GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao - Police authorities are readying charges of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder charges against a local armed group leader believed to be behind the weekend ambush here that left nine dead and three others wounded. "Investigation is being expedited and immediate filing of charges will be filed against perpetrators as long as pieces of evidence surrounding the crime are obtained," Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, the newly installed police director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said on Monday. Capt. Fayeed Cana, the Maguindanao police spokesperson, said the victims and perpetrators were locked in a long-standing family feud involving land conflict. Police, backed by military forces, are now hunting down Jordan Mama Lintang alias "Commander Jordan," his son Morsid and several armed followers for the killing of Peges Lintang Mamasainged alias "Commander Black Magic." Lintang is leading a priv
POST-CRIME SCENARIO. Police and civilians mill around two vehicles, the mute witness to the murder of nine persons and wounding of three others in Guindulungan, Maguindanao on Saturday (Feb. 12, 2022) in what police said was triggered by a long-standing family feud over a land dispute. Police are expected to file charges against the suspects as soon as all pieces of evidence are gathered. (Photo courtesy of Guindulungan MPS) GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao - Police authorities are readying charges of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder charges against a local armed group leader believed to be behind the weekend ambush here that left nine dead and three others wounded. "Investigation is being expedited and immediate filing of charges will be filed against perpetrators as long as pieces of evidence surrounding the crime are obtained," Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, the newly installed police director for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said on Mon
ELECTION GUNBAN IMPLEMENTATION. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, police regional director for the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), answers queries during an interview by reporters in Cotabato City at the start of election gun ban implementation on Sunday (Jan. 9, 2021). A 45-year-old man aboard a vehicle was the first arrested gun ban violator in Cotabato City. (Photo courtesy of Bandera TV) COTABATO CITY - A 45-year-old man became the first arrested offender of the election gun ban the police and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started implementing here Sunday dawn. In a report by the city police office to Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, police director of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the suspect was identified as Romy Salipada of Dimasangkay, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur. Salipada was driving a sports utility vehicle passing by a police checkpoint in Barangay Datu Balabaran here when he was flagged down for plain view inspection. A physical check showed tha
SURRENDER. The surrendering batch of seven Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters took their oath of allegiance to the Philippine flag during ceremonies held at the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao headquarters on Monday afternoon (Oct. 25, 2021). The group also turned in various firearms and a powerful improvised explosive device during their surrender. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao - Seven members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), including two mercenaries for hire, have voluntarily surrendered to police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Monday afternoon. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, BARMM police director, said two of the seven gunmen had worked as guns-for-hire of some politicians in Maguindanao. Declining to give the identities of the surrenderers for security reasons, he said the group belonged to the BIFF-Karialan faction operating at the border of Magu