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(Jun Ryan Arañas / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Based on a report from the Crime Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), a joint operation to serve warrants of arrest and a search warrants against the group of a former barangay chairman in Barangay Limbo in Sultan Kudarat, Datu Pendatun Kato Talusan was carried out around 4:00 am Saturday. The warrants were for several charges, including double frustrated robbery with homicide, and carnapping. The police said upon their arrival to serve the ...

Local authorities say the suspect was also killed during the encounter.

(Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN) Sultan Kudarat Police Chief Maj. Julhamin Asdani said additional personnel from the Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion (PRMFB) have been deployed in strategic points of Sultan Kudarat to avert any attempt to retaliate by remaining members of a criminal syndicated headed by former barangay chairperson Pendatun Talusan, who was among those killed in the encounter with police personnel. A police team, backed by an armored personnel carrier from the military, tried t...

MANILA, Jan 24 (dpa): Twelve suspected members of a criminal gang and a police officer were killed on Saturday in a pre-dawn shoot-out in the southern Philippines, police said. Four police officers were wounded in the firefight in the village of Limbo in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao province, said Ismael Madin, chief of the provincial polices investigation unit. The clash erupted when a team of police attempted to serve an arrest warrant against the leader of the gang, who w...

Cop, 12 others killed in Maguindanao shootout John Unson © John Unson Cop, 12 others killed in Maguindanao shootout MANILA, Philippines — Thirteen persons, including a police officer, were killed in a law enforcement operation against a former barangay captain in Maguindanao yesterday. Policemen clashed with the followers of Pendatun Talusan, former chairman of Barangay Limbo in Sultan Kudarat town, who was among those killed in the six-hour gunfight. Two other fatalities w...

(FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN) Police Regional Office 12 (PRO-12) Director Brig. Gen. John Michael Dubria said police and military operatives were about to implement the arrest warrant against the suspects when they were engaged in a shootout in Barangay Basag, T’boli, South Cotabato.     He identified the slain suspects as Saadin Macabangin, Narjaid Macabangin, Baharan Macabangin, and Moen Macabangin who are said to be members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Katiba terror group tagged responsible in a...

Published January 22, 2021, 10:11 AM The Bangsamoro flag was raised side by side with the Philippine flag at the Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City last Monday to officially start the anniversary celebration of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “Here we are, hoisting the Bangsamoro flag next to the Philippine flag for the first time ever,” BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said. The flag-raising rites held great significance for many who had seen the tw...

Published January 22, 2021, 1:04 PM MARAWI CITY — Eight municipal halls in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, as well as public markets and legislative buildings, will be constructed within the year as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) launched a construction campaign in the region last Monday, January 18. BARMM’s Interior and Local Government Minister (MILG) Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo (center), Provincial Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr. (right), and Poona Bayabao Mayor Dr....

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 22) — There were no reported casualties or injuries following the powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that jolted Mindanao on Thursday night, a local official said on Friday. Davao Occidental PDRRMO Harry Camoro said no major damage was observed after coordination with local officials in the area. "Right after the strong quake, we messaged all the local chief executives to give us information regarding any damages or casualties. So far po, they ...

[Handout/Robinson Niñal/Presidential Photo/PCOO] The Catholic Church’s highest official in the southern Philippines on Friday endorsed a term extension for ex-separatist leader Murad Ebrahim as head of an autonomous Muslim region. Murad, who leads the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA), told BenarNews last month that he was lobbying to have his term extended beyond its scheduled expiry in 2022. He said he needed more time to pursue reforms hampered by the coronavirus pande...