Mindanao Voices
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Terrorist drug dealer, tepok sa mga pulis
Agad na namatay sa mga tama ng bala ang isang miyembro ng Dawlah Islamiya na nanlaban sa mga pulis na bibili sana sa kanya ng shabu sa isang entrapment operation sa Barangay Sapakan sa Radjah Buayan, Maguindanao del Sur nitong Lunes, September 29. Sa ulat ng mga local officials at mga imbestigador ng Radjah Buayan…
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SEAL Award for BARMM LGUs, service groups set
COTABATO CITY (September 30, 2025, Tuesday) — Local executives were elated with the enactment into law by the Bangsamoro parliament of the yearly grant of the Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership, along with a P20 million incentive, to performing local government units and private service-oriented groups. The Salamat Excellence Leadership Award (SEAL) was named after…
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Grant of SEAL Award for BARMM LGUs, private service outfits now a law
COTABATO CITY (September 29, 2025, Monday) — Local executives were elated with the enactment into law by the Bangsamoro parliament of the yearly grant of the Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership, along with a P20 million incentive, to performing local government units and private service-oriented groups. The Salamat Excellence Leadership Award (SEAL) was named after…
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P2.7-M worth imported cigarettes seized in Basilan
COTABATO CITY (September 29, 2025, Monday) — A Philippine Navy contingent seized P2.7 million worth of cigarettes from Indonesia in an anti-smuggling operation a few miles off the shores of Hadji Muhtamad town in the island province of P2.7-M worth imported cigarettes seized in Basilan on Sunday, September 28. Officials of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro…
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PDEA-BARMM entraps barangay councilor in Tawi-Tawi
COTABATO CITY (Sept. 25, 2025) — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized P136,000 worth of shabu from a barangay councilor who fell in an entrapment operation in Barangay Ballak in Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, September 24. Municipal officials in Tandubas, an island town in Tawi-Tawi, told reporters on Friday, September 26, that the…
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Ugnayan ng MNLF, MILF sa Cotabato province pinalawig
COTABATO CITY (Sept. 29, 2025) — Nagkasundo nitong Sabado, September 27, ang central committee ng Moro National Liberation Front, mga MNLF at Moro Islamic Liberation Front leaders sa Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area sa probinsya ng Cotabato na mas palawigin pa ang kanilang koordinasyon sa pagpapatupad ng municipal peace and security programs bilang suporta sa Mindanao…
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2026 Cotabato provincial gov’t budget now under study
COTABATO CITY (September 28, 2025) —- Officials, led by Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, are now studying the fund requisites for the Cotabato provincial government’s public service activities in 2026, partly focused on the socio-economic empowerment of the culturally-pluralistic communities in the province. Cotabato province has mixed Muslim, Christian and non-Moro indigenous communities and is host to…
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Mag-amang mangingisda, nasawi sa pagka-lunod
Natagpuan ng mga kinauukulan na parehong wala ng buhay ang mag-amang naiulat nitong Biyernes, September 26, 2025, na nawala sa karagatang malapit sa Barangay Bagasawe sa Tuburan, Cebu. Unang naiulat na nanghuli ng isda, gamit ang fishnet, ang mag-amang sina Marcelino Suelto, 69-anyos, at kanyang 49-anyos na anak na si Joselito, at hindi na nakauwi…
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Timbers from Maguindanao del Norte forest seized
COTABATO CITY (September 27, 2025, Saturday) —- An inter-agency anti-illegal logging team confiscated 1,344 board feet of timber flitches in an operation near a tropical rainforest in Buldon town in Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, September 26. Bangsamoro regional officials told reporters on Saturday, September 27, that the Lawaan timbers, cut into halves, costing no…
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Soldiers seize NPA supplies in Sultan Kudarat encounter
COTABATO CITY (September 27, 2025, Saturday) — Soldiers had seized components for improvised explosive devices, a grenade and an M16 rifle after a brief clash with New People’s Army guerillas in Barangay Kitudak in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat on Friday, September 26. Brig. Gen. Michael Santos, commander of the Army’s 603rd Infantry Brigade, told reporters on…