SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Police are hunting two gunmen who ambushed and killed a family of three in Barangay Nalinan here on Monday afternoon. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro police, identified the fatalities as Ibrahim Payapat, his wife Zenaida...
COTABATO CITY – Pursuit operations are ongoing for armed men who killed a Muslim preacher and wounded seven others in an ambush in Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, on Monday night, police said Tuesday. Police Capt. Giuseppe Tamayo, speaking for the Maguindanao del Sur police provincial office,...
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 – Three Moro fighters were killed and three others were wounded after warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions clashed in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, police said Monday. The encounter on Sunday morning involved the groups of commanders Malibuteng and...
The Philippine Army (PA) said Monday, Aug. 4, that it has relieved two ranking military officers and 19 enlisted personnel after a newly-minted soldier died during reception rites in Maguindanao del Sur last week, an incident that poses a significant test for newly appointed Army commanding...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – A massive manhunt is underway for assailants who ambushed and killed a municipal engineer, which also wounded another person here Wednesday night, police reported Thursday. Engineer Shed Ariff Malang, municipal engineer of adjacent Shariff Saydona Mustapha...
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,...
RAJAH BUAYAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Two warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions here reached a peaceful resolution to their misunderstanding and clan conflict on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Edgar L. Catu, commander of the 601st Infantry Brigade, facilitated the “reunion” of Teng Mamo...
COTABATO CITY – Police Col. Sultan Salman Sapal assumed as the new director of the Maguindanao del Sur Police Provincial Office on Tuesday. Sapal replaced Police Col. Ryan Bobby Paloma. Police Col. Giusseppe Geraldo, representing Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region Director...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terror group in an operation carried out in Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon. In a report Thursday, Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
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...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Soldiers reported Monday the killing of two suspected local terrorists, believed to be behind recent atrocities against civilians and soldiers in Maguindanao del Sur. The two slain terrorists were identified as Dawlah Islamiyah (DI)-Hassan Group members...
