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Hundreds flee from Army-NPA clash in NoCot

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- About 325 individuals have fled to safer grounds after government forces and communist rebels clashed in a remote village of Makilala, North Cotabato on Tuesday. Lt. Colonel Rhojun Rosales,...

Over 600 residents flee as troops, NPA rebels clash in SoCot

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Around 650 residents from three remote communities in T’boli, South Cotabato have evacuated following an encounter on Tuesday between government troops and suspected New People’s Army (NPA)...

Suspect in 2007 Kidapawan City bombing nabbed

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A man believed to be behind the bombing here in 2007 was arrested by police and military personnel in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato. Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesman,...

Maguindanao cops closely watching 119 ‘hot spot’ villages

BULUAN, Maguindanao – Police, military, and election authorities in Maguindanao are closely watching 119 of the 508 villages in the province for possible violence during the May 14 Barangay and Sangguniang...

Navy men honored for seized P67-M smuggled rice shipment

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (Navforwem) has honored the sailors who foiled the smuggling of PHP67-million worth of rice in the region last month. The awardee-sailors, who are assigned...

Marcos asks PET to speed up VP poll recount

MANILA -- Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to speed up the recount on his electoral protest against...

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