DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 December) – A blast ripped off a portion of the roof of a Catholic chapel inside Camp Asturias, the Philippine National Police camp in Jolo, Sulu at around 7:15 a.m. today (Christmas Day), injuring six parishioners in the choir area “slightly.” The chapel is located a few steps from the main gate’s [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 December) — Bomb experts defused on Friday an improvised explosive recovered from a bus terminal in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Athough no one was hurt, the discovery of the bomb triggered panic among passengers of the Rural Transit Bus Company. Supt. Joseph Semillano, chief of Kabacan PNP, said the improvised explosive device (IED) [...]

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/23 December) —  Security has been tightened in Shariff Aguak town following the explosion of an improvised bomb Wednesday morning inside a culvert at the front gate of an employee of the local civil registrar. No one was hurt by the explosion but the gate was totally damaged. The improvised explosive device (IED) [...]

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/18 December) – A homemade bomb reportedly thrown from a bus exploded at a mango orchard along the national highway in Carmen, North Cotabato at about 3 p.m. today. Initial reports reaching Chief Supt. Felicisimo Khu, Director for Integrated Police Operations in Western Mindanao, said  the improvised explosive device (IED) may have been [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 Nov) – The notorious Al Khobar group, through text messages sent to the local police, has owned last Monday’s bombing in Carmen, North Cotabato that killed a 17-year-old student and wounded two bystanders. The explosion occurred around 10:45 a.m. after the speech of Carmen Mayor Roger Taliño during the culmination of the [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 November) – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested Monday an alleged ranking leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)’s special operations group who was tagged as behind the series of bomb attacks here since 2004. Lawyer Noel Morales, NBI-Sarangani District Office chief, today said suspect Andaman Mukidin [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/30 October) —  A police officer who led the arrest of two suspects in the bloody bus bombing in North Cotabato denied allegations they tortured the suspects during interrogation last week but said he will submit to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for a “full-blown investigation” of alleged manhandling and other human [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 27 Oct) – Six officers from the North Cotabato Provincial Police Office were commended by Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo today for the quick resolution of the Rural Transit bus bombing last week that killed 11 people and injured many others. The awardees were led by Supt. Alex Tagum who heads the Investigation [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 Oct) – Authorities in North Cotabato are set to file on Tuesday at the Provincial Prosecution Office here multiple murder and frustrated murder charges against three suspected bombers they arrested a day after a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) went off along the highway in Matalam town in North Cotabato that killed [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/23 October) –  North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Talinio-Mendoza has offered a P100,000 reward for anyone who could help authorities identify the three men who reportedly left a bag with an improvised explosive device (IED) that went off inside a passenger bus along the highway in Matalam town on Thursday morning. Citing initial police [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 October) – Police authorities have placed the entire city under red alert following the deadly bomb attack on a passenger bus in North Cotabato on Thursday that killed 10 people and injured more than 20 others. Senior Supt. Cedrick Train, city police director, said Thursday they have tightened their security operations [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/21 Oct) – Ten passengers died while 30 others were injured when a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside the Rural Transit bus as it was traversing the highway in the municipality of Matalam in North Cotabato this morning. “The explosion was so powerful that people were killed on the spot,” said [...]

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 October) – An explosive went off around 2:30 p.m. today in a village in Cotabato City. Senior Supt. Wilfredo Dangane, chief of the Cotabato City police, said a disposable B40 or rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) exploded inside a rented house in Tanghal Subdivision in Barangay Bagua-Dos. No one, though, was hurt in the [...]

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/14 Oct) — A mother and her two daughters were killed when a suspected grenade exploded under their nipa house in Barangay Lower Tinungcaan, North Upi, Maguindanao midnight on Tuesday, police reports said. Police identified the fatalities as Angelie Timpadan, 30, and daughters Laarni and Jalanie, aged 6 and 4, respectively. Three more children [...]

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon  (MindaNews/29 August) —  A miracle, parishioners say, as the first of two grenades lobbed inside the San Vicente Ferrer Catholic church in Kalilangan, Bukindon during the first mass Sunday morning  exploded prematurely while the second did not  explode at all. Only two children, from an estimated 200 parishioners inside the church at [...]

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – Mayor Celso L. Lobregat has urged warring politicians in the nearby island provinces not to bring their conflict here, as two persons were killed in a bombing incident at the airport early Thursday night reportedly aimed at Sulu Governor Sakur Tan. At least two civilians were killed, including the bomber, [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – The US Ambassador to Manila has reset his scheduled travel here today due to the bombing incident at the Zamboanga City International Airport early Thursday evening that left two persons dead, including the suspected bomber. Sulu Governor Sakur Tan, who sustained some injuries, claimed he may have been the target [...]