The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter said it installed Sheik Ismail Abubakar as the new chairman after the untimely demise of BIFF founder Ustadz Ameril Umra Kato. Sheik Ismail Abubakar was the BIFF’s former Vice Chairman for Political Affairs.
Long-time farmers living in the University of the Philippines Mindanao campus now face total eviction with the imminent construction of an P8-billion sports complex in their area.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he would not allow deportation for foreign nationals involved in crime in the city. This after four suspects, including an Indian-national, were arrested for abducting another Indian-national here.
The military offensives against the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao had not stopped even after the Army announced to end it on March 30, a Moro group said.
An alleged leader of communist guerillas was arrested Monday by a joint police and Army operation in a checkpoint in Sirawan, Toril this city.
The Davao City Police Office said its “crime solution efficiency” has increased during the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
Newly-elected Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Bai Halila Sudagar said she was “shocked” at the challenge hurled by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s that she must visit the IPs in the hinterlands.
The progressive Makabayan bloc in Congress said the absence of President Benigno Aquino III in the resumption of Congress’ hearing on the Mamasapano incident Tuesday is a cover-up.
The couple killed by a government militia in Kapalong, Davao del Norte province last Saturday owns the only corn mill in an interior village.
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate urged the government to be transparent and reveal the real cause of the Mindanao-wide Easter Sunday outage.
