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Infant killed, mother wounded in NorthCot grenade blast
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 15 2013 12:20 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – A seven-month-old baby died while her mother was wounded when a grenade lobbed at their rooftop in Kabacan, North Cotabato exploded dawn today. Supt.… »
‘Sniper fire’ meets convoy of Gov. Mangudadatu’s son
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 14 2013 12:29 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The convoy of Buluan, Maguindanao Vice Mayor King Jhazzer Mangudadatu encountered suspected sniper fire in North Upi town on Monday afternoon. The vice mayor, son… »
IED explodes in Kabacan, 2 others defused in Shariff Aguak
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 13 2013 12:00 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — A suspected improvised explosive device went off inside the Pilot Central Elementary School of Kabacan, North Cotabato at 12am today, the 7th Infantry Battalion said.… »
DepEd supervisor in Maguindanao town shot dead
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 12 2013 4:28 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – The school district supervisor in the municipality of Salipada K. Pendatun (SKP) in Maguindanao was shot to death while his nephew is in… »
South Upi mayoralty bet ambushed; nephew killed
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 12 2013 12:06 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/11 May) — A two-vehicle convoy of a mayoralty candidate in South Upi, Maguindanao was ambushed before dusk Saturday, on the of a peace covenant-signing among the seven… »
ARMM police trained for BEI work deployed; all-women police deployed Sunday
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 11 2013 6:12 pm
PARANG, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 May) – Some 400 police personnel who have been trained to be members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) and provide additional security force, were deployed… »
1 killed, 1 wounded in series of pre-poll violence in Maguindanao
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 8 2013 1:33 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – A grenade exploded in front of the house of the mayor of Shariff Aguak, grenade launchers were fired towards the town hall of… »
Peace back in NorthCot village disrupted by MILF-MNLF clashes
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 7 2013 11:20 am
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews/07 May)—A peacekeeping force jointly composed of Army and police personnel was deployed at Barangay Marbel here after the situation returned to normal Monday, an official said.… »
NGCP tower in North Cotabato’s Kabacan town bombed
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 7 2013 9:47 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 May)—With less than a week before the May 13 elections, unidentified men bombed a transmission tower of the National Grid Corp. Of the Philippines (NGCP) in Kabacan,… »
Liberal Party HQ in Maguindanao town burned
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 2 2013 12:10 am
SULTAN KUDARAT. Maguindanao (MindaNews/01 May) – Fire destroyed the municipal headquarters of the Liberal Party in Barangay Bulalo (not Salimbao as earlier reported) at around 7 p.m. Wednesday, causing a… »
Candidate for councilor killed in NorthCot
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 30 2013 6:00 pm
BANISILAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/30 April) – A candidate for councilor in Banisilan, North Cotabato was shot dead Sunday night after a campaign rally in the town center, a police official… »
Wife says politics ‘behind’ blast that killed Maguindanao village chief
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 26 2013 11:39 am
GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/26)—A village chief was killed while two others were wounded in an explosion here Thursday morning, with the victim’s wife claiming the attack could be due to politics.… »
Local LP bets in Maguindanao nix 12-0 sweep for Team Pnoy senatoriables
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 13 2013 9:46 pm
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/13 April)— Local bets of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) in Maguindanao doused the possibility of repeating the controversial 12-0 sweep the province, then ruled by Andal Ampatual… »
2 dead, 51 downed by suspected cholera in Maguindanao island
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 4 2013 7:30 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 4 April) – A three-year-old girl and an elderly woman died and at least 51 others suffered severe vomitting and loose bowel movement in Bongo Island… »
Tornado leaves 10 dead in Sultan Sa Barongis
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 27 2013 8:19 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/27 March) – A boat with 18 persons on board capsized when a tornado struck in the middle of the Ligawasan Marsh in Sultan Sa Barongis town in… »
Amid Sabah crisis, Malaysia sends in new batch of peace monitors
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 12 2013 12:24 am
CAMP SIONGCO, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 11 March) – While Malaysian security forces on Monday entered the seventh day of military and police operations against a Moro group… »
MILF, BIFF mum over Sabah firefight
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 1 2013 6:27 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 March)—Officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) kept mum Friday after skirmishes reportedly erupted between followers of the… »
Gapuz assumes as 6th ID chief
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 1 2013 6:23 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (MindaNews/01 March)—With 76 days before the May 13 polls, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reshuffled the leadership at the 6th Infantry “Kampilan” Division with Brig.… »
ARMM political rivals sign covenant for peaceful elections
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on February 20 2013 5:40 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 20 Feb) – Though the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has long been known for election violence and cheating, the current top political rivals have… »
Joint Army-MILF to secure PNoy during visit to MILF turf
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on February 11 2013 6:00 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 February) — A battalion from the Army’s 6th Infantry Division and another battalion from the central command of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will provide perimeter security… »
From gunfight to boodle fight
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on February 10 2013 9:37 am
Soldiers from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (right) and the Philippine Army (left) used to exchange bullets in a gunfight. Last Saturday, they shared a “boodle fight” meal during a… »
Mangudadatu urges covenant signing for honest, peaceful polls in Maguindanao
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 24 2013 11:56 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/24 January)–Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu called on local candidates in the May 13 elections to sign a province-wide covenant to ensure honest and peaceful elections in the area.… »
Halad Festival 2013
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 20 2013 2:46 pm
A student performs in a street dancing competition during the Halad Festival on Satuday in Midsayap, North Cotabato. The festival is in honor of the town’s patron, Sr. Sto. Niño. MindaNews photo… »
4 killed in Maguindanao firefight despite gun ban
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 13 2013 6:49 pm
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 13 Jan) – Tension remains high in the town of Datu Piang, Maguindanao as dozens of families were forced to leave their homes after warring clans… »
Shooting victim dies but also kills 2 assailants
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 12 2013 9:46 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 January)—Before he died from bullets they pumped into his body, a victim of a shooting incident here Saturday managed to go after the two suspects and… »
Entrapment operation vs extortion gang ends in shootout; suspect killed
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 10 2013 4:52 pm
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – An entrapment operation involving a supposed payment of extortion money in a restaurant in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat province Wednesday noon ended in a… »
North Cotabato to open Fort Pikit as tourism destination
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 8 2013 7:39 am
MAKILALA, North Cotabato (MindaNews/07 January) – The provincial government of North Cotabato will open historical Fort Pikit in Pikit town on Tuesday (January 8) as a new tourism destination. The… »
5 injured in Sultan Kudarat bus bombing
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on December 29 2012 9:15 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/ 29 December)–Five persons were wounded when an explosion hit a Husky Bus near the round ball (welcome rotunda) of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat at around 5:45 p.m. Friday,… »
Women in conflict-affected areas get loans
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on December 12 2012 10:43 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) – Women coming from internally displaced families in Cotabato City and Maguindanao have received “soft loans” through the Women’s Peace Fund as part of the peace-building… »
2 Ampatuans attend massacre’s 3rd year rites; express hurt over Drilon’s objection to their membership in LP
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on November 24 2012 5:00 am
MASSACRE SITE, Ampatuan, Maguindanao (MindaNews/23 Nov) – Two members of the Ampatuan clan joined Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu at the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the November 23, 2009… »
News of bombs found creates stir during Ampatuan Massacre commemoration
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on November 23 2012 7:42 pm
MASSACRE SITE, Ampatuan, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 23 Nov) – Despite strict security measures at the massacre gravesite here, and the cooling effect of the trees planted beside it and the… »
Mastura vs Mangudadatu for Maguindanao governor
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on October 4 2012 12:30 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/03 October) – Allies have now become close rivals for the governorship of Maguindanao province. Sultan Kudarat town Mayor Datu Tucao Mastura on Monday filed his certificate of… »
Police on alert in Maguindanao as 11 of 36 towns “hotly contested”
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on October 1 2012 8:01 am
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/30 September) — The provincial police is on full alert for the October 1 to 5 filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the May 2013 election to… »
Another Ampatuan falls; Mangudadatu hopes suspects hiding in Maguindanao are nabbed, too
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on August 29 2012 10:58 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/29 August) – A grandson of the detained Ampatuan patriarch who went into hiding after the November 23, 2009 massacre of 58 persons in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao, was… »
BIFF vows no attacks as GPH, MILF set resumption of talks
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on August 29 2012 10:31 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/28 August) — The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has heeded the appeal of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to refrain from launching offensives against government forces… »
BIFF sniper shots force anew temporary closure of Maguindanao highway
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on August 25 2012 6:41 am
DATU UNSAY, Maguidanao (MindaNews/ 24 August)—Suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) fired sniper shots and harassed military and police detachments at a portion of the Maguindanao highway… »
“A big lie,” Mayor Ampatuan says of reports they abandoned towns and supported BIFF
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on August 18 2012 2:47 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/18 August) – Mayor Datu Saudi “Sheam” Ampatuan III of Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao, belied reports he and four other Ampatuan mayors supported the Bangsamoro Islamic… »
(UPDATED) Maguindanao highway temporarily closed due to BIFF harassments
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on August 6 2012 10:26 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – The Guindulungan-Shariff Aguak portion of the Cotabato-General Santos highway has been ordered closed temporarily while soldiers conduct clearing operations following the series of harassments late… »
MILF infighting disrupts Ramadhan; 300 families in Maguindanao flee
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on July 27 2012 9:11 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/ 26 July) – The observance of Ramadhan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, has been disrupted by fierce clashes among members of the Moro Islamic Liberation… »
Girl, 7, killed in Shariff Aguak blast
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on July 17 2012 2:08 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 July) — A seven-year old girl died and her mother was wounded in an explosion that occurred today in front of the house of former governor Andal… »
11 bolt Maguindanao provincial jail
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on July 11 2012 6:33 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 July) – Eleven detainees including a notorious suspect escaped from the Maguindanao Provincial Jail in this city early Tuesday. Police said the prisoners escaped by cutting the… »
Raid yields firearms cache in cop’s house in Maguindanao
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on June 28 2012 4:30 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-ARMM) has confiscated high powered firearms, including powerful sniper’s rifles, in a… »
Boy dead, 3 siblings, mother seriously wounded in Maguindanao blast
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on June 22 2012 11:41 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/22 June) – A suspected grenade was lobbed inside the house of the Mla family in Barangay Labu-labu, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao around 7pm last night, killing a 2-year… »
2 killed, 2 wounded in kidnap attempt in North Upi
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on June 17 2012 1:58 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 June) – An Army escort and a suspected kidnapper were killed while a businesswoman and her daughter were injured in a shootout during an attempted kidnapping at… »
Old man in Cotabato succumbs to heart attack upon hearing result of Pacquiao-Bradley bout
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on June 12 2012 7:46 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/11 June) – A few minutes after ring announcer Michael Buffer announced the shocking result of Pacquiao-Bradley fight, a 64-year-old man here watching the live bout over cable… »
Deprived Host
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on June 11 2012 7:13 am
DEPRIVED HOST. Kidapawan City in Mindanao, Philippines, hosts two geothermal power plants generating a total of 104 megawatts but in the first quarter of 2012, it suffered from eight to… »
Injured Ampatuan grandson flown to Manila
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 2 2012 8:07 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 April) – An Ampatuan grandson who went in hiding after the November 23, 2009 massacre and got injured in a bomb blast in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on March… »
Another Ampatuan in 2009 massacre falls
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 26 2012 2:17 pm
COTABATO C ITY (MindaNews/26 March) – Another Ampatuan falls. After two years in hiding, Anwar “Datu Ipi” Ampatuan, Jr., 23-year old grandson of former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan, Sr. who… »
2 grenade blasts rock Cotabato City; one injured
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 4 2012 8:11 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/03 March) – Two grenades exploded early Saturday morning inside and outside the compound of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), injuring one person. The first explosion… »
3 hurt in Cotabato blast
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 2 2012 8:05 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/02 March) – Three persons were injured when an improvised explosive device went off on Governor Gutierrez Avenue, around 7pm on Thursday, city police chief, Senior Supt. Danny… »
