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2 terror group members killed in Maguindanao del Sur
COTABATO CITY (Saturday, August 30, 2025) — Two members of local terror groups were killed in a clash with soldiers they shot with pistols for trying to stop them for a peaceful routine inspection at a checkpoint in Barangay Tuka in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday, August 29, 2025. Captain Giuseppe Tamayo, spokesperson of…
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`Raayat Day’ in once hostile Basilan town
COTABATO CITY (Thursday, August 28, 2025) — Villagers from across the now peaceful Tuburan town in Basilan benefitted from an extensive day-long outreach mission of the office of Gov. Mujiv Hataman on Wednesday. Radio reports on Thursday, August 28, stated that the activity, dubbed Raayat Day, was planned by Hataman, meant to maximize the delivery…
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3 fishermen from mainland Mindanao killed in Sulu
COTABATO CITY (Wednesday, August 27, 2025) — Gunmen in a watercraft shot dead three ethnic Maguindanaons while fishing in the sea few miles off Barangay Kabingaan in Tapul town in Sulu on Saturday, August 23. Officials of the Sulu Provincial Police Office and the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region reported on Wednesday, August 27, that…
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Husband, pregnant wife killed in highway robbery
COTABATO CITY (Wednesday, August 27, 2025) — Robbers killed a couple in a nighttime highway heist on Monday, August 25, in Barangay Ugalingan in Carmen town in Cotabato. Senior officials of the Cotabato Provincial Police Office told reporters on Wednesday, August 27, that Jezreel Tua Ramirez, 34, and his 33-year-old pregnant spouse, Jean, were together…
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Cops, soldiers, unite for peaceful, clean BARMM polls
COTABATO CITY (Tuesday, August 26, 2025) — Policemen, fire service personnel, Army and Marine troops and provincial poll officials paraded in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte early Tuesday, August 26, to show support for cross-section efforts to ensure peaceful and credible Bangsamoro parliamentary elections in October. The Unity Walk event was organized by officials of…
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23 more local terrorists surrender in Maguindanao del Sur
COTABATO CITY (Tuesday, August 26, 2025) — Another large group of combined members of the now weakened Dawlah Islamiya and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered to an Army unit in Datu Piang in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday, August 25. The 23 Dawlah Islamiya and BIFF members, seven of them experts in fabrication of…
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2 senior citizens die in Maguindanao del Norte fire
COTABATO CITY (Monday, August 25, 2025) — Two elderly villagers died in a fire that razed a house in Barangay Sarmiento in the seaside Parang town in Maguindanao del Norte before dawn Monday, August 25. Local officials and personnel of the Parang Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office told reporters at noon Monday that…
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PDEA agents seize 2 kilos shabu in Iligan City operation
COTABATO CITY (Monday, August 25, 2025) — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized P13.6 million worth of shabu from a dealer entrapped in Barangay Tubod in Iligan City on Sunday, August 24. Local executives in Iligan City confirmed on Monday, August 25, that PDEA agents from Regions 9 and 10 had confiscated during…