CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Lanao del Sur chapter and Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra condemned the ambush by unidentified gunmen of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. on Friday, Feb. 17, in the remote Sitio Landslide, Barangay Dilimbayan, Maguing,...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat – The principal suspect in the ambush-slaying of a police chief in Maguindanao was killed after he resisted arrest during a law enforcement operation conducted by police and military operatives on Saturday, Feb. 18 in the city. Police Regional Office-12 director...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has declared a gun ban in two provinces and 63 barangays in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following an ambush on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr on Friday, Feb. 17, that left four people, three of them policemen, dead....
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Adiong took to Facebook on Friday night, Feb. 17 to thank those who prayed for his older brother, Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr., after the latter's convoy was ambushed by armed men. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Adiong (Facebook) "Our unending...
"A brazen act of violence." Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) That's how House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman described on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18 the attempted assassination on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. Adiong and his aide...
European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron on Saturday, Feb. 18, sent his sympathies and well wishes to Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal “Bombit” Adiong Jr. after his convoy was ambushed. Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. (left) and European Union Ambassador to the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos, Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a massive manhunt for the suspects behind the ambush of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto-Adiong, Jr. that killed four of his...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez strongly condemned on Saturday, Feb. 18 the assassination attempt on Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr.in Maguing town, which reportedly left four of his security details dead and another one wounded. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) “I...
ILIGAN CITY -- Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal 'Bombit' Alonto Adiong Jr. and his convoy were ambushed in Barangay Dilimbayan, Maguing, Lanao del Sur along Cagayan de Oro-Camp Kibaritan road on their way to Municipality of Wao, around 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. Brigadier General John Guyguyon,...
NIAMEY, Niger - Niger said Friday the death toll had risen to 17 following a jihadist attack on soldiers last week in the country's southwest near the border with Mali. "Seventeen (soldiers) dead, 13 wounded, 12 missing," the defence ministry said. "Search operations are continuing," it added. The...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Unidentified gunmen on Friday fired on a convoy that wounded Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto-Adiong Jr. and killed four of his companions. An initial report from the Kalilangan municipal police station in Bukidnon province said the incident took place in Maguing...
Four people were confirmed killed while two others were hurt when unidentified assailants ambushed Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal A. Adiong and his party in Maguing town on Friday, Feb. 17, police said. Photo: PNP Press Corps pool / PRO-BAR Col. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Philippine National...
