COTABATO CITY – Former Maguindanao Rep. Didagen “Digs” Dilangalen passed away on Saturday morning, his daughter said in her social media account.Dilangalen served as a congressman from 1995 to 2004.He was also a representative of the now-defunct Shariff Kabunsuan province from 2007… Read More
August 26, 2021
MANILA – The Taguig Regional Trial Court sentenced on Tuesday 10 members of the extremist Maute Group to up to 40 years imprisonment for the abduction of six saw mill workers, two of whom were beheaded, in Butig, Lanao del Sur in 2016.Among the 10 found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal… Read More
August 26, 2021
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Six more members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) yielded to the military in this province on Wednesday afternoon.The latest batch of surrenderers came barely a day after 10 of their comrades also gave up to the Army’s 1st Mechanized… Read More
May 27, 2021
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill seeking to divide Maguindanao, part of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), into two provinces.Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this announcement in a Palace press briefing on Thursday as the Palace… Read More
March 9, 2021
MANILA – The Senate on Tuesday passed on the third and final reading the bill, which will create the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.House Bill No. 6413, sponsored by Senator Francis Tolentino, chair of the Committee on Local Government, seeks to divide the present… Read More
January 26, 2021, 8:54 am
COTABATO CITY – A motorcycle rider was killed and another was hurt in a roadside bombing in Maguindanao’s upland town of South Upi on Tuesday morning.Mayor Reynalbert Insular said the explosion, triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED), occurred at 5:45 a.m. along the highway in… Read More
January 23, 2021
COTABATO CITY – Sultan Kudarat police arrested 33 persons, confiscated several firearms, and seized illegal drugs in simultaneous law enforcement operations on Friday.
Col. Noel Kinazo, Sultan Kudarat Police Provincial Office (SKPPO) director, said the anti-criminality drive in the province led… Read More
January 23, 2021
COTABATO CITY – More bodies of suspects belonging to a local armed group have been found during clearing operations following a five-hour encounter with the police in the Maguindanao town of Sultan Kudarat on Saturday. Maj. Ismael Madin, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in… Read More
January 20, 2021
COTABATO CITY – Residents of a town in Maguindanao frequently harassed by the Islamic State-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Tuesday stood up against the group’s terror activities.
“Enough is enough,” said officials and residents of Rajah Buayan,… Read More
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