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CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Combined elements from 90th Infantry (Bigkis-Lahi) Battalion, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 12 (PDEA-12), and Pikit Municipal Police Station arrested five suspects and seized illegal drugs during an anti-drug operation in Barangay Poblacion, Pikit, North Cotabato on June 29, 2021. The apprehended suspects were identified as Vicente Sambo Pacheco, Mark Sambo Pacheco, John Melchor Pacheco Coleta, Robert Louise Pacheco Cadalso, and Ryan Layna Dela Serna. According to Lieutenant Colonel Rommel Mundala, Commanding Officer of 90IB, recovered from the suspec...

Khalid Kalaing, 57, is a sub-leader of the Maguid Group, officials say.

Published May 22, 2021, 2:12 PM CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) – The military and police have arrested the suspected leader of a lawless group long wanted for a string of murders in Maguindanao. Col. Pedro Balisi Jr., commander of the Army 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade, said Saturday joint elements of the 6th Infantry Battalion, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (CIDG-BAR), and Datu Piang, Maguindanao police arrested Anayatin Duma in Sitio Tangguapo, Barangay Damabalas, Datu Piang. “Duma is facing multiple frustrated murder and murder cases with Cr...

The clashes occurred as people in the mainly Muslim south were preparing to end Ramadan fasting.

May 10, 2021 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Cirilito Sobejana said local government authorities and residents in Maguindanao should remain vigilant following the encounter between the military and the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) last Saturday. “I enjoin the populace of and local leaders in Maguindanao to remain vigilant as we continue our watch until peace is stabilized,” Sobejana said. The military and armed members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) clashed in Datu Paglas town, Maguindanao, Saturday morning...