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24-hour intermittent brownout hits Cotabato province
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 18 2013 12:15 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – A power outage totaling 24 hours hit the area serviced by the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) starting 11 p.m. Thursday, with an official saying the… »
Piñol flips, files electoral protest in Cotabato
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 18 2013 10:48 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – Two days after conceding defeat to incumbent Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, former Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol filed a protest before the Provincial Board of Canvassers… »
2 MILF members hurt in clash with MNLF in NorthCot town
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 17 2013 11:16 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – Two members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were wounded after they engaged anew in a running gun battle with elements of the Moro… »
Brownouts back in NorthCot Friday
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 16 2013 3:00 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — With the elections over, North Cotabato will again experience power outages starting Friday, an official of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) said. Cotelco general manager… »
MNLF-NorthCot says it won’t snub polls
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 13 2013 1:43 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — A top official of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in North Cotabato has assured the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and other authorities the group… »
4 suspects carnap commuter van, rob passengers along Kidapawan-Kabacan highway
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 11 2013 5:41 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/11 May) — A commuter van plying the Kidapawan-Kabacan highway in North Cotabato was carnapped by four unidentified suspects while headed towards Amas complex here, at around 10:45… »
3 political supporters shot in M’lang
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 10 2013 7:18 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – Three persons, two of them confirmed supporters of a candidate for mayor in M’lang, North Cotabato, survived attempts on their lives Thursday, police said. Senior… »
Groups stage human barricades to demand power from EDC’s geothermal plants
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 9 2013 2:48 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Close to 1,000 protesters from at least 40 civil society groups in North Cotabato barricaded on Thursday the streets leading to the Mindanao sub-office of the… »
2 soldiers wounded in North Cotabato blast
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 3 2013 8:08 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/03 May)– Two soldiers were wounded when a bomb exploded along the highway in Magpet, North Cotabato at around 1:15 p.m. Friday, an hour before a local political… »
Hedcor to build 2 hydro power plants in Bukidnon
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 24 2013 7:40 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 23 April) – Local officials in the municipality of Impasug-ong in Bukidnon province and representatives of Hedcor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower Corporation, have signed on Monday… »
1 dies, 19 hurt in Tacurong road mishap
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 20 2013 7:12 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 April) — A church worker died while 19 other people were injured when their vehicle collided with another car while negotiating a curve along the highway in… »
ARMM Health Sec: cholera outbreak in Maguindanao town contained
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 18 2013 5:01 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – The cholera outbreak in a remote village in Parang, Maguindanao has a been contained, Dr. Kadil Sinolinding, health secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao… »
Focus on issues in covering polls, journalists told
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 15 2013 9:41 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 April) — Journalists covering the May 13, 2013 elections should focus on issues, campaign profiles and tactics of politicians to present better reports on the political exercise,… »
AboitizPower, Cotelco ink power supply deal
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 13 2013 9:40 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/13 April) –Aboitiz-owned Therma South, Inc. and the Cotabato Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Cotelco) forged Friday an energy supply agreement (ESA) for distribution to the P-Palma Area, which covers… »
Kidapawan women’s coalition wants priority power dispatch to Cotelco
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 11 2013 6:36 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (April 11/Thursday) – A coalition of at least 34 women’s organizations in North Cotabato has urged the Department of Energy (DoE) to dispatch to the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco)… »
Kidapawan prosecutors file illegal possession of firearms case vs. Rep. Catamco’s aide
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 11 2013 9:21 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 10 April) – The City Prosecution Office here has found probable cause to charge in court a staff of North Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco (2nd Dist.)… »
Van falls into ravine in Arakan; 14 hurt
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 8 2013 6:24 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/08 April) – Fourteen people, including the driver, were injured when a van plunged into a ravine in Arakan, North Cotabato on Sunday. The vehicle, a Suzuki van… »
Cotelco to buy genset to curb NorthCot’s power woes
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 6 2013 9:03 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/06 April) — To augment the power needs of North Cotabato, the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) is set to purchase a 5-megawatt generation set, “anytime soon”, an official… »
Fogging conducted for Kidapawan village with high dengue cases
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 2 2013 6:16 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/2 April)— Health authorities conducted fogging activities Monday at a village in this city with high cases of dengue fever, a health worker said. Luningning Alqueza, midwife of… »
NorthCot braces for longer blackouts lasting 7-10 hours
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 20 2013 10:04 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – Businessmen and power consumers in North Cotabato are again bracing for longer brownouts as one of the units of the privately-owned diesel-fired power plants… »
Retired NorthCot cop accused of killing Tsinoy yields, says he’s innocent
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 20 2013 10:01 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – After seven years in hiding, a policeman accused of killing in 2006 a Filipino-Chinese trader surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group… »
NPC says long brownouts in Mindanao to save power for May polls
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 16 2013 12:22 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 March) — The long brownouts experienced in parts of Mindanao since early March are reportedly meant to conserve energy for the May 13 polls, an official of… »
Civil society-led women’s coalition formed in Kidapawan
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 13 2013 5:39 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) – A civil society-led Local Council of Women (LCW) was formally organized in Kidapawan City after representatives from 36 women’s organizations held their first… »
7 villages in NorthCot town considered poll hotspots
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 8 2013 7:15 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 08 March) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed seven of the 29 villages in Tulunan, North Cotabato as poll hotspot areas allegedly due to the… »
Kidapawan to build stairway to Mt. Apo; Online petition launched against it
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 6 2013 8:48 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 March) – People who wish to reach the summit of Mt. Apo the easy way may soon get their wish with the plan of the city government… »
NorthCot accident: van ‘overtaking very fast’ in a blind curve
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 2 2013 10:38 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/02 March)—The death toll in the three-vehicle vehicle smash-up involving a speeding passenger van climbed to seven with 17 others injured, police said Saturday. Chief Insp. Jordine Maribojo,… »
6 dead, 10 hurt in 3-vehicle mishap in North Cotabato
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on March 2 2013 8:19 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/01 March) – Six persons died—five of them passengers of a pubic transport utility van—and 10 others were wounded in a three-vehicle collision along the highway in Pikit,… »
MILF panel chair Iqbal says task as TransCom chair a ‘big challenge’
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 26 2013 4:03 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 26 February) – Among the first tasks the Transition Commission (TransCom) on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro has to complete are the laying down of the… »
Illegal lumber seized in NorthCot
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 23 2013 1:06 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 22 February)—Police and environment officials in Makilala, North Cotabato seized a truckload of illegal lumber aboard a government-owned truck at around 11 p.m. Thursday. Walter Ruizo, Makilala… »
Foreign trip for USM prexy cools down protests
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 17 2013 12:26 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 February)—Classes disrupted by protests at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, North Cotabato are expected to resume Monday after its president was allowed to leave… »
971 couples exchange vows in Mindanao on Valentine’s Day
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 14 2013 7:28 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/14 February) – A total of 971 poor couples across eight cities in Mindanao who had been living together for years were married today in what was dubbed… »
13 cops hurt in clash with rallyists at University of Southern Mindanao
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 14 2013 8:00 am
KABACAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 13 Feb) – Thirteen cops, all assigned at the Cotabato Provincial Police Office (CPP0), were injured when they engaged in a scuffle rallyists outside the… »
Lumads get training on song composition, video production
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 11 2013 5:48 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 10 Feb) – Twenty-eight lumads, mostly from Southwestern Mindanao, are participating in a three-week training on song composition and video production that started Saturday at the… »
2 charged for Kabacan vice mayor’s murder
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 8 2013 6:44 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/7 February)—Police in North Cotabato filed Thursday murder complaints against two of the alleged killers of Kabacan Vice Mayor Policronio Dulay. Sr. Insp. Rodel Calo, head of the… »
3 arrested for poll gun ban violation in NorthCot
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 6 2013 11:02 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/6 February)– Three persons who claimed to be agents of a police unit operating in North Cotabato were arrested for violating the election gun ban at a checkpoint… »
Female trader hurt as gunmen riding-in-tandem strike again in Kabacan
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 4 2013 5:09 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/04 Feb) – Gunmen riding in tandem struck again in Kabacan, North Cotabato early Sunday morning, hitting a female store owner who is now recuperating in a hospital.… »
2 dead, 5 hurt in Cotabato road mishap
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 3 2013 6:24 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 2 February) – Two passengers died while five others were hurt when the jeep they were riding veered off the road and smashed into a big tree… »
Protesters continue to control NorthCot state university
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 1 2013 7:33 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanews / 31 Jan) – Members of the Multi-Stakeholders Movement for Peace, Truth, and Reforms continue to control the state-owned University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, North… »
Floods destroy P5M worth of crops in Kabacan
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 30 2013 6:10 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/29 January) – At least P5 million worth of crops were destroyed when flashfloods hit at least 10 villages in Kabacan town in North Cotabato last week, reports… »
5 soldiers injured in roadside blast in NorthCot
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 27 2013 7:25 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 26 Jan) – Five soldiers were wounded, two of them in critical condition, when a roadside bomb went off in a remote village in Makilala town… »
Maguindanao grenade attack hurts 2; teacher spared
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 24 2013 9:45 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 January)–A district school supervisor in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao was unhurt when a fragmentation grenade exploded inside her residential compound at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, a… »
Cops nab suspected thief in North Cotabato
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 24 2013 9:34 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 January)– Police arrested here an alleged notorious thief operating in North Cotabato at around 8 a.m. Thursday. Insp. Arniel Melocotones, Kidapawan deputy police chief, said 19-year old… »
Bounty for Kabacan vice mayor’s killers now P600,000
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 21 2013 9:57 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 21 January)– The bounty to arrest the killers of Vice Mayor Pol Dulay of Kabacan, North Cotabato is now P600,000. North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza said during… »
2 HS students suspects in killing of teacher–mayor
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 21 2013 5:13 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 21 January)—Authorities have identified two high school students as suspects in the killing of a 26-year old public school teacher in M’lang, North Cotabato, Mayor Joselito Pinol… »
Warring clans clash anew in Maguindanao
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 19 2013 6:55 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 18 January)– Residents from three villages in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao fled to safer zones after warring clans clashed anew in the Poblacion area at around… »
USM classes suspended due to protest rally inside campus
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 18 2013 12:27 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – Classes have been suspended until Friday at the state-run University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, North Cotabato after a rally staged by… »
Media groups express concern over threats on Kidapawan journalist
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 17 2013 6:35 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), in expressing concern about… »
USM classes suspended due to protest rally inside campus
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 17 2013 6:30 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – Classes have been suspended until Friday at the state-run University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, North Cotabato after a rally staged by… »
Bounty up for killers of Kabacan vice mayor
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 16 2013 6:35 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 January) – Local officials in Kabacan, North Cotabato have offered a cash reward for the capture of the killers of Vice Mayor Pol Dulay. In a resolution,… »
Politics eyed in murder of Kabacan vice mayor
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 13 2013 12:06 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 12 January)—Authorities are looking at politics as one of the motives in the killing on Friday of Vice Mayor Policronio Javier Dulay, 71, of Kabacan, North Cotabato.… »
