ILIGAN CITY – Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, led the unveiling of the Symbol of Peace monument at the 6th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Thursday, September 21. ARMED Forces Chief...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A fierce firefight erupted between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the outlawed Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Monday, September 12, leaving two DI terrorists dead. Brig. Gen. Oriel...
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Four police officers were injured when suspected Moro extremists harassed a roadside police outpost in Datu Salibo town in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday evening, August 28. Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao Norte (PNA) – Local officials of Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS) town in Maguindanao del Norte province surrendered 36 assorted high-powered firearms to the military in support of the government’s campaign against loose firearms. In a statement on Saturday, July 15, DOS Mayor...
DATU PIANG, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – Authorities here disarmed and detained five members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for possession of unlicensed firearms on Thursday, June 22. “We saw men with firearms,” Police Lt. Col. Armando Liwan, municipal police chief, told reporters...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Central Committee has sought an independent probe on the recent law enforcement operation in which seven members were killed in Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao del Sur. In a resolution dated June 20 but made public on June 22, the MILF Central...
COTABATO CITY – Charges for selling illegal drugs were filed against an alleged member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and his wife after they were arrested by anti-narcotics agents in an entrapment operation in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, May 12....
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) official was killed in an ambush by still unidentified gunmen on the diversion road here at past 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19. Police Major Reggie Albellera, municipal police station chief, identified...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Regional Office-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II was named “Datu Makalunhaw” which means “freer and savior from oppression” by chieftains and sectoral datus from different tribes in the Caraga region in a ceremony at the PRO-13...
DATU HOFFER, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – The death toll in ambush here on Monday night, March 27, rose to three as the father and sibling of the eight-month-old girl who earlier died also expired while undergoing treatment, police said Wednesday, March 29. Capt. Ramillo Serame, municipal police...
DATU HOFFER, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – An eight-month-old baby girl died while four others were injured in an ambush here by still unidentified gunmen on Monday night, March 27, police here said. Capt. Ramillo Serame, Datu Hoffer municipal police chief, said the mother was carrying the baby in...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – A barangay chairman in Maguindanao del Sur was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen on the national highway here on Tuesday afternoon, March 14, police said. Col. Ruel Sermese, Maguindanao del Sur police director, identified the victim as Hadji Basit...