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Government forces has killed the leader of terrorist group Dawlah Islamiya Philippines during an operation in Talayan, Maguindanao, the military said on Friday.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the law postponing the May 2022 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to May 2025.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Health authorities in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) urged local government units (LGUs) to further accelerate the vaccination against Covid-19 for their vulnerable elderly population. Dr. Edvir Jane Montañer, Department of Health (DOH)-Region 12 immunization manager, said the region needs to increase the vaccination coverage among senior citizens or priority…

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a bill doubling the length of the political transition in the new autonomous entity in the southern Philippines. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Georgi Engelbrecht explains why the extension is welcome news.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Salahuddin Hassan, also known as Orak, the overall Amir of Daulah Islamiya – Philippines and most wanted Daulah Islamiya Terrorist

NEW DISTRICT JAIL. Officials inaugurate on Wednesday (Oct. 27, 2021) the newly completed PHP17-million jail facility in Kabacan, North Cotabato that will be managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). The three-story jail facility could accommodate 150 inmates from at least four adjoining towns -i Kabacan, Matalam, M'lang, and Carmen - in the province's third district. (Photo courtesy of BJMP-12) KABACAN, North Cotabato - A new PHP17-million district jail facility that ...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Martin Pineda describes Liguasan Marsh on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao as a no-man’s land that “strongly reeks with gas.” Pineda is a member of Birders without Borders, and was part of a team of bird experts invited by the Philippine military to join a 2019 tour of the marsh. […]

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.

(PHIVOLCS) An earthquake measuring 4.2-magnitude jolted Sultan Kudarat at 9:09 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The epicenter was traced at 5 kilometers north of Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Phivolcs said in its preliminary report. It

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Ministry of Transportation and Communication Minister Dickson P. Hermoso. (MOTC-BARMM file photo) COTABATO CITY- The country's newest telecommunication firm, DITO Telecommunity Corporation, is expanding its services in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) with the construction of 166 more cell sites across the region. In a statement Wednesday, Minister Dickson Hermoso of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (...