Militant and terrorist organizations in the southern part of the country took a setback after the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) facilitated the surrender of nine members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Maguindanao and Basilan provinces...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police have launched a manhunt against gunmen in separate shootings that left four persons dead in Maguindanao Tuesday, August 9. Police Col. Christopher Panapan, Maguindanao police director, said Wednesday, August 10, he ordered the manhunt to seek justice for the victims....
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has designated Major Gen. Roy Galido as the new commander of the Army 6th Infantry Division (6ID) based here. GALIDO (FB) Galido, currently Army vice commander, will replace his “mistah” or classmate Major Gen. Roberto...
A fire erupted in one of the buildings of the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) at Camp Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Thursday afternoon, July 28. Maj. Gen. Roberto Capulong, commander of 6th Infantry Division, talks to members of the 5th Special Forces Battalion in...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao (PNA) – Four persons were injured in a clash between police and heavily armed men in a densely populated marketplace here Tuesday night, July 12. Police Lt. Col. Julhamin Asdani, municipal police chief, said Wednesday, July 13, that civilians reported seeing heavily...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – A Maguindanao Department of Education (DepEd) supervisor was gunned down in President Quirino, this province, Sunday, July 10. Police Lt. Godofredo Tupaz, President Quirino deputy police chief, identified the victim as Maguid Mangudadatu, 63, the schools...
PARANG, Maguindanao (PNA) – One-hundred eighteen assorted firearms, including those owned by a losing vice mayoral bet, were seized across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) since last week. Police Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, BARMM police director, said Friday, July 8,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police and military forces are jointly hunting down two men who ambushed and killed a former field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao, Wednesday, July 6. Police Lt. Billy Fontanilla, Datu Hoffer police chief, identified the...
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao (PNA) – Police neutralized two suspected robbers during a shootout in Barangay Awang here Tuesday, July 5. Police Lt. Col. Erwin Tabora, municipal police chief, identified the fatalities as Jonathan Solaiman and Miguel Villador, both of Barangay Labungan, this town....
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that a plebiscite to decide whether to divide Maguindanao into two provinces will be conducted on Sept. 17. This was stated in the poll body’s Resolution No. 10797 that was promulgated last June 22. “Now, therefore, the Commission on...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Eight persons died while six others were injured after a firefight erupted Wednesday, June 22, between an armed group and police in Barangay Mileb, Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao. Police Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police...
The Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) denounced on Sunday, June 19, the killing in broad daylight of a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) and the wounding of his three colleagues by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Datu Odin Sinsuat,...
