COTABATO CITY – Dozens of students in Kidapawan City and Tupi, South Cotabato collapsed or experienced anxiety attacks following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck the Davao region on Friday, prompting local governments to immediately suspend classes. Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Datu Ali...
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...
COTABATO CITY – Police in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, have launched a manhunt for two men believed to be behind the killing of an engineer from the Bangsamoro region’s social services office on Tuesday night. Engr. Romeo “Ryan” Livelo, an employee of the Ministry of Social...
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,...
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte – A wanted person was killed while his companion was hurt and arrested during a law enforcement operation in Sitio Siawan, Barangay Tamontaka here Tuesday night. Police Lt. Col. Esmail Madin, the municipal police station chief who led the operation,...
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...
The Philippine Army (PA) said Monday, Aug. 4, that it has relieved two ranking military officers and 19 enlisted personnel after a newly-minted soldier died during reception rites in Maguindanao del Sur last week, an incident that poses a significant test for newly appointed Army commanding...
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...
COTABATO CITY – Police tracker teams are pursuing an armed suspect who fatally shot a farmer and wounded his wife early Thursday in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Police Major Blayn Lomas-e, chief of the Parang municipal police station, identified the slain farmer as Samuel Lamis of Purok Panay,...
