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Fr. Francis Panistan Cadagdagon, CSCh, 38, a member of the Cavanis congregation, died in a road accident in Panabo City on June 18 while traveling to Davao City to celebrate Mass. Ordained less than two years ago, the young priest’s death has prompted an outpouring of grief and prayers from the Catholic community across Mindanao.

With parliamentary elections just months away, BARMM’s Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua is steering the region toward greater stability, doubling down on moral governance while advancing education, infrastructure, and investment initiatives under the new “Mas Matatag na Bangsamoro” framework.

Lawmakers, local officials and business leaders in Tawi-Tawi are backing a proposal to establish the province’s first maritime school, saying it would spare students from relocating to distant cities and expand educational opportunities in one of the country’s most remote island provinces.

The Philippine Army has acknowledged a possible case of mistaken identity after soldiers fatally shot a woman and wounded her husband during a patrol operation in Bukidnon. The couple, later identified as local residents gathering firewood, had reportedly been mistaken for communist rebels in an area under heightened military alert.