SAF commandos deployed to Lanao del Sur
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Four companies of the police Special Action Force (SAF) were deployed to Lanao del Sur on Monday.
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Folks in Basilan's port city surrender rifles, machinegun
COTABATO CITY — Barangay leaders in Isabela City in Basilan on Thursday surrendered to the military 19 combat rifles and a light machinegun in support of the government’s disarmament campaign complementing the Mindanao peace process.
Moro clan members resolving conflicts after Cotabato gunfight
COTABATO CITY — Members of the Sinsuat clan in Cotabato and in Maguindanao del Norte, made estranged by hostile politics, are optimistic that they can still reunite despite Tuesday’s gunfight that marred their reconciliation dialogue. It left a policeman dead.
10 arrested after shootout amid Moro clan peace dialogue
COTABATO CITY — The police arrested 10 individuals tagged in a deadly shootout in Barangay Rosary Heights 6, Cotabato City amid a dialogue among members of the Sinsuat clan in nearby Maguindanao del Norte province on Tuesday afternoon.
More Dawlah, BIFF members expected to surrender in 2024
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Police and Army officials are certain of the surrender in 2024 of no less than a hundred more members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Dawlah Islamiya from across the neighboring Bangsamoro provinces and predominantly Moro towns in Region 12.
294 more former MNLF, MILF members now regular cops
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Bangsamoro regional police shall utilize the 294 former members of two Moro fronts who are now full-fledged members of the Philippine National Police for peacebuilding activities in six provinces and two cities in the autonomous region.
Shabu, pistol, motorcycle seized from 2 suspected 'killers-for-hire'
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The police seized P8,160 worth of shabu, a pistol and a motorcycle without license plate from two suspected “killers-for-hire” intercepted at a checkpoint in Maguindanao del Norte on Friday night.
Two more feuding Yakan clans in Basilan reconcile
COTABATO CITY —Two feuding Yakan clans reconciled on Tuesday in a symbolic rite in Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan, ending a six-year “rido” that had exacted more than 10 fatalities each on both sides.