COTABATO CITY – Alert police officers arrested one of their own in Lanao del Sur for transporting over P1.9-million worth of smuggled cigarettes before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), identified the...
COTABATO CITY – Police in Lanao del Sur have deployed plainclothes and uniformed personnel near the lone public tertiary school in Balabagan town following the Aug. 4 killing of a school teacher. In a radio interview on Monday, Lanao del Sur police director police Col. Caezar Cabuhat said he...
A teachers’ group on Monday, August 11, called on the government to make “serious investments” in school security following a deadly shooting incident that claimed the life of a teacher in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur. The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement, condemned the...
ILIGAN CITY – Three members of the lawless Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were killed and three others were captured in a clash with government troops in Lanao del Sur, the military said Sunday. Brig. Gen. Billy dela Rosa, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the gunbattle erupted while...
COTABATO CITY – A 24-year-old teacher in Lanao del Sur was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on Monday morning, police reported. In his report to the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), Lanao del Sur Police Provincial Director Police Col. Caezar Cabuhat identified...
Government anti-narcotics agents confiscated on Friday, May 23, around P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a high-value target (HVT) drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in Taraka, Lanao del Sur, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. PDEA Director Gil Cesario P....
COTABATO CITY – A municipal council candidate and his aide were gunned down Monday morning while walking to cast their votes in Bayang, Lanao del Sur, police confirmed. Afganie Balt Taha, a town council aspirant, and supporter Walid Balt Taha – a relative and brother of a barangay official –...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers neutralized a notorious leader of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in a 15-minute encounter on May 9 in Barangay Tambo, Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur. Soldiers identified the fatality as Nasser Daud, alias Mas’od and Mahater. Daud was No. 1 in the government’s...
A young barangay chairman was killed and his companion was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Montay, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 9. MALABANG MPS FB photo Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own investigation into the killing last Feb. 26 of former mayor Abdulazis Tadua Aloyodan of Lumbaca-Unayan town in Lanao del Sur. Aloyodan was ambushed outside his residence by still unidentified gunmen. In a statement, the CHR said its Quick...
Police are conducting an in-depth investigation over the murder of former Lumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur Mayor Abdulazis Tadua Aloyodan. A Special Investigation Task Group has been formed to fast-track the investigation. Police are investigating if the killing is election-related or rido (family...
For his ties and contribution to Mindanao’s development, Lanao del Sur Governor Datu Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto Adiong Jr. said Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa deserves another term in the Senate. Adiong endorsed the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban)...
