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Places expats might currently avoid (besides Juicy-Lucys) and why?
(Tourists & expats now seem safe but 'incidents' are still happening)
"Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Updates"
November 13, 2022 | 10:55am https://www.philstar.com/happens/578
23 hours ago
An Army officer survived an ambush in a busy thoroughfare in Cotabato City on Saturday night but his driver was not as lucky. Lt. Col. Manago Macalintangui, 49, and his civilian driver, Ramil Laguioman, were attacked at about 7:00 p.m. Saturday by men on motorcycles while at a busy stretch of Sinsuat Avenue. Laguioman, 34, died instantly from gunshot wounds. -- The STAR/John Unson
3 days ago
Seven people have been killed in fighting between the Philippine military and Muslim rebels in the country's south, authorities said Thursday, in one of the deadliest clashes since a landmark peace pact was signed in 2014.
The ongoing fighting broke out Tuesday in Basilan island province, off the main southern island of Mindanao, following what the military said was a "miscommunication" between its soldiers and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). For decades the Catholic-majority Philippines has been plagued by violent insurgencies, including a Muslim-led separatist uprising that has killed more than 100,000 people. A peace deal with the MILF, the largest of the rebel groups, was sealed in 2014. — AFP
October 1, 2022
The police and Army deploy in Maguindanao peacekeeping teams following Friday’s murder near a mosque a Moro datu belonging to a ruling clan. Two were killed, Datu Jamael Sinsuat, a former barangay chairman here, and his still unidentified attacker. The nephew of Sinsuat, Darius, was wounded in another shooting incident here hours later. — The STAR/John Unson
September 26, 2022
Three members of the 2nd Marine Battalion were wounded in an ambush in Picong town in Lanao del Sur on Sunday. Wounded in the attack were PFCs Stephen Saragal and PFC Elijah Taccas, and Pvt. Romy Torallo Jr., who were in a KM450 light military truck on a stretch of the Lanao del Sur-Pagadian highway in Barangay Punong when they were shot at with assault rifles. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao said Monday the local police and Marine intelligence personnel are now together trying to put closure to the bloody incident. — The STAR/John Unson
September 21, 2022
Two incidents — a grenade attack and an ambush that hurt an escort of a senior Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader — rocked Lamitan City, Basilan at dusk Tuesday. Rajan Abdurahman, deputy base commander of the MILF in Basilan, and his aide, Harkie Jawabin Kasain were together in a black Hyundai car that gunmen shot along an unlit stretch of road in Barangay Colonia.
Kasain was wounded in the attack, now confined in a hospital in Lamitan City, one of two cities in Basilan that also covers 11 municipalities. Abdurahman told probers he has no idea on who could have perpetrated the ambush that he survived unscathed.
Meanwhile, a powerful blast ripped through the residential compound of former Al-Barka Mayor Mujiv Hassan Jakilan along Santol Drive in Barangay Bato also in Lamitan City. Al-Barka town saw hotly-contested elections between rival clans in May. — The STAR/John Unson
September 18, 2022
A resident of Tamparan town in Lanao del Sur landed in jail after police in a checkpoint found a vintage .30-caliber machinegun and an assault rifle in his vehicle Friday. Col. Jibin Bongcayao, Lanao del Sur provincial police director, said Sunday that Norhan Hamdag Ibrahim was flagged down by a police team in a roadside checkpoint in Barangay Pititanglaan in, Lumbayanague. -- The STAR/John Unson
September 11, 2022
The local government of Hadji Mohmmad Ajul town of Basilan surrendered Friday to the military at least 22 high-powered loose firearms it collected from various residents. Mayor Talib Pawaki turned over the loose firearms as part of the decommissioning to Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan (JTFB) and 101st Infantry Brigade in a simple rites held at Barangay Buton. Pawaki said the firearms were yielded by residents coming from the different barangays of his town.
September 8, 2022
Unidentified gunmen strafed with automatic gunfire a house in Sumisip, Basilan, killing three occupants and leaving three others injured early Thursday morning. Hours later, a former barangay council member was also gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants in Lamitan City. The strafing incident is suspected to have been triggered by a “rido” (family feud). — The STAR/Roel Pareño
September 7, 2022
An Abu Sayyaf leader, wanted for the string of kidnapping and bombing, was captured by the raiding police forces Wednesday morning in a village of Jolo, Sulu, security official said. Arrested was Abubakar Abdulkadil alias Basaron Arok, a sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf group and Daulah Islamiyah (DI) based in Patikul town, said Police Col. John Francis Encinareal, regional director of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 9 (CIDG).
Abdulkadil was arrested by the tracking team of the CIDG Sulu field unit led by Police Maj. William Maisog and forces from the Special Action Force (SAF) during the law enforcement operation in his hideout in Barangay San Raymundo about 6:19a.m, according to Encinareal. Abdulkadil or Basaron Arok has standing warrants of arrest for kidnapping with ransom, homicide, and murder issued by courts in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. — The STAR/Roel Pareño
September 2, 2022
Police say that agents shot dead an uncooperative trafficker and seized P34,000 worth of shabu from his companion in a sting in Panamao, Sulu Wednesday that went awry. Rogelito Daculla, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, on Friday says Ben Haibel was declared dead on arrival at a hospital where PDEA agents rushed him for treatment. The slain suspect, his sibling Tayung and a companion identified only as Dams, were subject of an entrapment operation Wednesday in Barangay Seit in Panamao. — The STAR/John Unson
August 31, 2022
The police and military are looking for 10 suspects in the fatal ambush Tuesday of the municipal police chief of Ampatuan, Maguindanao and his aide. In a statement Wednesday, the headquarters of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region said the suspects, led by Guiapar Abdulkarim, are identified with the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Police Brig. Gen. John Guyguyon, director of PRO-BAR, separately told reporters Wednesday that the Army’s 6th Infantry Division is helping them locate the culprits. — The STAR/Unson
August 29, 2022
Soldiers killed in a brief encounter Sunday in nearby Talayan town a man they said was a henchman of Imam Bongos, who is tagged in deadly bombings in central Mindanao in recent years. The gunfight that resulted in the death of Karutin Kalantungan, said to be of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, erupted when he and his companions opened fire on soldiers dispatched to Barangay Damablak, Talayan to check on their reported presence in the area. Col. Oriel Pangcog, commander of the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade, said Monday Kalantungan was an aide of Imam Bongos. — The STAR/John Unson
August 23, 2022
An Abu Sayyaf leader who was locked up for a string of kidnappings and other atrocities is facing more charges after he was served an arrest warrant in his cell in Sulu province. Personnel of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-9 served the warrant on Ben Ahaddi Quirino — alias Ben Tattoo — a Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf sub-leader, who is detained in the Sulu Provincial Jail in Patikul, Sulu.
Police Col. John Francis Encinareal, CIDG-9 director, said his personnel dispensed the warrant as part of its Oplan 'Pagtutugis' and 'Salikop' against wanted persons. Encinareal said the warrant was served against Ben Tattoo for double murder and frustrated murder with no recommended bail issued last January 18, 2018 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) 9th Judicial Region Branch 3 of Jolo, Sulu. — The STAR/Roel Pareño
August 22, 2022
An Abu Sayyaf fighter managed to evade a raiding team of elite military and police personnel in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Friday afternoon. The Navy-led operation, which was backed by the Army and the police Special Action Force, was for the capture of notorious Abu Sayyaf member Tawakal Bayali, alias Jaber in his hideout at Sitio Oval, Barangay Tipo-Tipo Proper. Lt. Senior Grade Chester Cabaltera, Naval Forces Western Mindanao information chief, said Bayali was able to escape after sensing troops were tracking him. — The STAR/Roel Pareño
August 13, 2022
Authorities say soldiers shot dead a member of the New People’s Army and arrested another in a brief clash Thursday in Maitum, Sarangani. Major Gen. Roy Galido, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, says Saturday NPA member Gilbert Matingkal died instantly from bullet wounds sustained in a gunfight with personnel of the 38th Infantry Battalion. Matingkal’s sibling, Ronel, also an NPA member, yielded peacefully when he sensed that their hideout in a secluded barangay in Maitum had been surrounded by soldiers. — The STAR/John Unson
August 10, 2022
Gunmen killed a couple and a passerby in a daytime ambush in the Datu Salibo town in Maguindanao on Tuesday morning. In an initial statement late Tuesday, the Maguindanao Provincial Police Office said Salik Solaiman, 47, and his 42-year-old spouse, Guiara, died on the spot. A 39-year-old villager named Narex Bangkaling, was hit by a stray bullet in the head and died in a hospital later. — AFP
August 10, 2022
Police say that gunmen killed a couple and a passerby in a daring daytime ambush in the hostile Datu Salibo town in Maguindanao on Tuesday morning. The Maguindanao Provincial Police Office says Salik Solaiman, 47, and his 42-year-old spouse, Guiara, died on the spot. A 39-year-old villager named Narex Bangkaling, was hit by a stray bullet in the head and died in a hospital later. — AFP
August 7, 2022
Emergency responders rescued 18 passengers of an outrigger boat that capsized around 3 kms from the shores of the seaside Maimbung town in Sulu on Saturday. In a statement Sunday, the Sulu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said the rescued boat passengers are residents of Talipao, supposedly bound for Tapul to attend an important clan gathering. Tapul is an island town which is quite distant from Patikul municipality in mainland Sulu province. — The STAR/John Unson
August 2, 2022
Authorities say gunmen killed three in a Moro family, one of them a five-year-old girl, before dawn Tuesday in a secluded area in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao. Major Maximiniano Gerodias, chief of the Mamasapano municipal police, says the fatalities, Abdulkadir Matuwa, his wife Zahera and their five-year-old daughter, Nhala, died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds. Gerodias says the attackers, armed with M16 assault rifles, surrounded the victims’ house and opened fire. — The STAR/John Unson
July 29, 2022
The military is anticipating possible retaliation by a local terror group for the death of its bomb-maker in a clash with soldiers in Maguindanao province Monday. Personnel of the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion shot dead Ramos Amilil of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in an encounter before dawn Monday in Barangay Duguengen in Shariff Saydona town in Maguindanao. Amilil's companions immediately scampered away when they sensed that Army reinforcements were closing in. — The STAR/John Unson
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