Clashes between Army, BIFF disrupt classes in Cotabato

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:15:04 +0000

Education officials have suspended classes for more than 6,000 schoolchildren at 13 villages in Pikit town, North Cotabato province

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Airstrikes in Maguindanao-Cotabato border kill woman

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:20:27 +0000

A woman was killed while her husband and grandson were wounded as the military launched air and ground assaults on an area held by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) rebels in the border of Maguindanao and Cotabato provinces on Thursday.

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4 Muslim extremists killed, 11 wounded in Maguindanao clash

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:58:45 +0000

FOUR members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed in an encounter with the military on Wednesday in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, the Philippine Army said on Thursday. Maj….READ

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Gov’t soldiers find BIFF guns in Maguindanao comfort room

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 02:57:33 +0000

Gov’t soldiers find BIFF guns in Maguindanao comfort room

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO — Government forces pursuing Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro rebels on Thursday found guns kept in a very unlikely place – a comfort room in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, the military here said.

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Military launches air strikes in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 04:35:00 +0000

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, MAGUINDANAO — The military has launched air strikes Saturday against pro-Islamic State (IS) rebels in Maguindanao as they intensified efforts to crush these militants operating in Mindanao.

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Army troops clash with BIFF in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:27:44 +0000

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO – Elements of the 40th Infantry Battalion in Maguindanao clashed with members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in a 10-minute firefight that broke out at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Inaladan, Shariff Saydona town, the Army here said.

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BIFF breakaway group members charged for Sultan Kudarat bombing

At least 25 members of a breakaway group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and their accomplices have been charged for the bombing at Isulan, Sultan Kudarat last August, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said.

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