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COTABATO CITY — The head of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) has called on Moro rebel armed groups to grab the opportunity of availing the government’s reconciliation program as the national government continued its peace approaches in the southern Philippines. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, the Army’

TIRED, WEARY. One of the five members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who surrendered to the Army's 40th Infantry Battalion in Sultan Kudarat province shares his life story during an event on Monday (Dec. 27, 2021). Two New People's Army rebels also yielded to the 40IB on the same day. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) COTABATO CITY -Five Moro extremists, four of them bombmakers, and two communist rebels have surrendered in separate occasions in Sultan Kudarat province, a top military o...

Two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Surallah, South Cotabato on Monday.

MISSION FOR INDIGENTS. A nurse checks the blood pressure of a beneficiary of a medical mission initiated by Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament member Susana Anayatin for Cotabato City and Maguindanao on Monday (Dec. 27, 2021). The BARMM lawmaker also led two other medical outreach programs in Maguindanao earlier this month that benefited some 2,000 indigents. (Photo courtesy of MP Anayatin office) COTABATO CITY - A member of Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) h...

MOTHERLY COPS. Two lady police officers attend to the needs of four children abandoned by their parents in the premises of a church in Libungan, North Cotabato on Dec. 25, 2021. The two cops had been receiving praises on social media and from fellow police officers. (Photo courtesy of Libungan MPS) COTABATO CITY - Two lady cops in Libungan, North Cotabato have been getting praises both on social media as well as from friends, acquaintances, and neighbors for their humane acts. On Tuesday, Capt. ...

STRICT INSPECTION. Police and soldiers implement stringent checkpoint operations following clashes between Moro gunmen and government forces that left a Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters subleader dead in Shariff Saydona, Mustapha, Maguindanao on Sunday (Dec. 26, 2021). The precautionary measure is to avoid an escalation of violence in the area in anticipation of retaliatory attacks from the BIFF terror group. (Photo courtesy of Shariff Saydona Mustapha MPS) COTABATO CITY - The head of the Arm...

MUSLIM MARKET REVIVAL. Photo shows a perspective of the Tambunan marketplace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo said on Tuesday (Dec. 28, 2021) is to revive the traditional stopover marketplace with modern facilities in the area amid the pandemic. It will be built in Guindulungan, Maguindanao in the first quarter of 2022. (Photo courtesy of MILG-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) i...

According to BSP Governor Ben Diokno, the trail of destruction Odette caused to agriculture and tourism will be felt until 2022. He now expects agricultural production and tourism activities to face disruptions that will delay the hoped for recovery.

VALIANT HEROES. Linemen restore lines in Cebu in this undated photo. Kenneth Cobonpue, an internationally renowned furniture designer who chairs the Regional Development Council (RDC)-Central Visayas, on Tuesday (Dec. 28, 2021) commended the linemen from Cebu, Manila and Mindanao who race against time in restoring power lines within the deadline. (File photo) CEBU CITY - The Regional Development Council-Central Visayas (RDC-7) on Tuesday commended the linemen from Cebu, Manila, and Mindanao who ...