CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Government troops intercepted two armed Moro factions on the brink of violent confrontation Sunday morning in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, preventing potential civilian displacement, the military reported Monday. Acting on civilian...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Maguindanao governor Datu Sajid Islam Ampatuan for graft and malversation of public funds on the P393 million construction and rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in 2009. Ampatuan, who is currently the vice mayor of Shariff Saydona...
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...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the implementation of additional security measures to put an end to the series of election-related violence in Maguindanao provinces amid the preparations for the May 12 midterm elections. Several gun-related...
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...
COTABATO CITY – Five members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrendered to the military in Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday, March 11. FIVE Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group surrenderers in Maguindanao del Sur receive government assistance on Tuesday, March 11. (FB) Lt. Col. Loqui Marco, 90th...
Gunmen torched 10 houses in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, March 9. TRANSPORT terminal in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. (Wikipedia) Shariff Aguak Councilor Datu Oping Ampatuan said a group of gunmen arrived and set the houses on fire. The owners fled to safer areas as the...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Why not have Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel secure opposing candidates in Mindanao, including Maguindanao? Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate...
Datu Piang Municipal Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama (File photo) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) denounced the gun attack on the vice mayor of a municipality in Maguindanao del Sur, saying any act of violence against public officials is an...
DAVAO CITY – The United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) on Tuesday, Feb. 25, condemned the gun attack against Vice Mayor Mohammad Omar Samama of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday, Feb. 24. SAMAMA READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/24/maguindanao-del-sur-vice-mayor-shot Ranking...
COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur province was shot and wounded on Monday morning, Feb. 24. Police said Vice Mayor Atty. Datu Omar Samama was shot while delivering a speech before his constituents in Barangay Magaslong in Datu Piang. SAMAMA The...
DAVAO CITY – Former Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu donated a carabao to a farmer who lost her farm companion to a plane crash in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Feb. 6. FORMER Maguindanao Gov. Toto Mangudadatu (second from right) with Bainola Akang (third from left). (Photo...
