President Marcos has condemned the armed attack at the convoy of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua in Maguindanao del Norte. The President, according to Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro, ordered...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) have called for restraint after armed men fired at the convoy of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua in...
PARACELIS, Mountain Province — Family members and communities in the Cordillera are mourning the death of 30-year-old soldier Cpl. Aldrin A. Wanson, who was killed in an ambush in Indanan, Sulu, on the morning of August 12, 2026. Wanson was the son of Marites Assud-Wanson of Bunot, Paracelis,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- An Army corporal was killed while two others were wounded after motorcycle-riding gunmen fired at them in broad daylight in Sulu Province on Wednesday, August 12. A report from the Indanan Municipal Police station identified the fatality as Cpl Aldrin A Wanson, 34. Investigation...
BUTUAN CITY – A religious leader was killed and a tribal member was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Rizal, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on Friday afternoon, July 31. Police identified the fatality as Pastor Balvino Andaya, 61, a leader of the Risen Christ Community Church, and the wounded as...
COTABATO CITY – Police have launched a province-wide manhunt against two assailants who ambushed and killed a local media worker on Tuesday afternoon in Barangay Limbo, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson for the Police Regional...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A soldier was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Bus-Bus, Jolo Sulu, on Sunday, July 12. Investigation showed that the victim, 28-year-old Philippine Army Corporal Ernesto Cataylo Jr., was driving his motorcycle when he was shot by gunmen on another motorcycle. Catalo was taken to...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has created a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the shooting of radio broadcaster Jay Lavapiez in Roxas City, Capiz, on Monday, June 22. “I have directed the creation of a Special Investigation Team to focus on the expeditious resolution of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) condemned the ambush on radio broadcaster Jay Lavapiez in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province. “We condemn all acts of violence and intimidation against journalists and assert that such actions have no place in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two people were killed and two others were wounded in an ambush on Monday in Barangay Salvacion, Albuera, Leyte. Police identified the victims as Mae, 51, live-in partner of a barangay chairman, and Sonny, 23, a barangay office worker. Mae sustained a bullet wound in the neck and...
KORONADAL CITY – Police in Maguindanao del Sur have launched a manhunt operation against gunmen who ambushed and injured an off-duty police officer on Tuesday night in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, speaking for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
Police arrested a ride-hailing driver for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of a 52-year-old man in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, on Wednesday, June 3, while a manhunt continues for his motorcycle-riding companion who pulled the trigger. The victim was shot dead by one of two suspects...
