COTABATO CITY – Police Col. Sultan Salman Sapal assumed as the new director of the Maguindanao del Sur Police Provincial Office on Tuesday. Sapal replaced Police Col. Ryan Bobby Paloma. Police Col. Giusseppe Geraldo, representing Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region Director...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terror group in an operation carried out in Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon. In a report Thursday, Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Soldiers reported Monday the killing of two suspected local terrorists, believed to be behind recent atrocities against civilians and soldiers in Maguindanao del Sur. The two slain terrorists were identified as Dawlah Islamiyah (DI)-Hassan Group members...
COTABATO CITY – A school district supervisor in Maguindanao del Sur who was shot and critically wounded by an assailant on Tuesday afternoon died on Wednesday morning, police said. Capt. Argie Eyana, police chief of Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur, said Dr. Alamansa Ambiton, a district...
An elementary school principal was shot and wounded in Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday morning. Police identified the victim as Alamansa Ambiton, principal of the Sapakan Central Elementary School. Investigation said the victim was on his way to each lunch in a store outside the...
DAVAO CITY – The province of Maguindanao del Sur has sustained P121 million in damage to agriculture from the massive flooding that has destroyed over 6,000 hectares of agricultural land, the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) transported thousands of relief packages to victims of severe flooding in Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, May 25. OCD Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno and PCSO General Manager Mel Robles supervised the loading of...
DAVAO CITY – Three towns in Maguindanao del Sur have been placed under state of calamity due to massive flooding that has affected at least 300,000 individuals. A report from the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said...
DAVAO CITY – Over 100 barangays in the province of Maguindanao del Sur are still flooded after almost a week of torrential rains due to the combined effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and low-pressure area, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. As of 5 p.m....
DAVAO CITY – The number of affected residents in the massive flooding in Maguindanao del Sur rose to 192,005 as of 5 p.m., Monday, May 19, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported. The number of affected barangays also went up to 47 from 98 barangays in the...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Police in this province are on heightened security following three separate weekend shootings that left three persons dead and three wounded. The most recent attack occurred around 3 p.m. Sunday when a rescue vehicle carrying three Barangay Peace Action Team...
DAVAO CITY – A massive flooding has affected at least 78,000 individuals in the low-lying towns of Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) due to torrential rains from the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) since May 14. A report dated May 17 from...
