BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

MAGUINDANAO --- Life is again normal for dozens of families dislocated by a bloody rido between two clans in General Pendatun town that are now in peace with each other.Rido is a common term for clan war in many southern dialects, usually sparked by political rivalries, land disputes and affronts to family pride and honor.Brig. Gen.

LANAO DEL SUR --- There is a road being built now that would cut to less than two hours the time of travel from Marawi City to the capital of Region 10.The highway that will connect the cities of Marawi and Cagayan de Oro will traverse the adjoining Kapai and Tagoloan towns in Lanao del Sur and Talakag, Bukidnon.Cagayan de Oro City, the administrative capital of Region 10, was once reachable only to Marawi residents via Iligan City through a four-hour overland travel if traffic flow is light.Construction works are now going on in the 37-kilometer stretch of the Kapai-Talakag portion of the

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared August 21 a regular holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).

MAGUINDANAO--- The Philippine flag is half-mast in Army camps in the province in honor of a corporal killed in an encounter with Islamic State-inspired militants Sunday.Cpl.

Maguindanao --- Four militant bombers were killed while six soldiers were wounded in clashes Sunday in Datu Unsay town southeast of Maguindanao province.The hostilities erupted when members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters opened fire on personnel of the 2ndMechanized Infantry Battalion patrolling in Barangay Malangog, Datu Unsay.There is strong presence of the Islamic State-Inspired BIFF in Datu Unsay, located in the second district of Maguindanao and whose elected officials are being criticized for doing nothing to address domestic security woes.Four BIFF gunmen, whom l

MAGUINDANAO --- Security officials have assured support for a new non-partisan peace advocacy bloc focused on Mindanao-wide propagation of Moro-Christian-Lumad unity.The Alliance for Genuine Unity in Mindanao also aims to embark on programs that can boost the government’s effort to put diplomatic closure to the nagging security problems hounding southern provinces.AGUM was organized recently by peace advocates and local leaders from across Maguindanao as a forum for generation of ideas on how members can help foster harmony among southern Mindanao’s tri-people, comprised of the region’s Mus

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – An Army ordnance expert was slightly injured when an improvised bomb
he was deactivating went off Sunday morning, the Army said.

Capt. Arvin
John Encinas, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, did not identify
the injured members of Army Explosive and Ordnance Disposal Unit but said the
officer is now out of danger.

Earlier in the
day, soldiers discovered a suspected IED in Barangay Kuloy, Shariff Aguak,
Maguindanao and were trying to deactivate the ordnance when it went off at
11:30 a.m.

BASILAN --- Aid workers distributed relief supplies on Saturday to hundreds of families displaced by the military’s extensive hunt for the group that perpetrated the July 31 bombing in Lamitan City.The government offensive against Abu Sayyaf militants in Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan was launched early this week following sightings there of terrorists blamed for the bomb attack that left 11 people dead, among them a soldier and five members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit.The Humanitarian Emergency Assistance and Response Team (HEART), a disaster response contingent of the Au

MARAWI CITY – A total of 180 families who were left homeless by the five-month battle between government soldiers and local terrorists will benefit from housing projects put up by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).On Thursday, August 10, ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman led the turnover ceremony of an initial 36 units of transitional shelters in Barangay Lumbaca Toros in Saguiran, Lanao del Sur.

MAGUINDANAO --- Brig. Gen.