SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Authorities are searching for two men responsible for a grenade attack in this town that injured four people Thursday night. “Manhunt against the perpetrators is ongoing,” Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Police are hunting two men on a motorcycle who shot and killed a municipal government worker here Wednesday afternoon. The Pagalungan Municipal Police identified the victim as Christopher Malingco, a job order worker at the Pagalungan Civil Registrar’s Office...
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 '...
COTABATO CITY – Two men on a motorbike killed a village councilor of Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur province and his son on Monday morning. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region police, said Barangay Kapinpilan Councilor Abusama Agao and his son,...
DAVAO CITY – An Indigenous Peoples leader in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have urged a deeper probe on the recent murder of a former barangay official in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur. Timuay Labi Leticio Datuwata, the Supreme Tribal Chieftain of the Timuay...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Police in Maguindanao del Sur are pursuing an armed group that allegedly decapitated a tribal leader in a remote barangay in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town, this province, on Tuesday afternoon. In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Police Col. Sultan Salman...
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...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Police are hunting two gunmen who ambushed and killed a family of three in Barangay Nalinan here on Monday afternoon. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro police, identified the fatalities as Ibrahim Payapat, his wife Zenaida...
COTABATO CITY – Pursuit operations are ongoing for armed men who killed a Muslim preacher and wounded seven others in an ambush in Guindulungan, Maguindanao del Sur, on Monday night, police said Tuesday. Police Capt. Giuseppe Tamayo, speaking for the Maguindanao del Sur police provincial office,...
COTABATO CITY – Three Moro fighters were killed and three others were wounded after warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions clashed in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, police said Monday. The encounter on Sunday morning involved the groups of commanders Malibuteng and...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – A massive manhunt is underway for assailants who ambushed and killed a municipal engineer, which also wounded another person here Wednesday night, police reported Thursday. Engineer Shed Ariff Malang, municipal engineer of adjacent Shariff Saydona Mustapha...
RAJAH BUAYAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Two warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions here reached a peaceful resolution to their misunderstanding and clan conflict on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Edgar L. Catu, commander of the 601st Infantry Brigade, facilitated the “reunion” of Teng Mamo...