Clash In Maguindanao Leaves One Soldier Injured CLASH IN MAGUINDANAO – A clash between two government troops and suspected members of the BIFF in Maguindanao leaves one soldier injured. Chief of Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr reported that the 34th Infantry Battalion were conducting operations at Sitio Macabenban, Barangay Indatuan in … Read more
Alleged Abdussalam Group Sub-Leader Gunned Down In Zamboanga City ABDUSSALAM GROUP – An alleged sub-leader of the Abdussalam group was gunned down in Zamboanga City, according to WestMinCom. Western Mindanao Command head Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr. identified the fatality as Samad Awang, also known as Ahmad Jamal. Awang was allegedly the sub-leader of the … Read more
US troops were not ordered to pull out in the southern Philippines. Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) clarified there has been no withdrawal of US troops in the southern part of the Philippines. This is amid repeated comments by President Rodrigo Duterte that he wants American soldiers out of Mindanao, as what he has announced in … Read more