COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur province was shot and wounded on Monday morning, Feb. 24. Police said Vice Mayor Atty. Datu Omar Samama was shot while delivering a speech before his constituents in Barangay Magaslong in Datu Piang. SAMAMA The...
DAVAO CITY – Former Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu donated a carabao to a farmer who lost her farm companion to a plane crash in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6. FORMER Maguindanao Gov. Toto Mangudadatu (second from right) with Bainola Akang (third from left). (Photo...
The wreckage of a private aircraft sits on a ricefield after it crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6, 2025. The aircraft was contracted by the US Department of Defense for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mala via Keith Bacongco /...
DAVAO CITY – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines is investigating the plane crash that killed four persons in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6. The CAAP said on Friday, Feb. 7, that it is working closely with local authorities to determine the...
DAVAO CITY – The US Indo-Pacific Command (USIndoPaCom) confirmed on Friday, Feb. 7, that the aircraft that crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6, was conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the Philippine military. THE plane's...
DAVAO CITY – Four persons were killed after a private aircraft crashed on a rice field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6. POLICE secure the crash site in Barangay Malatimon, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mala) The Ampatuan Municipal...
Two barangay security officers were killed and three colleagues were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Barangay Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday night, Jan. 27. Police identified the victims as a 17-year-old Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team member and Esmael Singh, 20,...
Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday dangled a P150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two men who robbed and killed a delivery van driver in Barangay Timbangan, Shariff Aguak on Monday. MOSQUE in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. (FB)...
Two members of the Teduray Lambangian Indigenous Peoples tribe were killed in an ambush in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon. The fatalities were identified as Cita Angan, 39, and Ricky Tapioc, 30, residents of Barangay Mantao, Ampatuan. Angan was the wife of tribal...
A woman and her infant daughter and their driver were killed in an ambush Thursday in Barangay Mileb, Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur. Police identified the victims as Harrah Jinn Utto Lumenda, her three-month-old daughter, and driver Nunokan Manalindo, all residents of Rajah Buayan. Lumenda’s...
Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos extended his...
DAVAO CITY – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is expanding its Resilient Livelihoods Development (RLD) project to the Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities in the mountainous town of South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur. Lionel Dabbadie, FAO representative in the...
