COTABATO CITY, July 21 -- For saving lives while risking their own during the June 8 magnitude 7.8 earthquake, four high school students of Maasim, Sarangani province were recognized for their extraordinary courage on Monday.

The recognition was awarded by the personnel of the police's 1st Platoon, 1204th Maneuver Company of Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Soccsksargen (RMFB-12), under the supervision of company commander Captain Francis Torres, to four high school students from Colon National High School in Barangay Colon, Sarangani.

Grade 11 students Jimmy Libona III, Lance Dave Tampos, and Chauncey Carl Pable, together with Grade 12 student Ashraf Fernandez, were given tokens of appreciation for rescuing fellow students and teachers ...