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Teduray chieftain in BARMM beheaded by gunmen
COTABATO CITY (October 1, 2025, Wednesday) — Gunmen beheaded a Teduray chieftain in another attack in a state-recognized non-Moro tribal domain in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday afternoon, September 30. Teduray representatives to the 80-seat Bangsamoro parliament and officials of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region told reporters on Wednesday, October 1, that
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Wanted Lanao Sur criminal gang leader arrested in Cotabato
COTABATO CITY (September 30, 2025, Tuesday) — A police team arrested on Sunday, September 28, in Midsayap town in Cotabato an elusive criminal gang leader in Lanao del Sur, known for sharing earnings from his criminal activities to the Dawlah Islamiya terror group. Officials of the Police Regional Office-12 told reporters on Tuesday, September 30,
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SEAL Award for BARMM LGUs, service groups set
COTABATO CITY (September 30, 2025, Tuesday) — Local executives were elated with the enactment into law by the Bangsamoro parliament of the yearly grant of the Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership, along with a P20 million incentive, to performing local government units and private service-oriented groups. The Salamat Excellence Leadership Award (SEAL) was named after
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Grant of SEAL Award for BARMM LGUs, private service outfits now a law
COTABATO CITY (September 29, 2025, Monday) — Local executives were elated with the enactment into law by the Bangsamoro parliament of the yearly grant of the Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership, along with a P20 million incentive, to performing local government units and private service-oriented groups. The Salamat Excellence Leadership Award (SEAL) was named after
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P2.7-M worth imported cigarettes seized in Basilan
COTABATO CITY (September 29, 2025, Monday) — A Philippine Navy contingent seized P2.7 million worth of cigarettes from Indonesia in an anti-smuggling operation a few miles off the shores of Hadji Muhtamad town in the island province of P2.7-M worth imported cigarettes seized in Basilan on Sunday, September 28. Officials of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro
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PDEA-BARMM entraps barangay councilor in Tawi-Tawi
COTABATO CITY (Sept. 25, 2025) — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized P136,000 worth of shabu from a barangay councilor who fell in an entrapment operation in Barangay Ballak in Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, September 24. Municipal officials in Tandubas, an island town in Tawi-Tawi, told reporters on Friday, September 26, that the
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2026 Cotabato provincial gov’t budget now under study
COTABATO CITY (September 28, 2025) —- Officials, led by Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, are now studying the fund requisites for the Cotabato provincial government’s public service activities in 2026, partly focused on the socio-economic empowerment of the culturally-pluralistic communities in the province. Cotabato province has mixed Muslim, Christian and non-Moro indigenous communities and is host to
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Timbers from Maguindanao del Norte forest seized
COTABATO CITY (September 27, 2025, Saturday) —- An inter-agency anti-illegal logging team confiscated 1,344 board feet of timber flitches in an operation near a tropical rainforest in Buldon town in Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, September 26. Bangsamoro regional officials told reporters on Saturday, September 27, that the Lawaan timbers, cut into halves, costing no