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Efforts for the Central Mindanao Airport in Cotabato province, dormant since its inception more than a decade ago, to fully operate got a boost with an additional P260 million allocation for its completion from two legislators.

Merchants in the province and in the Bangsamoro region told reporters Tuesday that they were elated after learning that Rep. Samantha Santos and Rep. Raymond Mendoza had raised the amount, drawn from their congressional allocations, for still lacking infrastructures needed in the operation of the CMA.

Mlang and its neighboring towns, Matalam, Kabacan, Tulunan, all in Cotabato, and Datu Paglas in Maguindanao del Sur, have mixed Muslim-Christian business groups. The runway of the CMA was designed to accommodate large passenger planes, much longer and wider than that of the Cotabato City Airport. Parañaque Mayor Eric Olivarez yesterday denied owning a car that was illegally parked in a space designated for persons...

An alleged terrorist was killed when an improvised explosive device he was assembling went off in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao...

 

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