COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/20 January) – Sixteen inmates bolted the city jail through the river behind it at midnight but one was arrested by village guards an hour later. Inmates from Cell 3 at the second floor of the building sawed off the iron bars of a window that could fit only one person and climbed [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – The ban on public utility vehicles (PUVs) with tinted windows is on. Starting Monday, January 17, the Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board will apprehend drivers of PUVs with tinted windows, “as a proactive and preventive measure” to avert criminal activities. Benjamin Go, regional director of the agency said the [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 December) – Army and police personnel in Sarangani province allegedly seized several rifle and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) in a raid Tuesday on a house owned by a suspected Moro rebel who had been charged in connection with the daring attack in Maasim town more than two years ago that left two [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/01 December) – Police authorities in Sarangani province have filed charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives Tuesday against four suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) who were arrested in a raid over the weekend in a remote village in Maitum town. Insp. Elvis Angay-angay, provincial officer of [...]

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/29 October)—Police in Southwestern Mindanao have strengthened security measures in preparation of next week’s observance of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, a top police official today said. Chief Supt. Gil C. Meneses, Southwestern Mindanao police director, said their intelligence unit is closely working with the military to prevent possible attacks. He [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 October) — Police assigned to the women and children’s desk should be more sensitive to the plight of women and children who seek their help, a police officer said on Monday. Police Supt. Anna Marie Baladad, chief of the community division of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), said policewomen are assigned [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 September) — Police officials in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao are optimistic over the region’s chances of landing among the top three best regional police units in the country after gaining improved ratings in the ongoing annual general inspection of various police units in the area. Chief Supt. Gil Meneses, acting [...]