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COTABATO CITY — Soldiers killed the alleged top leader of the now-defunct Dawlah Islamiya in a brief clash in Barangay Satan, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, on Sunday, December 7, ending the manhunt for a bomb expert tagged in at least 37 high-profile criminal cases across Central Mindanao. Local officialsContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY — Twenty-five former members of the now-defunct Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered to the military, turning over firearms and explosives in a ceremony in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, on Friday, December 5. Major General Jose Vladimir Cagara, commander of the Army’sContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY – Police recovered on Monday, December 1, a stolen vehicle from Lucena City, Quezon, marking the 15th carnapped vehicle intercepted in the Bangsamoro region since 2023. Regional Highway Patrol Unit–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (RHPU-BAR) chief Police Colonel Davin Brillantes and Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay said Wednesday that aContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines — Long before China’s water cannons battered Filipino boats in the West Philippine Sea, another front had quietly emerged—one far from Ayungin or Scarborough, but just as critical to national security. Up in the wind-swept islands of Batanes, where rolling hills collapse into the roaring waters of theContinue Reading
MANILA (DAILY SUN CHRONICLE) — President Donald Trump’s escalating confrontation with Venezuela — including naval deployments, airspace restrictions, and strikes on vessels accused of drug trafficking — is reshaping U.S. policy in the region and raising fears of a wider conflict in the Western Hemisphere. The White House says theContinue Reading
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to suspend the Complicated Disability Discharge (CDD) issued to an Army officer who was permanently blinded in the line of duty, saying soldiers injured while serving the country should not be “discarded.” The President intervened in theContinue Reading
MANILA (DSC) — Airbus has ordered airlines worldwide to ground and repair thousands of A320-series aircraft after investigators traced a recent mid-air incident to a vulnerability in the jet’s flight-control systems linked to intense solar activity. The directive affects about 6,000 A319, A320, and A321 aircraft, making it one ofContinue Reading
