DAVAO CITY – Political clans backed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-led United Bangsamoro Justice Party emerged as winners in the May 12 elections in the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, which are part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)....
COTABATO CITY – Police arrested 60 suspected flying voters and confiscated a grenade, iron rods, and fake registration documents in Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur during Monday 's elections, officials said. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Jopy...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said police personnel were designated to take over as the special electoral board (SEB) in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao due to election-related violence moments before the start of the midterm elections there on Monday, May 12. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura,...
COTABATO CITY – The 601st Infantry Brigade recovered Sunday assorted high-powered firearms abandoned in Barangay Mao, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur. Lt. Col. Roden Orbon, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, quoted a report from the 601st Infantry Brigade that soldiers responded...
COTABATO CITY – Two were killed, including a candidate for the municipal council, while eight were disarmed and arrested following a police operation in Pandag town, Maguindanao del Sur province, on Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Prompt action by military forces, who responded to civilian reports of armed men in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town, successfully thwarted an attempt by a lawless armed group to sow terror in Maguindanao del Sur, an Army officer reported here on Monday. Lt....
DAVAO CITY – Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu has welcomed the Commission on Election’s decision to place Buluan under its control amid the surge in election-related violence less than a month before the May 12 mid-term elections. MAGUINDANAO del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Tuesday, April 15, that they have placed Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur under Comelec control. Commission on Elections "The Comelec En Banc is now placing Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur under Comelec control," he told reporters...
A candidate for provincial board member and his driver were wounded in an ambush in Datu Anggal Midtimbang town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Sunday afternoon. DATU Anggal Midtimbang municipal compound. (Wikipedia) Police are conducting a manhunt against the four gunmen of Muhammad Utti Omar,...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Government troops intercepted two armed Moro factions on the brink of violent confrontation Sunday morning in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, preventing potential civilian displacement, the military reported Monday. Acting on civilian...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Maguindanao governor Datu Sajid Islam Ampatuan for graft and malversation of public funds on the P393 million construction and rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in 2009. Ampatuan, who is currently the vice mayor of Shariff Saydona...
DAVAO CITY – The Lidasan clan condemned on Thursday, March 27, the ambush and brutal killing of Commission on Elections official Bai Maceda Lidasan Abo and her husband, Datu Jojo Abo, in Barangay Makir in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday, March 26. The couple were on their...
