Keith Bacongco

2 top BIFF-Karialan faction leaders slain in Maguindanao clash

DAVAO CITY – Two top leaders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Karialan faction and 10 others were killed in a clash with government forces in Barangay Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on April 22, the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division reported.

BARMM youth leaders back economic Cha-cha

DAVAO CITY – Youth leaders across different grassroots communities of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are in favor of amending the Charter's economic provisions.

Recycling firm in Davao City offers solutions to reduce wastes

DAVAO CITY – As the population grows each year, so is the solid waste problem here. 

North Cotabato folk OK creation of 8 new towns

DAVAO CITY – Eight new towns from the 63 barangays of North Cotabato under the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have been created following the plebiscite on April 13, the Commission on Elections reported over the weekend.

Indigenous peoples eat poisonous root crop amid dry spell

SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao del Sur – Teduray farmer Alan Olubalang could still remember how his grandparents scoured the forests of this mountainous town just to find the indigenous crop known as “kayos” at the height of the dry spell in 1998.