Gov. Dimaporo to Commander Bravo: "Respect 'NO' vote"

With the results of the Feb. 6 plebiscite indicating that the six towns proposed for inclusion in the Bangsamoro region will stay with Lanao de Norte, Gov. Imelda Dimaporo has this message to a ranking leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) who had campaigned for the inclusion: "Respect the will of the people."

MILF & MNLF Lanao Norte: "Let Christians and Muslims vote, free of threats and intimidation"

DAVAO CITY - "Let the Christians and Muslims in Lanao del Norte vote on Bangsamoro organic law free of threats and intimidation."

Cotabato City votes 'YES' to inclusion in Bangsamoro autonomous region

COTABATO CITY - At around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, chants of "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar" reverberated in different parts in the city after it made history with majority of the votes favoring the inclusion of the area in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Filipino Muslims vote in referendum to give them control over land, resources

A Muslim woman casts her ballot in a referendum at the Marawi Sagonsongan elementary school-turned polling station in Marawi, Lanao del Sur province, southern Philippines, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (Photo: Bogie Calupitan/AP.)

Nearly three million minority Muslims in southern Philippines voted on Monday in a referendum on autonomy, a move that is aimed at ending decades of deadly conflict and granting them greater control over their land and natural resources.

Iligan City police now on alert over alleged terror plot

ILIGAN City (24 Feb 2018) - Police here went on alert although its chief downplayed an alleged new terrorism plot here and Cotabato City.

Iligan police director, Senior Supt. Leony Roy Ga, yesterday said the threat "is not new."