Army foils bombing try, suspect blows up motorbike in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:01:26 +0000

Army foils bombing try, suspect blows up motorbike in Maguindanao

A suspicious man on a motorbike had avoided a military checkpoint along the national highway and left his explosives-rigged motorbike by the roadside to explode

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8 Islamic State-linked gunmen yield to Army in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 05:41:43 +0000

8 Islamic State-linked gunmen yield to Army in Maguindanao

Eight members of a Daesh- or Islamic State-inspired Moro armed group surrendered to the military on Friday, the Army here said Sunday.

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Military launches air strikes in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 04:35:00 +0000

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, MAGUINDANAO — The military has launched air strikes Saturday against pro-Islamic State (IS) rebels in Maguindanao as they intensified efforts to crush these militants operating in Mindanao.

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Maguindanao to seek dismissal of SC petitions vs Bangsamoro law

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:23:21 +0000

Maguindanao to seek dismissal of SC petitions vs Bangsamoro law

Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu is set to file a motion to dismiss the petitions before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which his constituents resoundingly favored during the plebiscite on January 21.

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NIA engineer slain in Maguindanao ambush

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:28:37 +0000

An official of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) based in Midsayap, North Cotabato was killed in an ambush in Maguindanao Tuesday afternoon, police said.

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Army troops clash with BIFF in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:27:44 +0000

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO – Elements of the 40th Infantry Battalion in Maguindanao clashed with members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in a 10-minute firefight that broke out at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Inaladan, Shariff Saydona town, the Army here said.

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Army foils BIFF bomb plot, seizes IEDs, nabs 5 rebels

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 01:32:54 +0000

Army foils BIFF bomb plot, seizes IEDs, nabs 5 rebels

Military and police foiled early another attempt by IS-linked terrorists to bomb targets in Mindanao after they raided a rebels’ safehouse.

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2 die as cops raid house of Maguindanao vice mayor

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 03:50:47 +0000

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Two people were killed when police raided the house of a Maguindanao vice mayor tagged in President Duterte’s list of narco-politicians. Lawyer Marvin Mokamad, legal counsel of Vice Mayor Ottoh Montawal of Datu Montawal town of  Maguindanao, said in a radio interview that a shootout ensued between the armed security escorts of […]

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Authorities foil bomb try; Gov. Mangudadatu thinks he’s target

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:30:38 +0000

Authorities foil bomb try; Gov. Mangudadatu thinks he’s target

Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and his brother escaped a roadside bombing attempt Wednesday in the province.

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