Flooding strands students in Cotabato town

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:35:05 +0000

Students and residents wait out for the floodwater to subside after a downpour caused the river to swell-up and flooded Barangay Alibayon, Magpet, Cotabato on June 14, 2019. Photo by Williamor A. Magbanua

KIDAPAWAN CITY –– Hundreds of elementary and high school students in Barangay Alibayon, Magpet, Cotabato were stranded for more than two hours on Friday afternoon following a heavy downpour that caused the river crossing the village to swell, a school official said.

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Cop dies, 7 hurt in North Cotabato roadside bombing

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:47:00 +0000

Cop dies, 7 hurt in North Cotabato roadside bombing

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines – A police officer was killed while at least seven others were wounded in a roadside bombing believed perpetrated by communist New People’s Army rebels at early Monday evening. The North Cotabato Police Office said two patrol cars with members of the North Cotabto Mobile Force Company were manning a checkpoint when a […]

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