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ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines โ May 25, 2025ย โ Health officials in Zamboanga Sibugay have confirmed the provinceโs first case of Mpox (monkeypox), involving a three-year-old girl from the municipality of Tungawan. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) said the child is now recovering after receiving medical attention at the Dr. George T.Continue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippinesย โ Officials in the Bangsamoro region have vowed to fully implement two long-term intervention plans aimed at safeguarding the rights and welfare of children and juveniles, with support from various government agencies and international partners. Bangsamoro Social Services Minister Raissa Jajurie said Saturday, May 24, that her officeContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippinesย โ Around 3,000 residents of South Upi, a highland town in Maguindanao del Surโmany of them belonging to the indigenous Teduray communityโgathered Thursday, May 22, to express support for their detained mayor, who is implicated in last yearโs fatal ambush of the townโs vice mayor. The rally wasContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippinesย โ A bombmaker from the outlawed Dawlah Islamiya group has surrendered to the Philippine military and pledged to help convince remaining members of the terror group to return to the fold of the law. Badruddin Saligua Mundir, 35, known among local officials in Central Mindanao for his expertiseContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ The Bangsamoro government has intensified its information campaign on monkeypox prevention after two residents of Maguindanao del Norte tested positive for the disease. Six others are also in isolation facilities under close medical surveillance after exhibiting symptoms consistent with monkeypox. Bangsamoro Health Minister Dr. Kadil Monera SinolindingContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY โ Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) finally entrapped an elusive narcotics trafficker and seized from him P3.4 million worth of shabu during an operation in Barangay Rosary Heights 3 here on Tuesday, May 20. The suspect, now detained at the PDEA-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in MuslimContinue Reading
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte โ For the first time since the 1950s, the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat โ originally named Dinaig โ has new leaders from noble Maguindanaon clans that had long been excluded from local governance. Datu Odin Sinsuat now has a new mayor, Abdulmain Abas, andContinue Reading
