COTABATO CITY – The military has intensified their operations against the local terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in the mountains of Maguindanao del Sur. Lt. Col. Ronald Suscano, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division (ID), said the operation was launched after civilians alerted the 90th...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. condoled with the families of four soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte last week. Brawner paid tribute to the fallen soldiers for their sacrifice. He assured their families of...
The Philippine Army (PA) denounced “in the strongest terms” the killing of four soldiers by suspected Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) terrorists in an ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning, Jan. 23. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, PA commanding general, described the attack on the...
Four soldiers were killed and another was wounded in an ambush in Purok 1, Barangay Liningding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning. The victims were on board a blue Toyota Avanza when they were shot by individuals believed to be members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group. The fatalities were...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – An alleged member of the Dawlah Islamiyah tagged in a string of murder cases was killed in a shootout with security forces in Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, Dec. 14. Brig. Gen. Edgar Catu, 601st Infantry Brigade commander, identified the suspect as...
The military said Monday, Dec. 8, that it was pursuing the remaining members of the Dawlah Islamiyah–Hassan Group (DI-HG) following the death of its most senior leader and top bomb expert in an operation in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, Dec. 7. Ustads Mohammad Usman Solaiman,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 arrested an alleged logistics provider of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group and former kidnap-for-ransom group leader in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, on Thursday, Nov. 6. The 56-year-old suspect was apprehended on warrants for kidnap-for-ransom, frustrated...
COTABATO CITY – Eight suspected local terrorists were arrested during a joint military-police law enforcement operation in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday. Brig. Gen. Edgar Catu, commander of the Army 601st Infantry Brigade, said the suspects were arrested after troops responded to civilians '...
KORONADAL CITY – A suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah terrorist group was killed after resisting arrest during the serving of six warrants in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday afternoon. Police Capt. Joel Lebrilla, Rajah Buayan police chief, identified the fatality as Moner Usman, a resident of...
ILIGAN CITY – Three members of the lawless Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were killed and three others were captured in a clash with government troops in Lanao del Sur, the military said Sunday. Brig. Gen. Billy dela Rosa, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the gunbattle erupted while...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected member of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terror group in an operation carried out in Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon. In a report Thursday, Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
The Philippine Army (PA) will continue its military offensives against the radical group Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in Mindanao following the death of two of its members during an armed encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Tahir Salim Suweb, 41, and Benladin Adi Kamid, 23, died during a military...
