Department of National Defense Undersecretary Reynaldo B. Mapagu (File photo) MANILA - Following the deaths of ranking leaders of terror groups last week, Task Force Balik Loob chair Reynaldo B. Mapagu on Tuesday called on the remaining members of these groups to immediately surrender and avail of the government's reintegration assistance. The appeal came after the deaths of Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos of the New People's Army (NPA) and Salahuddin Hassan of Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in separate military operations in Mindanao last week. "The deaths of NPA leader Jorge 'Ka Oris' Madlos and the so-called 'emir' of DI, Salahuddin Hassan, point to the diminishing capability of these terror groups, especially in Mindanao. As these groups lose their key officers, we fully expect their terror operations to fall apart," said Mapagu, who is also Department of National Defense (DND) undersecretary. He added that the remaining active members of the terrorist gro
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday that the successive neutralizations of the top commander of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao and the leader of the local front of the Islamic State (IS) in the country dealt a “big blow” to the two main terrorist groups in the…
Brig. Gen. Eden T. Ugale, director of the Police Regional Office -Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (File photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao - Stricter checkpoints will be set up across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the death of Dawlah Islamiya leader Salahuddin Hassan in this province last week. Brig. Gen. Eden T. Ugale, BARMM police director, said Monday all police units in the region have been placed on heightened alert for possible retaliatory attacks from followers of the slain DI leader. "We vow to remain relentless against the terrorist groups to sustain the peace and development that we have attained in the BARMM," Ugale said in a statement. Ugale said they believe that Hassan still has active followers hiding in Maguindanao who are capable of carrying out retaliatory attacks to avenge his death. He ordered all police provincial offices, municipal, and city police stations as well as provin
The Department of National Defense (DND) is confident that the death of Ka Oris and Salahuddin Hassan would lead to an improvement of peace and order in Mindanao. "The Department of National Defense commends the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its successful separate operations in Bukidnon and