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Suspected partisans gun down Maguindanao councilor

COTABATO CITY --- Suspected partisans shot dead Friday an incumbent municipal councilor in South Upi town, the second elected official killed in Maguindanao province in two weeks.The victim, Warlito Pinuela, was attacked while whiling away time at the frontyard of his residence in the municipal center of South Upi, a hinterland town in the second district of Maguindanao.Pinuela was reelected to a third term during the May 9 elections.His relatives are convinced his murder was politically-motivated.Pinuela was a retired policeman, who was a member of the municipal police force in nearby

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Cotabato Light says rainy season reduces power outages

COTABATO CITY – The coming of rainy season did not only offer relief to the country’s farmers but for power utilities as well, the Cotabato Light and Power Company (Cotabato Light) said.
Arlene Hepiga, speaking for Cotabato Light, said the scheduled one-month maintenance shutdown of Therma South Incorporated will have less effect on the power utility’s capacity to provide uninterrupted power supply for Cotabato City and two Maguindanao towns.

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Meet beauty queen in Duterte's security unit

KORONADAL CITY --Meet Police Inspector SOPHIA LOREN DELIU, a 25 year-old, Filipina-Romanian beauty, a graduate of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA Class 2014) and she is presently on active duty as a police officer based in Baguio City. Last year,she was a candidate for Miss Earth Philippines.Sophia is the newest member of the elite Presidential Security Group(PSG) tasked to protect the life of the next President.She did not make it in the pageant but vowed to join another contest when opportunity comes.She belongs to the PNP Public Safety Battalion. She remains single.

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Cops arrest woman, daughter in Koronadal swindling case

KORONADAL CITY -- Police here arrested a mother-daughter tandem for allegedly duping a public school teacher of Php 25,000 cash for her transfer from Iligan City schools division to Koronadal City.In a report, the Koronadal City police office identified the suspects as Lalaine Faeldonia and her 17-year-old daughter.The Department of Education (DepEd-12) identified the teacher only through her first name Vangie.”Vangie, currently a teacher in Iligan City but a resident of Barangay Sto Nino, Koronadal City, sought police assistance after she started doubting the credibility and capacity of F

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6 hurt in Army-NPA clash in Sultan Kudarat

KORONADAL CITY -- Four infantrymen and two
communist guerrillas were injured in a clash between elements of the 39th
Infantry Battalion and New Peoples’ Army in the mountains of Columbio, Sultan
Kudarat, the military said today.

The fighting erupted when 39th IB
troopers on patrol in the sub-village of Lamalis, Barangay Datal Blao, Solumbio,
Sultan Kudarat accidentally met about 20 NPAs at about 10 p.m. Monday,
according to Army Capt. Danny Tapang, 39th IB spokesperson.

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Bumpy road blamed on accidental fire that hit BPAT member

SURALLAH, South Cotabato -- A 48-year-old village defender here was injured on his left leg after his service cal. 45 pistol accidentally went off.Julio Arostique of Barangay Colongolo told Radyo Bida that the accident was triggered by a bumpy and unpaved barangayroad. Dahil sa lubak-lubak ang daan sir, Arostique told Radyo Bida when asked what triggered his gun to fire.Arostique is a member of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team of Barangay Colongolo and was with other BPAT members on patrol on board a vehicle.As the road was bumpy, Arostique thought his gun might fall sohe took his cal.

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Lightning kills 2 in South Cotabato

KORONADAL CITY – Two workers of a multi-national firm in Surallah, South Cotabato were
killed by lightning strike over the weekend, police said today.

Chief
Inspector Joel Fuerte, Surallah town police chief, identified the victims as Danny
Danao, 23 of Barangay Kusan, Banga town and Nestor Feller, 38, of Barangay
Dajay, Surallah town, both in South Cotabato.

Both were
workers of Sumifru Corporation, a banana production firm operating in South
Cotabato.

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DOLE-12 addresses sugarcane workers issues and concern, sees increased productivity

TULUNAN, North Cotabato -- Sugarcane production in Central Mindanao are expected to improve with some of the issues and concerns addressed during the Sugarcane Stakeholders Dialogue initiated by Department of Labor and Employment over the weekend, labor officials said today.DOLE 12 in partnership with the District Tripartite Council 12 held the dialogue at the Farmers' Training Center in Tulunan, North Cotabato.DOLE 12 OIC-Regional Director Albert E. Gutib lauded the response and presence of all sugarcane stakeholders.

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2 van drivers hired in South Cotabato, killed in Maguindanao

KORONADAL CITY -- This is too much, they could have
spared the lives of our loved ones.

This was the reaction ofAraceli Membrado, aunt of slain passenger van driverJhomar Membrado, upon seeing the remains of her
cousin.

Jhomar, 26of Barangay Concepcion, Koronadal Citywas the driver of a Toyota D4D van (temporary
plate 1201098) who was found dead in a remote village in Datu Odin Sinsuat
Maguindanao on May 13. Another victim, Ronald Mariveles of Glammang, Polomolok,
South Cotabato, was also strangled to death and found beside Jhomar.

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LTO-12: DU30 commemorative plates no longer allowed

KORONADAL CITY -– Officials and personnel of Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Central Mindanao region have started confiscating what it said was unauthorized DU30” commemorative plates.The car plates have proliferated during the campaign period for the recently concluded national and local elections.Manuel Betaizar, LTO-12 assistant regional director, said the election is over and DU30” commemorative plates will no longer be allowed.Betaizar said under the Joint Administrative Order, it is illegal to use commemorative plate without permits and authorization issued by the LTO.

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