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2 Cotabato City chapel blast victims both well now

The two worshippers hurt in Sunday’s bombing of the Sto. Niño Chapel in Purok Bagong Silang in Barangay Rosary Heights, Cotabato City are now well, but the trauma it caused is something they have yet to overcome......»»

Category: newsSource: philstar philstarMay 22nd, 2024

Cotabato chapel blast ‘direct attack’ on religious freedom

The grenade attack at a Catholic chapel in Cotabato City was a “direct attack” on religious freedom and peaceful co-existence, Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Carlito Galvez Jr. said yesterday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 24

NEW DELHI -- Two people were killed and three others critically injured in a blast at a firecracker factory on Wednesday in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said. The blast took place in Virudhunagar district, about 519 km southwest of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. According to police, the victims were working in the factory and the injured were admitted to a local hospital. (India-Fire.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsJan 25th, 2024

Regional groups, BARMM officials condemn Cotabato City chapel bombing

Various sectors condemned Sunday’s grenade attack on a small Catholic chapel in a residential area in Cotabato City that hurt two worshipers and caused panic among villagers in houses nearby......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

WATCH: A packed mall chapel and a Valentine’s sermon on Ash Wednesday 2024

Rappler's Paterno Esmaquel II brings us to Landmark Chapel on Ash Wednesday to witness this unique dimension of Catholicism in the Philippines: religious worship in shopping malls.....»»

Category: newsSource:  rapplerRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

From the islands to the mainland, UBJP members flock to Cotabato City to show solidarity

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 19 February) – From the island to the mainland, Sherhan Isa endured the long, backbreaking travel from Jolo, Sulu to be in solidarity with the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), during its general assembly in Cotabato City on Saturday, February 17. […].....»»

Category: lifestyleSource:  abscbnRelated NewsFeb 20th, 2024

Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, March 10

ISLAMABAD -- Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning in a blast near a market in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, rescue service reported. The blast took place early in the morning on Nasir Bagh road near Board Bazaar, a local market in Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, resulting in casualties, Bilal Ahmad Faizi, public relations offic.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philippinetimesRelated NewsMar 10th, 2024

Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, March 10

ISLAMABAD -- Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning in a blast near a market in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, rescue service reported. The blast took place early in the morning on Nasir Bagh road near Board Bazaar, a local market in Peshawar, the capital city of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, resulting in casualties, Bilal Ahmad Faizi, public relations offic.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsMar 10th, 2024

Cotabato: Strong winds, heavy rains destroy 85 houses

COTABATO CITY — In Cotabato province, heavy rains and strong winds that battered Kabacan town amid excruciating heat on Maundy Thursday left 85 houses destroyed, the local disaster office said. Kabacan Mayor Evangeline Pascua-Guzman said four villages were hardest hit by the heavy downpour and what locals believed was mild tornado that started at about.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 30th, 2024

South Cotabato urges public to patronize MSMEs, buy local products

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 7 March) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has launched a convergence initiative to bring more growth and market opportunities for the province’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Tyronn Jan Villanueva, head of the South Cotabato Economic, Investment and Promotions Center (SCEIPC), said they have launched a series of […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  mindanewsRelated NewsMar 10th, 2024

North Cotabato authorities vow to end risky ‘waswas’ drag race

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) – Following the horrific illegal drag racing accident at a national highway that killed the rider and an innocent passerby, the provincial government of North Cotabato vowed to end the dangerous motorcycle race, locally called “waswas” and often involving the youth. Former Board Member Shirlyn “Neneng”  Macasarte, who represented the […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

About 20 dead in Thai fireworks factory blast; no survivors found

BANGKOK — A blast at a fireworks factory north of Bangkok on Wednesday claimed the lives of approximately 20 individuals, according to the police. Despite ongoing inspections by authorities, no survivors have been located at the site yet. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, which took place mid-afternoon in Suphan Buri province.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsJan 18th, 2024

FACT CHECK | South Cotabato did not declare March 11 a Muslim legal holiday

MindaNews fact-checked a memorandum circulating on Facebook and in Messenger group chats that South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. has declared March 11 a holiday in the province for the observance of Lailatul Isra wal Mi’raj. The memorandum is fake, Tamayo’s office notified the public. The provincial government of South Cotabato has not declared Monday, […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  mindanewsRelated NewsMar 10th, 2024

Policewoman, soldier-boyfriend busted in illegal firearms sale in Cotabato

A policewoman and her boyfriend, who is an Army corporal, both landed in jail after selling firearms to non-uniformed police agents in an entrapment operation in Pigcawayan town in Cotabato province on Saturday afternoon......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 7th, 2024

Probe continues to determine fault in Cotabato van-truck collision

Investigators are still trying to establish who between two drivers was at fault in Monday’s collision of a van and a dump truck that both burst into flames in an accident in Antipas, Cotabato that resulted in the death of 17 individuals......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 26th, 2024

K9 security ops in Cotabato Airport intensified

Policemen guarding the Cotabato Airport have been visibly using, for a week now, explosives and narcotics detection dogs in guarding the facility following the seizure of big volumes of shabu from traffickers in this city and in towns around in recent weeks......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024

Defunct ARMM ex-directorate staff dies in Cotabato ambush

A former senior official of a disaster and calamity response outfit of the now defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was killed in an ambush at a busy thoroughfare in Cotabato City on Sunday night......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024

Go aids Iloilo typhoon victims

Sen. Bong Go led a relief activity for victims of Typhoon Egay in Iloilo City as well as Zarraga and Pavia towns after attending the Dinagyang Festival on Sunday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 31st, 2024

South Cotabato governor to undergo angioplasty

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 February) – South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. is set to undergo coronary angioplasty on Monday, 5 February, in this city. Rudy Jimenea, provincial information officer, said that Tamayo was rushed to the St. Elizabeth Hospital in General Santos City on Friday due to chest pain. “He was promptly given […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  mindanewsRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2024

National agency, BARMM unite to upgrade Cotabato Airport

The Bangsamoro transportation and communications ministry and the national government’s Office for Transportation Security are together now in programs meant to modernize the Cotabato Airport......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 18th, 2024

Business boom expected in now Dawlah Islamiya-free South Cotabato

Officials are expecting a boom in businesses in South Cotabato in Region 12 as a result of the Philippine Army's having cleared the province from the presence of the Dawlah Islamiya terrorist group......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024