FORTY-ONE members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have surrendered to military troops in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, the military said Friday, February 28, 2025. The Army's ...

MANILA – An armed group is possibly behind the shooting of Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Omar Samama, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday. In a press conference held at ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) observed an uptick of election-related violence in Cotabato City and Maguindanao del Sur, its chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday ...

COTABATO CITY — Residents of Mamasapano town in Maguindanao del Sur surrendered 13 combat rifles to the Army’s 33 rd Infantry Battalion (IB) on Monday. Army Brig. Gen. Donald D. Gumiran, commander of ...

The local government of Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur said Vice Mayor Datu Omar Samama is now recuperating in a hospital after getting shot on Monday, according to a report on GMA Integrated News’ ...

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The reelectionist vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur survived a brazen daylight gun attack on Monday that the police believed could be ...

Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Omar A. Samama. Samama, son of Datu Piang Mayor Victor Samama who was also on stage, was shot by a gunman in Barangay Magaslong at around 9:30 a.m. on Monday.

INJURED. Reelectionist Vice Mayor Omar Samama of Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, is rushed to the hospital in Cotabato City after being shot while delivering a speech at an evacuation center in ...

Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur Vice Mayor Datu Omar Samama, who is seeking reelection in the May 2025 polls, was injured after getting shot on Monday morning. Samama was giving a speech when he was ...

COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur province was shot and wounded on Monday morning, Feb. 24. Police said Vice Mayor Atty. Datu Omar Samama was shot while ...

Maguindanao del Sur on Monday. Hadji Nano Utap, 40, was declared dead on arrival in a hospital where his companions – Tateks Kalunsiang, 45; Hadji Fahad Namo, 38, and a six-year-old boy – were ...

COTABATO CITY — An ethnic Maguindanaon villager was killed while three others, including a six-year-old child, were wounded in an ambush in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday morning. Hadji ...