Kristine triggers flash floods in Central Mindanao

Edwin Fernandez 10/22/2024

COTABATO CITY — The torrential rains spawned by Tropical Storm Kristine over the past two days have triggered flashfloods in several areas in the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, and Sultan Kudarat, affecting thousands of…

Cotabato: Strong winds, heavy rains destroy 85 houses

Edwin Fernandez 03/30/2024

COTABATO CITY — In Cotabato province, heavy rains and strong winds that battered Kabacan town amid excruciating heat on Maundy Thursday left 85 houses destroyed, the local disaster office said. Kabacan Mayor Evangeline Pascua-Guzman said four villages…

Ramadan: Muslims start 30-day fasting

Edwin Fernandez, Taher Solaiman 03/13/2024

COTABATO CITY—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) here celebrates the holy month of Ramadan, as its compound is beautifully lit up as practiced starting Tuesday evening. In Marawi City, the Mindanao State University added to…

Deluge of sardines delights, worries Sarangani folk

Edwin Fernandez 01/09/2024

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Philippines — Residents of a coastal village in Maasim town of Sarangani province described the deluge of sardines along some 2- to 4-kilometer stretch of shoreline in the area a “blessing from above”…

Courtship of Philippine eagle pair captured on film

Edwin Fernandez 11/15/2023

COTABATO CITY—Government wildlife conservationists documented last week the courtship of a pair of the national bird in the Cotabato province side of Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak. Shirley Uy, protected area superintendent of the Mt. Apo…

Army uses truck-mounted howitzers vs IS terrorists in Maguindanao

Edwin Fernandez 03/26/2023

MIDSAYAP, Cotabato, Philippines – For the first time after being deployed in central Mindanao in October last year, the 155-mm Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzers Systems (ATMOS) of the Army saw action in the pursuit of Islamic State-linked terrorists in…

Cotabato cops hold priest over cargo of dead Christ

Edwin Fernandez 03/22/2023

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines — A Catholic priest transporting an image of the dead Christ (Santo Entierro) from Digos City in Davao del Sur on Monday was held at a checkpoint in Kidapawan City after…

Poll exec, school principal survive Maguindanao attacks

Edwin Fernandez 05/31/2022

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines – A school principal and an election officer, both women, survived separate ambuscades on Monday in Maguindanao, police said. In Barangay Malangit in Pandag, Baimhon Ambalgan, a Tacurong City resident and the principal of…

3 passengers hurt in Maguindanao bus explosion

Edwin Fernandez 04/24/2022

PARANG, MAGUINDANAO – Three passenger were injured when an improvised bomb went off inside a Rural Tours bus parked along the roadside here on its way to Dipolog City. Lt. Colonel Joseph D. Macatangay, Parang town police…

13 killed, 7 hurt in 5-hour Maguindanao shootout

Edwin Fernandez, Jeoffrey Maitem 01/24/2021

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines — At least 13 people were killed while seven others were wounded in a five-hour gunfight in Maguindanao that ensued after security forces tried to arrest in Sultan Kudarat town on Saturday members…

Another man on Duterte narcolist gunned down

Edwin Fernandez, Jeoffrey Maitem 01/12/2021

LIBUNGAN, Cotabato, Philippines – It was not the first time that unidentified gunmen made an attempt on his life. Barely two years ago, on January 7, 2019, Libungan Mayor Christopher “Amping” Cuan was inside town hall here…

School officials grapple with shock, grief over death of boy linked to learning module difficulties

Edwin Fernandez 10/09/2020

KORONADAL CITY—Education officials here expressed shock and grief over the death of a Grade 11 student in Tupi town, South Cotabato, who committed suicide after days of wrestling with his learning modules which he had difficulty answering.…

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