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  • Ramos said the dead included at least nine people in a single village in Lanao del Norte province, with floodwaters surging in the middle of the night and quickly reaching rooftops, trapping many residents and causing them to drown.

    Storm, Floods in South Philippines Kill Nearly 60 Associated Press 2011

  • The bus attacked after it was flagged down at a road checkpoint by the gunmen, said Orlando Vinas, the Lanao del Norte provincial police chief.

    Filipino Leader Vows Justice For Bus Hijack 2010

  • A Philippine military-intelligence officer told NEWSWEEK that about 100 recruits from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Middle East are currently training in "a handful" of camps in the remote Mount Cararao region in Mindanao's Lanao del Sur province, which is in MILF territory.

    The Road To Peace 2008

  • On one side are Murad and several central-committee members from Maguindanao province; they are pitted against a smaller faction of religious hard-liners from Lanao del Sur, who support continued ties with JI and are rabidly opposed to any peace deal for special autonomy rather than independence.

    The Road To Peace 2008

  • According to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), these media practitioners were covering the recent elections in Lanao del Norte in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, when they stumbled on some election anomalies.

    IFEX condemns killing; death threats vs Filipino journalists 2007

  • But some of the voters in Lanao del Norte said that they were not able to cast their votes but their names have appeared in the election returns.

    IFEX condemns killing; death threats vs Filipino journalists 2007

  • I got a discount because the muslim vendor recognized my family name and we chatted about Marawi City and Lake Lanao in Mindanao.

    the pull of the familiar Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • I got a discount because the muslim vendor recognized my family name and we chatted about Marawi City and Lake Lanao in Mindanao.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • At its peak, the MILF ran a sprawling base camp covering 10,000 hectares of land, with full jurisdiction over at least seven towns, spanning parts of two provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur.

    Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

  • At its peak, the MILF ran a sprawling base camp covering 10,000 hectares of land, with full jurisdiction over at least seven towns, spanning parts of two provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur.

    Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

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