Ambush kills police chief in Maguindanao town

COTABATO CITY – Gunmen opened fire on a police car, killing the police chief of Maguindanao’s Ampatuan town and one of his men; and wounded three others in a daring ambush in the troubled province, reports said.

18 soldiers wounded in BIFF clashes in South

COTABATO CITY – Over a dozen soldiers were wounded in a series of clashes with pro-ISIS fighters in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.