Cotabato News

'Diamond City' to rise soon in Cotabato
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The economy of Cotabato City improves as local and foreign investors continue to invest in the city.

Cotabato court orders release of massacre suspect
MANILA, Philippines - A Cotabato regional trial court (RTC) judge has ordered the release of a suspect claiming to be mistakenly arrested for the Maguindanao massacre, the Quezon City court handling the multiple murder case was informed yesterday.

Normalcy restored in North Cotabato town after MNLF, MILF sign truce
About 6,000 villagers from Barangays Elian, Kilada and Marbel, three adjoining villages of Matalam, also started to return home amid shaky truce since an earlier localized truce was violated by both sides.

Open-pit ban in S. Cotabato stays
KORONADAL CITY -- The ban on open pit mining in South Cotabato will remain a major stumbling block in the effort of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) to develop the Tampakan project with the election of the new set of provincial officials in the May 13 polls.

Guv denies claims she won in 2 towns
Advance Options Attach image:  No KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Cotabato Governor-elect Lala Talino-Mendoza denied claims by her rival gubernatorial candidate Manny Piño, that she only won in two towns in the province last May 2013 elections. Data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed that Mendoza garnered 254,121 votes over Piñol's 203,657 or a difference of 50,464 votes. var OutbrainPermaLink ...

PH vies in ASEAN C’ship football
The Philippines will open its bid in the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)-Frenz U-15 ASEAN Champions Trophy 2013 today at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Platini warns of 'dangers' threatening sport
Michel Platini, the president of European football's governing body UEFA, on Friday called for action against the three dangers threatening football: match-fixing, discrimination and financial excess.

Doping is everywhere in sport, says Xavi
The Spain international insists that he has never come across any specific case in football but says that the authorities must ensure that it does not creep into the game

Platini repeats call for European sports police force
By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini renewed his call for the formation of a European sports police force on Friday, telling delegates at the opening of the UEFA Congress he was upset that his appeal for one had been ignored for six years. "Six years ago now, in response to...problems of betting, corruption and match-fixing, as well as the problems of hooliganism and ...

Gay, Richards-Ross to shine at NY Diamond League event
Tyson Gay, with the fastest 100 meters in the world this year, and Sanya Richards-Ross, running for the first time since the London Olympics, top the lineup for Saturday's Diamond League meet in New York.