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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Sumuko sa militar ang pitong miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group na mga tauhan at tagasunod ng napatay na ASG Sub-leader na si Alhabsy Misaya sa Sulu. Ayon kay Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, kusang-loob na sumuko ang pitong ASG sa Sitio Kanjawali, Bgry. Tandu Bato, Luuk, Sulu. Nakilala ang limang sumukong Abu Sayyaf na sina: Aminula Sakili Saharijan Sakili Hayden Sahidul Sattar Sadjal Orik Samsuraji Habang ang dalawang iba […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the statement made by President Rodrigo Duterte about arming civilians to go after the Abu Sayyaf Group should not be taken literally. Abella said the the statement was a “dramatization” to emphasize the need to increase security measures in Bohol. He said it should not be taken as a policy statement. “In a sense it was a dramatization of making sure that security is raised up in […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Matapos ang sunod-sunod na bilang ng mga pagpatay at pagsuko ng mga ilang miyembro ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf, nagplaplano na rin umanong sumuko ang leader nito na si Sulu ASG Leader Radulan Sahiron. Ayon sa ilang sumukong miyembro ay nais na rin aniyang sumuko ni Sahiron. Sinabi ni Lt. Gen Carlito G. Galvez Jr., Commander ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Forces Western Mindanao Command na susuko si Radulan maging […]
(Eagle News) –Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured the family of the slain Jurgen Kantner on Thursday that the military was going after the “animals” who beheaded him “with the full force of the law.” In his statement, Lorenzana refused to name the Abu Sayyaf as the one responsible for the beheading of the German national in Indanan, Sulu, saying they were merely “bandits whose name no longer deserves to be mentioned.” “We strongly denounce […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the southern Philippines beheaded an elderly German yachtsman on Sunday after their ransom demands were not met, authorities said Monday. The murder of Jurgen Kantner was the latest attributed to the Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang that is believed to have earned millions of dollars through its grisly business since the 1990s. Here are five questions and answers about kidnappings in the southern Philippines: – Who is […]
Manila, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a 70-year-old German hostage they were holding for ransom, Manila officials said Monday, as Berlin condemned the murder as “unscrupulous and inhumane.” The Abu Sayyaf group, blamed for the worst terror attacks in Philippine history, had demanded that a ransom of P30 million ($600,000) be paid by Sunday to spare Jurgen Kantner. After the expiration of the deadline, the jihadists, who were monitored […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte “earnestly asked” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) not to provide “sanctuary” to the ISIS-connected Maute group, and other terrorist groups. In a speech during his visit to the wounded soldiers in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Maguindanao, the President said that he wants to pursue peace with the Moro rebels as well as with the communist insurgents, but […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapadala ng karagdagang sea assets at mga tauhan ang Philippine Navy sa Naval Forces Western Mindanao para tumulong sa laban sa Abu Sayyaf Group at mapigilan ang serye ng pagdukot sa seafarers malapit sa Malaysian at Indonesian border. Ayon kay Navy Flag-Officer-in-Command, Rear Admiral Ronald Mercado, tatlumpung (30) speedboats ang idedeploy upang tumulong sa AFP-Western Mindanao Command. Magpapatrol ang karagdagang speedboats sa Tawi-tawi at Sulu kung saan kadalasang nagaganap ang mga kidnapping […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave financial assistance and moral support to soldiers wounded in recent military encounters with the Abu Sayyaf during his visit to Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga City on Saturday, December 17. A day after his return from his exhausting four day state visit in Cambodia and Singapore, the President wasted no time and personally checked the condition of the 16 soldiers who were wounded in action in […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines enjoyed another lucrative payday when it released a Norwegian hostage after a year in captivity, analysts said Monday. A bearded and bedraggled Kjartan Sekkingstad was released Saturday on a remote southern island after what analysts said was almost certainly a payment in the thousands of dollars after the Abu Sayyaf demanded millions. The Philippine and Norwegian governments have denied paying ransom for […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa admitted that the PNP is finding it difficult to identify the group behind the Davao City blast. According to Dela Rosa, the PNP is sure about one thing and that is the place of manufacture of the bomb used in the incident that killed 14 people and injured 67 others. The findings of the PNP point that the bomb was […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Army Commander Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año on Thursday, September 1 said that three more battalions are expected to arrive in Sulu province to help government forces in the ongoing campaign to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Año, however, did not comment on whether the 63rd Infantry Battalion, which arrived in Sulu Wednesday, was among the three battalions that will reinforce military units in Sulu. The 63rd Infantry Battalion […]
