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...
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...
