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KIDAPAWAN CITY --After three years, the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the graft charges filed against a municipal vice-mayor in North Cotabato and three of his former staff for lack of probable cause or insufficiency of evidences. The respondents received copies of the Ombudsman’s decision early this week.

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat -- Police here defused a powerful improvised bomb left near the town welcome rotunda Tuesday morning as local police, Army, fire and civil officials were to start a parade, police said.Supt. Jeofel Siason, Isulan town police chief, said the bomb was found at about 6 a.m. along the national highway.Siason said the IED was made of a 60 or 81 mm, cut nails, two mobile phones and blasting caps with circuit board.

MIDSAYAP, North
Cotabato – A man claiming to be a Catholic priest” was arrested by
police for possession of illegal drugs and who allegedly duped several persons
on Sunday, police said today.

Supt. Tom Tuzon,
Midsayap town police chief, identified the phony priest as John Ferolin who goes
around and identify himself as Fr. John.”

He is in our illegal
drug personality watch list,” Tuzon said, adding the man has been under
surveillance for some time.

COTABATO CITY -- Authorities here are hunting downthe suspects in the killing of four persons, including two children, on Sunday along a busy Shariff Kabunsuan boulevard here, police said.Senior Supt.

COTABATO CITY -- Unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed four persons, including two minors,in a daring broad daylight shooting incident along a busy street here Sunday afternoon, police said.Killed on the spot were Junjun Macarido, 22, habal-habal driver, Rahima Tan, 40, her children Sansai Tan, 12 and Guiabel Tan, 11, all residents of Piang Street, Lugay-Lugay, Cotabato City.Police investigation showed the victims were on board a habal-habal (passenger motorcycle) driven by Macarido heading for home from a visit at the Cotabato City jail.As the victims were along Raja Tabunaway Street,

KORONADAL CITY -- A village councilman here allegedly shot dead Friday a motorist who used a motorbike with open pipe that produced irritating noise.Supt. Barney Condes, Koronadal City police director, identified the victim as Ronelo Galayogo, 31 of Barangay Namnama, Koronadal City while the suspect as Barangay Councilman Dante Manuel of Purok Magsaysay, Barangay Namnama.

PIKIT, North Cotabato -- A sedan car broke down in the middle of Pikit bridge Saturday afternoon, causing tremendous traffic to motorists plying the Cotabato-Davao highway.Police traffic enforcers had to be summoned to man the flow of traffic as motorists refuse to give in to other vehicles.

DAVAO CITY - Broadcasters of Tingog Mindanao Radio Alliance (TiMRA), an alliance of 24 radio networks in Mindanao, Dumaguete and Cebu, gathered here Friday and Saturdayto map out plans for 2016 national and local election coverage. sand//scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpl1/v/l/t34.0-12/12769616_1108718325815992_501750562_n.jpg?oh=d427d4cf8dead2dd7dd1210568c3b5cdandampoe=56D33A9A Ramon Casiple, political analyst and executive director of Institute for Political and Electoral Reforms (IPER) provided the insights of 2016 election issues.

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MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato -- Police authorities here are determining who was behind the bombing attempt here that alert civilians foiled and the detonated by the local police.Senior Supt. Gilbert Tuzon, Midsayap police chief, said the IED fashioned from pyrotechnic powder, cut nails as shrapnel and mobile phone as triggering device.It was left along Sto Nino Street, Barangay Poblacion 6, and was found at about 3 p.m.