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Authorities have been implementing a curfew in 17 of the 57 barangays in Midsayap for three days now to protect the town from attacks by the brigand Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

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 Authorities vowed to prosecute the leaders of the bandits that attacked Midsayap town Monday and held dozens of civilian hostage and beheaded a  farmer.

	 

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COTABATO CITY — Education officials in Midsayap, North Cotabato are worried about the adverse impact to children of the closure of schools in areas affected by last week’s hostilities.


Efren Mantawil, supervisor of public schools in the strife-torn villages of Rangaban, Mudsing, and Sambulawan, said teachers are reluctant to return to work due to the unstable situation in areas where soldiers and guerrillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) figured in running gun battles last week.


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CAMP SIONGCO, Shariff Kabunsuan — Moro rebels killed a militiaman as they swooped down on two farming villages in Midsayap, North Cotabato the other day, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.


Midsayap Mayor Romeo Araña said the groups of Moro Islamic Liberation Front commanders Samal Masgal, Garduque Lansi-yon, and Orih Sugud attacked the two villages in Barangay Rangaban, raking houses with automatic gunfire and shoulder-fired rockets. — John Unson

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The bombing came just three days after an explosion ripped through a videoke pub at the public terminal in Carmen town, also in North Cotabato, not far away from the Army camp where the joint Philippine-US military exercise "Balance Piston 06-2" is being held.


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Lt. Col. Franklin Del Prado, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said a contingent of soldiers, backed by militiamen, are now in pursuit of the two groups, one led by Samal Masgal and the other by Asraf Tayuan, who both have 30 or so armed followers each.


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Suspected BIFF man arrested

By John Unson | October 6, 2013 - 12:00am

A suspected member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was arrested after he allegedly left an improvised explosive device (IED) in a roadside hotel in Midsayap town here yesterday.

Nation

NCotabato town mayor imposes curfew amid BIFF attacks

By John Unson | October 5, 2013 - 3:14pm

Authorities have been implementing a curfew in 17 of the 57 barangays in Midsayap for three days now to protect the town from attacks by the brigand Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

Nation

Raps vs BIFF in Midsayap attack to be filed

By John Unson | September 25, 2013 - 3:17pm

 Authorities vowed to prosecute the leaders of the bandits that attacked Midsayap town Monday and held dozens of civilian hostage and beheaded a  farmer.  

Nation

Teachers reluctant to return to work in strife-torn Midsayap

February 1, 2007 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Education officials in Midsayap, North Cotabato are worried about the adverse impact to children of the closure of schools in areas affected by last week’s hostilities. Efren Mantawil,...

Headlines

Moro rebs attack 2 farming villages

January 27, 2007 - 12:00am

CAMP SIONGCO, Shariff Kabunsuan — Moro rebels killed a militiaman as they swooped down on two farming villages in Midsayap, North Cotabato the other day, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. Midsayap...

Nation

Old woman wounded in Cotabato store blast

By John Unson | January 29, 2006 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Suspected extortionists set off an improvised explosive inside a department store in Midsayap, North Cotabato Friday, wounding a septuagenarian woman. The bombing came just three days after...

Nation

Moros clash in North Cotabato; 40 houses set on fire

By John Unson | August 2, 2005 - 12:00am

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Two rival Moro factions clashed the other day in Midsayap, North Cotabato and set on fire 40 houses before retreating to nearby hinterlands just as responding soldiers and policemen...

Nation