Former Lanao solon now BARMM parliament speaker

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 04:43:32 +0000

COTABATO CITY –- A veteran lawmaker from Lanao del Sur was elected Thursday afternoon by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) as the interim Bangsamoro Authonomour Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament speaker.

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Military still verifying possible death of terror leader Abu Dar

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:16:26 +0000

Military still verifying possible death of terror leader Abu Dar

MARAWI CITY — Top military officials are still validating whether one of the four suspected terrorists killed in a clash Thursday with government troops in Tubaran town in Lanao del Sur was Abu Dar, believed to be the successor of Isnilon Hapilon, reported emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.

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Ex-village chair nabbed for drugs

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:40:21 +0000

ILIGAN CITY — A former barangay chairman was arrested, past 5 p.m. on March 8, after he was caught in a ‘pot session’ inside an abandoned house in Barangay Padian Torogan, in Madalum town, Lanao del Sur.

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Bangsamoro leaders to reach out to dissenters, says Ebrahim

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:23:44 +0000

Bangsamoro leaders to reach out to dissenters, says Ebrahim

The leadership of the new political entity in Muslim Mindanao will reach out to its former comrades who “left” the group and joined Islamic State-inspired armed groups operating in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur to convince them to return to the fold of the law.

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3 soldiers wounded as troops clash with Maute group in Lanao Sur

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 04:45:08 +0000

THREE soldiers were wounded during an encounter between government security forces and the Islamic State (IS)-inspired Maute group in Sultan Domalondong, Lanao del Sur on Thursday. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr.,…READ

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Gov’t troops clash with Abu Dar in Lanao del Sur town

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:25:45 +0000

Soldiers clashed with 30 armed men believed to belong to the Islamic State-inspired Maute group in the hinterland village of Sumalindao, Sultan Dumalondong town of Lanao del Sur at 8:10 a.m. on Thursday, January 24.

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2 dead, 1 injured in Lanao Sur on Bangsamoro plebiscite day

Credit to Author: MASIDING NOOR YAHYA| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:22:43 +0000

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur: Three volunteers from the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) were hit by a speeding vehicle in Tamparan municipality, Lanao del Sur province while the Bangsamoro…READ

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Gov’t slams ‘cowardly’ killing of PDEA agents in Lanao del Sur

Gov’t slams ‘cowardly’ killing of PDEA agents in Lanao del Sur

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has condemned the “cowardly” killing of its six agents who were ambushed in Lanao del Sur on Friday.

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Suspected Maute Group member slain in Lanao del Sur raid

An alleged member of the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group was killed when troops of the Army’s 49th Infantry Battalion raided a hideout at 9 a.m.Thursday, in Barangay Sawer, Masiu, Lanao del Sur.

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