BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

LANAO DEL SUR --- A stray bullet killed an assistant regional director of the Civil Service Commission while on official business in Marawi City Thursday.
The 45-year-old Marvin Ablando died from a bullet wound in the head.

MAGUINDANAO ---- The animosity between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and a local Islamic State-inspired group escalated Thursday after both declared eachother irreconcilable adversaries.The group of Esmael Abdulmalik, which uses the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as its banner, warned the MILF of more attacks to avenge its losses in encounters with its Task Force Ittihad.Abdulmalik drew criticisms from central Mindanao’s Muslim communities for accusing the MILF of collaborating with a kuffar government by engaging in peace talks with Malacañang.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Classes have resumed in 12 public schools in Marawi City located in barangays that government forces have cleared from Maute terrorists.John Magno, regional secretary of the Department of Education-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said Wednesday that teachers started holding classes there Tuesday in coordination with the office of Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra and the provincial government of Lanao del Sur.The Sultan Conding, Sikap, Cabingan, Banga, Datu Tambak, Rorogagus, Bito, Pendolonan, Abdulazis, Camp Bagong Amai Pakpak, Sugod and Mipaga elementary schools fai

LANAO DEL SUR --- Emergency workers on Tuesday buried 27 more unidentified cadavers of people killed in gunfights in Marawi City.The mass burial was facilitated jointly by the Western Mindanao Command and the Lanao del Sur provincial crisis management committee.Committee spokesman Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong of the 24-seat Regional Assembly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said Tuesday that forensic experts had collected DNA samples from the 27 human remains that can be matched with specimens from claimants.

MAGUINDANAO --- Eight more jihadists were killed Monday as helicopters mowed them with machineguns while fighting guerillas helping the military run after Islamic State-inspired militants.The fatalities belong to a third faction in the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters that clashed with pursuing members of the military-assisted Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Barangays Tee and Andavit in Salibo, Maguindanao on Monday.Local officials in Salibo and nearby Sharif Saidona and Datu Piang towns confirmed to reporters Tuesday the deaths of the eight followers of Esmael Abdulmalik, a fo

COTABATO CITY --- Fifty three equipment repairmen underwent work reorientation in preparation for the implementation of more multi-billion infrastructure projects in five southern provinces.The technical personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao retrained on maintenance and repair of heavy equipment were comprised of 20 diesel and gasoline mechanics and 33 shop workers.The DPWH-ARMM will implement more high-ticket projects in the next two years in Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in support of the socio-eco

LANAO DEL SUR --- The neophyte all women uniformed relief contingent in Marawi City was in the frontline during the distribution of two tons of beef to evacuees on Eid’l Adha holiday, officials said Monday.Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, information staff of the Western Mindanao Command, said Monday that the team led the dispersal of kurban, or meat from cattle slaughtered as Eid offering, to evacuees in Saguiaran town last Friday.Saguiaran is among several towns where the provincial government of Lanao del Sur and the Humanitarian Emergency Assistance and Response Team of the Autonomous Region

MAGUINDANAO --- Authorities searched for Islamic militants at the border of Buldon town and Mount Cararao in Lanao del Sur for 18 hours but found none.The Buldon municipal police launched the search on Saturday after President Rodrigo Duterte announced in Davao City the possible spread of the conflict in Marawi City into the municipality due to the presence there of Maute terrorists.Ethnic Iranun communities in Buldon, a hinterland town in the first district of Maguindanao, senior police and Army officials in the province told reporters on Sunday that they were surprised with Duterte’s pron

MAGUINDANAO --- The provincial government has pioneered a continuing intervention program for special children and their caregivers.The office of Maguindanao Gov.

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Eight fighters, including five Maute group members and three soldiers, were killed while 52 others were wounded as fighting continues in Marawi City, a military official said Friday.Capt.