Claiming his was a case of mistaken identity, a man arrested in February for his alleged participation in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre asked a Quezon City court on Tuesday to recognize and abide by a Cotabato City court’s issuance of a writ of habeas corpus for his freedom.
Peace and development in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) would continue depending on the kind of leaders emerging after the elections on May 13, President Benigno Aquino III said Friday.
Former governor Zaldy Ampatuan, an accused in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case, is asking permission to travel to Cotabato City to attend the graduation of his eldest son.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has announced the suspension of classes in all levels in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao on Tuesday as Typhoon “Pablo” hit land.
Malacañang ruled out, on Thursday, the lifting of a state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City, which was imposed in November 2009, by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the aftermath of the Maguindanao massacre.
Philippine Airlines has decided to shut down its service to a number of Mindanao airports, including this city, Mayor Japal Guiani Jr. said Saturday.
Cotabato City Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema on Wednesday broke his silence over claims by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that he was one of several Maguindanao politicians who instigated the Aug. 5 attacks by followers of renegade Moro leader Ameril Umra Kato.
Interior Secretary Jesse M. Robredo called Tuesday for the transfer of management of jails under local government units to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) following the escape of 11 prisoners from the Maguindanao Provincial Jail in Cotabato City.
The killing of a Bombo Radyo driver and occasional reporter in Koronadal City was probably not work related and could have been the result of a grudge over a land dispute, police said, but the provincial board of South Cotabato disagreed.
A 27-year old woman was slightly injured when an improvised bomb went off near the Cotabato Barter Trade Center, just outside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional government compound, here around at 7:30 p.m.
Supporters and political allies of Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema on Saturday held a grand “kanduli” party to thank the Almighty that he survived an ambush on January 10 and has fully recovered. Kanduli is a tradition Muslims practice to thank God for the blessings and celebrate the success of an individual, a family or a community.
A Quezon City court hearing the Maguindanao massacre case deferred the presentation of two election officers set to testify on Thursday after the wrong set of witnesses were flown to Manila instead.
Unidentified men shot dead Monday night a police officer assigned as bodyguard to the assistant treasurer of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
