Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (right) checks the condition of a wounded troop at Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga city on Feb. 7, 2025, nearly three weeks since an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan that killed two soldiers and injured 12 other military personnel. (Photo: PA) Lt....
The peace implementing panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by co-chairs Cesar B. Yano (eighth from left) and Mohagher M. Iqbal (ninth from right) reaffirm their dedication to fulfill all their commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is calling for an urgent congressional inquiry on the deadly encounter between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the province. "Bakit na naman nangyari ito (Why did this happen again)?" Hataman, a former governor of...
A college dean and his nephew were shot dead in an ambush on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat. RACHO (FB) Police identified the victims as Henry Racho, 51, dean and sports coordinator of the Notre Dame of Salaman College in Lebak, and his 17-year-old nephew, Eric James Moyet,...
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front member was killed and four others, including two MILF commanders, were wounded in an ambush in Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Ahma Utto, 25, a resident of Barangay Barurao, Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three military intelligence personnel were killed by armed men in an ambush in Barangay Baimbing, Lamitan City, Basilan on Monday evening, Dec. 23. THREE military intelligence agents were killed in an ambush in Basilan on Monday night. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Initial report...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Office has created a Special Investigation Task Group to probe the ambush of the Commission on Elections-Sulu provincial official where his brother was killed. MOLITAS The task group, composed of officers from the Police Regional Office-9, the...
Nasser Amil, the brother of Vidzfar Amil, Commission on Elections-Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, after sustaining a bullet wound in the head in an ambush in Zamboanga City. Vidzfar, who was also in the vehicle and believed to be the target of the suspects,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections in Sulu province escaped death and his brother was wounded in an ambush here on Saturday, Dec. 21. A COMMISSION on Elections official in Sulu cheated death in an ambush in Zamboanga City on Dec. 21. Photo...
A woman and her infant daughter and their driver were killed in an ambush Thursday in Barangay Mileb, Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur. Police identified the victims as Harrah Jinn Utto Lumenda, her three-month-old daughter, and driver Nunokan Manalindo, all residents of Rajah Buayan. Lumenda’s...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roldan Benito and his bodyguard Weng Marcos last August 2. The ambush of Benito and Marcos happened in in Barangay Pandan. The two were with Benito's family in a pickup truck when they were...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao condemned the killing of Vice Mayor Roldan Benito of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur in his hometown on Friday afternoon, August 2. The BARMM called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and hunt the...
