COTABATO CITY – Police have launched an intensive manhunt against six heavily armed men responsible for killing four persons and wounding three others in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte province on Monday afternoon. “Among the fatalities was a 10-year-old girl. The brazen attack...
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro health ministry confirmed two mpox (monkeypox) cases in Maguindanao del Norte this week while monitoring six other potential infections, officials said Wednesday. Recovered patients were a 59-year-old woman from Sultan Kudarat and a 28-year-old woman from Datu Odin...
DAVAO CITY – Political clans backed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-led United Bangsamoro Justice Party emerged as winners in the May 12 elections in the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, which are part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said police personnel were designated to take over as the special electoral board (SEB) in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao due to election-related violence moments before the start of the midterm elections there on Monday, May 12. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura,...
DAVAO CITY – The Lidasan clan condemned on Thursday, March 27, the ambush and brutal killing of Commission on Elections official Bai Maceda Lidasan Abo and her husband, Datu Jojo Abo, in Barangay Makir in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday, March 26. The couple were on their...
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...
A police officer wanted for his alleged involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested on Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Maguindanao del Norte police chief Police Col. Eleuterio Ricardo Jr. identified the suspect as Police Officer 1...
Three persons died and 35 others were hospitalized after allegedly consuming improperly cleaned sea turtle meat in Barangay Linao, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, authorities said Monday, Dec. 2. THREE members of the Teduray tribe died after eating allegedly tainted...
Mayors in Maguindanao del Norte support the postponement of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections from 2025 to 2026. THE Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City, the seat of government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. ...
President Marcos has handed over P100,000 financial assistance to seven soldiers in Maguindanao who were wounded while performing their duty. Marcos distributed the cash checks when he visited the wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers during his visit in Maguindanao del Norte on Monday, April 29. The...
ILIGAN CITY – Authorities seized suspected shabu valued at P1.7 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on Monday, March 11. SHABU supply in Maguindanao del Norte and nearby areas is expected to take a hit following...
More than 1,600 students get their education at the Ibn Taimiyah Foundation Academy (ITFA) in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Thousands of learners here, including children of former Moro Islamic...