Barangay Ragayan News Today

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A town official in Lanao del Sur has turned over three high-powered firearms, yielded to him by residents, to military authorities as the government continues its campaign against the proliferation of loose firearms. The firearms- two M-16 Armalite rifles and caliber 5.56-millimeter Bushmaster- were turned over on Wednesday by Mayor Juhar Disomimba of Tamparan to Lt. Col. Victor-Czar Villanueva, 5th Infantry Battalion chief. In a statement Saturday, Villanueva said Disomimba tog...

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is ready to hold special elections in 12 barangays in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur on Tuesday. Comelec Deputy Director for Operations Teopisto Elnas said the special polls in 15 clustered precincts are necessary to complete the proclamation of some local officials. "There is a necessity for the Comelec to conduct the special elections considering no municipal officials have been proclaimed there. As far as provincial candidates are concerned,...

Two days before the holding of the special elections in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has given assurance that the situation in the town’s 12 barangays is under control.

Military and police personnel have been deployed in 14 barangays in Lanao del Sur, where special elections will be conducted.

SNATCHED VCM/BALLOTS. Some of the items left at one of the polling precincts in Bayabao Central School in the municipality of Butig after unidentified men took away the vote counting machines and ballots intended for Barangay Ragayan on May 9 polls. The Commission on Elections on May 11 declared "failure of elections" in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Apipa Bagumbaran of PIA Lanao del Sur) MANILA - The Commission...

SNATCHED VCM/BALLOTS. Some of the items left at one of the polling precincts in Bayabao Central School in the municipality of Butig after unidentified men took away the vote counting machines and ballots intended for Barangay Ragayan on May 9 polls. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday (May 12, 2022) declared "failure of elections" in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Apipa Bagumbaran of PIA Lanao del ...

SNATCHED VCM/BALLOTS. Some of the items left at one of the polling precincts in Bayabao Central School in the municipality of Butig after unidentified men took away the vote counting machines and ballots intended for Barangay Ragayan on May 9 polls. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday (May 12, 2022) declared "failure of elections" in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Apipa Bagumbaran of PIA Lanao del ...

Photo from the 5IB, PA ILIGAN CITY -- Five Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group members were killed in a clash with troops belonging to the 5th Infantry (Duty Bound) Battalion on Wednesday (April 27) in the hinterlands of Barangay Ragayan, Butig town in Lanao del Sur. The troops launched a massive offensi