COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested an alleged bomb-making expert of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terrorist group following a clash in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Brig. Gen. Vladimir R. Cagara, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT), said soldiers were responding to...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Soldiers reported Monday the killing of two suspected local terrorists, believed to be behind recent atrocities against civilians and soldiers in Maguindanao del Sur. The two slain terrorists were identified as Dawlah Islamiyah (DI)-Hassan Group members...
COTABATO CITY – After months of covert operations, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NBI-BARMM) on Thursday arrested a suspected bomber linked to Mindanao bus bombings and bus burning in 2021. NBI-BARMM Director Jonathan Balite...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers neutralized a notorious leader of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in a 15-minute encounter on May 9 in Barangay Tambo, Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur. Soldiers identified the fatality as Nasser Daud, alias Mas’od and Mahater. Daud was No. 1 in the government’s...
Soldiers killed four members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hasan Group in an encounter in Barira, Maguindanao del Norte on Monday morning, March 17. WAR materials recovered from the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hasan Group in Barira, Maguindanao del Norte. (FB) The 6th Marine Company of the Marine Battalion Landing...
COTABATO CITY – Five members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrendered to the military in Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday, March 11. FIVE Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrenderers in Maguindanao del Sur receive government assistance on Tuesday, March 11. (FB) Lt. Col. Loqui Marco, 90th...
ILIGAN CITY – The leader of a criminal syndicate linked to the Dawlah Islamiyah terror group and four of his followers were killed in a clash with government troops in Lanao del Norte on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The military said the encounter occurred in Barangay Banko, Sultan Naga Dimaporo as...
The Armed Forces-Western Mindanao Command cited troops from the Joint Task Force Zamboanga Peninsula-Lanao (ZamPeLan) for neutralizing a sub-leader of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group and four of his followers in Lanao del Norte on Monday, April 29. READ:...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers neutralized three members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group in an encounter in Barangay Lindongan, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Saturday, April 13. SOLDIERS recovered Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group gear in an encounter in Munai, Lanao del Norte, on April 13. (Army photo)...
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...
ILIGAN CITY – Three Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) members were killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Matampay, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Wednesday, February 21. MAP of Munai, Lanao del Norte. Recovered from the encounter site was an M16 rifle. The Forward Support...
President Marcos has directed the Department of National Defense (DND) to ensure that there will be zero to minimal casualties during operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against enemies of the State. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. bared this as he commended the...
