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A suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre was killed in an alleged shootout with law enforcers while another was arrested on Thursday.

"We are being driven away from our ancestral lands through so many ways. We need protection," Teduray chieftain Leticio Datuwata said.

TAKEN DOWN. Environment office personnel, backed by police, remove political posters, and campaign materials illegally nailed and tacked on trees in Soccsksargen as part of the "Oplan Baklas" campaign to spare the trees from destruction on Wednesday (April 20, 2022). More than 7,000 campaign materials posted on trees were taken down as a result of the drive. (Photo courtesy of DENR-12) COTABATO CITY - A total of 7,229 various campaign materials nailed, tacked, and displayed on trees ha...

Another suspect in Maguindanao massacre arrested

(Photo courtesy of CIDG) MANILA -The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Thursday announced the arrest of another suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Cotabato City. In a statement sent to reporters, the CIDG said Datu Harris Ampatuan Macapendeng, the incumbent Barangay Chairperson of Tuayan, Datu Hoffer town in Maguindanao province with a monetary reward of PHP300,000 under DILG Memo Circular 2010-76, has been arrested by personnel of the C...

Just a little over a year ago, the Philippines was among countries scrounging to secure supply of vaccines to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

A gunman shot dead a controversial Facebook commentator in an attack before dawn Friday in  Barangay Mapayag in Datu Anggal Midtimbang,  Maguindanao.

Mindanao-based exploration firm SK Liguasan Oil and Gas Corp. is looking to acquire two rigs to start drilling in six to eight months after securing a service contract from the government.

Senator Francis Tolentino said he is elated to learn the decision of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to intensify its Covid-19 vaccination drive saying this would not only fast track the government’s main goal of achieving herd immunity, but pre

IF THERE’S ONE bright spot to observe during the fasting month of Ramadan among the mostly Muslim residents of the country’s southern backdoor, it would be the series of construction of new medical facilities and donation of medical equipment that were once nonexistent and inaccessible to the island residents of…