Troops overrun rebel camp

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The military in North Cotabato overran a suspected training camp of New People's Army (NPA) in Makilala, North Cotabatao after fighting with the communist rebels Thursday.

Armm poll watchdog holds voters' education forum

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A poll watchdog in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) has spearheaded the "Halalang Halal," a voters' education forum that aims to raise peoples' awareness on the automa

Rally vs Mt. Apo geothermal plants ‘politically-motivated’

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The rally staged since Monday by a group of natives in a village in this city against the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) was politically-motivated, a tribal chieftain in North

Lawyer denies Ampatuan in massacre planning

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The lawyer of former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (Armm) governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan has denied claims that his client was present when the plan to kill members of the Mangu

Grenade trap kills boy, injures father

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A 13-year-old boy died while his father was seriously injured when the boy stepped on a booby trap rigged to explode a grenade, police report said.

General, 8 others die in plane crash

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- All eight passengers, including a Philippine Air Force (PAF) general, and a civilian were charred to death after the Nomad aircraft carrying them crashed on a residential area in Cot

Representative denies allegation of professor oust

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A Cotabato representative has denied allegations that she was behind the termination of a highly-qualified teacher at a state university in Kabacan town.

Body to study private armies is ‘useless’

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The creation of a commission to study the existence of private armies in the country is useless and only a redundancy, a lawmaker from Bukidnon said.

Grenades lobbed near Ampatuan mansion

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Three shoulder-fire grenades were lobbed a few meters away from the mansion of former Maguindanao Governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao around 9 p.m.

13-hour brownout hits North Cotabato

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- At least 75 percent of the whole service areas of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) in North Cotabato province experienced brownouts that lasted for 13 hours on Thursday, starting 11 p.m.

Officials said it was not yet part of the rotating load curtailment imposed by the National Power Corporation (Napocor).