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KORONADAL CITY - Police authorities in Sto.

KORONADAL CITY – Suspected communist guerrillas
killed a security guard of a banana company and wounded five soldiers in an
attack late Tuesday night in Tampakan, South Cotabato.

Colonel Ronald Jess Alcudia, 27th
Infantry Battalion commander, said the soldiers were on foot patrol near the
banana firm’s airstrip when attacked by undetermined number of armed men
believed to be New Peoples’ Army (NPA) in Barangay Kipalbig, Tampakan, South
Cotabato.

MLANG, North Cotabato - A member of village defenders here was electrocuted while fixing his TV antennae following downpourMonday.Aleto Enriguez, 42 of Barangay Sangat, Mlang, was a member of theBarangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT)Barangay Sangat Chairperson Rolando

KORONADAL CITY - Police arrested here a man who allegedly stole 100 pieces of pineapple at oncefrom a plantation in Surallah, South Cotabato Monday.Superintendent Benito Seron, Surallah police chief, identified the suspect asNico Tabigoon, 28 and resident ofSitio Tubungan, Barangay 5, Banga, South Cotabato.Tabigoon was earlier arrested by Dole Philippines security guardJonrel Fran for hauling 125 pieces of newly harvested pineapple.The suspect used a top-down tricycle in hauling the goods while the security guards were not watching.But the firm's security guards chasedTabigoon until he was

COTABATO CITY -Management Authority in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RPMA-ARMM) has installed gender-sensitive facilities and amenities in the seaport of Jolo, Sulu.Amenities like women’s desk, public assistance and information booth, public address system, and a computer and communication station were installed in the modern passenger terminal building of the port.Also put in place were breastfeeding area, interfaith prayer room, first-aid facility, and priority lanes.

TACURONG CITY -- The local government of Tacurong City and Department of Labor (DOLE) Regional Office 12will conduct jobs' fair dubbed as LGU Tacurong Job Fair on Augsut 5,Wednesday.Local firms have already confirmed participation in the day-long activity to be held at the Tacurong City Hall compound.Ofelia Domingo, DOLE-12 regional director, said the participating firms are the followingand1. SM Savemore2. SM Supermarket Gensan3. KCC Mall of Marbel4. Sutherland Global Services (for call center agents)5. DOLE Phils. Inc.6. Biotech Farms,7. Kenram Palm Oil Industries,8.

COTABATO CITY – Police announced here
today the arrest and filing of charges against two men believed to be behind
the frustrated murder of Aniceto Rasalan last week.

Senior Supt. Rex Anongos, Cotabato City police
chief, said Nasser Diocolano of Barangay Marquez, Datu Odin Sinsuat,
Maguindanao was arrested an hour after Rasalan was shot and seriously wounded
along Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato City on July 22.

KABACAN, North Cotabato - A bomb scare hit this town but authorities look at the incident as a sign of maturity of residents.Senior Inspector Ronnie Cordero, Kabacan town police chief, said the baggage earlier suspected of containing an improvised bomb turned out to be negative.But Cordero said the alertness of locals in reporting their discovery to the police was a form a drill when real thing happnes.Police received a call about what was believed to be a bomb left by still unidentified person in front of 3F Fortune Friendly Shoppers department store along Rizal Avenue Saturday morning.At

KIDAPAWAN CITY - The danger of buying gasoline from a side walk fuel vendor takes its toll on a motorist in Kidapawan City Friday.More known as takal-takal because it sells retail fueloutside a legitimate Gasoline Station with softddrink bottles as containers, proliferate along major highways here and its patrons are mostly tricycle and motorcycle drivers.This practice is not the monopoly of Kidapawan City or the Philippines as similar vendors also sell fuels along the busy streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.On Friday in Barangay Paco, Kidapawan City, Albert Aranas f

COTABATO CITY - Unidentified motorcycle riding gunmen shot dead Friday afternoon a former village chairman herewhile he was driving his vehicle along Sinsuat Avenue, police said.Speaking over DXMS Radyo Bida,Senior Supt.