ZAMBOANGA CITY – A soldier was killed and a policeman and six other government troopers were wounded in an ambush by armed men in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan on Saturday, August 12. A report from the Western Mindanao Command said that 10 unidentified armed men ambushed a convoy led by Ungkaya Pukan...
A soldier was killed while at least seven other law enforcers were injured when unidentified assailants ambushed Vice Mayor Ahmadin Baharim of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan on Saturday, August 12. The vice mayor was safe. Barangay Ulitan, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan (Courtesy of Joint Task Force Basilan) Major...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A former barangay chairman who was known for his Bangsamoro peace-building activities was killed with his son in an ambush here on Sunday night, July 30. Police Lt. Col. Arniel Melocotones, town police chief, identified the victims as Anwar Ebrahim Salem, 52, and...
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. welcomed the arrest of the second of five suspects in the ambush of a photojournalist in Quezon City two weeks ago. (L-R) *Eduardo Almario Legazpi II and Jomari dela Cruz Campillo alias "Mata" cover their faces as they are...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Department of Justice has claimed to have established an airtight case against the suspected members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who were tagged as responsible in the ambush-slaying of policemen in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on June 14. Police have...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Friday, June 30, condemned the attack in Barangay Masambong, in the city on Thursday, June 29, on a media practitioner and four other persons, including two minors, that caused them injuries. "On behalf of the entire Quezon City Local Government Unit, the Quezon...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – The Police Regional Office of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO-BARMM) has formed a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to hasten the probe into the ambush here that killed two policemen and injured four others on Wednesday,...
COTABATO CITY – The Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region is probing the ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday, June 14, where two policemen were killed and four others were wounded. Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, PRO-BAR director, has ordered the...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur (PNA) – Two police officers were killed and four others were wounded in an ambush by suspected extremists in Barangay Poblacion here on Wednesday night, June 14. Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police chief, said...
ILIGAN CITY – One of the suspects in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr.’s convoy was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine National Police and Philippine Army on Thursday, May 25. BARATOMO (103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, PA photo) The suspect, identified as Lomala...
LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sur – Authorities are hunting the last suspect in the ambush of Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. in Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Feb. 17. Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., in an interview during the 87th founding anniversary celebration of the 1st Infantry (Tabak)...
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Government forces killed during an operation on Wednesday, May 3, the alleged mastermind in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. last Feb. 17. Police Col. Robert Daculan, Lanao del Sur police provincial director, said private armed...
