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A self-confessed bomb maker of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters has surrendered in Maguindanao.

Ask any jaded traveler on his favorite destinations, and chances are Cebu is one of them. Adjudged several times by prestigious global publications as among the best islands in Asia and the world, this province boasts of a rich diversity of nature, adventure and culture, and everything in between. At…

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia urged the residents of Maguindanao to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming plebiscite in the province. Comelec/MB "We call on Maguindanaoans, go out and vote. This is for your future, not ours, not for just one person," he sai

Another bomb-maker in the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered to the Army and pledged allegiance to the government, the 13th in just five months.

Comelec wants high voter turnout for Maguindanao plebiscite

PEACEFUL PLEBISCITE. Comelec chair George Garcia. Garcia said Friday (Aug. 19, 2022) he looks forward to an 80 percent turnout of voters on Sept. 17, 2022 for the ratification of the law that would divide Maguindanao province into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. (Photo grab from Bandera FM-TV Cotabato) COTABATO CITY - Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia is expecting an 80 percent turnout of voters for the September 17 plebiscite on the division of Maguindanao ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the “Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of the Philippines. This submission highlights areas of concern that Human Rights Watch hopes will inform the Committee’s consideration of the Philippine government’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It proposes issues and questions that Committee members may wish to raise with the gov...

Major General Roy Galido, Commander of Joint Task Force Central and 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division attended the Coordinating Conference regarding the

A drunken soldier scaring people with a pistol and a policeman who tried to pacify him were both wounded in a shootout in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur Tuesday.

ENDEAVOR Philippine Army Scout Ranger Landero was part of a team that mounted an attack on a well-entrenched mountain lair of the insurgents in Makilala, Cotabato on Aug. 15, 1992.  He was trailing a fellow soldier by about five meters when the latter stepped on an anti-tank land mine that explod