Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the implementation of additional security measures to put an end to the series of election-related violence in Maguindanao provinces amid the preparations for the May 12 midterm elections. Several gun-related...
Soldiers killed four members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hasan Group in an encounter in Barira, Maguindanao del Norte on Monday morning, March 17. WAR materials recovered from the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hasan Group in Barira, Maguindanao del Norte. (FB) The 6th Marine Company of the Marine Battalion Landing...
COTABATO CITY – Five members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrendered to the military in Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday, March 11. FIVE Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrenderers in Maguindanao del Sur receive government assistance on Tuesday, March 11. (FB) Lt. Col. Loqui Marco, 90th...
Gunmen torched 10 houses in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, March 9. TRANSPORT terminal in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. (Wikipedia) Shariff Aguak Councilor Datu Oping Ampatuan said a group of gunmen arrived and set the houses on fire. The owners fled to safer areas as the...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Why not have Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel secure opposing candidates in Mindanao, including Maguindanao? Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate...
Datu Piang Municipal Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama (File photo) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) denounced the gun attack on the vice mayor of a municipality in Maguindanao del Sur, saying any act of violence against public officials is an...
DAVAO CITY – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) on Tuesday, Feb. 25, condemned the gun attack against Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday, Feb. 24. SAMAMA READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/24/maguindanao-del-sur-vice-mayor-shot Ranking...
COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur province was shot and wounded on Monday morning, Feb. 24. Police said Vice Mayor Atty. Datu Omar Samama was shot while delivering a speech before his constituents in Barangay Magaslong in Datu Piang. SAMAMA The...
DAVAO CITY – Former Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu donated a carabao to a farmer who lost her farm companion to a plane crash in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6. FORMER Maguindanao Gov. Toto Mangudadatu (second from right) with Bainola Akang (third from left). (Photo...
The wreckage of a private aircraft sits on a ricefield after it crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6, 2025. The aircraft was contracted by the US Department of Defense for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mala via Keith Bacongco /...
DAVAO CITY – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines is investigating the plane crash that killed four persons in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6. The CAAP said on Friday, Feb. 7, that it is working closely with local authorities to determine the...
DAVAO CITY – The US Indo-Pacific Command (USIndoPaCom) confirmed on Friday, Feb. 7, that the aircraft that crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6, was conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the Philippine military. THE plane's...
