DILG endorses plan to arm chiefs of remote barangays CEBU CITY - The Region 7 office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG 7) said yesterday it does not find any irregularity in a plan of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to provide M16 Armalite rifles to chiefs of barangays located in the city’s hinterlands.
Soldiers foil series of attacks by NPA rebels on AFP detachments, patrol base MONKAYO, Compostela Valley — New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas launched a series of attacks on an Army command post (CP) and detachments but failed to overrun their targets in three areas in Barangay Banlag, this town over the weekend, a regional Army spokesman reported yesterday.
Basketball player punched, now comatose KIDAPAWAN CITY – The summer invitational basketball tournament here was supposed to foster friendship and better cooperation among the towns in North Cotabato.
Intensity 3 earthquake rocks Caraga Region BUTUAN CITY - An Intensity 3 earthquake rocked Sunday night the four provinces and three cities in Caraga Region, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported.
