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ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) -- A magnitude 4.5 earthquake of tectonic origin shook several areas around 9:44 a.m.

COTABATO CITY - Unidentified gunmen shot dead an off duty military police officer while he was driving his motorbike near the corner of Sinsuat Avenue and Sousa Street Wednesday morning.Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, identified the victim as Sgt. Inocentes Ermenio, a member of the 6th ID military police and a resident of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Education officials in North Cotabato have temporarily suspended the delivery of food at the canteen of Dualing Elementary School in Aleosan, North Cotabato. Dr. Omar Obas, North Cotabato schools division superintendent, said his directive was part of prevention action after several pupils of Dualing Elementary School complained of stomach pain after eating siopao.They were rushed to Aleosan district hospital but were discharged hours later. Obas, however, clarified that no conclusion yet whether or notthe siopao was the real culprit in the children's illness.

DATU UNSAY,
Maguindanao – Teachers of a public school here are mentors early in
the day, students in the afternoon.

For a month
now, teachers of Datu Unsay Elementary School (DUES) in Datu Unsay,
Maguindanao, double as teachers and students because they study Arabic after
teaching hours.

Islamic
teacher Sarah Zailon has been spending time educating her co-teachers on Arabic
and correct pronunciation of verses of the Qur’an during the fasting month.

KORONADAL CITY - Police arrested here seven men involved in illegal drug trade during a drug buy bust operation Monday.Arrested wereChristopher Manalang, Ronald Alvarez, Arnel Abregana, Carl Anthon Mangao, Mark Dela Cruz, Melvin del Rosario and Ernest John Mateo, all resident of Koronadal City.After confirming illegal activities of the suspects, the Koronadal City anti-drug abuse council and the local police conducted drug buy bust operation inBarangay Zone I, Koronadal City.

CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao –- Police authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have started covering their guns with masking tapes to prevent indiscriminate firing when the fasting month of Ramadan ends on Friday.Chief Supt.

KORONADAL CITY - A motorist was killed when his motorbike collided head-on with a Kia cargo truck in Barangay Bololma, Tupi, South Cotabato over the weekend.Killed was Allan Rock Fernandez, 23 of Barangay Lambayong, Tampakan, also in South Cotabato.Fernandez was driving his motorbike along the provincial road when hit an oncoming KIA truck which overshot from the concrete pavement and collided with the motorcycle.

COTABATO CITY -- Officials are optimistic of a peaceful closure to the controversial enforcement by the Marawi City government of a month-long Ramadan vacation in schools in total disregard of limitations set by the Local Government Code.Regional executives in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Monday said they intend to hold a dialogue on the issue with Mayor Fahad Salic of Marawi City.ARMM Gov.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -Authorities are looking at a deep-seated land conflict as behind the brutal slay of a couple and their 14-year old daughter in a village in Kabacan, North Cotabato, over the weekend. Chief Inspector Ronnie Cordero, chief of Kabacan Police, said it was likely that the victims knew their perpetrators or ‘close to them.’ Cordero said he has already hints as to who could be behind the killings of Roger Gracia, 47, his wife Milka, 49, and daughter Danny Anne, 14. He, however, refused to divulge their identities. The Gracias suffered gunshot wounds in the head.

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Gunmen shot dead Sunday a family of three in a remote village in North Cotabato, police said. Supt. Bernard Tayong, speaking for North Cotabato provincial police office, said the shooting occurred at past 7 a.m. in the house owned by Regor Garcia family inBarangay Aringay, Kabacan, North Cotabato.Tayong said Arnel K. Wagia, the Aringgay village chair, has requested police assistance as something unusual was happening in the Garcia home.