ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police in Lanao del Norte have intensified security measures in schools throughout the province to ensure a safe, secure, and conducive learning environment. In a statement on Wednesday, Police Col. Leo de Leon Sua, Lanao del Norte police director, said all municipal police...
Vice President Sara Duterte is optimistic that there is still hope for the Philippines, urging Filipinos not to surrender to disorder, oppression, and hopelessness despite growing frustrations over the country 's situation. Speaking during the 60th Araw ng Nunungan celebration in Lanao del...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A routine checkpoint for seat belt violations in Lanao del Norte led to the confiscation of some P5.3-million worth of mineral ores from three trucks, police said Monday. A joint team of police and military personnel flagged down a truck along the highway for a visible violation...
CAMP PARANG, Maguindanao del Norte – Unidentified gunmen attacked policemen who were serving a warrant of arrest, leaving one officer dead and four others wounded in Lanao del Sur on Monday, police said. Police Capt. Steffi Salanguit, speaking for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
Vice President Sara Duterte has condemned the ambush that killed four soldiers in Lanao del Norte, which she said is a challenge for the state regarding peace and security. Duterte, in a statement over the weekend, called on all relevant agencies in the country not to stop working until justice is...
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) identified on Saturday, Jan. 24, the four soldiers who were killed in an ambush by suspected Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) remnants in Munai, Lanao del Norte. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, PA commanding general, said the slain soldiers were Staff Sergent Diosito Araya,...
The military mourned the death of four soldiers in an ambush by the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in Barangay Lininding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday, Jan. 23. A statement issued by 1st Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Yegor Rey P. Barroquillo Jr. said they were conducting a...
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...
BUTUAN CITY – Police intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled cigarettes worth P8 million in Sultan Naga Dimaporo town, Lanao del Norte province on Thursday, Nov. 6. The 29-year-old driver failed to present a Certificate of Registration and was issued a Temporary Operator’s Permit (TOP). The...
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...
