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Two more groups from the defunct Dawlah Islamiya and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters willingly surrendered to units of the Philippine Army in Maguindanao del Sur province within just three days, military and provincial officials announced on Saturday, May 9.

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Another group from the now defunct Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters pledged allegiance to the government during a symbolic rite in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, April 16.

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Policemen and soldiers arrested two remnants of the now defunct Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, both wanted for multiple frustrated murder and destructive arson, in a joint operation in Barangay Bunao in Tupi, South Cotabato on Friday, February 27.

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Five more members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, two of them experts in fabrication of home-made bombs, surrendered in Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, February 13, and vowed to help convince remnants of the now non-functional terror group to return to the fold of law.

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Ten more remnants of the now defunct allies Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters pledged allegiance to the government before local executives and Army officials in Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday, February 10.

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Sixteen more terrorists have surrendered and renounced their membership with the now-defunct Dawlah Islamiya and its ally, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), during a symbolic ceremony in Barangay Buayan, Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, on Wednesday, November 12.

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Soldiers seized four B40 anti-tank rockets and two grenade projectiles that villagers found in an abandoned residential yard in Barangay Lagandang, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, on Wednesday, October 8.

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Eight more members of the now-defunct Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered to the military in Barangay Kabengi in Datu Saudi Ampatuan on Thursday, September 4.

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Another group from the now defunct Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters pledged allegiance to the government during a symbolic rite in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, April 16.

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Ten more remnants of the now defunct allies Dawlah Islamiya and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters pledged allegiance to the government before local executives and Army officials in Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday, February 10.

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Tatlong kasapi ng Dawlah Islamiya at Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters ang sumuko sa isang unit ng Philippine Marines nitong Martes.

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