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3 weeks ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Bong S. Sarmiento |Drema Quitayen Bravo |Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY—Hundreds of people stormed the newly opened KCC Mall of Cotabato on Wednesday as residents here and from nearby provinces are thrilled to experience a new way of shopping, dining and entertainment in the gigantic mall seen as a symbol of progress, growth and new opportunities for this city and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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1 month ago | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez |TIna Santos |Tina G. Santos
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — In a surprise development, President Marcos had appointed a new leader for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which is currently governed by a transition body called the Bangsamoro Transition Authority or BTA. On Sunday, word about the appointment of Maguindanao del Norte acting Gov. Abdulraof Macacua as BARMM’s Interim Chief Minister circulated on social media, with several personalities close to him offering congratulatory messages.
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1 month ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez |TIna Santos |Tina G. Santos
COTABATO CITY—In a surprise development, President Marcos had appointed a new leader for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which is currently governed by a transition body called the Bangsamoro Transition Authority or BTA. On Sunday, word about the appointment of Maguindanao del Norte acting Gov. Abdulraof Macacua as BARMM’s Interim Chief Minister circulated on social media, with several personalities close to him offering congratulatory messages.
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2 months ago | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez |Frances Mangosing
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Former Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Esmail Mangudadatu has donated a carabao to a woman farmer to replace the one she lost after it was hit by an aircraft that crashed on Feb. 6.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY – A college dean, his nephew, and a village health worker and her husband were killed in separate attacks by still unidentified gunmen in Sultan Kudarat province on Thursday. Diocesan priest Charlie Dorado Celeste, president of Notre Dame of Salaman College (NDSC) in Lebak town, Sultan Kudarat, posted on his social media page that Henry Acha Racho, 52, and his nephew, Erick James Moyet, were ambushed in Barangay Marigaeg of Kalamansig town.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) kicked-off its 2025 anti-drug operations with the confiscation of P3.4 million worth of shabu and the arrest of two drug suspects on Wednesday. PDEA-BARMMDirector Gil Cesario Castro said the buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 5 was carried out by personnel from the Cotabato City police, the Police Regional Special Enforcement Unit and Philippine Marines.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY —Several members of the erstwhile rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were ambushed in a busy intersection of this city in broad daylight on Wednesday, leaving one killed and four others injured. Captain Teofisto Ferrer Jr., police station 2 chief, said the incident happened around 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Sinsuat Avenue and Gov. Gutierrez Avenue.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — A highway mishap in Banga town, South Cotabato province Monday has left eight persons, including a 4-year-old girl, injured. The accident happened when a Suzuki mini-van and a motorbike collided at past 6 p.m. on Monday. Article continues after this advertisement Both vehicles went on fire after the collision, police said. Staff Sgt.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
PARANG, Maguindanao Del Norte – Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Rommel Francisco Marbil conferred a posthumous heroism award to the police intelligence officer killed by gunmen here on Sunday, December 1. Police Master Sergeant John Manuel Bongcawil, a decorated police officer, was about to board the family vehicle with his wife and two children when he was killed by two gunmen at the car park of the Cotabato City Mall around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY — A 10-wheeler truck lost its brakes and rammed into pedestrians, parked vehicles, and a house, killing seven people, including a kindergarten pupil walking toward the school in Barangay Malasila, Makilala town, Cotabato province around 7 a.m. on Thursday. Sonny Fontanilla, Makilala municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer, said responders retrieved seven bodies, including that of a person with a disability and a child.
