2 wounded in Philippine chapel attack

COTABATO CITY - Two Catholic worshippers were wounded on Sunday morning after an unidentified man tossed a grenade at a chapel in the restive southern Philippine city of Cotabato.

3 dead as violence erupts in Cotabato ahead of Barangay, SK polls

COTABATO CITY - At least three people were killed, scores wounded, and a dozen individuals were taken by police after violence between two political aspirants erupted Monday night in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato, authorities said Tuesday in the latest pre-election-related violence incidents across the country.

Islamic preacher shot dead in Southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY - Police mounted an investigation into the killing of an Islamic preacher who was gunned down by a lone attacker in the southern Filipino city of Cotabato.

BTA lawmakers push for the creation of a Bangsamoro Convention Center

COTABATO CITY – A Bangsamoro Convention Center will be established in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte, if Parliament Bill No. 144 is approved, to serve as a venue for local and international conventions, meetings, fairs, and social events in the region.

Police foil two bombings in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY – Police disarmed early Thursday two improvised explosives planted at a bus depot in Cotabato City in the southern Philippines where previous bombings had been largely blamed to pro-ISIS militants are actively operating. 

Healthcare workers get incentives

COTABATO CITY - Barangay healthcare workers in Cotabato City received cash incentives from the Office of Member of the Parliament Rasul Ismael as a way of motivating and rewarding them for their hard work.

Gunmen raid Cotabato village

COTABATO CITY – Gunmen raided a village in southern Philippines and killed two people and injured at least five others before escaping under cover of darkness.

Cotabato City backs proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code

COTABATO CITY – Following the recent public consultations here, majority of residents declared their full support for the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code with Cotabato City Vice Mayor Johari Abu saying the BTA Bill No. 29 exemplifies moral governance, democracy, equal political involvement, and representation.

BARMM official shot dead

COTABATO CITY - Motorcycle gunmen shot dead the chief of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in a dating attack in the southern city of Cotabato.

Terror leader, wife killed in firefight in Southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY - Philippine police killed a senior leader of the local affiliate of the Islamic State extremist group and his wife following an alleged gunfight in this southern city, officials said Monday.

Cotabato City chief security officer killed

COTABATO – Unidentified gunmen shot dead Cotabato City’s chief public officer and wounded his police escort in a dating attack Friday morning.

Blast rips through bus in South

COTABATO CITY – An explosion ripped through a provincial bus while parked at a terminal in Cotabato City in southern Philippines.

COMELEC preparing for 2022 BARMM polls

THE COMMISSION on Elections (COMELEC) said it is not “jumping the gun” and still pushing through with the preparations for the 2022 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections despite on-going discussions of its postponement in Congress.

Maundy Thursday blast injures 2 in Cotabato City

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Two persons were reported wounded in a blast near a police station in Cotabato City in the restive southern Philippine region of Mindanao. 

63 barangay sa Cotabato, nasa ilalim ng ng BARMM

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Suportado ni North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco ang desisyon ng pamahalaang Duterte na tuparin ang kahilingan ng Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) na ipaubaya na sa Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Ministry of Interior and Local Government (BARMM-MILG) ang 63 barangays sa lalawigan, kabilang na ang Cotabato City.

Police hold Saudi man on alleged terror links

POLICE ARE holding a Saudi national accused o being a member of the Islamic State operating in East Asia.

2 terrorists slain in clashes

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3 patay sa pamamaril sa Cotabato

HINDI NA umabot ng buhay sa pagamutan ang 3 lalaki, isa sa kanila ay barangay kagawad ng Cotabato City matapos silang pagbabarilin ng mga di-kilalang armado.

Napatay ng 2 lalaki si Barangay Kagawad Nasser Guimba ng Rosary Heights 11 at batay sa ulat ng Cotabato City Police Office, naganap ang pamamaril sa labas mismo ng barangay hall.

LBC Express binatikos!

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Umani ng matinding batikos ang courier company na LBC Express matapos na maantala ng husto ang mga cargo at parcels na ipinadala ng mga customers nito sa ibat-ibang lugar.

Isang customer ang nag-reklamo sa pahayagang Mindanao Examiner at sinabing inabot ng halos isang buwan bago dumating sa Zamboanga Strada pickup truck steel bumper na kanyang na binili sa Maynila noong Nobyembre 22.

Ilang beses umano nitong tinawagan ang LBC Express upang mag-reklamo subali’t pulos pangako lamang ang naging tugon ng mga empleyado. Hindi rin ma-access ang website ng LBC Express sa hindi mabatid na kadahilanan.

Maraming mga customers rin ang may tulad na problema sa LBC Express at dismayado sa serbisyo ng courier company. 

Inamin rin ng pahayagang Mindanao Examiner na maging ito ay naging biktima rin sa mabagal at palpak na serbisyo ng LBC Express. 

Isinalaysay nito na inabot ng mahigit sa 1 linggo ang ipinadalang mga pahayagan sa kanilang Kidapawan City Bureau at ang nag-turuan pa ang empleyado ng LBC Express sa Kidapawan at Cotabato City kung sino ang may sala.

Nabatid na maraming mga readers ng Mindanao Examiner ang pabalik-balik sa mga dealers, Ngunit bigong makabili ng pahayagan dahil hindi ito dumating sa takdang oras. Ganito rin ang sinapit ng kanilang Davao City Bureau at dahil sa naturang kapalpakan ay malaking halaga ng mga advertisements ang sinasabing nawala sa Mindanao Examiner.

Idinahilan ng LBC Express ang maraming cargo nitong nakaraang Disyembre kung kaya’t naantala ang mga cargo at parcels nito.

Na-eskandalo na rin ang LBC Express noong 2011 matapos na diumano’y magsara ang LBC Bank dahil sa hindi pagbabayad nito ng utang. 

Matatandaang sinabi ni Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. sa balitang inilabas ng ABS-CBN (https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/13/11/lbc-express-caused-banks-fall) na ang “LBC Express Inc. regularly accepted money-transfer transactions from millions of customers in the country and abroad but never bothered to settle the advances.”

Sinabi nito na ang “LBC Bank extended billions of pesos in cash advances to LBC Express for several years as part of its role as payout agent. Each time a customer remitted money to beneficiaries through one of the many offices of LBC Express in the Philippines, and abroad, LBC Bank advanced the money to the beneficiary, effectively extending the affiliate another credit. The problem is the credits were never settled. And because LBC Express failed to settle what it owed the bank, the steady buildup of cash advances became unmanageable and eventually too large that it broke the bank. The constant need to make cash advances slowly eroded the bank’s capital. Eventually, the capital deficiency resulted in the bank posting a negative capital account.” 

Ayon sa Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC), ang LBC Bank ay may accumulated deposit liabilities na umabot sa P6.09 bilyon at assets na P5.5 bilyon lamang. Sinabi rin ng PDIC na: “The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation filed with the Department of Justice charges of syndicated estafa against 11 former Directors, officers and employees of the closed LBC Development Bank (LBC Bank) as well as two employees of LBC Development Corporation, an LBC Affiliate that is also a stockholder of LBC Bank, for misappropriating P60 million in LBC Bank's funds generated from the public by way of deposits.”

“Respondents were likewise charged with falsification of commercial documents under Article 172 of the Revised Penal Code, and for conducting business in an unsafe and unsound manner in violation of Republic Act 3591, as amended or the PDIC Charter. LBC Bank is a 20-unit thrift bank ordered closed by the Monetary Board and placed under receivership by the PDIC on September 9, 2011.” (Zamboanga Post, Mindanao Examiner)

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Parak, nilikida sa Cotabato City

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Patay na nang makarating sa ospital ang isang bagitong pulis habang sugatan naman ang kasamahan nito makaraang sundan habang naka-motorsiklo at saka niratrat ng mga armado sa Barangay Rosary Heights 10 sa Cotabato City nitong Linggo ng gabi lamang.

Kinilala ang nasawing biktima na si PO1 Ali Bago Mama, may asawa at taga-Barangay Sinulakay sa bayan ng President Quirino sa Sultan Kudarat. Sugatan naman si PO1 Jolace Alim Guiamad, 26, at taga -Datu Paglas, Maguindanao.

Ang mga biktima ay parehong naka-destino sa Cotabato Mobile Force Company ng lungsod. Batay sa inisyal na imbestigasyon ng pulisya, pasado alas-6:00 ng gabi ng maganap ang pamamaril.

Sinundan umano ng mga armadong nakasakay sa motorsiklo ang mga biktima at mabilis silang dinikitan at pinaputukan.

Nagtamo ng maraming tama ng bala sa katawan ang mga biktima dahilan upang masawi si PO1 Mama habang nasa maselang kondisyon naman si si PO1 Guiamad.

Inaalam pa ng mga otoridad ang mga posibleng motibo sa pamamaril sa dalawa at kung sino ang nasa likod ng naturang krimen. (Rhoderick Beñez)

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