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...
DAVAO CITY – As police have yet to solve the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roland Benito almost two months ago, another Indigenous Peoples leader was gunned down in Barangay Bongo in South Upi on Tuesday, September 17. MOIRES (Keith Bacongco) Police identified the victim as...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage Office is appealing to the national government to hasten the implementation of mitigating measures to address the adverse impacts of perennial flooding. ALIP (Keith Bacongco) MDRRMO chief Benjamin Alip...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – When life gives you lemon, make lemonade. While it is true that the perennial flooding in this province and outlying areas brought misery, it also opened up opportunities for some flood survivors. Over the years, perennial flooding has been a problem for most of...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Over the years, many residents of this marshy town used to be on their toes to evacuate as fighting between government forces and Moro rebels could erupt anytime. RESIDENTS sail on the waterway in Barangay Cuyapon, Kabacan, Cotabato. (Keith Bacongco) But...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the separate attacks that resulted in the deaths of three barangay (village) officials in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Sur. The first attack last Aug. 18, involved Barangay Bulibod Chairman Esmael Latip Mustapha and his wife, Rahima,...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roldan Benito and his bodyguard Weng Marcos last August 2. The ambush of Benito and Marcos happened in in Barangay Pandan. The two were with Benito's family in a pickup truck when they were...
