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5 governors favor BARMM chief’s extended tenure
COTABATO CITY (November 7, 2025) — Cross-section efforts to promote cohesion among the culturally-diverse politicians in the Bangsamoro region got a boost after five governors signed a statement recognizing the leadership of their chief minister, Abdulrauf Macacua, under an extended tenure. Macacua is overseeing all ministries and support agencies in the now five-year Bangsamoro Autonomous…
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Villagers in highland BARMM town surrender 603 unlicensed firearms
Officials presented to the public on Thursday, November 6, in a symbolic rite in the hinterland Upi town in Maguindanao del Norte 603 combat weapons, including assault rifles, shotguns, grenade and rocket launchers, villagers turned in during the past 11 months in support of a disarmament program assisted by the United Nations Development Program. Upi…
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Merchants glad with lowering crime statistics in Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY (November 6, 2025) — Members of big business groups are certain of more improvements soon in the investment climate in this city, the capital of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, with the continuing reduction of crimes in its barangays. Mayor Bruce Matabalao, chairman of the multi-sector Cotabato City Peace and Order…
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8 soldiers, civilian hurt in Sulu road accident still in hospitals
COTABATO CITY (November 1, 2025) — Eight soldiers and a civilian involved in a vehicular accident in Barangay Angilan in Omar, Sulu on Monday, October 27, are still in hospitals, undergoing treatment of the serious wounds, contusions and bone fractures caused by the mishap. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, commander of the Philippine Army, visited on…
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Central Mindanao cemeteries tightly guarded
COTABATO CITY (November 1, 2025) — The police, military and Muslim local executives are together guarding tightly all cemeteries in Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte and in this city since Thursday to ensure the safety of Christians visiting the graves of their departed relatives in commemoration of the November 1 and 2 All Saints…
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3 selling shabu near schools, terminals, busted in 2 PDEA operations
COTABATO CITY (October 31, 2025) — Three individuals discreetly selling shabu near school campuses and in bus terminals, were arrested in separate entrapment operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in two southern cities in just two days. The first to fall in the two PDEA operations is a female narcotics trafficker, entrapped on Tuesday,…
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Dawlah bomb-maker arrested in Sultan Kudarat
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (October 31, 2025) — Police intelligence agents arrested a member of the Dawlah Islamiya, wanted for high-profile criminal cases pending in different courts, in an anti-terror operation in Barangay Ligao in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat early Wednesday, October 29. Local officials and members of two erstwhile secessionist Moro groups, who supported the law-enforcement…
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Suspect killed, P1.3-M worth shabu, guns, explosives seized in Region 12 police raid
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (October 31, 2025) — Policemen shot dead an uncooperative drug dealer, seized firearms, explosives and P1.3 million worth of shabu in houses that they searched in an anti-narcotics operation in Barangay Pantar in Banisilan, Cotabato on Tuesday, October 28. Municipal officials and barangay leaders reported on Wednesday that personnel of different units…