SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Authorities are searching for two men responsible for a grenade attack in this town that injured four people Thursday night. “Manhunt against the perpetrators is ongoing,” Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro...
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) renewed its commitment to protect journalists and pursue full accountability as the country observed the 16th anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre on Sunday, Nov. 23. In a statement, the PTFOMS said it stands with the families of the 58...
DAVAO CITY – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province is racing against time to locate the flock grazing ducks that tested for avian influenza or bird flu and brought to the municipality last month. The flock grazing...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Police are hunting two men on a motorcycle who shot and killed a municipal government worker here Wednesday afternoon. The Pagalungan Municipal Police identified the victim as Christopher Malingco, a job order worker at the Pagalungan Civil Registrar’s Office...
COTABATO CITY – Eight suspected local terrorists were arrested during a joint military-police law enforcement operation in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday. Brig. Gen. Edgar Catu, commander of the Army 601st Infantry Brigade, said the suspects were arrested after troops responded to civilians '...
COTABATO CITY – Two armed men were killed and three government forces were injured during a shootout that erupted while serving warrants of arrest in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat municipal police...
COTABATO CITY – Two men on a motorbike killed a village councilor of Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province and his son on Monday morning. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region police, said Barangay Kapinpilan Councilor Abusama Agao and his son,...
COTABATO CITY – Dozens of students in Kidapawan City and Tupi, South Cotabato collapsed or experienced anxiety attacks following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck the Davao region on Friday, prompting local governments to immediately suspend classes. Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Datu Ali...
DAVAO CITY – An Indigenous Peoples leader in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have urged a deeper probe on the recent murder of a former barangay official in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur. Timuay Labi Leticio Datuwata, the Supreme Tribal Chieftain of the Timuay...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Police in Maguindanao del Sur are pursuing an armed group that allegedly decapitated a tribal leader in a remote barangay in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town, this province, on Tuesday afternoon. In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Police Col. Sultan Salman...
KORONADAL CITY – A suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah terrorist group was killed after resisting arrest during the serving of six warrants in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday afternoon. Police Capt. Joel Lebrilla, Rajah Buayan police chief, identified the fatality as Moner Usman, a resident of...
COTABATO CITY – Police in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, have launched a manhunt for two men believed to be behind the killing of an engineer from the Bangsamoro region’s social services office on Tuesday night. Engr. Romeo “Ryan” Livelo, an employee of the Ministry of Social...
