CAMP DARAPANAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – “It was not a massacre, it was self defense.” Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim said their fighters acted in self-defense when police commandos stormed two villages in Mamasapano town
MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim told reporters on Wednesday (28 Jan. 2015) they will pursue peace despite the incident in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao. Murad spoke with reporters at Camp Darapanan in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo |
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/28 January) – Chief Supt. Getulio Napeñas, who was sacked as director of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) following the tragic death of 44 of his men in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday, is not new to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday ordered the city’s flags be flown at half mast in a show of sympathy to the fallen Special Action Force (SAF) personnel at Mamasapano, Maguindanao. As of press time,
Relatives pull out on Tuesday (27 Jan 2015) the body of one of the slain Muslim members of the PNP-SAF that clashed with Moro rebels in Mamasapano, Maguindanao from the morgue to be transported to Zamboanga City for an immediate
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – The committee on environment of the city council here is asking the City Mayor’s Office to assign an environmental sanitary specialist at the City Health Office to enforce the Septage and Sewerage Ordinance
CAMP SIONGCO, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – The bodies of two Muslim members of the Special Action Force that suffered from the intense clash on Sunday have been sent to Zamboanga City for immediate burial in
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – So much is said about the role and value of the family. Well and good. Because family is the most basic of our roots and our loyalties—our basic identity, support group,
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – The police has tagged members of a kidnap-for-ransom-group with ties to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) as the ones behind the abduction of a Korean businessman on Saturday in Zamboanga Sibugay. Senior Supt.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 28 Jan) – The multi-agency Sea-based Anti-Trafficking Task Force (SBATTF) rescued Monday five would-be trafficking victims and arrested the alleged Malaysian recruiter in this city. Senior Supt. Angelito Casimiro, Zamboanga City police director, said the victims
Residents unload their sacks of half-dried copra as they returnto their village in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano on January 27, 2015, two days after the fighting that left 44 policemen and at least 10 Moro rebels dead. MindaNews photo by Froilan
January 26, 2015 National alliance of indigenous peoples’ group Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan (KAMP) expressed “serious concern” over rights violations committed against indigenous peoples in Agusan del Sur. Piya Macliing Malayao, spokesperson of KAMP, said that the human rights
MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao (MindaNews/27 January) – US troops were not involved in the operations Sunday to get high-value targets Zulkifli bin HIr aka Marwan of the Jemaah Islamiyah and Abdulbasit Usman of the Abu Sayyaf, in Mamasapan town, Kurt Hoyer, Press
CAMP SIONGCO, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/27 January) — The bodies of two Moro members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police (PNP-SAF) who were killed along with 42 others in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday, were transported
PIKIT, North Cotabato, Philippines (MindaNews/27 January) – Crime does not pay. Two suspected bomb-carriers were killed when the bomb they carried prematurely exploded while they were on board a motorcycle. Reports from the North Cotabato police said a loud explosion
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/27 January) — A battalion of battle-hardened Philippine Marines arrived at dusk Tuesday from various staging points in Sulu and Palawan but military officials quickly allayed fears they would be deployed to fight the Moro in Maguindanao. Capt. Jo-Ann Penglay
