Troops recover powerful bomb in South

COTABATO CITY – Government troops recovered a powerful improvised bomb on a corn field in the restive province of Maguindanao in the Muslim autonomous region where security forces continue to battle extremist groups allied with the Islamic State.

12 BIFF militants yield in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY – Twelve members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered Wednesday to the police and military authorities in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said.