6 die of heat stroke in Cotabato village

Williamor Magbanua 04/14/2024

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Rising temperature in Cotabato province has led to the deaths of at least six residents of a remote village in Makilala town, due to heat stroke, reports from village officials showed. The victims were…

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…

Antipas tragedy: 17 die in Cotabato road accident

Drema Quitayen Bravo - @inquirerdotnet 03/25/2024

KIDAPAWAN CITY –(UPDATED, March 26, 2024)  At least 17 individuals died in a road accident in Cotabato involving a passenger van and a dump truck. The accident occurred along the national highway in Purok 2, Barangay Luhong, Antipas…

Cotabato town placed under state of calamity due to flooding

Williamor A. Magbanua 06/27/2023

KIDAPAWAN CITY — The local government has placed Kabacan town in Cotabato province under a state of calamity as 10 of its 24 villages were flooded after the Kabacan river swelled due to torrential rains last week. Vice…

Cotabato cop arrested for abusing live-in partner

Faith Argosino 04/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A police officer was arrested in the province of Cotabato after a video of him “mauling and physically maltreating” his live-in partner went viral early this week. In a report issued Wednesday, police said…

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…

‘Coffinasal’: Man turns casket into BBQ grill in North Cotabato

Ves Garcia - @inquirerdotnet 03/05/2023

A man from North Cotabato who skillfully transformed a casket into a one-of-a-kind barbecue grill recently went viral on social media for his clever creation. Last Feb. 27, Vincent Levi Bayona Doletin, who runs a funeral home business in Pigcawayan town,…

Another gun attack kills Cotabato student

Edwin O. Fernandez - @inquirerdotnet 02/16/2023

PIKIT, Cotabato, Philippines —The municipal government here on Wednesday ordered a three-day suspension of classes at all levels here following the shooting of three high school students on their way home on Monday, the latest in a…

Defending our environmental defenders

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 09/17/2021

On Aug. 23, 2020, Bae Merlin Ansabu Celis, a lumad Manobo leader, was brutally murdered in Magpet, Cotabato. “Four unknown men shot her, slashed her throat, and removed her eyes with a machete,” per one report. Celis…

Military plane carrying 85 people crashes in Jolo–AFP chief

Agence France Presse 07/04/2021

COTABATO,  Philippines — A military plane carrying at least 85 people “missed the runway” and crashed in the restive southern Philippines on Sunday, the armed forces chief said. So far 40 people have been rescued from the…

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…

Duterte peace adviser calls for restraint after killing of 9 in Cotabato gun attack

Frances Mangosing - Reporter / @FMangosingINQ 08/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines—Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. called for sobriety and restraint on Monday (Aug. 31), in the wake of the killing of nine civilians in a gun attack in Kabacan, Cotabato over the weekend. Unidentified gunmen…

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