The vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Friday afternoon, August 2. Police identified the fatality as Roldan Benito. BENITO (FB) His nephew, who was a security aide, was also killed. Benito's wife, the chairwoman of Barangay Pandan, South Upi, and one...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has mobilized its own personnel to assist the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) in the investigation of the ambush of Christhia Angela Aragoncillo, an official of the Ministry of Social Services and Development in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six people, including a municipal councilor, were wounded in an ambush in Akbar town, Basilan province on Saturday, May 4. SIX persons were wounded in an ambush in Akbar, Basilan on Saturday, May 4. Investigation showed that the victims were on their way to Sitio Lessem,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two Persons Deprived of Liberty were killed and another was wounded by gunmen in Maasin City, Leyte on Tuesday, April 24. The fatalities were Melchor Maceda and John Paul Siguera and the survivor was Claudio Cortel, all inmates of the Southern Leyte Provincial Jail in Barangay...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A former barangay captain who filed a graft case against Albay Gov. Grex Lagman over "jueteng" (an illegal numbers game) payola survived an ambush while en route to his residence in Barangay Anislag, Daraga, Albay, from this city on Wednesday night, March 27. A FORMER...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 19, underscored the need for “collective action” to resolve the prevailing terrorism problem in the country. Vice President Sara Duterte visits the wake of the four slain soldiers at Camp Siongco in Maguindanao on Monday,...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (left) renders his final salute to a fallen Philippine Army personnel on March 18, 2024 at Camp Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. Behind him is 6th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Alex Rillera, who also...
Vice President Sara Duterte condemned the attempted killing of Dr. Sharmaine Ceballos Barroquillo, a government doctor in Maguindanao, and lamented the occurence of similar violent incidents in the country. Dr. Sharmaine Ceballos Barroquillo (Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Davao...
ILIGAN CITY – The 1st Infantry Division has condemned the ambush of three intelligence soldiers in Munai, Lanao del Norte in which two of them were killed. MAP of Lanao del Norte with the town of Munai highlighted. Major Gen. Gabriel C. Viray III, 1st ID commander, expressed deep sadness...
Two intelligence operatives of the Army 51st Infantry Battalion were killed in an ambush in Barangay Lininding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, January 3. THE body of an intelligence trooper lies on the ground following an ambush in Lanao del Norte on January 3. Lt. Col. Victor Czar...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – Police are tracking down two men, riding tandem on a motorcycle, who ambushed and killed a Saudi national and injured his wife here on Tuesday night, October 10. A SAUDI national was killed in an ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A barangay councilor running for chairman in the barangay elections on October 30 was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Gracia Village, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan on Tuesday night, October 3. Police identified the victim as Salvador Tan Garcia, 45, a resident of...
