COTABATO CITY -- A leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and six followers were killed in a gun fight with security forces in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, June 18. Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region,...
COTABATO CITY – A suspected bomber of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter was arrested by authorities over the weekend while undergoing treatment at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center here. Lt. Col. Rowell Gavilanes, 60th Infantry Battalion commander, said the suspect, Kuntong Basilan,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Military and police bomb experts safely deactivated at dawn on Thursday, May 25, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left near the main gate of the Husky Bus passenger terminal here. Police Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., city police director, said the plastic bag containing...
Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr., Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), personally witnessed the mass surrender of 50 combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Thursday, May 11. (PNP Chief Police Gen....
ILIGAN CITY – Five members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and a member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Turaife Group surrendered and turned over their firearms to the military at the 1st Brigade Combat Team headquarters in Barangay Pigcalagan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte on Tuesday,...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Police have filed charges against suspected members of a local terrorist group responsible for detonating an improvised explosive device on a passenger bus here which injured seven persons on April 17. Police Col. Christopher Bermudez, Sultan Kudarat police director,...
ILIGAN CITY – Seven members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) surrendered to the military in Maguindanao del Sur at the 33rd Infantry Battalion headquarters in Barangay Zapakan, Radjah Buayan town on Sunday, March 26. Joint Task Force Central Commander Maj. Gen. Alex Rillera said...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Government forces have foiled attempted bombing plots by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) following an artillery offensive that left three extremists killed and one captured in Maguindanao del Sur province, the military reported on...
ILIGAN CITY – Three members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters yielded to the 40th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Kabengi, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Joint Task Force Central chief Major Gen. Alex Rillera said they surrendered to Lt. Col. Edwin...
ILIGAN CITY -- Six members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters laid down their arms and returned to the folds of the law on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at the 1st Mechanized Battalion headquarters in Barangay Kabengi, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao Del Sur. 1st Mechanized Battalion Commander...
ILIGAN CITY -- At least forty-four officers and members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters laid down their arms and returned to the folds of the law in Cotabato on Dec. 9, 2022. Joint Task Force Central Commander Maj. Gen. Roy Galido said the former violent extremists submitted themselves...
Militant and terrorist organizations in the southern part of the country took a setback after the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) facilitated the surrender of nine members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Maguindanao and Basilan provinces...
