Cotabato News

Cotabato College Has New President
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Cotabato City State Polytechnic College (CCSPC) here has a new head after its Board of Trustees (BOT) led by Dr. Patricia Licuanan, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairperson, elected the college president during the board meeting held in Quezon City last Monday.

South Cotabato seeks P68.2-M tax settlement deal with power coop
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the signing of a settlement agreement worth P68.2 million for the unpaid real property taxes of local power distribution utility South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative (Socoteco I).

Cotabato acquires P41-M river dredger
The local government has acquired a P41-million floating excavator that the Cotabato City engineer’s office hopes will solve the city’s perennial flooding problem.

New president elected for Cotabato state college
COTABATO CITY: The Cotabato City State Polytechnic College (CCSPC) has a new head after its Board of Trustees (BOT) chaired by Dr. Patricia Licuanan, who also chairs the Commission on Higher Education elected the college president during the board meeting held in Quezon City on Monday.

Cotabato relatively peaceful, says prelate
COTABATO City, Feb. 1, 2012—Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said the city is relatively peaceful compared to previous decades when violent incidents seemed to be a regular fare for the city residents. This, despite the January 10 ambush of Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema which created a bit of tension among residents because of possible retaliatory action. read more

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate.

Toulouse coach Noves calls for Top 14 to be reduced
Toulouse coach Guy Noves on Monday called for the French Top 14 league to be cut by two teams to 12 in a bid to allow players to better adapt to professional rugby.

Australia, Japan football hit by Olympic setbacks
Australia's Olympic hopes were dealt a major blow with away defeat to Uzbekistan, while Japan were knocked off the top of Group C with an upset loss to Syria.

Olympics: Not about medals for cash-splashing Sweden
STOCKHOLM—Sweden's sports and culture minister has told Reuters the government does not expect a gold rush of Olympic medals despite investing almost 200 million euros ($264 million) in sport.

Giants win Super Bowl thriller against Patriots
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The New York Giants reclaimed the greatest prize in North American sports with a nail-biting 21-17 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.