Mindanao Voices
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Protest in SC on BARMM districting measure deemed `harassment’
COTABATO CITY (January 8, 2026) — Local executives and members of the 80-seat Bangsamoro parliament dismissed as “harassment” the Supreme Court contempt petition filed against 10 regional lawmakers by a lone petitioner complaining about their alleged inaction on the reapportioning of parliamentary districts in the region that originally belonged to Sulu province. The Supreme Court…
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Shabu dealer na addict, timbog sa Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY (January 4, 2026) Isang dealer ng shabu na kilalang drug addict din ang nalambat sa Mother Barangay Poblacion sa Cotabato City mga pulis nitong Sabado, January 3, sa tulong ng kanyang mga kapamilya at city officials na nagsuplong ng kanyang mga illegal na gawain. Nakapiit na sa isang police detention facility si Sa-Anudin…
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BARMM parliament spokesperson, BEDC member na
COTABATO CITY (January 4, 2025) — Marami ang nagalak sa paghirang sa entrepreneur-lawyer na si Jet Lim na miyembro na, spokesperson pa ng 80-seat parliament ng Bangsamoro region, bilang kasapi ng inter-agency, multi-sector Bangsamoro Economic Development Council, o BEDC, na pinamumunuan ng chief minister ng autonomous region, si Abdulrauf Macacua. Siya ay na-induct bilang miyembro…
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Grenade attack perpetrator killed in shootout with cops
COTABATO CITY (January 3, 2025) — Policemen killed in a shootout late Thursday one of the two men behind the grenade attack on midnight Wednesday in Barangay Dalapitan in Matalam town in Cotabato province that injured 22 New Year revelers. The blast victims, among them elementary pupils and high school students, were at one spot…
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Datu Odin Sinsuat police anti-crime efforts intensified
COTABATO CITY (December 28, 2025) —- Personnel of the Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipal Police Station, under its chief, Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, have tightened security in the municipality as part of an effort to ensure peaceful New Year’s Day celebration by the local Christian and indigenous Teduray communities from midnight Wednesday, December 31, until Thursday,…
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Cotabato governor, Moro leaders, BARMM officials magkasama sa peacebuilding programs
COTABATO CITY (December 23, 2025) —- Marami ang nagagalak sa nagpapatuloy na magandang ugnayan ng provincial government ng Cotabato sa Region 12, pinamumunuan ng non-Moro na gobernadora, at ng mga regional officials ng Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao at ng mga senior officials ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front at Moro National Liberation Front. Ang…
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9 more Dawlah Islamiya, BIFF members pledge allegiance to government
COTABATO CITY (December 20, 2025) —- Another group from the now both defunct Dawlah Islamiya and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered to the Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team in a symbolic rite on Wednesday, December 17, in Barangay Pigkalagan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. The nine erstwhile terrorists are now undergoing religious reorientation…
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Maguindanao del Norte officials may ambag sa Army peace efforts
COTABATO CITY (December 20, 2025) — Nagpasalamat kina Gov. Tucao Ong Mastura at Vice Gov. Marshall Ibrahim Sinsuat ang mga officials ng 6th Infantry Division at ng 1st Brigade Combat Team sa kanilang pag-suporta sa peacebuilding efforts ng 1st BCT habang ito ay nasa Maguindanao del Norte ng ilang taon, nalipat sa Luzon nito lang…
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P6-M humanitarian grant inilaan ng isang MP sa CRMC
COTABATO CITY (December 20, 2025) — Pormal na inindorso sa Cotabato Regional Medical Center (CRMC) nitong Biyernes, December 19, ng abogadong miyembro ng 80-seat Bangsamoro regional parliament ang P6 million na halaga ng pondong laan para sa mga hospital bills ng mga indigent patients at mga potential joint health service projects ng management nito, ng…
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BARMM MP namigay ng mga gamot, wheelchairs sa Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY (December 20, 2025) — Nag-turn over ng 800 boxes ng gamot para sa iba’t-ibang karamdaman at mga wheelchairs ang isang abogadong miyembro ng Bangsamoro regional parliament sa tatlong mga barangays sa Cotabato City nitong Huwebes, December 11. Mismong si Member of Parliament Naguib Sinarimbo at ang public service team ng kanyang tanggapan ang…