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A soldier was killed while two others were wounded when members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters fired at soldiers in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur on Friday.

DAVAO CITY – Sixty-seven persons have been killed by severe tropical storm “Paeng” (international name “Nalgae”) in Maguindanao, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-Rapid Emergency Action and Disaster Incidence (BARMM-READi) said. FLOOD survivors hunker down in a gymnasium in Dat

COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police and military forces are jointly hunting down two men who ambushed and killed a former field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao, Wednesday, July 6. Police Lt. Billy Fontanilla, Datu Hoffer police chief, identified the victim

Philippine Identification System registration in Eastern Samar (Photo courtesy of Philippine Statistics Authority) MANILA - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has registered 74 percent out of its 92 million target for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). To date, the PSA said at least 68.3 million Filipinos have completed the registration process for the Philippine Identification (PhilID) while 13,859,229 physical cards have been delivered. PhilSys registration process also con...

A suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre was killed in an alleged shootout with law enforcers while another was arrested on Thursday.

Another suspect in Maguindanao massacre arrested

(Photo courtesy of CIDG) MANILA -The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Thursday announced the arrest of another suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Cotabato City. In a statement sent to reporters, the CIDG said Datu Harris Ampatuan Macapendeng, the incumbent Barangay Chairperson of Tuayan, Datu Hoffer town in Maguindanao province with a monetary reward of PHP300,000 under DILG Memo Circular 2010-76, has been arrested by personnel of the C...

NORMALIZATION. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) communities in the Zamboanga Peninsula receive agricultural machinery and livelihood equipment under the normalization program of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity and the Department of Trade and Industry. OPAPRU on Thursday (March 3, 2022) said this is part of the four main components of the Bangsamoro normalization track. (Photo courtesy of OPAPRU) MANILA - Five cooperatives composed of decommissioned c...

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - A total of 16 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) members decided to lay down their arms and surrender to government troops

What’s new? Two years into a three-year transition, the “normalisation” process that aims to disarm ex-rebels and pay peace dividends to the Philippines’ Bangsamoro region is behind schedule, partly because of COVID-19. Manila has recently taken steps to restore the momentum, but time is of the essence. Why does it matter? Normalisation has several essential components, including supplying socio-economic support, deploying peacekeeping teams to boost conflict mitigation efforts and ...