Cotabato aftershocks diminish but area remains ‘highly stressed’ – Phivolcs

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:30:00 +0000

THE number of aftershocks to the strong quakes in Cotabato has diminished, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Officer-in-Charge Renato U. Solidum, Jr. said. As of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, a total of 2,870 aftershocks had been recorded, with 1,304 plotted or located by instruments and 208 “felt” by people or with instrumental intensities since the […]

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3.9 quake jolts Cotabato

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 03:16:27 +0000

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit Cotabato anew on Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake was recorded 22 kilometers (km) west of Makilala at 8:19 a.m. It had a depth of 4 km and was tectonic in origin. Intensity 2 was felt in Kidapawan City. No major damage was […]

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2 teens hurt in Cotabato City shooting

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:05:18 +0000

Blasts rock Cotabato City anew

COTABATO CITY – Two teenagers were seriously wounded when an unidentified gunman shot them at Barangay Rosary Heights 13 here on Sunday night, (Aug 18), police said. Capt. Rustom Pastolero, Cotabato Police Station 2 chief, Identified the victims only as “Kim” and “Gerald,” both 16 years old and students. The two went to a roadside store […]

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Former UCCP pastor slain in Cotabato

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 06:02:39 +0000

GENERAL SANTOS CITY –– A former pastor of the protestant United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) was killed in Antipas, Cotabato Friday morning, police said. Police Lt. Joven Alisasis, Antipas police chief, identified the victim as Ernesto Estrella, 51, married, a resident of Davao City. Alisasis said Estrella was on his motorcycle going […]

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Cotabato teachers bail out colleague jailed for allegedly pinching student

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:50:59 +0000

KIDAPAWAN CITY –– Teachers in M’lang, Cotabato have contributed money and bailed out on Thursday, August 1, a colleague who was detained for allegedly imposing corporal punishment on a student. Gerlie Villagonzalo, a teacher in New Consolacion Elementary School in M’lang, was arrested on Wednesday at her house in Barangay Calunasan based on a warrant […]

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9 BIFF members killed in offensives along Cotabato-Maguindanao border

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:35:43 +0000

Nine members of the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have been killed during ongoing military strikes in the Cotabato-Maguindanao border.

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Airstrikes in Maguindanao-Cotabato border kill woman

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:20:27 +0000

A woman was killed while her husband and grandson were wounded as the military launched air and ground assaults on an area held by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) rebels in the border of Maguindanao and Cotabato provinces on Thursday.

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Classes suspended in 4 Cotabato towns due to heavy rains

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:27:22 +0000

Classes in at least three towns in Cotabato were canceled due to persistent rain, a provincial disaster official said on Tuesday.

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Palace condemns killing of Kidapawan radio station manager 

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 04:42:50 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) condemned Friday the killing of a radio station manager 

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