Bomb plot in Cotabato foiled; 4 suspects nabbed
COTABATO CITY—Police recovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device from the house of the second batch of suspects of ...
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PNP arrests Mayor in Cotabato
Police have arrested Libungan, Cotabato Mayor Christopher Cuan. This was in an anti-drug raid conducted at about 2 am on ...
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Sox It To Me
When people ask me what I know of SOCCSKSARGEN, I can only think of two things: Tuna and Manny Pacquiao. ...
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Binay blames Aquino for Kidapawan killings
TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental—Opposition United Nationalist Alliance presidential candidate Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday held President Benigno Aquino III ...
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PNoy stays silent about kidapawan
ONE week after two farmers were killed in the violent dispersal of a protest in Kidapawan City, President Benigno Aquino ...
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Blockade lifted; Cotabato protesters given rice
KIDAPAWAN lifted their blockade Wednesday on a Methodist Church where protesting farmers had sought refuge after their protest was broken up violently ...
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3 dead as police fire on farmers
THREE farmers were killed and at least 53 others were injured when police seeking to break up a three-day protest ...
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Farmers refuse to lift blockade
SOME 6,000 starving farmers stood their ground on Day 2 of their human barricade of the Cotabato-Davao highway to demand ...
Read moreCotabato supermarket opening shows confidence, boosts jobs
COTABATO CITY—The opening of a supermarket chain in this city signals investors’ confidence and translates into more job opportunities for ...
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