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COTABATO CITY – Philippine Marine and Army officials on Monday, April 14, expressed gratitude to local government units (LGUs) in Maguindanao del Norte for their strong support during the recently concluded Marine Exercise 2025, a 12-day joint military training activity between Philippine and US forces. The bilateral drills, held fromContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY – Residents of Basilan have turned over 61 more combat weapons to authorities in support of a local disarmament campaign aligned with the national government’s peace efforts in Mindanao. The firearms were surrendered by locals from the cities of Isabela and Lamitan, as well as eight towns—Tuburan, Akbar, Sumisip,Continue Reading
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised a red tide alert in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay after detecting the presence of paralytic shellfish poison in two major fishing grounds. In an April 3 bulletin, echoed by the Regional DisasterContinue Reading
Violence continues to escalate across Mindanao in the lead-up to the May 12 midterm elections. Local officials and political operatives among those targeted in a string of deadly ambushes and attacks, reports gathered by the Inquirer show. Despite the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) gun ban and the deployment of additionalContinue Reading
DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Filipino and American troops conducted a joint sea-to-shore anti-terror assault drill and artillery fire exercise on Wednesday, April 9, in a quiet coastal village in this province’s fishing capital. The drills, held in Barangay Penansaran, were part of Marine Exercise 2025, a bilateralContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY — With Sulu officially removed from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), lawmakers in the regional parliament are now gearing up to reallocate its seven parliamentary districts ahead of BARMM’s first-ever elections in October 2025. This move follows a landmark Supreme Court decision earlier this year,Continue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – With political temperatures rising ahead of the 2025 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), leaders of the region’s major political parties are urging their supporters to exercise restraint—particularly in social media. Officials from Serbisyong Inklusibo, Alyansang Progresibo (SIAP), the United Bangsamoro JusticeContinue Reading
