ILIGAN CITY – A 15-year-old member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group surrendered to the military on August 5. The young combatant also yielded his 7.62mm M14 rifle to Lt. Col. Angestal Angeles II, commanding officer of the 51st Infantry Battalion (IB), at the unit’s headquarters in Barangay...
MARAWI CITY – In recognition of the role of women in settling conflicts, Relief International, a non-government organization supporting women advocacy in the province of Lanao del Sur and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, recently unveiled a women’s peace marker in Barangay...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Peace is expected to reign between two warring families in Lanao del Sur after two members – 26-year-old Jalal Norol Balindong Pacalna and 19-year-old Ressanya Hessa Dipatuan-Ducol – were married on July 8 at Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club here....
MARAWI CITY – Lanao del Sur will pay homage to visionaries who paved the way for the province to prosper and the vibrant culture of the Maranaos during the month-long celebration of its 64th founding anniversary that started on Tuesday, July 4. Gov. Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto Adiong Jr....
SAGUIARAN, Lanao del Sur – More than 2,000 residents here have benefitted from a medical mission at the municipal gym on Monday, June 26, held as part of the Araw ng Saguiaran Festival 2023 with the theme "Ummah (Muslim community) progress through unity."...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido said that the amir (leader) of the Daulah Islamiyah-Philippines and overall amir of the Islamic State-East Asia was killed in a joint law enforcement operation in the wee hours of Wednesday, June 14. ABU Zacharia (Photo...
ILIGAN CITY – Operating troops from the 7th and 9th Scout Ranger Company under the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion encountered an undetermined number of Dawlah Islamiyah members in the hinterlands of Barangay Piangologan, Marogong town in Lanao del Sur at around 8:58 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four teenage members of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) were apprehended by the military in Barangay Pabrika, Lanao del Sur on Thursday, May 25. Major Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, Joint Task Force ZamPeLan commander, identified one of them as 18-year-old Abu Rasas, one of the key leaders...
Four teenagers who are suspected members of the militant group Daulah Islamiyah (DI) have been apprehended by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Marugong, Lanao del Sur, the military revealed on Saturday, May 27. (Courtesy of Western Mindanao Command, AFP) Maj. Andrew Linao, chief of...
ILIGAN CITY – One of the suspects in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr.’s convoy was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine National Police and Philippine Army on Thursday, May 25. BARATOMO (103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, PA photo) The suspect, identified as Lomala...
ILIGAN CITY – The military recovered a machinegun following a short gun battle with the Daulah Islamiyah-Lanao (DI-Lanao) in Pualas, Lanao del Sur on Tuesday afternoon, May 2. The 51st Infantry Battalion received a report that DI-Lanao leader Abu Zacariah was traveling onboard a white Mitsubishi...
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Government forces killed during an operation on Wednesday, May 3, the alleged mastermind in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. last Feb. 17. Police Col. Robert Daculan, Lanao del Sur police provincial director, said private armed...
