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KIDAPAWAN CITY (Sept. 10/NDBC) -- Police authorities here are yet to address the rampant robbery and thief cases in the city.Three minors were caught in act of robbing a stall inside the Kidapawan City mega market at 7 p.m.Tuesday.The minors, aged 11 and 12,who were not identified in the report were turned over by the local police to the city social welfare office.

COTABATO CITY (Sept.

COTABATO CITY
(Sept. 9/NDBC) – The traditional Moro games took center stage Monday in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) regional center as the regional
government joined the country in the celebration of the 114th Civil
Service Commission (CSC) anniversary.

The five-day
activities commenced with a parade within the compound followed by several
sports activities, spearheaded by CSC-ARMM.

Theme for this
year’s celebration was Tapat na serbisyo, alay ko dahil lingkod bayan ako.”

COTABATO CITY (Sept. 8/NDBC) --At least 15 barangays in Cotabato City are underwater after the Rio Grande de Mindanao overflowed since last week, officials said.Chariperson Abdillah Lim, president of association of village chair in the city, said the badly hit villages areTamontaka 1 and 2, Mother Poblacion and Rosary Heights 6 were badly hit at present.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 8/NDBC) - As if taunting authorities, robbers here continue to victimize
residents despite local government and police efforts to curb the rash of crimes against property.

Robbers struck
anew separately here in the past 48 hours, carting away more than P30,000 cash
and P15,000 worth of assorted jewelry.

Renato
Suminguit, 47, of Anggie Subdivision, Kidapawan City, told police investigators
his variety store along Villamarzo street was ransacked by still unidentified men.

TUNGGOL, Maguindanao (Sept.

COTABATO CITY,
(Sept. 7/NDBC) –- To prevent further flooding in low lying communities in the
town of Mother Kabuntalan, Maguindanao, the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM), through its disaster and response office, cleared Sundaythe Taviran
Bridge with huge chunks of water hyacinth, locally known as pusaw.” The water
lilies once clogged the bridge’s foundation could also block the smooth flow of
river water toward Tamontaka River in the borders of Datu Odin Sinsuat,
Maguindanao and Cotabato City.

COTABATO CITY
(Sept. 7) – Disaster officials and personnel from the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM)today cleared the Taviran Bridgein Barangay Taviran,Water lilies that clogged the bridge wasone of the causes of floods pestering the town and its nearby communities.

KORONADAL CITY (Sept.

TUNGGOL,
Maguindanao (Sept. 7/NDBC) -- Residents in Datu Montawal, Maguindanao, especially
those leaving near the Tunggol Bridge, fear if government does not act quickly,
the approaches of the vital infrastructure might collapse and along with it the
areas’ economy. Regional and
provincial government officials have already raised the alarm about the sorry
condition of Tunggol Brigde, a vital connection across the man-made channel
that borders Datu Montawal and Pagalungan, all in Maguindanao.