21 people, 9 of them soldiers, hurt in Maguindanao, Cotabato blasts

Jeoffrey Maitem 12/22/2019

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines — Twenty-one people, nine of them soldiers, were wounded in a series of explosions that rocked Cotabato City and the neighboring Libungan town in Cotabato province on Sunday as people were busying themselves…

Child dead, 18 hurt in magnitude 6.9 quake in Davao del Sur

12/16/2019

Updated @ 12:54 a.m., Dec. 16, 2019 A strong earthquake rocked Davao del Sur and surrounding provinces on Sunday afternoon, the strongest after a series of quakes that shook roughly the same area in Mindanao in October.…

5 persons killed by 6.3 magnitude quake in Mindanao

10/17/2019

DAVAO CITY –– The 6.3-magnitude quake that jolted Mindanao Wednesday night has killed five people, three of them children, in Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur; Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao, and Mlang town in Cotabato province.…

Former MILF strongholds to be transformed into thriving communities

08/31/2019

COTABATO CITY—After a monthlong training, 219 former fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are returning home as newly minted peacekeepers. They will form part of the Joint Peace and Security Teams (JPST) to help secure…

Hopes high for Marawi residents’ return soon

08/24/2019

MARAWI CITY—Amid the destruction of this city’s main urban and business district from a five-month war in 2017, displaced residents mustered hope they would be returning soon. On Monday, they joined employees of the local government, national…

For fighting off a sexual assault, 2 Davao Sur girls stabbed; 1 killed

08/21/2019

MAGSAYSAY, Davao del Sur –– A teenaged girl is still in critical condition at the Davao del Sur provincial hospital in Digos City after being stabbed early Monday morning in an incident that killed her classmate. According…

Jolo cathedral reopens 6 months after bombing

07/19/2019

ZAMBOANGA CITY—“It’s as if there is an experience of Easter where the body of Jesus has gone back to life.” This was how Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Archdiocese of Ozamis described the reopening of the Jolo…

Man with P1M donation to Kapa dies of heart attack

06/19/2019

KORONADAL CITY – A 76-year-old man from Polomolok, South Cotabato suffered a heart attack and died after learning that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of Kapa-Community Ministry International Inc. (Kapa). Ambrose Alojado, a public elementary school…

NBI raids Kapa founder’s house, offices in GenSan, Davao del Norte

06/11/2019

DIGOS CITY, Philippines — Authorities raided the house of the founder of Kabus Padatoon (Kapa) Ministry International in General Santos City, following President Duterte’s order on Saturday to close the firm and arrest its top officials. READ:…

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