South Cotabato, officially the Province of South Cotabato, is a province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao. Its capital is city of Koronadal, and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and northeast, and Davao del Sur to the far northeast. To the southeast lies Sarangani Bay.
Soccsksargen, formerly known as Central Mindanao, is an administrative region of the Philippines, located in south-central Mindanao. It is numerically designated as Region XII. The name is an acronym that stands for the region's four provinces and one highly urbanized city. The regional center is in Koronadal located in the province of South Cotabato, and the center of commerce and industry is General Santos, which is the most populous city in the region.
Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato, is a 3rd class independent component city in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 299,438, making it as the most populated city under the independent component city status.
General Santos, officially the City of General Santos, abbreviated as GenSan, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 594,446 people.
TV Patrol is a Philippine television newscast broadcast by ABS-CBN. It premiered on March 2, 1987, replacing Balita Ngayon. TV Patrol is the flagship national newscast of the network and is the longest-running Filipino language evening newscast. The newscast is anchored by Noli de Castro, Bernadette Sembrano, and Henry Omaga-Diaz. Previous anchors include Mel Tiangco, Korina Sanchez, Julius Babao, and Ted Failon.
TV Patrol Central Mindanao was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Cotabato City.
TV Patrol North Mindanao was the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Cagayan de Oro City. It was the most watched news program in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental. The newscast was a tabloid-style format and the program delivers news headlines about current events in Northern Mindanao, parts of Zamboanga Peninsula and since 2018 Caraga Region
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News, is the news and current affairs programming division of ABS-CBN. The organization is responsible for the daily news and information gathering of its news programs.
TV Patrol Southern Mindanao was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Davao City, Philippines. It was the most watched news program in Davao City and Davao Region. The newscast was a tabloid-style format and delivers news headlines about the current events in Southern Mindanao.
News Patrol is an hourly news bulletin of ABS-CBN which replaced ABS-CBN News Advisory. The news bulletin was suspended on May 5, 2020 after ABS-CBN was forced to cease and desist its free TV broadcasting operations given by the order of the NTC. On May 8, 2020, News Patrol continued broadcast on cable channels TeleRadyo, ANC, Cine Mo!, TFC, online via ABS-CBN News' website, Facebook, YouTube and iWant TFC. It also served as the main newscast for Kapamilya Channel until it was replaced by a TV Patrol simulcast.
TV Patrol Chavacano was the local news program of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Zamboanga Peninsula that aired on ABS-CBN TV-3 Zamboanga with simulcast on TV-10 Jolo. TV Patrol Chavacano delivers news from Zamboanga City and the Zamboanga Peninsula region along with the former Western Mindanao provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. Jewel Reyes was the main anchor of this newscast since 2017 after she became a reporter. It also produces its bulletin version News Patrol Chavacano airing several times a day every weekdays.
TV Patrol Negros was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the Negros Island Region. The newscast was a tabloid-style format. The program delivers news headlines in the Hiligaynon language about the current events in Bacolod and Negros Occidental, as it was removed from Western Visayas to form the Negros Island Region along with Negros Oriental from Central Visayas in 2015, but the region was now disestablished and made defunct since 2017.
TV Patrol Caraga was the flagship local news program broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Butuan City.
DXAI-TV was an owned-and-operated station of ABS-CBN Corporation. Its Central Mindanao news gathering base is located at Don E. Sero Street, Brgy. Rosary Heights V, Cotabato City, Maguindanao.
DXZT-TV was a Philippine commercial television station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter facilities are located at ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Bougainvilla Street, Villegas Subdivision, Purok Malakas, General Santos City. Opened in 1965, it is the oldest television station in Socskargen.
DXAR-TV was a commercial television relay station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studio is located at 2/F Green Valley Bldg., General Santos Ave., Koronadal, South Cotabato.
Magandang Umaga South Central Mindanao was the regional morning news and talk show of ABS-CBN General Santos that dishes out the daily dose of fresh news, upbeat discussions of the current community affairs and special features teeming with the local flavors of General Santos and surrounding provinces in the Soccsksargen region. It was hosted by Rhyndyll Bartolaba and Joey John Conception. It aired from 6:15 am to 7:15 am on ABS-CBN Channel 3 in General Santos, ABS-CBN Channel 24 in Koronadal City, ABS-CBN Channel 21 in Kidapawan City and ABS-CBN Channel 5 in Cotabato City.
Yellow Bus Line, Incorporated (YBLI) is a large bus company in Mindanao. It operates bus transport services in the Central and Southern Mindanao with its headquarters in General Santos City. Its company-owned terminals and offices are located at General Santos City and Koronadal City.
Regional TV Weekend News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV, GMA Network and GTV. It premiered on July 27, 2019 on GMA News TV and on March 21, 2020 on GMA Network. The show concluded on GMA Network on April 25, 2020.
The 2019 Cotabato earthquakes were an earthquake swarm which struck the province of Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines in October 2019. Three of these earthquakes were above 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale with a Mercalli intensity of VIII. More than 40 people have been reported dead or missing and nearly 800 were injured as a result of these events.
