Army, mayors ban boats on Liguasan Marsh

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: The military and the mayors of towns spanning the Liguasan Marsh have strictly imposed a ban on the use of water crafts on marshes where the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is pursuing the Islamic State-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) militants.

The restriction was imposed by the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6thID) and local executives of Salibo, Sharif Saidona and Datu Piang towns in Maguindanao since Monday to hasten the MILF’s containment of outlawed BIFF holding out in swampy areas that connect to the Liguasan Marsh.