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(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered police units to go on the offensive against Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Eleazar gave the order after Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the BIFF had intensified its recruitment activities and increased attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I agree with our Presidential Peace Adviser, Sec. Carlito Galvez, that it is easy now for the BIFF to recruit members because the […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippine National Police will file criminal charges against the local terrorists behind the Datu Piang, Maguindanao attack on December 3. In a statement, PNP Chief Debold Sinas said the police would also implement “intensified security measures to prevent similar threats posed by violent extremists,” noting that the authorities were already in pursuit of the some 50 armed men who went on the 2-hour rampage. A PNP patrol car was burned in the […]
(Eagle News)—–A motorcycle left on a roadside in Maguindanao exploded on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said the motorcycle left in Sitio Nes Talayan past noon had been rigged with explosives. He said the vehicle had been left there by a man who did not want to go through the military checkpoint where soldiers were conducting inspections. No one was reported hurt in the incident, which the military […]
(Eagle News)–A second blast rocked Isulan in Sultan Kudarat on Sundy, Sept. 2, leaving at least one dead and several injured. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said the incident took place past 7 p.m., in Rrenz Internet Cafe at the corner of Valencia and Valdez Streets in Barangay Kalawag 2, based on a report to him. This was a short distance from where an improvised bomb under a motorcycle blew up on August 28, killing […]
(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 29, condemned the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed two and injured over 30 people on Tuesday night. “We vow to bring the perpetrators of this brazen attack to (sic) justice,” he said. The military so far dismissed reports the Islamic State was behind the bombing, airing their suspicions instead that the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were behind the attack. “We will apply the full force of the […]
(Eagle News)–At least 44 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have been killed in clashes with military troops in Maguindanao as of Saturday. In a radio interview, Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Besana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, Civil Military Operations of the Philippine Army, said that the number was an increase from the 23 recorded last Friday. He said 26 have so far been hurt in the skirmishes in Datu Unsay Ampatuan and Datu Saudi Ampatuan. He said the […]
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have killed a soldier and wounded three civilians in bomb attacks in Maguindanao, the military said Wednesday. The soldier was fatally hit Tuesday while his unit was tracking the gunmen on a mountain trail near the town of Datu Unsay, regional military spokesman Captain Arvin Encinas told AFP. “The dead soldier was involved in a clearing operation (against the BIFF),” Encinas added. A roadside bomb apparently intended for a military […]
(Eagle News)– Nine Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and a member of the Philippine military died on Saturday night in a gunfight in Maguindanao, the Philippine Army reported on Sunday. Capt. Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the gunfight ensued in Barangay Maitumaig, Datu Unsay, at 7:23 p.m. on Saturday. The military also launched airstrikes to deter the around 50 BIFF under the leadership of Imam Karialan who initiated the gunfight. Pursuit operations are […]
CARMEN, North Cotabato (Eagle News) — Patay ang labing isang miyembro ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) sa operasyon ng militar laban sa grupo sa Carmen, North Cotabato. Ayon Capt. Arvin John Encinas, tagapagsalita ng Army 6th Infantry Division, walo sa 11 miyembro ng BIFF ay nasawi sa airstrike na ikinasa ng militar sa Barangay Tonganon mula noong Martes. Nakubkob din ng army ang pinaniniwalaang training camp ng grupo. Ayon kay Encinas, nasugatan naman ang […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has recommended a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. This is according to AFP Spokesperson Restituto Padilla, who spoke to the media on Friday. “As far as I’m concerned, there is a recommendation to similarly support the recommendation of the (Philippine National Police),” he said. He said the recommendation has been submitted to the Department of National Defense, whose secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, submitted the same […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and around 10 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters clashed early Wednesday morning in Maguindanao. Capt. Arvin Encinas, public information officer of the 6th Infantry Battalion, said in a radio interview that the members of the 6th IB launched an air and artillery firing assault at the BIFF in Shariff Aguak, based on information provided. Encinas said so far, the military was still “clearing” the area. […]
