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...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A suspected member of Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) was blasted to death after an improvised bomb he was carrying prematurely went off Sunday morning, October 29, in Maguindanao del Sur. Major Saber Balogan, Army 601st Infantry Brigade spokesperson, said the...
BULUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. officiated the formal surrender of 50 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who were presented by Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu during a simple ceremony at the provincial capitol here...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A municipal mayor in Maguindanao del Sur was arrested on Wednesday night, October 11, by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-BARMM) after he was linked to the murder of a town...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – Police are tracking down two men, riding tandem on a motorcycle, who ambushed and killed a Saudi national and injured his wife here on Tuesday night, October 10. A SAUDI national was killed in an ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del...
DATU ANGGAL MIDTIMBANG, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – Police found the decomposing bodies of two men placed inside cement sacks on a barangay road here on Wednesday morning, October 4. Police Major Jun Olis, Datu Anggal Midtimbang police chief, identified the fatalities as Eugene Michael...
