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Philippine troops killed an Islamic rebel leader and four of his men in fighting in the volatile south in the latest setback for insurgent forces aligned with the Islamic State group, military officials said Friday.

Philippine troops have killed an Islamic rebel leader and four of his men in fighting in the volatile south in the latest setback for insurgent forces aligned

Philippine Red Cross has tested more than five million Filipinos for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a milestone PRC Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon has set after they put up PRC's first-ever molecular laboratory in April 2020. “We have been here since the beginni

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AMPATUAN, Maguindanao - Stricter inspection at checkpoints across the province is implemented after unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot dead in an ambush an off-duty police officer along the section of the highway here on Thursday morning. In a report, Lt. Rey Samson, town police chief, said the incident occurred along Barangay Kauran shortly before lunch. Samson identified the victim as Cpl. Henry Mangaser Olindo Jr., a member of the municipal police force in Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur. "...

Police say suspect Ricardo 'Nene' Durado did not resist arrest when law enforcers came for him during the wake of his older brother in Barangay Dallag, Arakan town

INUNDATED. Floodwaters submerge residential areas in one of the six villages affected by the overflowing of Kabacan and Pulangi rivers in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021). Local officials have placed the town under a statement of calamity so funds could be released to aid some 2,000 affected families. (Photo courtesy of Kabacan MDRRMC) KABACAN, North Cotabato - The local government has placed the town under a state of calamity following flashfloods that have affected more than ...

DAVAO CITY – A total of 93,874 residents in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were vaccinated on the first day of the nationwide ‘Bayanihan, Bakunahan’ drive against Covid-19. On Tuesday, Nov. 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said among those vaccinated, "10,812 were from

PEACE PARTNERS. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Labor Minister Romeo Sema (left) welcomes Gustavo Gonzales, the resident coordinator of the United Nations in the Philippines, in his office in Cotabato City on Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021). During the meeting, the two established a virtual partnership that will help bring about industrial peace in the region's conflict-affected communities. (Photo courtesy of MOLE-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A United Nations UN) representative ha...

ADVANCING PRODUCTIVITY. Representatives of various farmers' cooperatives in Lanao Sur and Maguindanao pose as they receive farm inputs from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao officials on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021) in Cotabato City. Other areas in BARMM, particularly the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, are expected to receive the same interventions soon. (Photo courtesy of MAFAR-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Farmers' c...