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CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – A Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) Field Commander and five (5) of its followers under Karialan Faction decided to

PEACE PARTNERS. Local officials in Pikit, North Cotabato supporting the disarmament drive of the Army hand over one of the seven unlicensed firearms they collected to Col. Jovencio Gonzales (5th from left), 602nd Infantry Brigade commander, during the turnover ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 21, 2021). The firearms (inset) came from illegal gun holders in the villages of Pamalian, Punol, Macasendeg, Damalasak, Kolambog, Silik, and Pulangi. (Photo courtesy of 90IB) PIKIT, North Cotabato - Village offici...

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Communist Terrorist Group Sub Commander and Assistant Commander belonging to Platoon Cherry Mobile, SRC Daguma, Far South Mindanao

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Residents from seven barangays of Pikit Municipality, North Cotabato surrendered seven (7) high-powered firearms to Joint Task

TIRED REBELS. Lt. Colonel Rommel Valencia (2nd from left), 7th Infantry Battalion commander, receives a rifle from one of the New People's Army (NPA) guerillas during surrender rites at the battalion headquarters in Kalawag, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2021). The NPA batch also turned in seven firearms. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - A field commander of the communist New People's Army (NPA) and seven of his men have surrendered to authorities in Sul...

MANILA: The Philippine military said on Friday that it had killed the top leader of Daulah Islamiyah, a group suspected of carrying out a series of deadly attacks in the country’s south. Salahuddin Hassan died in a clash with government troops in Talayan, Maguindanao province in the early hours of Friday, the military said in a press briefing.

NEUTRALIZED. The remains of top Dawlah Islamiya (DI) couple Salahuddin Hassan and Jihana Moinbida, who were killed during a pre-dawn encounter with government forces in remote Barangay Damablac, Talayan, Maguindanao on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021). Hassan, who carried a PHP1.3-million bounty on his head, was the emir of the DI terror group operating in south central Mindanao at the time of his death. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - The leader of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) terror gro...

DESTROYED. Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino (right), is accompanied by Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, 6th Infantry Division commander, during the demilitarization of captured firearms at the 6th ID headquarters in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Wednesday (Oct. 27, 2021). A total of 959 captured firearms and 291 explosives were destroyed during the event as part of the 6ID's 34th founding anniversary. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - As one of the highlights of the ...

Google map of Guindulungan, Maguindanao CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Additional military and police forces under Joint Task Force Central were deployed along the highway linking this province to Cotabato City and Sultan Kudarat following a blast that took place along Guindulungan town on Saturday night. The blast also halted the 30-vehicle convoy of Rep. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu that was passing by the stretch of the highway in Guindulungan near an Army detachment amid a heavy downpour. "An i...

DECEIVED. The eight former NPA guerrillas who belonged to the Manobo Dulangan IP community in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat pose for a photo with the military, following their surrender on Thursday (Oct. 14, 2021). They also turned in 13 firearms and three explosives during their surrender. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Eight members of the Manobo Dulangan Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in Sultan Kudarat province, claiming that they were duped into joining the communist New...