GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Four suspected members of a local terrorist group were arrested by the police and military in a law enforcement operation in Tupi, South Cotabato on Sunday, September 17. Major Gen. Alex Rillera, commander of the 6th Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Central, said...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A fierce firefight erupted between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the outlawed Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province on Monday, September 12, leaving two DI terrorists dead. Brig. Gen. Oriel...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Government forces in Maguindanao del Sur clashed with Dawlah Islamiya (DI) terrorist group fighters during an operation in Rajah Buayan town and recovered five high-powered guns at dawn on Wednesday, July 27. Lt. Col. Udgie Villan, Army 33rd Infantry...
ILIGAN CITY – Operating troops from the 7th and 9th Scout Ranger Company under the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion encountered an undetermined number of Dawlah Islamiyah members in the hinterlands of Barangay Piangologan, Marogong town in Lanao del Sur at around 8:58 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31....
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...
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Lanao del Sur police killed three alleged members of the Dawlah Islamiyah and arrested seven others during a predawn law enforcement operation in Bubong town on Sunday, April 2. Brig. Gen. Allan Cruz Nobleza, newly installed director of the Police...
Contrary to allegations now circulating on social media, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified Thursday, March 3, that the target of the recent combat operations in Maguing, Lanao del Sur were members of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) and Maute Group (MG), not the Moro Islamic Liberation...
Another suspected terrorist has been killed in the continuing pursuit operation of the military against the Islamic State (IS)-inspired Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, March 2. (Courtesy of Western Mindanao Command) Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the...
Government forces launched airstrikes and artillery attacks in an alleged lair of terrorist groups Dawlah Islamiyah (DI), an Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated group, and Maute Group, the primary force behind the 2017 Marawi City siege, in Maguing, Lanao del Sur before Tuesday dawn, March 1. (Courtesy...
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the country’s law enforcers deserve congratulations and support for the major headway against terrorism over the weekend. Lacson, chairman of the Senate National Defense and Security committee, said the law enforcers dealt major blows to the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) on...