[6] Former Huk members mainly composed the migrants who later inhabited in present-day Buldon, as well as in Parang and other Muslim-dominated towns in Mindanao.

[7] The Economic Development Corporation, at the time of its establishment in 1951 by then-President Ramon Magsaysay, opened two resettlement areas for them, both administered first by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

[7][9] The local government units had held office in either Cotabato City or Parang since the Marcos presidency, with the municipal halls in Buldon and Matanog being almost vacant.

[11] The first recorded encounters occurred in Barangay Garigayan, where Bangon Aratuc led the Moro separatists in clashes with the Philippine Constabulary for more than a month, displacing thousands of civilians in the municipality.

[17] However, before negotiating panels from both sides were to conduct peace talks,[17][18] on January 16, the rebels fired at the military unit which escorting mayor Manalao, who attempted to visit the municipality where he had never held office since 1995, in Garigayan, as the latter reportedly entered the MILF defense perimeter at Camp Abubakar,[19] leaving 22 people, including two soldiers, dead.

Poverty Incidence of Buldon Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] The Gross Domestic Product of the Municipality (2022) is 13,772,400,000(PHP).