Two dead in Maguindanao gunfight - BusinessWorld Online

Two dead in Maguindanao gunfight - BusinessWorld Online

COTABATO CITY — Policemen and soldiers on Saturday arrested seven members of an armed group that figured in a gunfight with a rival partisan faction in Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur, leaving a candidate for municipal councilor and a student dead. The seven gunmen and their companions first traded shots with personnel of units under the Maguindanao del Sur Provincial Police Office and the Army’s 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion who responded to th…

Pursuit ops ongoing after deadly Maguindanao del Sur clash, says AFP

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Sunday that hot pursuit operations are ongoing against the two armed groups involved in the deadly firefight in Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur that left two persons dead.

2 dead in BARMM election-related gunfights, 7 gunmen detained

Policemen and soldiers on Saturday, May 10, arrested seven from an armed group that figured in gunfights with a rival partisan faction in Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur that left a candidate for municipal councilor and a student dead.

Group monitors 219 deaths in BARMM since COVC filing; launches election-monitoring platform

The Climate Conflict Action Asia (CCAA) has monitored a total of 219 deaths in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) alone since the start of the filing of the certificate of candidacy in October 2024 for the midterm elections on Monday, May 12.In a statement, the CCAA said the figure already indicated the real security picture on the ground that threatens the government’s goal of holding a peaceful and credible elections i…

2 killed, 8 arrested in clash vs. gov’t forces in MagSur

By Edwin Fernandez Map of Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur (Photo courtesy of 6ID) COTABATO CITY – Two were killed, including a candidate for the municipal council, while eight were disarmed and arrested following a police operation in Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur, on Saturday. Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, identified in his report Sunday the slain poll candidate Emran Mamalinta,…

2 clashes erupt in Maguindanao del Sur as election day nears

Municipality of Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur. Map courtesy of Google COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 10 May) – A suspected member of a private armed group was killed, three others were wounded, and seven more were arrested in separate clashes in Maguindanao del Sur as tension rises days before the election, the military said on Saturday. The first encounter erupted after midnight in Barangay Pandag, Pandag town, involving armed supporters of a baranga…