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...
Crops develop at the regional technological demonstration field of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM-MAFAR). (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao -- Filipino farmers...
Vice President Sara Duterte condemned the attempted killing of Dr. Sharmaine Ceballos Barroquillo, a government doctor in Maguindanao, and lamented the occurence of similar violent incidents in the country. Dr. Sharmaine Ceballos Barroquillo (Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Davao...
Vice President Sara Duterte asked Filipinos to “never forget” the heroism, bravery, and sacrifices of the 44 members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF), who died in the infamous 2015 Mamasapano clash in Maguindanao. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) ...
DAVAO CITY – At least 300 Lambangian and Teduray indigenous peoples and migrant settlers staged a protest in Timanan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur on December 7 opposing the proposed declaration of a mineral reservation site within the tribe’s ancestral domain claim. INDIGENOUS peoples...
LEBAK, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Two foreign nationals engaged in money lending business were killed in Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao del Sur provinces over the weekend, police said Monday. On Sunday morning, unidentified gunmen shot dead Jaspreet Singh, an Indian national while driving his...
COTABATO CITY – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security has expressed concern over reports that some politicians in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat are allegedly coddling several suspects in the infamous Maguindanao massacre case. Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez, PTFoMS executive director,...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Two voters were killed while five others were wounded by gunmen in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Monday morning, October 30. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat police chief, said the gunmen attacked the still unnamed victims as they were about to...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – A suspected member of Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) was blasted to death after an improvised bomb he was carrying prematurely went off Sunday morning, October 29, in Maguindanao del Sur. Major Saber Balogan, Army 601st Infantry Brigade spokesperson, said the...
BULUAN, Maguindanao del Sur – Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. officiated the formal surrender of 50 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who were presented by Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu during a simple ceremony at the provincial capitol here...
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics agents “rescued” on Wednesday afternoon, October 11, a 16-year-old boy caught with some P3.4-million worth of suspected shabu during a sting operation in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte province. Agent “Rose Mary” of the Philippine Drug...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A municipal mayor in Maguindanao del Sur was arrested on Wednesday night, October 11, by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-BARMM) after he was linked to the murder of a town...
