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COTABATO CITY - HULI sa ikinasang drug buy-bust operation ng Philippime Drug Enforcement Agency o PDEA-BARMM ang dalawang kalalakihan sa bahagi ng City proper Makir, Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinsuat Maguindanao del Norte kaninang hapon.

Kinilala ng mga operatiba ang dalawang nahuli na sina Nunnga Abtila alias longhair at Amir Usman alias Amier na pawang mga taga Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte.

Base sa ulat ng PDEA-BARMM nakuha mula sa kanila ang 5 medium size na pakete ng pinaghihinalaang shabu na may bigat na 250 grams at may kabuuang halaga na P1,700,000.

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company today announced a scheduled power service interruption by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines on Sunday, March 17, 2024.

The franchise-wide interruption will come from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

See below:

What: NOTICE OF NGCP POWER INTERRUPTION

When: Sunday, March 17, 2024 | 6:00 - 7:00 AM | 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Affected areas: Whole Cotabato Light Franchise

Bangsamoro Mufti Abdulrauf A. Guialani of the Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta' has announced that the crescent moon, marking the beginning of Ramadhan, has not been sighted.

Therefore, fasting for the Holy Month of Ramadhan 1445H / 2024 will begin on Tuesday, March 12.

MANILA -- Military Ordinariate of the Philippines Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio on Saturday said he does not support the decision of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to allow civilians to own semi-automatic rifles. 

“Personally, I would not want to have our civilians be allowed to possess semi-automatic rifles or any rifles for that matter," he said in an interview over Church-run Radyo Veritas. 

"We are a poor country. Why will we need those guns? Give them to authorities. If civilians are allowed to have guns, it might cause another big problem," added Florencio. 

COTABATO CITY - Anti-narcotics agents and officials of the Bangsamoro government arrested a drug den operator who is a teacher and his two accomplices in a joint operation inside the 32-hectare regional capitol here on Saturday afternoon.

The 63-year-old drug den operator Wajid Ibrahim Galib, who is a teacher and a known member of the LGBTQ community, and his two cohorts, John Lloyd Fernandez Compaña, 23, and the 25-year-old Ridzwan Ismael Abdulgani, are now in the custody of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

COTABATO CITY - INANUNSYO ni Cotabato City Mayor Bruce Matabalo na magbibigay ang city government ng kalahating milyong piso sa sinumang makapagtuturo sa pumatay kay Jose Raymond “Choco” Marquez.

Ginawa ni Matabalao ang alok kasabay ng necrological service ng City LGU para kay Marquez sa city hall bago ang kanyang libing kahapon.

Si Marquez ay operations officer ng Cotabato City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO)

COTABATO CITY - The Cotabato Light and Power Company today announced that the scheduled power service interruption from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has been cancelled.

COTABATO CITY - Relatives and friends of the slain operations chief of the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Jose Raymond Marquez, are certain his death in the hands of gunmen has nothing to do with his work.

His cousins and other relatives and even his siblings abroad had told selected reporters that it was something related to his personal life and that his killers could be hired by someone harboring a grudge against him.

What: NOTICE OF National Grid Corporation of the Philippines POWER INTERRUPTION

When: Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 7:30 - 8:30 AM | 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Affected areas: Whole Cotabato Light Franchise

Reason: Transferring of Cotabato Light loads from Sultan Kudarat Substation to Tacurong Substation due to the following:

1. GOMP Shutdown along the Kibawe - Sultan Kudarat 138kV line to facilitate repair activities.

"We apologize for the inconvenience which is beyond Cotabato Light's control."

COTABATO CITY - Dead on arrival sa ospital ang Chief Of Operations ng Cotabato City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office na si Jose Raymond Marquez, 42 years old at residente ng syudad matapos na siya ay barilin sa Gen. Luna Street corner Sinsuat Avenue kagabi.

Sakay motorsiklo ang biktima nang pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilalang salarin.

Natagpuang nakahandusay sa tapat ng Petron Gas Station sa bahagi ng Gen. Luna Street, Malibacao, Barangay Rosary Heights 4 ng lungsod.