason, Isulan police chief, identified the victim as a certainPO3 Cabanillas, a police intelligence officer assigned with theSultan Kudarat police provincial office. It appears to be work related, Siason told Happy FM Koronadal in an interview. We are still investigating. Siason said two men riding tandem on a separate motorbike tailed him at past 7 p.m.

KORONADAL CITY
– A malfunctioned brake system triggered a loaded passenger jeepney to turn
turtle along a highway in Koronadal City over the weekend.

Passengers,
including the jeepney driver, are now confined at South Cotabato provincial
hospital due to bruises and injuries sustained when the vehicle they were
riding in with license plate MFA 974 turned upside down along Barangay Paraiso,
Koronadal City, Saturday dawn.

PIKIT, North Cotabato -- Government operatives shot dead North Cotabato’s most wanted person in a brief encounter early Sunday in a secluded district some six kilometers northwest of the municipal center.Capt.

COTABATO CITY - Moro bandits continue to extort farmers in remote villages in Sultan Kudarat province, officials today said.Sancho Salamanca, chairperson of Barangay Katiku, said the Bangsmoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) continues to extort 'protection money' from farmers who were also threatened if the demand was ignored.Salamanca admitted that farmers used to provide share to the BIFF so they will not be 'disturbed.' But the demand was increasing and coupled with threats that no harassment will take place if the farmers shell out some sacks of palay to Moro bandits.The military has la

COTABATO CITY -- The city administrator here on Friday said she will face the charges lodged against her last Tuesday by relatives of the victims of the Nov.