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SULTAN SA BARONGIS, Maguindanao del Sur — Several loose firearms were formally turned over to the government through the Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Program facilitated by the 2nd…
COTABATO PROVINCE — Nearly three decades since the signing of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement (FPA) between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), Mindanao continues to…
Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur — Authorities arrested an individual, identified only as alias Moro, for violating the Omnibus Election Code after being caught with a firearm during a Commission…
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), together with provincial officials and key stakeholders, held a roundtable discussion on Wednesday at the Provincial Capitol’s Social Hall…
Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte — Two men were killed in separate shooting incidents in this town on the night of September 2, underscoring the alarming rise of gun-related…
Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur — Eighteen former violent extremists (FVEs) formally returned to the fold of the law and were presented to Brig. Gen. Jose Vladimir R. Cagara,…
COTABATO CITY — Authorities are investigating the brutal killing of an LGBTQIA+ community member whose body was discovered inside an open tomb at the Malagapas Public Cemetery, Barangay Rosary Heights…
COTABATO CITY — Police are now hunting down Barangay Captain Thong Gayak of Tamontaka 4 after a warrant of arrest was issued against him in connection with an illegal drugs…
Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte — What began as a carefully planned entrapment operation ended in tragedy as a father and his son were killed in a fierce gun…
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte — Three members of a family were killed while an 11-year-old boy was wounded in a ruthless ambush in Barangay Nalinan at noon on Monday,…