by anyajulia | Oct 18, 2008 | Headlines, National News
Operating troops of the 10th Infantry Battalion, encountered 15 armed lawless MILF group (LMG) during the conduct of security patrol at Sitio Lihan, Brgy. Delabayan, Munai, Lanao del Norte .
According to Col. Nicanor E. Dolojan, Commander of the 403rd Infantry Brigade, the troops chanced upon the roving LMG trying to extort foods from the populace.
The firefight lasted for 30 minutes with the enemy withdrawing under the cover of darkness. No casualties were reported from the government side while an undetermined number of casualties from the LMG were noted.
“These activities of the LMG only show that they are running out of food and since they cannot come down from where they are hiding, they go around the populace and extort food,” Dolojan added. (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Sep 26, 2008 | Headlines, National News
The Armed Forces of the Philippines joins Father Robert Reyes in his campaign to run for peace in Mindanao.
1st Infantry Division Commanding General Nehemias Pajarito said as the the AFP welcomes any peace advocates campaigning for the restoration of peace in Southern Philippines.
Major General Pajarito added that AFP is working with all the local gov’t units and concerned gov’t agencies in conflict-stricken areas to help internally displaced families go back to their normal lives.
He said that the hunt for lawless MILF groups of Commanders Bravo, Kato, and Pangalian will continue until they are captured to answer to the atrocities they had committed in the towns and villages of Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato, and Maguindanao. (PIA/Bohol)
“All of us want peace in Mindanao and we will continue to do it by working together,” Pajarito stressed.(PIA/Bohol)
