The Mock Close Quarter Battle (CQB)/Kill-house Building and the Firing Range Bleacher were blessed and inaugurated today, May 16, 2022 at the 6ID Firing
PEACE PACT. Representatives of various groups and local election candidates let loose doves to symbolize peace during the signing of a covenant for honest and peaceful elections at Camp Salipada Pendatun in Parang, Maguindanao on Thursday (Feb. 24, 2022). The signatories pledged to cooperate to ensure the May 9 polls will be orderly. (Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office-BAR) PARANG, Maguindanao - The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) on Friday urged local government officials and candidates in the May 9 polls to support the disarmament program of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, PRO-BAR director, issued the appeal after municipal government officials in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, facilitated the surrender of 11 assorted high-powered firearms. Cabalona said 10 civilians turned in four Garand rifles, one M-14 rifle, two M-16 Armalite rifles, three .45-caliber pistols, and one 9-millimeter pistol on February 22. All surrendered
Maguindanao Board Member Yasser Ampatuan(Photo courtesy of Ampatuan FB page) COTABATO CITY - A three-cornered rivalry for the gubernatorial post for Maguindanao emerged Friday afternoon after a third-termer board member filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) before the provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec) office here. Lawyer Udtog Tago, Maguindanao election supervisor, said three-termer Maguindanao Board Member Datu Yasser Ampatuan will be running against reelectionist Governor Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu and Rep. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu for the province's top post in connection with the 2022 national and local polls. Speaking briefly to reporters, Ampatuan believed he can do so much for Maguindanao with his platform that centers on peace and development. "Peace first so development will follow," he said. Meanwhile, in Kabuntalan, Maguindanao, a husband and wife battle for town mayorship has developed as incumbent Vice Mayor Mary Jane Bayam-Dilangalen filed he
MANGUDADATU VS. MANGUDADATU. Incumbent Maguindanao Governor Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu (left) and Maguindanao 2nd District Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu (right) separately speak to reporters after filing their certificates of candidacy on Thursday (Oct. 7) at the Commission on Elections-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao office in Cotabato City. Both are eyeing the gubernatorial post of the province in connection with the 2022 national and local polls. (Photos courtesy of IFM Cotabato and Rep. Mangudadatu's Office) COTABATO CITY - Two political clan members of the Mangudadatus will be battling it out in the Maguindanao gubernatorial race. On Thursday morning, Governor Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu, who is seeking her second term as provincial executive, has filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) before Provincial Election Supervisor Udtog Tago at his office inside the Bangsamoro government center here. The governor was accompanied by her husband, Sultan Kudarat Gov. Suh