9 BIFF members killed in offensives along Cotabato-Maguindanao border

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:35:43 +0000

Nine members of the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have been killed during ongoing military strikes in the Cotabato-Maguindanao border.

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Sibugay town councilor nabbed for gun violation

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:58:19 +0000

The president of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Siay town was arrested on Tuesday night for illegal possession of a firearm.

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Drilon nixes another extension of martial law in Mindanao

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:41:02 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — It is time to lift martial law in Mindanao, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. 

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Ex-military official may be new agri chief – Duterte

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 05:59:09 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that he might appoint a former military official to replace Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who is on his way to head the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa).

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5.5 – magnitude quake leaves 25 people hurt, buildings damaged in Surigao

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:27:10 +0000

5.5 - magnitude quake leaves 25 people hurt, buildings damaged in Surigao

SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Some 25 people were hurt and several buildings, houses and bridges were damaged in Surigao del Sur

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Son of late governor, 4 others killed at North Cotabato checkpoint

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:04:48 +0000

Son of late governor, 4 others killed at North Cotabato checkpoint

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Five people including the son of a former late governor in Maguindanao were killed as they passed by a checkpoint

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LPA off GenSan to induce scattered rains in Visayas, Mindanao – Pagasa

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:14:44 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The trough or extension of a low pressure area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over the Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Thursday.

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War-tested Marines from Mindanao sent to Palawan

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:02:30 +0000

War-tested Marines from Mindanao sent to Palawan

A battalion-sized war-tested Philippine Marines was pulled out from Sulu to augment the Armed Forces’ Western Command (Wescom) based in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan that dubbed itself as the “protector of the West Philippine Sea.”

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Pagasa sees cloudy Tuesday with thunderstorms, isolated rains

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:44:33 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday due to the Intertropical Convergence zone (ITCZ), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

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6 quakes strike Mindanao provinces

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:05:15 +0000

At least six earthquakes of low intensity struck several provinces in Mindanao on Monday (June 17), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

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