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KIDAPAWAN CITY – A nine-month-old baby boy accidentally swallowed a pushpin here Tuesday and the mother is seeking help from the public to fund his operation. The mother, Angel Mae Dinaguit, said she was to buy milk tea from a roadside stall when she noticed her son chewing a pushpin. "I tried to

Google map of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao COTABATO CITY - A faculty member of the Mindanao State University (MSU) escaped death after a botched ambush try but his two attackers got killed in the encounter in Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS) town, police said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Rommel de la Vega, DOS police chief, said the wounded victim, identified as MSU-Maguindanao professor Daud Kadon, sustained a gunshot wound on the left side of his abdomen after engaging in a brief shootout with his assailants ...

The BARMM administration building in Cotabato City (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A group of lawmakers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has pushed for the creation of the Bangsamoro Nutrition Council (BNC) to address the high prevalence of malnutrition in the region. Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) - BARMM Member of Parliament (MP) Amilbahar Mawallil, the principal author of the proposal, has filed Parliament Bill 130...

COTABATO CITY — A faculty member of the Mindanao State University (MSU) escaped death after a botched ambush try but his two attackers got killed in the encounter in Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS) town, police said Wednesday, September 22. Lt. Col. Rommel de la Vega, DOS police chief, said the wounded vic

FISH CENTER RECIPIENT. Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator Nasirin Napii (3rd from left) of Ampatuan, Maguindanao receives the certificate for the PHP3-million community fish landing center from MAFAR-BARMM Minister Mohammad Yacob (2nd from left) on Tuesday (Sept. 21, 2021). The town is one of the local governments in Maguindanao situated along the vast Liguasan Marsh, home to rich natural resources like the freshwater tilapia fish, among others.(Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Informati...

Eight people were injured after an improvised explosive device went off while the victims were playing volleyball in the town plaza of Datu Piang, Maguindanao on Saturday.

BUSTED. The five drug suspects, including a minor, bow their heads after an anti-drug operation in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Thursday (Sept. 16, 2021). Seized from the group (inset) were PHP102,000 worth of suspected shabu, drug paraphernalia, and mobile phones. (Screengrab from Brigada News FM Cotabato FB page) COTABATO CITY - Five persons, including a minor, were arrested while PHP102,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized during an operation at a drug den in Datu Odin...

Juan Macababbad, vice chairperson of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM), was shot dead outside his home on Wednesday. He was the 65th lawyer killed under the Duterte administration.

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a through investigation on the killing of a 68-year old lawyer in South Cotabato on Wednesday night, Sept. 15. At the same time, Eleazar ordered the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DID

Dr. Bashary Latiph, minister of the Ministry of Health - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A total of 391,044 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine doses have so far been administered across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as of Wednesday night, the region's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported. Dr. Bashary Latiph, the BARMM health minister, said of the total number, 150,985 have been administered thei...