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COTABATO CITY – A ranking
Islamic religious leader in Cotabato City today said that Islam does not and
will not recognize the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Darul Ifta of the Philippines
Grand Mufti Abuhuraira Udasan said ISIS is haram” (prohibited)for Islam and and its
teachings is not recognized by the Muslim Ummah (Muslim World).

Udasan said he was surprised to
learn that one of the fatalities in Palimbang clash, where ISIS inspired armed
group and the Philippine Marines clashed last week, was from Cotabato City.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company will implement today a 1-hour morning brownout and another 1-hour afternoon brown out as directed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.In a news bulletin, Arlene Hepiga,Cotabato Light communications officer,said power interruption will commence at 9 a.m. until 10 a.m for the temporary transfer to facilitate the emergency replacement of critical rotten poles cross-arms.At 4 p.m. today, an hour interruption will be imposedfor the shifting back and normalization of loads.

COTABATO CITY – Sympathizers of extremist Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) exist in Cotabato City, the city mayor here said
Tuesday.

Mayor Japal Guiani Jr said he was alarmed and disturbed by the information
that he received from reliable informants that the international terrorist
group has its cell in the city.

It made him even more worried when reports have it that one or
more of the fatalities in the Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat clash last week were
from this city.

So much issue has been raised over the alleged disrespectful statement made by presidential candidate Rody Duterte against Pope Francis yesterday.I was there during the proclamation and I heard every word that he said because I was taking notes.While the statement about the traffic and the Pope's visit sounded awkward, it was obvious that the use of the cuss word which is a common street lingo was not directed at Pope Francis.It was merely an expression that comes almost naturally from Duterte's mouth and peppers almost all of his public discourses.Yesterday, he used it in jest to express

TACURONG CITY - TheAS Bernardo Memorial
National High School (ASBMNHS) in Brgy. Baras, Tacurong City was declared Hall of
Fame awardee in the 2015 Brigada Eskwela National Awards Program in Tanghalang Pasigueño, Pasig City.

COTABATO CITY -- Officials were elated with Thursday’s courtesy visit of Australian diplomat Nelson Ireland to Gov.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- The soldier” arrested last week in Midsayap town for keeping a big volume of methamphetamine hydrochloride has long been discharged from the military service due to criminal offenses, an Army official said Monday.Lt. Col. Joel Mamon, commanding officer of the Army’s 40thInfantry Battalion, said the suspect, whom the police identified as Corporal Dres Endaila, was indeed a former 40thIB member, but went on absence without leave and eventually deserted his last unit of assignment.

DAVAO CITY – At least seven colorum Public Utility Vans (PUV) were apprehended by the Task Force Colorum after Acting Mayor Paolo Duterte ordered a crackdown of vans plying between Davao City and neighboring provinces following the explosion two weeks near the SM Passenger Van Terminal.In an interview, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Milgrace Driz said that the task force was composed of different traffic apprehending agencies namely, the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO), Traffic Group, Highway Patrol Group, Land Transportation Office and Land Transportation

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -– One of the slain armed men suspected to be ISIS sympathizers following a clash with government forces in Sultan Kudarat was an Indonesian national suspected and a senior member of the Mujahideen Indonesian Timur (MIT), military officials here said.Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6thInfantry Division commander, identified the Indonesian as Ibrahim Ali, alias Hudzaifa who was earlier arrested for gun possession but later freed.Ali was killed in a clash with 6thMarine Battalion Landing Team Thursday in Barangay Butril, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat in a 5:30 a.m.

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