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
AT least seven cities and 39 towns and municipalities across the country are being monitored by the military and the police after they have been marked as areas where threats or even violence relating to the upcoming elections may occur. The so-called “election hotspots” or “election watchlist areas” was initially…
A ranking officer of the military force of the Moro Islamic LIberation Front (MILF) and eight others died while three others were wounded in what authorities said was a case of ambush in Guindulungan, Maguindanao on Saturday, Feb. 12. A report reaching Camp Crame in Quezon City identified the fatal