P42M released to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission
By Ronnel W. Domingo
The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).
The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).
Poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Monday said they received a confirmed report of an election inspector shot in Basilan.
Four people were killed, including an Army officer, in a clash between government soldiers and members of Abu Sayyaf Group in Al Barka in Basilan Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
The transfer of at least 50 suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits from Basilan to a jail facility here is a “security nightmare,” said a police official here.
Two simultaneous explosions in separate areas rocked Basilan province Thursday evening, but no one was injured, police said Friday.
Two barangays (villages) in Lamitan City in Basilan province were rocked by simultaneous explosions on Thursday night.
Six suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed while three government soldiers were wounded in two separate encounters in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Monday morning, the military said.
A suspected Abu Sayyaf Group member tagged in the 2001 kidnapping and massacre case in Lamitan, Basilan was arrested Friday in Zamboanga City, a Philippine National Police official said.
Seven soldiers of the Army Scout Rangers were wounded in an ambush by Abu Sayyaf Group bandits Tuesday morning in Basilan, the military said.
The last time they met, heads rolled as blood flowed in what was seen as one of the most grossly lopsided encounters between soldiers and Moro rebels in Basilan.
One person was killed and another critically wounded when armed men belonging to rival families clashed in Sibago Island, off Basilan province on Saturday, officials confirmed.
A suspected member of bandit group Abu Sayyaf tagged in three several kidnapping cases in Basilan was arrested in Taguig City early Friday, police said.
A soldier was killed and two were hurt in a roadside bombing incident in Basilan Monday morning, the military said. Soldiers from the Army’s 3rd Scout Ranger Company were on security patrol when an improvised bomb exploded along the circumferential road in Cabangalan village in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan, Captain Alberto Caber told reporters Tuesday.
