Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Why not have Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel secure opposing candidates in Mindanao, including Maguindanao? Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate...
Datu Piang Municipal Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama (File photo) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) denounced the gun attack on the vice mayor of a municipality in Maguindanao del Sur, saying any act of violence against public officials is an...
DAVAO CITY – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) on Tuesday, Feb. 25, condemned the gun attack against Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday, Feb. 24. SAMAMA READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/24/maguindanao-del-sur-vice-mayor-shot Ranking...
COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur province was shot and wounded on Monday morning, Feb. 24. Police said Vice Mayor Atty. Datu Omar Samama was shot while delivering a speech before his constituents in Barangay Magaslong in Datu Piang. SAMAMA The...
DAVAO CITY – Former Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu donated a carabao to a farmer who lost her farm companion to a plane crash in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6. FORMER Maguindanao Gov. Toto Mangudadatu (second from right) with Bainola Akang (third from left). (Photo...
The wreckage of a private aircraft sits on a ricefield after it crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6, 2025. The aircraft was contracted by the US Department of Defense for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) activities. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mala via Keith Bacongco /...
DAVAO CITY – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines is investigating the plane crash that killed four persons in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6. The CAAP said on Friday, Feb. 7, that it is working closely with local authorities to determine the...
DAVAO CITY – The US Indo-Pacific Command (USIndoPaCom) confirmed on Friday, Feb. 7, that the aircraft that crashed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 6, was conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the Philippine military. THE plane's...
DAVAO CITY – Four persons were killed after a private aircraft crashed on a rice field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6. POLICE secure the crash site in Barangay Malatimon, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Sam Mala) The Ampatuan Municipal...
A police officer wanted for his alleged involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested on Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Maguindanao del Norte police chief Police Col. Eleuterio Ricardo Jr. identified the suspect as Police Officer 1...
Two barangay security officers were killed and three colleagues were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Barangay Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday night, Jan. 27. Police identified the victims as a 17-year-old Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team member and Esmael Singh, 20,...
Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday dangled a P150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two men who robbed and killed a delivery van driver in Barangay Timbangan, Shariff Aguak on Monday. MOSQUE in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. (FB)...
