DAVAO CITY – As police have yet to solve the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roland Benito almost two months ago, another Indigenous Peoples leader was gunned down in Barangay Bongo in South Upi on Tuesday, September 17. MOIRES (Keith Bacongco) Police identified the victim as...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage Office is appealing to the national government to hasten the implementation of mitigating measures to address the adverse impacts of perennial flooding. ALIP (Keith Bacongco) MDRRMO chief Benjamin Alip...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – When life gives you lemon, make lemonade. While it is true that the perennial flooding in this province and outlying areas brought misery, it also opened up opportunities for some flood survivors. Over the years, perennial flooding has been a problem for most of...
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Over the years, many residents of this marshy town used to be on their toes to evacuate as fighting between government forces and Moro rebels could erupt anytime. RESIDENTS sail on the waterway in Barangay Cuyapon, Kabacan, Cotabato. (Keith Bacongco) But...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the separate attacks that resulted in the deaths of three barangay (village) officials in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Sur. The first attack last Aug. 18, involved Barangay Bulibod Chairman Esmael Latip Mustapha and his wife, Rahima,...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Roldan Benito and his bodyguard Weng Marcos last August 2. The ambush of Benito and Marcos happened in in Barangay Pandan. The two were with Benito's family in a pickup truck when they were...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao condemned the killing of Vice Mayor Roldan Benito of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur in his hometown on Friday afternoon, August 2. The BARMM called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident and hunt the...
The vice mayor of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Friday afternoon, August 2. Police identified the fatality as Roldan Benito. BENITO (FB) His nephew, who was a security aide, was also killed. Benito's wife, the chairwoman of Barangay Pandan, South Upi, and one...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on the government to ensure the "immediate safety" of 6,000 residents who have been displaced due to hostilities in Maguindanao del Sur. "As the country’s national human rights institution, we urge the local and national government to work...
DAVAO CITY – The local government of Mamasapano town in Maguindanao del Sur province has urged the leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to resolve the infighting in the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the armed wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. ...
DAVAO CITY – At least 80 Indigenous Peoples were taken to hospitals after they suffered severe stomach pain and vomiting after consuming a native delicacy during a tribal wedding in remote Barangay Pandan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, April 25. Dr. Rose Leah Jerusalem,...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government has placed Maguindanao del Sur under a state of calamity due to the adverse impact of El Niño phenomenon. A TEDURAY farmer inspects her farm destroyed by the extreme heat due to El Niño in South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur. (Keith Bacongco)...
