A joint peace and security team (JPST) will be formed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to monitor all the security concerns involving the Moro group in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan. OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr....
A lawmaker on Monday, Nov. 14, called for a legislative investigation of the encounter between military forces and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan last week. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman delivers his privilege speech during the plenary session at the House of...
Seventeen soldiers who got injured during a recent firefight between the military and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan were awarded with medals by Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge (OIC) Jose Faustino Jr. Department of National Defense (DND) OIC Jose Faustino Jr....
The bloody firefight between the military and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has finally come to an end after the latter signed a ceasefire agreement with the Government of the Philippines (GPH), the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) said Friday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Fighting between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) backed by lawless elements (LLEs) in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan stopped amid calls for a ceasefire on Thursday, Nov. 10. UNGKAYA Pukan, Basilan The firefight, occasionally intense and sporadic, began at...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiating panel with the government has called for the cessation of hostilities in Barangay Ulitan, Ungklaya Pukan, Basilan. In a statement released here on Wednesday, Nov. 9, MILF peace implementing panel chair...
Three soldiers died while 13 others were wounded when a fierce fighting erupted between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan. While a ceasefire was already implemented using the mechanisms of the peace process on Wednesday night,...
Philippine Army (PA) troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) allegedly backed by some lawless elements figured in an armed encounter in Basilan, the military confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 9, in what was seen as a surprising hostility between the two forces after the latter...
A Mindanao lawmaker appealed on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to implement an “immediate ceasefire” to protect vulnerable civilians in Basilan. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Photo from Rep. Hataman’s Facebook page) Deputy Speaker and Basilan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four persons were killed while one was wounded after they were riddled with bullets hours after attending a wedding in Barangay Baas, Lamitan City, Basilan at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8. A report from the Lamitan police station said the victims were sleeping on a makeshift stage at a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Semmut, Akbar, Basilan Tuesday, Aug. 23. Police Col. Pedro Martirez Jr., Basilan police chief, said the suspects – Mascud Cuevas Sarael, of Bohe Lebbung, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, and Dasman Kilala of...
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...
