Provincial News

Floods submerge 18 villages in Cotabato

COTABATO CITY, July 20 -- Eighteen of Cotabato City’s 37 villages have been underwater since Wednesday due to torrential rains affecting Soccsksargen Region and Maguindanao province, officials said Thursday. Mayor Cynthia Guiani...

NPA owns attacks in Surigao

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, July 20 -- Communist guerillas claimed responsibility over the series of attacks launched all in one day on Tuesday, July 18, in reaction to Pres. Rodrigo...

(UPDATE) Only 4 PSG personnel wounded in N. Cotabato clash

MANILA, July 19 -- Only four Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel were wounded in an encounter with suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Arakan town, North Cotabato Wednesday morning. This was...

2 Marines killed in Northern Palawan ambush

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, July 19 - Two Marines were killed in the northern Palawan town of Roxas in a broad daylight attack suspected to be carried out by the New People's...

ARMM to build more core shelters for poor

SIMUNUL, Tawi-Tawi, July 5 – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is building in the coming months another 50 core shelters for the poorest of the poor in this island...

Two beheaded cadavers recovered in Basilan

Two cadavers left by unkown perpetrators were found by members of the local community of Brgy Tumahubong, Sumisip, Basilan Province early today. The bodies, both decapitated, were identified as Hoang Thong and...

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