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LOOK: Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles and Australian Ambassador, Head of Mission Hae Kyong Yu pose with Australian and Filipino soldiers during the commencement of Australia-Philippines “Army-to-Army Exercise 2023-1” inside Camp Siongco, the base of 6th Infantry Division in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao Norte on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.

Beside Minister Marles were AFP Chief of Staff General Andres Centino, WestMinCom Commander Lt. Gen. Roy M Galido, and 6th ID Commander Major General Alex Rillera.

LOOK: Napatay ng isang lalake sa Brgy. Katipunan, Arakan, North Cotabato kahapon ang dalawang Banakon o mas kilala bilang King Cobra.

Photos courtesy: Kristine Nombreda

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao Norte - The Philippines-Australia Army-to-Army Exercise 2023-1 was formally opened during a ceremony held at the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division Grandstand, Camp Siongco, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte on February 20, 2023.

TULUNAN, North Cotabato - Nanggagalaiti at napahagulhol na lang ang mga magulang sa pribadong pagpupulong ng isang paaralan kasama ang Barangay LGU officials habang isinisiwalat ng mga anak nila ang ginawang pangmomolestya ng kanilang guro.

Para protektahan ang pagkakakilanlan ng mga biktima, hindi na namin tutukuyin ang paaralan ang mga sangkot sa insidente, maging ang kanilang barangay.

Paulit-ulit daw kasing pinagsamanatalahan ni Alias Jun, 31 years old na elementary teacher sa nasabing bayan ang 14 na estudyanteng babaeng edad 8 anyos hanggang 10.

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat  – Five Moro extremists have surrendered Sunday (Feb. 19) to police authorities in the province, a day after state forces neutralized a violent exteremists' leader in nearby Tacurong City.

Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, police director for the Soccsksargen region, said the extremists who belonged to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) also denounced their members to the armed terrorist group and pledged allegiance to the Philippine flag.

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COTABATO CITY - Authorities foiled Saturday an attempt by two couriers to deliver P850,000 worth of shabu from Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur to a contact here.

Christian Frivaldo, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, told reporters Monday they are now in custody of Ben Mohammad and his companion, a woman named Meri Baluta.

Mohammad and Baluta were intercepted by PDEA-BARMM agents and policemen at Lower Taviran in Kabuntalan town in Maguindanao del Norte, together in a vehicle supposedly en route to this city.

DXMS-NDBC free services to its clients in partnership with government and non government organizations in the city and BARMM

NGAYONG ARAW AY ipinagdiriwang ng DXMS 882 AM Radyo Bida ng Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation o NDBC ang ika-66 na foundation anniversary nito.

Bilang bahagi ng selebrasyon ay handog ng DXMS ang libreng medical at pediatric consultation, libreng gamot, free antirabies vaccination, anti-parasitic at deworming sa mga aso’t pusa, free legal consultation, mobile civil registry services, libreng gupit sa mga lalaki at sim card registration assistance para sa mga Cotabateños at mga mamamayan ng BARMM.

COTABATO CITY - Two more residents were seriously hurt in separate gun attacks Thursday in Pikit town in Cotabato, where more than 40 people had been killed in shooting incidents in the past 24 months.

Gunmen first shot and wounded in an ambush at about 2:00 p.m. Thursday a motorcycle-riding Moro man named Guima Lopez while motoring through a road in Pikit.

About five minutes later, an attacker shot with a .45 caliber pistol a Grade 9 Visayan student named Justine Ababon while inside a roadside store not too far from where Lopez was attacked.