A bomb prematurely went off Tuesday night near a convenient store at Barangay Poblacion, Pikit town, North Cotabato apparently killing the two alleged bombers carrying the explosives while onboard a motorcycle, a military spokesperson said.
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According to MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, the clash was triggered by lack of coordination on the SAF operation.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) confirmed that it killed at least 15 out of the 45 members of the elite Philippine National Police Special Action Forces in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao on early dawn Sunday.
Muslims across Mindanao condemned as blasphemous the cover of the controversial French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo showing a weeping prophet Muhammad holding up a sign saying “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”).
Human rights group Karapatan said there are 491 political prisoners in the country, 220 of whom were arrested under the Aquino administration.
The New People’s Army belied Sunday that the three government troops killed in an ambush in Mabini, Compostela Valley last December 29, 2014 reportedly on a holiday break, saying that the troops were on combat operations at that time.
Prayers, testimonies and appeals for immediate release are pouring in for the Compostela Valley Provincial jail warden who was held captive by the New People’s Army.
The bomb that went off on New Year’s Eve in a crowded public market in M’lang town in North Cotabato marked the last day of the year that turned gruesome and deadly for several areas in Mindanao.
A spokesperson of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the newly-formed political party of Moro Islamic Liberation Front, said that UBJP will not be a traditional political party.
The family of Jose Mervin Coquilla, the jail warden who was held captive by the New People’s Army, sought the help of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to lobby for his release.
