Published December 16, 2020, 11:43 AM
DAVAO CITY – Cotabato City officially joined the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Tuesday, December 15.
The turnover of the city came nearly two years when the residents of the city voted for its inclusion through a plebiscite held on January 21, 2019.
The ceremonial turnover was led by Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Eduardo Año and BARMM’s Interior and Local Government Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo.
The officials signed documents which transferred the supervision of the city and 63 villages in North Cotabato to the BARMM.
In a statement released by the Bureau of Public Information, the Bangsamoro Government said the said transfer includes the “properties and assets, and movable properties and records of the DILG Cotabato Field Office.”
SunStar Angeles police seize P1.4M worth of shabu
BUSTED. Anti-drug operatives of the Angeles City police conduct an inventory of the seized drugs. (Contributed photo)
+ December 12, 2020 ANGELES City police have confiscated P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Lourdes North West, Angeles City on Friday, December 11, 2020.
Police Colonel Rommel Batangan, city police director, said the illegal drugs were seized from high-value targets Lanilou Esguerra, 38, of Barangay Pandan; Mark Gerald Toledano, 26, of Pandan; and William Cortez, 39, of Pulung Cacutud.
The police director said the confiscated shabu weighed 207 grams and worth P1,407,600.
Police Major Daryl O. Gonzales and his team conducted the operation that resulted in the arrest of the three suspects.