Anti-narcotic cop chased, killed by gunmen

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Gunmen shot dead a policeman assigned with the anti-narcotics unit after chasing him in North Cotabato’s Kabacan town, officials said Wednesday.

Bus bombed in Southern Philippines

KIDAPAWAN CITY - A powerful bomb explosion ripped through a passenger bus on Sunday and killed one civilian and injured at least 11 others in Tacurong City in the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat.

Pro-ISIS bomber captured in South

SECURITY FORCES captured a bomb-maker of the pro-ISIS group Dawlah Islamiya blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines, officials announced late Tuesday afternoon.

Cotabato governor, namahagi ng tulong

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Todo ang pasasalamat ng mga residente ng Makilala sa tulong na ipinamahagi ni Governor Nancy Catamco bilang suporta sa mga biktima ng nakaraang lindol na ngayon ay nanatili pa rin sa mga relocation sites sa kalagitnaan ng coronavirus pandemic.

Presyo ng palay sa North Cotabato bagsak!

NORTH COTABATO - Naglaan ng pondo ang provincial government ng North Cotabato upang makatulong mga magsasaka sa susunod na cropping season ng palay ngayong patuloy pa rin sa pagbaba ang presyo nito.

19 barangay apektado ng ASF sa North Cotabato

NORTH COTABATO - Umaabot na ngayon sa P10.7 milyon ang lugi sa industriya ng pagbababoy sa North Cotabato matapos na manalasa ang African Swine Fever o ASF sa ibat-ibang lugar sa lalawigan.

Babuyan sa North Cotabato, bagsak!

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Umaabot na sa mahigit sa P6 milyung ang lugi sa hog industry sa probinsiya ng North Cotabato dahil sa African Swine Fever o ASF, ayon kay Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Rufino Sorupia.

LSI ginahasa, suspek pinaghahanap!

NORTH COTABATO – Pormal ng sinampahan ng kaso ang isang rape suspek na gumahasa sa isang 15-anyos na dalagita na kabilang sa mga Locally Stranded Individual o LSI sa isolation facility ng Dolores sa bayan ng Antipas sa North Cotabato.

‘Face mask’ wedding, idinaos sa Kidapawan City

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Sa isang simple, pero makabuluhang seremonya sa loob ng makeshift venue sa harap ng Kidapawan City Hall, ikinasal ang siyam na couples sa kabila ng pandemya na dulot ng Covid-19.

North Cotabato transitional shelters, pinasalamatan

NORTH COTABATO – Mahigit sa tatlong dosenang karagdagang transitional shelters ang nai-turn over sa isang barangay sa bayan ng Tulunan dito na matinding tinamaan ng lindol noong nakaraang Oktubre, ayon kay North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmylou Mendoza.

Pabahay para sa T’boli, Blaan pinuri

NORTH COTABATO - Isang daang pamilya mula sa tribu ng T’boli at Blaan sa bayan ng Tulunan sa North Cotabato ang makikinabang sa pabahay ng pamahalaang Duterte, ayon sa National Housing Authority o NHA.

COTELCO assures consumers of efficient services

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (COTELCO) has renewed its assurance for a steady power supply and reminded consumers to turn off electric appliances when not in use.

NPAs continue to yield in North Cotabato

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Communist rebels continue to surrender peacefully heeding government’s call to return to the fold of the law and avail of the amnesty program of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.

5 men arrested for extortion in North Cotabato

NORTH COTABATO – Police arrested 5 people - who posed as media members and employees of the Games and Amusement Board – after they allegedly tried to extort money from a cockpit operator in North Cotabato’s Magpet town, officials said Monday.

Officials said the men also introduced themselves as media members from T-Radio Davao when they asked P25,000 from the cockpit operator. 

Pay taxes correctly, religiously: BIR

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue here urged business owners and tax payers to continue and correctly pay their obligations to the government as it intensify collections to help fund various infrastructure and health programs of President Duterte’s administration that largely benefit the Filipinos.

Revenue District Officer Eddie Castillo also praised and lauded businessmen and traders who religiously pay their taxes which resulted to a spike in revenue collections.

Dinukot na KAPA manager, 'pinatay' ngunit nabuhay!

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Milagrong nabuhay ang dinukot na manager ng Kabus Padatuon Ministry International Incorporated (KAPA Ministry) sa Alabel, Sarangani matapos itong pagsasaksakin ng mga di-kilalang lalaki sa gitna ng malawak na planstasyon ng pinya sa South Cotabato.

Iniwan ng mga suspek si Remely Iral, 42, sa akalang patay na ito, ngunit nagawa pa ng biktima na makahingi ng tulong - kahit pa may mga sugat ito sa katawan at naka-posas ang mga kamay - sa mga kabahayan sa Purok Bagong Silang sa Barangay Kablon sa bayan ng Polomolok kamakailan lamang. 

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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Dahil sa lindol, 3 lugar sa North Cotabato ‘No Dwelling Zone’ na!

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Tatlong lugar pa rin sa bayan ng Makilala sa North Cotabato – ang Barangay Bato, Cabilao at Luayon - ang ideneklarang “No Dwelling zone” at 24 na mga barangay pa rin ang hindi mabalikan ng mga residente dahil sa pagiging delikado bunsod ng nakaraang lindol.

Sinabi ni Municipal Administrator Sheryl Orbita na ililipat naman sa kanilang temporary shelter sa Barangay Luna Norte ang mga evacuees ng Barangay Bato na ngayon ay nasa Bulacanon Elementary School.

Maaari lamang makabalik ang mga residente sa kanilang barangay tuwing umaga upang makapaghanap-buhay ngunit kailangan din nilang bumalik tuwing hapon sa mga evacuation camps.

Sinimulan namang gawin ng pamahalaang ng Makilala at ng barangay council ang mga bagong daanan ng mga residenteng babalik sa Barangay Bato dahil natabunan ng makapal na lupa ang kanilang dating daanan papasok matapos na magkaroon ng landslide sanhi ng lindol.

Tatahakin ng naturang bagong daan ang Barangay Malabuan at bago makarating sa Barangay Luayon. Nabatid na sa ngayon ay 
pinagtutulungan ng maibalik ang mga nasirang imprastraktura sa mga apektadong barangay tulad ng tubig at kuryente. 

Ayon kay Barangay Chairman Solociano Manggi, maraming mga residente ang nais ng maka-uwi at manirahan sa kanilang lugar. (Rhoderick Beñez)


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Kidapawan PESO urges job seekers to attend free seminar

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Public Employment and Services Office here urged job seekers to attend its weekly pre-employment orientation seminar for them to be able to prepare for an interview, learn some tips, and what documents to bring when applying for a job, and to be fully aware of the employer’s information.

Herminia Infanta, head of PESO, said the seminar is being held every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the PESO in City Hall. Infanta said they will also hold a job fair and Diskwentro Caravan on the third week of May at the City Gymnasium where hundreds of jobs, both domestic and overseas, will be offered by various companies, both local and recruitment agencies.

The Diskwento Caravan, she said, aims to provide opportunity for consumers to buy basic goods, school supplies and prime commodities at discounted or reduced prices by the manufacturers and retailers. During the caravan, the Department of Trade and Industry will give at least 30% discount for all items, especially schools supplies, among other products.

The Diskwento Caravan Balik-Eskwela Edition also aims to provide and bring basic and prime commodities to the public in one venue. Products sold during the Balik-Eskwela Editions are food items, school supplies, uniforms, shoes, and other related merchandise.

The Diskwento Caravan Balik-Eskwela Edition is also in partnership with the local manufacturers, PESO, Department of Education and the local government of Kidapawan. (Rhoderick Beñez)

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BFP North Cotabato urges public to take precautions to avoid harmful fires

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in North Cotabato province has again reminded the public to take precautions to prevent potentially harmful fires and be educated about surviving them.

This after the BFP reported a total of 44 fires during the first quarter of this year with more than P88 million damages to properties and structures which is almost the same figure logged in their data base in the same period in 2018.

Much of the fire damages were from the Sugni Superstore that burned down in Kabacan town costing over P70 million, according to Fire Officer Samyr Mundas, adding, the other fire incidents were mostly from residential houses, educational building, grass fires, business, electrical post and vehicular incidents.

Mundas said the common cause of fire is electrical short circuit. Other causes were open flame, unattended fire and unknown causes or arson. He said the BFP has intensified its safety inspections on buildings and information drive. (Rhoderick Beñez)

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