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MALUSO, Basilan – Ten individuals were safely rescued after a motorized banca encountered distress in the seawaters off Barangay North Gaunan, Maluso, Basilan, prompting a swift Search and Rescue (SAR)…
OMAR, Sulu – The Municipality of Omar, the first local government unit in Mindanao to be officially declared a Rido-Free Municipality, has reinforced its reputation as a model of peacebuilding…
COTABATO CITY – A 38-year-old alleged member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF-BIAF) was killed in a broad daylight shooting in Cotabato City on Tuesday, after…
SIASI, Sulu — A suspected drug den was dismantled while a suspected drug personality was arrested during a joint law enforcement operation conducted by government security forces on Laminusa Island,…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy has dealt another major blow to cigarette smuggling syndicates operating in Western Mindanao after intercepting four vessels carrying undocumented cigarettes in a series of…
KADAYANGAN, Special Geographic Area (SGA)-BARMM — Government security forces, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace mechanisms, and local government officials have launched a coordinated peace and security response following an…
COTABATO CITY — Authorities found no physical evidence to support reports of alleged gunfire that sparked alarm near the Cotabato City Plaza on Monday morning, July 6, prompting the Cotabato…
SUMISIP, Basilan — A suspect in the fatal shooting of a husband and wife whose bodies were discovered in a remote rubber plantation in Barangay Limbocandis, Sumisip, has been arrested…
PANDAMI, Sulu — The government’s intensified campaign to build rido-free and gun-free communities in Sulu continues to gain momentum as another loose firearm was voluntarily surrendered by local officials, bringing…
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan – Police authorities have launched an extensive manhunt and follow-up investigation after a construction worker was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Sitio Little Cebu, Barangay…