5 dead, 20,000 displaced in clashes in BARMM town

COTABATO CITY—Nearly 5,000 families or more than 20,000 people were displaced from their homes in Nabalawag town in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following days of clashes that killed five people. Sajed Mamalampa, Nabalawag municipal information officer, said the displaced families come from the villages of Damatulan,