DAVAO CITY – Over 100 barangays in the province of Maguindanao del Sur are still flooded after almost a week of torrential rains due to the combined effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and low-pressure area, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. As of 5 p.m....
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 – The number of affected residents in the massive flooding in Maguindanao del Sur rose to 192,005 as of 5 p.m., Monday, May 19, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported. The number of affected barangays also went up to 47 from 98 barangays in the...
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Police in this province are on heightened security following three separate weekend shootings that left three persons dead and three wounded. The most recent attack occurred around 3 p.m. Sunday when a rescue vehicle carrying three Barangay Peace Action Team...
DAVAO CITY – A massive flooding has affected at least 78,000 individuals in the low-lying towns of Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) due to torrential rains from the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) since May 14. A report dated May 17 from...
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)....
COTABATO CITY – Police arrested 60 suspected flying voters and confiscated a grenade, iron rods, and fake registration documents in Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur during Monday 's elections, officials said. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Jopy...
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,...
COTABATO CITY – The 601st Infantry Brigade recovered Sunday assorted high-powered firearms abandoned in Barangay Mao, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Sur. Lt. Col. Roden Orbon, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, quoted a report from the 601st Infantry Brigade that soldiers responded...
COTABATO CITY – Two were killed, including a candidate for the municipal council, while eight were disarmed and arrested following a police operation in Pandag town, Maguindanao del Sur province, on Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Prompt action by military forces, who responded to civilian reports of armed men in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town, successfully thwarted an attempt by a lawless armed group to sow terror in Maguindanao del Sur, an Army officer reported here on Monday. Lt....
DAVAO CITY – Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu has welcomed the Commission on Election’s decision to place Buluan under its control amid the surge in election-related violence less than a month before the May 12 mid-term elections. MAGUINDANAO del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam...
