CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Four (4) former BIFF combatants surrenders to Joint Task Force Central Forces in Midsayap, North Cotabato on November 22, 2021.
RIGHT CHOICE. Former Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) bandits listen as Colonel Jovencio Gonzales, commander of 602nd Army Brigade, presented them Tuesday (Nov. 23) to Midsayap town officials in North Cotabato following their surrender to the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion in the area. The surrendering BIFF batch also turned in four high-powered firearms. (Photo courtesy of 34IB) MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - Military authorities in North Cotabato presented here Tuesday four members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who surrendered to the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion (IB). Colonel Jovencio Gonzales, 602nd Infantry Brigade chief, and Lt. Colonel Edgardo Vilchez Jr., 34th IB commander, presented the four BIFF members to Mayor Romeo Arana during a program held at the 34IB headquarters in Barangay Nabalawag here. "They belonged to the BIFF Kagui Karialan faction, one of three factions of the BIFF operating in Central Mindanao," Gonzales said. Vilc
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato Military authorities in North Cotabato presented here Tuesday, November 23, four members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who surrendered to the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion (IB). Colonel Jovencio Gonzales, 602nd Infantry Brigade chief, and Lt. Colonel