ZAMBOANGA CITY – A sepak takraw athlete from Basilan died while competing in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Athletic Association Meet in Parang town, Maguindanao del Norte province on Sunday, April 12. The remains of Phiben Ansoc, 11, from Ubit Elementary School in Lamitan...
ILIGAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P50 million on Maundy Thursday in Sitio Turugan, Barangay Dinaig Proper, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. A total of 1,170 cases of illicit cigarettes were left behind by...
COTABATO CITY – Police officers in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday intercepted an attempt to smuggle P6.4-million worth of imported cigarettes hidden by two men inside a cement mixer truck. Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) seized an estimated P114-million worth of smuggled cigarettes within its area of operation. Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr., commander of WMNC, said personnel aboard BRP-Florencio Iñigo (PC-393) intercepted two vessels for...
DAVAO CITY – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province is racing against time to locate the flock grazing ducks that tested for avian influenza or bird flu and brought to the municipality last month. The flock grazing...
COTABATO CITY – Two armed men were killed and three government forces were injured during a shootout that erupted while serving warrants of arrest in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat municipal police...
COTABATO CITY – Police in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, have launched a manhunt for two men believed to be behind the killing of an engineer from the Bangsamoro region’s social services office on Tuesday night. Engr. Romeo “Ryan” Livelo, an employee of the Ministry of Social...
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte – A wanted person was killed while his companion was hurt and arrested during a law enforcement operation in Sitio Siawan, Barangay Tamontaka here Tuesday night. Police Lt. Col. Esmail Madin, the municipal police station chief who led the operation,...
COTABATO CITY – Police tracker teams are pursuing an armed suspect who fatally shot a farmer and wounded his wife early Thursday in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Police Major Blayn Lomas-e, chief of the Parang municipal police station, identified the slain farmer as Samuel Lamis of Purok Panay,...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested an alleged bomb-making expert of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terrorist group following a clash in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Brig. Gen. Vladimir R. Cagara, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT), said soldiers were responding to...
COTABATO CITY – Police have launched an intensive manhunt against six heavily armed men responsible for killing four persons and wounding three others in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte province on Monday afternoon. “Among the fatalities was a 10-year-old girl. The brazen attack...
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro health ministry confirmed two mpox (monkeypox) cases in Maguindanao del Norte this week while monitoring six other potential infections, officials said Wednesday. Recovered patients were a 59-year-old woman from Sultan Kudarat and a 28-year-old woman from Datu Odin...