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KORONADAL CITY, Philippines โ The South Cotabato provincial government will receive a fresh โฑ200 million grant from Melco Resorts (Philippines) Foundation to expand hospital infrastructure in the province, officials announced following a coordination meeting in Manila on January 29, 2026. The funding, formalized under what provincial officials described as aContinue Reading
COTABATO, Philippines โ Hundreds of pregnant women and malnourished children received food assistance during a humanitarian mission conducted on Thursday, January 29, in the newly established municipality of Ligawasan in Cotabato province. Mayor Ismael Hashim Mama said 385 pregnant women and 107 malnourished children benefited from the relief operation ledContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ Upland communities in South Cotabato and nearby General Santos City have successfully grown nearly 45,000 forest and fruit trees over the past four years, a reforestation effort that environmental advocates say should be replicated across Central Mindanao. Environmentalists and religious leaders from Muslim and Christian groups inContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ Bangsamoro officials have slammed as โharassmentโ a petition for indirect contempt filed before the Supreme Court against 10 regional lawmakers over the delayed reapportionment of parliamentary districts following Suluโs exclusion from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The petition was filed by a lone complainant,Continue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ Close relatives of four suspected street-level drug pushers helped police carry out a series of entrapment operations that led to the suspectsโ arrest over three days in Cotabato City, authorities said Tuesday. The suspects โ Sa-Anudin Sirad Maramdacan, Abubakar Guilly Dipatuan, Fahad Dumamba Kusain, and Alfredo MaglasangContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ Business leaders and regional officials are increasingly pointing to Tawi-Tawi as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanaoโs (BARMM) โnew investment frontier,โ citing sustained peace, political stability, and its strategic proximity to Malaysia and Indonesia. Tawi-Tawi, an island province composed of 11 municipalities, lies at the southernmostContinue Reading
COTABATO PROVINCE, Philippines โ Malnourished Moro children in two predominantly Muslim communities received rice and other basic food supplies this week as part of a continuing humanitarian campaign led by a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament. Municipal officials from Datu Montawal in Maguindanao del Sur and Old Kaabacan in theContinue Reading
