Troops sent to North Cotabato village to pacify warring MILF groups

COTABATO CITY — The Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion (IB) deployed troops, backed by armored personnel carriers, on Thursday to a village in Aleosan, North Cotabato, to pacify warring armed groups identified with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). ‎‎Colonel Ramel Hojilla, North Cotabato police director, said two minor siblings were killed on Tuesday after hostilities