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.
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has lowered the Philippine flag in a half-mast to express their grief over the death of at least 50 members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF) who were killed during a deadly encounter with members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Sunday, a police official said.
They were glued on their tv sets since the start of the live telecast of Miss Universe beauty pageant from Miami, Florida. They cheered when Philippine candidate Mary Jean ‘MJ’ Lastimosa made it to the Top 10.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte denied that his ‘listening tour’ where he is making the rounds in Mindanao and talking to leaders, as a form of presidential campaign.
The Traffic Management Center impounded around 200 motorcycles with bora-bora (modified mufflers) in a week after MayorRodrigo Duterte banned the loud vehicles.
A farmer’s group said they are among what Pope Francis referred to as the poor in peripheries in the Philippines that the Church should help.
A Mindanao-wide indigenous people’s group and the former Indigenous People’s representative in the City Council here said they will respect Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s decision rejecting the tribes’ endorsement of Halila Sudagar as their representative to the City Council here.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here said that there were fewer cases of fire this January compared to the same month last year, but cost of damage may become higher if there would be additional cases.
Authorities here arrested more smokers than the previous years, as they noted also an increase in number of establishments which violated the anti-smoking ordinance.
