Mindanao Voices
-
3 selling shabu near schools, terminals, busted in 2 PDEA operations
COTABATO CITY (October 31, 2025) — Three individuals discreetly selling shabu near school campuses and in bus terminals, were arrested in separate entrapment operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in two southern cities in just two days. The first to fall in the two PDEA operations is a female narcotics trafficker, entrapped on Tuesday,…
-
Dawlah bomb-maker arrested in Sultan Kudarat
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (October 31, 2025) — Police intelligence agents arrested a member of the Dawlah Islamiya, wanted for high-profile criminal cases pending in different courts, in an anti-terror operation in Barangay Ligao in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat early Wednesday, October 29. Local officials and members of two erstwhile secessionist Moro groups, who supported the law-enforcement…
-
Suspect killed, P1.3-M worth shabu, guns, explosives seized in Region 12 police raid
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (October 31, 2025) — Policemen shot dead an uncooperative drug dealer, seized firearms, explosives and P1.3 million worth of shabu in houses that they searched in an anti-narcotics operation in Barangay Pantar in Banisilan, Cotabato on Tuesday, October 28. Municipal officials and barangay leaders reported on Wednesday that personnel of different units…
-
Officials resolving conflict in Tipo-Tipo amicably
Bangsamoro regional officials and senior leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will cooperate in helping sustain the ceasefire between two feuding groups in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan that figured in gunfights on Tuesday, October 28, that left four villagers wounded and forced more than a thousand families to relocate to safe areas. Abdulrauf Macacua, chief minister…
-
Mga batang Moro na malnourished, may ayuda
COTABATO CITY (October 29, 2025) — Karagdagang 26 pa na mga batang malnourished ang tumangap ang mga magulang ng tig-25 kilong bigas bilang nourishment support para sa kanila sa panibagong public service mission ng tanggapan ng isang manggagamot na kasapi ng 80-seat Bangsamoro regional parliament. Hinatid nitong Lunes, October 27, ng humanitarian outreach team ng…
-
BARMM cops seize P1.1-M worth shabu in Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY (October 29, 2025) — Policemen seized P1.1 million worth of shabu from an elusive drug dealer, entrapped at last in Barangay Poblacion 3 in this city on Monday afternoon, October 27, after evading four attempts to bust him in supposed tradeoffs early on. The 26-year-old suspect, Datu Noel Osmeña Guimba, is closely related…
-
6th ID’s mission feats showcased during its 38th founding anniversary
COTABATO CITY (October 25, 2025) — Officials highlighted the 38th founding anniversary of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division on Thursday, October 24, with the display of 1,421 assorted combat weapons, some turned in by owners voluntarily, the others seized in anti-terror operations in Central Mindanao in the past 24 months. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, commander…
-
2 dead, 6 badly hurt in South Cotabato highway mishap
COTABATO CITY (October 25, 2025) — Two motorists died immediately while six others, including three minors, were injured in a highway accident involving a motorcycle and two four-wheeled vehicles in Barangay Magon in Tantangan, South Cotabato on Thursday, October 24. Officials of the Tantangan Municipal Police Station told reporters on Saturday, October 25, that the…
-
BARMM may ayuda sa mga nilindol sa Davao Oriental
COTABATO CITY (October 25, 2025) — Nagpadala nitong Biyernes, October 24, ang Bangsamoro government ng mahigit limang toneladang relief supplies para sa mga biktima ng 7.4 magnitude na lindol na yumanig sa Manay, Davao Oriental at mga karatig na mga lugar mahigit isang linggo pa lang ang nakakalipas. Ang Ministry of Social Services and Development-Bangsamoro…
-
Kumandidatong vice-mayor, patay sa ambush
Agad na namatay sa mga tama ng bala ang isang kumandidato sa pagka-vice mayor sanhi ng ambush sa Barangay Kibayao sa Kapalawan, isang bagong tatag na municipality sa Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area probinsya ng Cotabato, nitong hapon ng Biyernes, October 24. Ang napatay sa ambush, ang 50-anyos na si Alex Palao, ay kumandidatong vice mayor…