AMBUSHED. Policemen investigate the site of the ambush on Saturday (Feb. 12, 2022) in Barangay Malumanis, Guindulungan, Maguindanao. Nine people were killed while three others were injured in the incident. (Photo courtesy of Eskie Hamid Palot Mahmod) GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao - Nine people were killed while three were injured in an ambush Saturday in a remote village of this town, officials disclosed. Mayor Midpantao Midtimbang Jr. said the ambush occurred around 8 a.m. in Sitio Dam, Barangay Malumanis. Midtimbang said all except for one remained unidentified. Of the nine remains found at the ambush site, one was identified as a certain Commander Black Magic, according to a police officer. Magic's group, which is from Maguindanao, is yet to be identified. Midtimbang said the victims were aboard two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) traveling in a convoy when ambushed by still unidentified gunmen. Police counted nine bodies sprawled on the ground and aboard a Mitsubishi Montero and a Fo
INFRA PROJECTS. The municipality of Guindulungan, Maguindanao, receives two infrastructure projects worth PHP27.5 million from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Mayor Midpantao Midtimbang Jr. (2nd from left) and BARMM's Minister of the Interior and Local Government Naguib Sinarimbo (center) led the groundbreaking ceremony Friday (Feb. 11, 2022) signaling the start of the two projects. (Photo courtesy of BARMM Information Office) COTABATO CITY - The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is building infrastructure projects worth PHP27.5 million in the town of Guindulungan, Maguindanao. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in BARMM (MILG-BARMM), said Saturday the projects include a PHP25 million public terminal and PHP2.5 million multi-purpose building. He said the two projects will be built in honor of the late Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) founding chairperson Hashim Salamat. Sinarimbo described th
SEAL AWARDEE. Officials of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur, receives the Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership or SEAL on Jan. 21, 2022 for good governance. The town was among the six LGU-awardees during the culmination of the 3rd founding anniversary celebration on the same day. (Photo courtesy of MILG-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The local government minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) remains optimistic that the good practices of local government units (LGUs), recognized and awarded during the BARMM 3rd founding anniversary, will be replicated by other towns and localities. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM interior and local government minister, said the awarding of performing LGUs in the region forms part of the "recognition mechanism" the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) has put forward to improve governance. "This is part of our commitment to improving governance in the region by incentivizing good practices by LGUs," S
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