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Zamboanga City (PNA) —-The military have launched pursuit operations against a group of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands who killed two soldiers in an ambush early Tuesday in the province of Sulu. Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander, said the ambush took place at 8:10 a.m.in Sitio Tibongbong, Barangay Igasan, Patikul. Arrojado did not release the identities of the slain soldiers pending notification of their deaths to the nearest kin. He said, however, […]
For the first time, seven members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, including a sub-commander, surrendered to the military in Basilan. Said ASG members also surrendered their firearms. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
As the military and Abu Sayyaf Group clashes in Patikul, Sulu, eleven military personnel including an army officer were killed while the Western Mindanao Command said that ten members of the bandit group were killed while 15 more are injured. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group threatened that they will kill the Samal kidnapping victims if their demand of ransom payment worth Php 4 billion. Two of the foreigners asked the Canadian government to pay the ransom. Said victims were kidnapped last September in a resort in Samal Island, Davao. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
SULU, Philippines, August 20 (Eagle News) — The government troops were able to successfully rescue the two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel captured by the Abu Sayyaf Group in a series of operations against the bandit group. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — Malacañang said Thursday the government is coordinating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in neutralizing the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the government is closely coordinating with the MILF since the latter is the government’s partner in insuring peace and order in the Bangsamoro region.“Masinsin ang ginagawang pakikipag-ugnayan ng pamahalaan sa MILF dahil sila ang partner ng pamahalaan sa pagtamo […]
Mindanao remains ISIS-free according to Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman. He added that only the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighers are currently found in the region but there are no ISIS members. He has already met with government officials, authorities and local government units and there are no confirmed reports of ISIS presence in the region.
May 31 (Reuters) – Two women, including a Chinese national, who were kidnapped on the Malaysian island of Borneo in early April have been freed with no ransom demanded by the abductors, local media reported. The two women, a Chinese tourist and a Philippine hotel worker, were released from an island in the southern Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group on Friday, The Star reported. Philippine police then took a speedboat to transfer the […]
Eighteen soldiers were injured in an encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group.
