The vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Friday afternoon, August 2. Police identified the fatality as Roldan Benito. BENITO (FB) His nephew, who was a security aide, was also killed. Benito's wife, the chairwoman of Barangay Pandan, South Upi, and one...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on the government to ensure the "immediate safety" of 6,000 residents who have been displaced due to hostilities in Maguindanao del Sur. "As the country’s national human rights institution, we urge the local and national government to work...
DAVAO CITY – The local government of Mamasapano town in Maguindanao del Sur province has urged the leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to resolve the infighting in the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the armed wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. ...
DAVAO CITY – At least 80 Indigenous Peoples were taken to hospitals after they suffered severe stomach pain and vomiting after consuming a native delicacy during a tribal wedding in remote Barangay Pandan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, April 25. Dr. Rose Leah Jerusalem,...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government has placed Maguindanao del Sur under a state of calamity due to the adverse impact of El Niño phenomenon. A TEDURAY farmer inspects her farm destroyed by the extreme heat due to El Niño in South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur. (Keith Bacongco)...
DAVAO CITY – Two top leaders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Karialan faction and 10 others were killed in a clash with government forces in Barangay Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on April 22, the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division reported. BIFF arms seized by...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the March 17 ambush on four Army soldiers in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur in an effort to assess the peace and security situation in the southern part of the country. “Despite immense government resources being put...
SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao del Sur – Teduray farmer Alan Olubalang could still remember how his grandparents scoured the forests of this mountainous town just to find the indigenous crop known as “kayos” at the height of the dry spell in 1998. MANILYN Elon shows freshly picked 'kayos' in Barangay...
President Marcos has condemned the killing of four soldiers who were ambushed by suspected extremists in Maguindanao del Sur over the weekend. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In an X post, the President said the unfortunate event only strengthened the government's resolve...
DAVAO CITY – At least 8,000 Muslim residents of remote villages of Pagalungan town in Maguindanao del Sur received Ramadan packs from Islamic Relief Philippines over the weekend. PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur residents receive food packs from Islamic Relief Philippines for Ramadan....
DAVAO CITY – At least 300 Lambangian and Teduray indigenous peoples and migrant settlers staged a protest in Timanan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on December 7 opposing the proposed declaration of a mineral reservation site within the tribe’s ancestral domain claim. INDIGENOUS peoples...
LEBAK, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Two foreign nationals engaged in money lending business were killed in Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao del Sur provinces over the weekend, police said Monday. On Sunday morning, unidentified gunmen shot dead Jaspreet Singh, an Indian national while driving his...
