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COTABATO CITY — Regional officials on Thursday condemned the election-related killings in Cotabato City and in nearby Kapatagan, Lanao del Sur and vowed to cooperate in putting closure to each of the deadly incidents.
COTABATO CITY — Three were killed, two of them candidates for barangay councilor, while two others were badly hurt when gunmen attacked them while setting up campaign posters in a residential area in Cotabato on Monday night.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Residents in southern towns, embroiled in fierce competition among candidates for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan positions, welcomed the arrival of soldiers from Luzon and Visayas on Friday to help ensure election security.
COTABATO CITY — A known supporter of three local terrorist groups who is wanted for 14 high-profile criminal cases eluded a police team out to arrest him before dawn Friday, but his two companions were not as lucky.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Unknown to most Filipinos, white sand beach resorts in all four corners of Sulu are operating round-the-clock for two years now and that the province was declared “Abu Sayyaf free” by a provincial peace and security coordinating group last month.
COTABATO CITY — A police team seized an M16 assault rifle from two alleged gunrunners long under surveillance for illegal peddling of firearms both entrapped in a Barangay Rosary Heights 1, Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — An alleged drug dealer who is wanted for illegal possession of firearms and murder was killed while nine members of the police’s elite Special Action Force were hurt in a clash before dawn Friday in Panamao town in Sulu.
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte — Officials in Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday unveiled a peculiar peace monument, one fashioned from parts of 3,000 assault rifles and rocket launchers surrendered by enemies of state in recent months.