COTABATO CITY – A municipal council candidate and his aide were gunned down Monday morning while walking to cast their votes in Bayang, Lanao del Sur, police confirmed.Afganie Balt Taha, a town council aspirant, and supporter Walid Balt Taha – a relative and brother of a barangay official –...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers neutralized a notorious leader of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in a 15-minute encounter on May 9 in Barangay Tambo, Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur. Soldiers identified the fatality as Nasser Daud, alias Mas'od and Mahater.Daud was No. 1 in the government's...
A young barangay chairman was killed and his companion was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Montay, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday morning, April 9. MALABANG MPS FB photoPolice Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR),...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own investigation into the killing last Feb. 26 of former mayor Abdulazis Tadua Aloyodan of Lumbaca-Unayan town in Lanao del Sur.Aloyodan was ambushed outside his residence by still unidentified gunmen.In a statement, the CHR said its Quick...
Police are conducting an in-depth investigation over the murder of former Lumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur Mayor Abdulazis Tadua Aloyodan.A Special Investigation Task Group has been formed to fast-track the investigation. Police are investigating if the killing is election-related or rido (family...
For his ties and contribution to Mindanao's development, Lanao del Sur Governor Datu Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong Jr. said Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa deserves another term in the Senate. Adiong endorsed the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban)...
MARAWI CITY â€" The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region headed by Police Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz received 41 brand-new police vehicles in Marawi City on Thursday, Feb. 20, from Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman.Pangandaman said these new patrol vehicles would help increase...
ILIGAN CITY – A member of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Kalangan, Piagapo, Lanao del Sur on Saturday, Jan. 25.The fatality was identified as Nasruding Dimapinto Nasrudin, alias Hodaifa.The Joint Task Group Haribon led by Col. Billy dela...
MARAWI CITY â€" A 48-year-old farmer was gunned down on Christmas Day, days after he reportedly filed a petition over alleged flying voters in Pualas, Lanao del Sur.Police Lt. Col. Juanito J. Jamis, Lanao del Sur police deputy provincial director for operations, identified the victim as...
ILIGAN CITY – The Lanao del Sur Integrated Provincial Health Office has reported a suspected monkeypox case involving a resident of Barangay Masao, Malabang, Lanao del Sur. The patient was taken to the Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi City and laboratory confirmation of the case is...
MARAWI CITY – Candidates of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas-United Bangsamoro Justice Party in Lanao del Sur filed their Certificates of Candidacy on Tuesday, October 8.The party was led by Roland Abdul Rashid A. Macarambon for governor. PFP-UBJP candidates led by Roland Abdul Rashid...
ILIGAN CITY – Three New People's Army rebels were killed in a brief encounter with troops from the Joint Task Force Zampelan in Sitio Bagong Silang, Barangay Malna, Kapai, Lanao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, September 5.TROOPS seized New People's Army guns and equipment in an encounter in...