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  Cotabato City - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Cotabato City is found within the boundaries of Maguindanao, but is independent of that province.
Cotabato City is distinct from and should not be confused with the province of Cotabato.
Cotabato is approximately 698.9 nautical miles from Manila, the country's capital, and is bounded by the municipalities of Sultan Kudarat to the north—with Rio Grande de Mindanao separating the two—Kabuntalan to the east, and Datu Odin Sinsuat to the south.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Cotabato_City   (147 words)

  
 Cotabato, Philippines, Pictures
Cotabato, chartered city in the southern Philippines, on southwestern Mindanao Island, in northern Maguindanao Province.
Cotabato is the main commercial center of southwestern Mindanao Island, but its swampy delta and remoteness have kept it from achieving the commercial importance of other cities on Mindanao, such as Davao and Zamboanga.
The city's population is diverse ethnically and reflects the in-migration of Catholic Filipinos from the north to this once Muslim-dominated area.
www.greatestcities.com /Asia/Philippines/Cotabato_city.htm   (391 words)

  
 Cotabato province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cotabato, formerly North Cotabato, is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao.
Its capital is Kidapawan City and borders Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon to the north, Davao del Sur and Davao City, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and Maguindanao to the west.
Cotabato is subdivided into 17 municipalities and 1 city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cotabato_province   (84 words)

  
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COTABATO CITY — The increasing number of crime incidents in this city has prompted a member of the city’s legislative council to ask for the deployment of additional Army troopers to crime-prone areas here.
Ajijul Taraji, city police director, said the problem in the city does not lie in the number of policemen securing the area.
Saiben Akmad, operations chief of the Cotabato City Police Office, said that crime incidents from July 2002 to June 2003 was recorded at 335 as compared to 149 crime incidents recorded from July 2003 to June 2004.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/07/28/PROV2004072815019.html   (459 words)

  
 Transfer of Cotabato City ... - May 31, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY -- Supporters of reelectionist Mayor Muslimin Sema and other Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party candidates here have opposed the transfer of the canvassing of local votes from a military camp here to Manila.
Three election officials had been named to chair the Cotabato City board of canvassers but all were subsequently relieved by Comelec Chair Benjamin Abalos.
A source in Juliano's camp said the KNP suspected Bedol of being biased against her, thus the request for the transfer of the canvassing process to Manila.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/may/31/text/nat_7-1-p.htm   (475 words)

  
 News Summaries on Selected Topics, Mindanao Conflict, August 2001
Cotabato is the temporary seat of ARMM and at the same time the administrative capital of Central Mindanao.
COTABATO CITY MAYOR REPLACES MISUARI AS SPCPD CHAIR: PALACE INQ7.net, August 11, 2001 Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema is the new chairman of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD), according to a statement Malacañang issued on Saturday.
MNLF secretary general and Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, a member of the MNLF council of 15 which toppled Misuari who was then named chairman emeritus, said the general framework for unity was signed in Malaysia with Najib Tun Razak, Malaysia’s defense minister, as a witness.
www.philsol.nl /news/01/MindaWar15-aug01.htm   (8514 words)

  
 ummahnews.com || Original Accurate News for the Ummah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Four days ago, four members of two prominent families in Maguindanao and Cotabato City, the Ampatuans and Adalins, were killed in a shootout during a live show at a club at the Pacific Heights hotel in Cotabato City.
Two Army units -- the Anti-crime Task Group Cotabato and Anti-kidnapping Task Force Tugis -- both under the supervision of the Army's 6th Infantry Division, are also deployed in the city to help the police maintain peace and order in the ARMM but were prevented from operating inside the city by some quarters.
Cotabato City, the headquarters of the ARMM, is not part of the ARMM.
www.ummahnews.com /viewarticle.php?sid=736   (474 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | METRO > 1 hurt in blast at ARMM complex in Cotabato City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY—A powerful homemade bomb exploded in a compound housing offices of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in this city, wounding one person, police said Saturday.
City police chief Ajijul Taradji said the bomb was apparently planted in a jeep that entered the compound of the ARMM.
The ARMM consists of four mostly Muslim provinces and a city in the southern island of Mindanao, the scene of a decades-old Muslim separatist rebellion.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/oct/03/yehey/metro/20041003met4.html   (401 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / South Philippine Island Booms on Peace Hopes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - It would not be news elsewhere in the Philippines, but Cotabato City is preparing for the opening of its first multilevel shopping mall, and that's a big deal.
The city is the main commercial and financial hub of the majority Muslim area in southern Mindanao island, where rebels have been fighting for more than three decades to carve out an independent Islamic state.
Vehicles clog the city's streets, hotels and restaurants are overbooked, and more people are going out and staying up late as a vibrant economy enjoys relative peace and stability since fighting subsided in the middle of last year.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/04/14/south_philippine_island_booms_on_peace_hopes?mode=PF   (939 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Famous For   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The oldest church in the city, it is a relic of the living past.
This is Cotabato City's most famous landmark, a stone fort towering over the city with a height of 90 feet, now housing the Cotabato City Internal Defense Command.
Located at the heart of the city's downtown area, fronting the City Plaza, it is a century-old structure that houses almost all the city government offices.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=116   (527 words)

  
 COMMENT: Cotabato City Left Out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Politically, Cotabato City is like a man poling two rafts at the same time, one leg on each raft the first raft, as component city; the other, as component of Region XII.
Geographically, Cotabato City is distant from Region XII.
The city is co-existing with Datu Odin Sinsuat where its first potable water source and airport are; with Sultan Kudarat, where its second potable water source is; with Parang, where Polloc Port is; and with all these three and Kabuntalan for peace and order, commerce and trade.
www.mindanews.com /2003/11/13vws-diaz.html   (1118 words)

  
 Cotabato City residents protest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
OTABATO CITY— Led by religious and non-government organizations, irate residents of this city joined a rally and a noise barrage to protest government's alleged "orchestration" to include this city in the expanded autonomous region in Mindanao.
Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, the newly-installed chair of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD), favors the city’s inclusion in the expanded autonomous government, as strongly suggested by the President.
The August 14 plebiscite was conducted in 15 provinces and 14 cities in Mindanao.
www.cyberdyaryo.com /features/f2001_0817_02.htm   (1039 words)

  
 For sustainable peace and development Cotabato City commit to people's agenda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
On the other hand, former City Councilor Japal Guiani, Jr., who is the official candidate of the Liberal Party for vice mayor, said the contents of the covenant are an enumeration of his party's platform of government.
Meanwhile, former City Councilor Linda Ampatuan, who acted as spokesperson for the independent candidates for the city's legislative body, said they are in full accord with the contents of the covenant.
Prioritize infrastructure projects in the city government's development initiatives such as diversion roads, improvements of roads parallel to the city highways, upgrading of potable water facilities so that others shall have access; and establishment of common public toilet and health centers in every barangay.
www.cyberdyaryo.com /features/f2001_0509_02.htm   (1931 words)

  
 Overview of Cotabato City
The place which later became the city of Tacurong was once a barangay of the municipality of Buluan of the then empire province of Cotabato.
The city is composed of mostly Ilonggo settlers from the province of Iloilo.
The city of Tacurong is located at the geographical coordinates 6 degrees 41 minutes and 42.583 seconds latitude, 124 degrees, 40 minutes and 29.818 seconds longitude.
www.nscb.gov.ph /ru12/OVERVIEW/Tacurong.HTM   (505 words)

  
 Cotabato City is regional ... - Nov. 18, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued a statement that cleared the cloud of doubt on where exactly is the seat of government of Central Mindanao region.
"Cotabato City remains the regional center of Region 12," Mayor Muslimin Sema said quoting the President as saying over a radio interview.
While it did not clearly say the regional seat would be transferred to Koronadal City in South Cotabato province, political leaders and local government executives interpreted it to be that way.
www.inq7.net /reg/2003/nov/18/text/reg_7-1-p.htm   (186 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > 4 alleged terrorists nabbed with bomb in Cotabato City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY: Four bombers allegedly trained by the Jemaah Islamiah were nabbed on Wednesday by military operatives while transporting an improvised explosive device in North Cotabato, officials said Thursday.
Datukon is believed to be from Esteros, Cotabato City; the others are from Pigcawayan.
Recently, Mayor Luz Tan of Kabacan, North Cotabato, said that JI has been recruiting trainees in the towns of Carmen and Alamada in North Cotabato, Isulan in Sultan Kudarat and other towns in Maguindanao.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/sept/30/yehey/prov/20050930pro1.html   (489 words)

  
 EDBANE SEEKS TO STRIP COTABATO CITY MAYOR OF POWER OVER POLICE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY, OCTOBER 29, 2003 (MALAYA) By RAYMOND AFRICA - PNP chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr.
yesterday said he would recommend that the mayor of Cotabato City be stripped of his powers over the police for issuing unfounded statements.
Makakua was relieved last week following his statement to the media that the assorted terrorist devices found at a house in Rosary Heights V, in Cotabato City were planted by the police.
www.newsflash.org /2003/05/hl/hl019110.htm   (285 words)

  
 COMMENTARY: Where To, Beloved Cotabato City?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Despite all the love and care that he poured over the poor and the sick of Jerusalem, despite the forceful message of repentance and hope that he gave all the people, they remained obstinate in their refusal to believe him and return to righteousness.
Cotabato City had valid reasons not to want to join ARMM, when ARMM was generally perceived as extravagant and misguided with its expenditures (aka, alleged graft and corruption).
It is time for a “summit” on the situation of Cotabato City, to explore in depth what ails the city, and identify the measures necessary to put the city on the road to recovery.
www.mindanews.com /2003/09/09vws-quevedo.html   (674 words)

  
 End Of A Christian Era
City revenues increased from a few hundred thousand pesos per year to multi-mullions by 1998.
The Cotabato City of June 1998 was the collective success of the three mayors and their predominantly Christian city councils.
A native Cotabateño and a long-time resident and prominent professional of the city who has since lived in California, U.S.A., said this in his e-mail to me this week: “I just hope that Sema will be a real mayor to all the people in the city, Muslims and Christians alike.
www.bulatlat.com /archive/017end_of_a_christian_era.htm   (848 words)

  
 MASS MEDIA  MINISTRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Through the years, however, the development of Cotabato and the region, in general, brought with it the need for a responsive printing industry that would cater to the printing needs of the local government, the business sector, the schools and the Oblates too.
Fortunately, at the time it was transferred to Kidapawan, Cotabato Province, the Kidapawan Church needed to fill a vacuum in her evangelization thrusts in the newly established prelature.
Thus in 1987, DXOL-FM was born in Cotabato City.
www.info.com.ph /~omiphil/Mass_Media.htm   (1115 words)

  
 Deaths of 3 inmates in Cotabato City puzzle execs - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines -- The death of three inmates here last week has continued to puzzle authorities, prompting prison officials to seek religious intervention.
From March 13 to 18, the City Reformatory Center recorded the deaths of inmates Moki Sinsuat, Erwin Tanghal and Jaime Tadiles, said jail warden Senior Insp.
Weak, pale and gasping for breath, the victims were individually rushed to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center where doctors diagnosed them to have suffered "high blood pressure" and died of "cardiac arrest," Arab said.
news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=31396   (439 words)

  
 Cotabato City marks 45th foundation with longest pastil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COTABATO CITY-- The city’s 45th foundation anniversary is marked today with the making of the longest pastil eaten during the communal lunch at the city plaza ground.
One of the highlights was the ‘Lilang-lilang’ float competition participated in by at least 37 villages in Cotabato City.
Incidentally, it was the votes from the city that led to the proclamation of Biazon over former Senator Robert Barbers, his nearest contender for the 12th slot in the Senate.
www.mindanews.com /2004/06/20nws-pastil.html   (493 words)

  
 Sun.Star Network Online - 4 Turks held in RP for alleged JI links
COTABATO -- Four Arabic teachers from Turkey have been arrested in Cotabato City for alleged ties with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terror network, officials said Thursday.
The Bureau of Immigration (B.I.) said Thursday that it has arrested in Cotabato City four Arabic teachers from Turkey on suspicion of having ties with the Jema'ah Islamiah (JI) regional terror network.
The military official said the JI operatives already in Mindanao have made Cotabato City their base of operation, with a certain Zulkipli allegedly calling the shots from there.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2004/04/02/4.turks.held.in.rp.for.alleged.ji.links.html   (1161 words)

  
 Regiona XII- Cotobato City - Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Cotabato Province, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Norte, Marawi City, Cotabato City, Iligan City
These are the Cotabato River Basin covering the Riparian provinces and the Agus River Basin comprising the Lanao provinces.
The extent of regionalization was further made operational in the establishment of autonomous region in Central and Western Mindanao (Region XII and Region IX) by virtue of P.D. 1618 to restore peace and order/accelerate socio-economic development and resettle displaced persons and families in the aforementioned areas.
www.da.gov.ph /agencies/reg_fld_unts/unit12/rfu12.htm   (635 words)

  
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The proposed project is anticipated to contribute to the gradual improvement of the city's environment and improvement of the condition of its Rio Grande de Mindanao and the nearby beaches.
This is due to the fact that the deterioration of the city's water bodies, particularly Rio Grande de Mindanao is caused by organic loadings from domestic wastes.
Environmental Assessment Report: Cotabato City 48 The oldest plant in operation treating domestic wastewater from the city St. Helena in Califomia, USA, has not had to remove bio-solids for nearly 30 years.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1999/08/15/000009265_3971201161308/Rendered/INDEX/multi_page.txt   (6042 words)

  
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COTABATO CITY — The Cotabato City council has vehemently rejected Malacañang move to slash the internal revenue allotment (IRA) of local government units (LGUs) as part of an austerity measure “to lessen the impact of so-called financial crisis.”
The city’s 11th sangguniang panglungsod passed a resolution opposing the IRA cut during its regular session last Tuesday.
He said the city’s executive and the judicial branches shared the same view.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/09/02/PROV2004090217578.html   (324 words)

  
 COTABATO CITY POLICE NOW UNDER ARMM CONTROL
While Cotabato City is under Region 12, it is situated within Maguindanao, a component province of the ARMM.
City policemen pursuing lawless elements who had sought refuge in surrounding Maguindanao towns had to coordinate first with the provincial police and the ARMM regional headquarters.
City Mayor Muslimin Sema said lawmen assigned in the 37 barangays here and those belonging to police units in Maguindanao can now efficiently work together in getting rid of criminals.
www.newsflash.org /2002/04/ht/ht002517.htm   (466 words)

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