Mindanao Armed Conflict

COTABATO CITY - Six Moro villagers were hurt in a grenade blast that ripped through a residential area at dusk Saturday in the troubled Pikit, North Cotabato.

Pikit, home to mixed Muslim and Christian communities, is now touted as the “crime capital” of Region 12 owing to the unending spate of killings and bloody clashes among rival heavily-armed groups in the area since 2020.

NAARESTO NG PINAGSANIB na pwersa ng PNP at AFP ang walo katao na hinihinalang may kinalaman sa pagpatay sa isang barangay kagawad at BPAT member sa Midsayap, North Cotabato.

Sila ay nahuli sa ikinasang joint police at military operations alas 4 ng hapon sa Barangay Kudarangan, Midsayap na sakop na ngayon ng Special Geographic Area ng BARMM.

Kahapon ng madaling araw, nakasagupa ng grupo ni Tho Puyo Singh, 73-anyos, Barangay Kagawad ng nasabing barangay at Bayao Mohamad Uka, 58-anyos, BPAT member. Sila parehong MNLF members na nasawi sa labanan.

DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao Sur - Patay ang isang kasapi ng MILF matapos na sumabog ang isang hinihilang improvised bomb na itinanim ng kanyang ka-rido.

Nagpapatrolya ang mga kasapi ng MILF nang pasabugin ng mga kasapi naman ng BIFF ang isang improvised bomb sa Barangay Pindetin alas 6 ng umaga kanina.  

Samantala, RIDO ang sinusundang anggulo ng PNP matapos ang pagsabog sa kampo ng MILF sa Aleosan, North Cotabato. Limang kasapi ng MILF nasugatan sa pangyayari.

PATAY ang isang guro ng Pantar Elementary School sa Banisilan, North Cotabato habang nadamay naman ang mister nito nang pagbabarilin ng mga di pa tukoy na mga suspek kaninang umaga.

Kinilala ni Banisilan PNP Chief Major Elexon Bona ang nasawing guro na si Angelie Cañete Jamito, 43 anyos, nagtuturo sa Pantar Elementary School sa Banisilan at ang livein partner nitong tricycle driver na si Juanito Fuertes Romanguera, 56 anyos.

KINILALA ni Sultan Mastura PNP Chief Capt. Elmar Elarcosa ang nasawing kagawad na si Anwar Rumanggar Mamukan 48-anyos, re-elected barangay kagawad ng Barangay Balut, Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte.

Nangyari ang pamamaril habang sakay ang biktima sa kanyang minamanehong multicab na may license plate MAV-4906, pasado alas 4:00 ng hapon kahapon.

Pagsapit nito sa Barangay Crossing Balut ay pinagbabaril siya ng riding tandem suspects.

Anim na bala ng caliber 45 pistol ang tumama sa biktima kaya agad siyang binawian ng buhay.

MIPC Statement: Call for Action on Broadcaster Jumalon's Killing

With heavy hearts, we acknowledge the burial of Mr. Juan Jumalon, the Community Radio Broadcaster from Calamba, Misamis Occidental, which took place today, Sunday, November 12, 2023. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and the entire media community during this somber moment.

PATAY on the spot ang isang Indian National o kilala sa tawag na ‘Bombay’ matapos pagbabarilin sa bahagi ng National Highway, malapit sa Provincial Capitol ng Buluan, Maguindanao Del Sur, pasado alas 4:00 ng hapon kahapon.

Ayon sa ulat, minamaneho ng biktima ang kanyang motorsiklo na may plakang 877 MYE nang pagsapit sa lugar ay pinagbabaril ito ng mga di pa tukoy na mga salarin

Kinilala ng Buluan PNP ang biktima na si Singh Laxman, negosyante na taga Cotabato City.

Natamo ng biktima ang tatlong tama ng baril sa kanyang mukha.

COTABATO CITY - The police and military have urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to disengage two of its groups that clashed on Monday morning in Maguindanao del Norte, causing the displacement of about a hundred villagers.

The two groups figured in running gunfights for about four hours in Linib and Tinindanan areas in Barangay Bugawas in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, the local police stated in a report on Tuesday to Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Independent Press Council Inc. (MIPC Inc.) expressed its deep sorrow and strong condemnation of the brutal killing of Mr. Juan Jumalon, a well-known independent community radio broadcaster in Calamba, Misamis Occidental.

MIPC Inc. highlights its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of this violent assault against a media member.

COTABATO CITY - The names of two more men in the hostile Pikit town in Cotabato province got added on Saturday to the long list of victims of the never ending cycle of deadly gun attacks in the area since 2021, almost all awaiting judicial closure.

Montaser Talib and Ellah Pandapatan were on their way to somewhere from Barangay Tinutulan when they were ambushed by gunmen positioned along the road in a secluded area in Barangay Nunguan, killing them both instantly.