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3 elusive shabu dealers finally arrested in Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY (December 11, 2025) — Three shabu dealers, peddling their illegal merchandise to lowly villagers, were entrapped in separate police operations in different areas in Cotabato City on Tuesday, December 9, laid with the help local residents. The three suspects — Tonton Datuan Salasal, 30, Mharex Guialudin Edza, 47, and the 29-year-old Prince Khalid
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25 more Dawlah Islamiya, BIFF members surrender in Central Mindanao
COTABATO CITY (December 8, 2025) Another group from the now both defunct Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have pledged allegiance to the government during a surrender rite in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday, December 5. Major Gen. Jose Vladmir Cagara, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, told reporters on
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Region 12 cops seize P19.4-M worth imported cigarettes
COTABATO CITY (December 4, 2025) — Policemen seized P19.4 million worth of imported cigarettes piled inside a warehouse in Barangay Wal in the seaside Palimbang town in Sultan Kudarat on Sunday night, November 30. Brig. Gen. Arnold Ardiente, director of the Police Regional Office-12, said on Wednesday that the cigarettes from Indonesia are now in
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Missing vehicle in Luzon found in Basilan
COTABATO CITY (December 4, 2025) — Policemen recovered on Monday, December 1, in Lamitan City in Basilan a pick-up truck from Lucena City in Quezon province, the 15th carnapped vehicle seized in separate operations since 2023 by different police units in the Bangsamoro region. Police Col. Davin Brillantes, regional chief of the Regional Highway Patrol
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20 ex-child laborers may ayuda mula BARMM
COTABATO CITY (November 25, 2025) — Tumanggap ng ayudang tig-P15,000 at mga school supplies ang karagdagang 20 pa na mga rescued child laborers mula sa Ministry of Labor and Employment-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MoLE-BARMM). Sa mga hiwalay na pahayag nitong Lunes, November 24, ni Bai Sara Jane Sinsuat, director ng Bureau of Employment
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Feuding Moro clans end 12-year deadly feud
COTABATO CITY (November 17, 2025) — Two enemy Moro clans in Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur reconciled on Friday, November 15, and separately assured to cooperate in restoring normalcy in areas affected by their 12-year bloody “rido” that exacted more than a dozen fatalities on each side. Rido is a generic term for clan
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89 more NPAs, Abu Sayyaf members, supporters surrender
COTABATO CITY (November 15, 2025) — Line agencies in Region 9 and the Bangsamoro regional government will cooperate in reintegrating to the local communities the 89 members of the defunct Abu Sayyaf terror group and the New People’s Army who have pledged allegiance the government during a symbolic rite in a regional police camp on
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Surrender of more Dawlah Islamiya, BIFF members expected
COTABATO CITY (November 15, 2025) — Officials of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division and its new commander are certain of the surrender of more terrorists from two defunct terror groups, whose members who pledged allegiance to the government in batches in recent years have all been reintegrated into the local communities. Officers from different units