TACURONG CITY – Unidentified gunmen ambushed and injured a barangay chairman and his driver in Paglat town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Monday, police said. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, identified the victims as Hadji...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), vowed to run after all those involved in the ambush in Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday night, March 28, that left five policemen dead and three others seriously injured. In a strongly worded statement, Nartatez said...
Five policemen were killed in an ambush in Barangay Mother Poblacion, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday night, March 28. Three other police officers were wounded. The victims from the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company of the Maguindanao del Sur Police Provincial Office were on their...
COTABATO CITY – Police officers in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday intercepted an attempt to smuggle P6.4-million worth of imported cigarettes hidden by two men inside a cement mixer truck. Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Four members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were wounded during a series of clashes between two factions in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in this province, the military here reported Thursday. Lt. Col. Ronald Suscano, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry...
DAVAO CITY – Officials of Cotabato province have condemned the broad daylight ambush of a retired police officer and his companion in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao del Sur province on Tuesday, March 3. Police identified the victims as retired Police Major Elias Dandan and Raymund Bioy....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) seized an estimated P114-million worth of smuggled cigarettes within its area of operation. Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr., commander of WMNC, said personnel aboard BRP-Florencio Iñigo (PC-393) intercepted two vessels for...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – A daylight ambush along a national highway in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Tuesday left one dead and two injured, including the brother of Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan Sr., police reported. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson of the Police...
A five-year-old pupil was killed by a stray bullet on Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur. Police said the victim was inside their classroom at Damabalas Elementary School when the child suddenly slumped to the ground. The child’s teacher checked the victim and...
COTABATO CITY – The military has intensified their operations against the local terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in the mountains of Maguindanao del Sur. Lt. Col. Ronald Suscano, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division (ID), said the operation was launched after civilians alerted the 90th...
DAVAO CITY – A member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) urged Congress to enact a law renaming Maguindanao del Sur as the province of Buayan. In a resolution filed before the Bangsamoro parliament on Monday,...
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Police and soldiers launched a manhunt Tuesday for gunmen who ambushed and killed a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) field commander and his aide in a remote village here Monday night. Hams Kindo, alias Commander Tuabak, 46, commander of the MILF 118th Base...
