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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The police and military are still keeping a close eye on a suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf Group, identified as Gabriel Patarasa, 24, while he is being treated at the Zamboanga City Medical Center due to a hit of splinters from unidentified explosives. Just last week, the members of Zamboanga Coastguard blocked Patarasa while some men carried him down from a commercial vessel from the Island of Basilan because […]
The military on Saturday said it was verifying reports Isnilon Hapilon has escaped Marawi. Hapilon, a veteran Filipino militant who claims to be the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Southeast Asia, has not been seen in the battle zone, said Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, head of the military’s Western Mindanao Command. An attempt by government troops to arrest Hapilon in Marawi on May 23 triggered a rampage by Islamist militants flying black […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Thursday that one of the leaders of the terrorist group Maute was likely dead. “Omar(khayam) Maute, more or less, mukhang patay na ito,” General Eduardo Año said in an ambush interview on the sidelines of a security meeting in Pasay. According to Año, his brother Abdullah was, however, still alive, and was still inside Marawi. The “death” of Omarkhayam comes weeks after the arrest of Cayamora […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic militants terrorizing the area, the government said Friday. Fighters linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have been battling troops for a month around Marawi city in the Mindanao region in a conflict that has claimed lives. Canberra, which has an extensive defense cooperation program with Manila, said two high-tech AP-3C Orion aircraft […]
(Eagle News) — The government is now gearing up for the looming return of evacuees to Marawi, as government troops close in on local terrorists who have wrought havoc in the city. In a briefing in Malacanang on Thursday, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said President Rodrigo Duterte was “setting aside” P20 billion for the “reconstruction” of Marawi, where government troops are close to defeating members of the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups that have pledged […]
The occupation of a school by Islamic terrorists in Cotabato is now over, with each of the 31 hostages the militants took accounted for and unharmed, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Wednesday night. “It’s all resolved, all the hostages have been accounted for, no one was hurt,” military spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla told AFP by phone. The unrest occurred in Pigcawayan, a farming town about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Marawi […]
https://youtu.be/RsmRWx1EUgM (Eagle News) — Not only the Maute Group, but the Abu Sayyaf Group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and various other terror groups are operating in Mindanao as well. In fact, Solicitor General Jose Calida disclosed to the Supreme Court that there are 20 more terrorist organizations were connected with Islamic State which are scattered in the region and that threaten its security. This was contained in the Philippine government’s 85-page memorandum submitted […]
TARAKAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines began joint naval patrols in their region Monday as threats from extremist groups increase. The “trilateral coordinated maritime patrol” was launched amid continuing battles between Philippine troops and Islamist gunmen loyal to the Islamic State group, who have seized part of the city of Marawi in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Indonesia’s military chief Gatot Nurmantyo said the patrols are timely as his country tries […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte alerted authorities to guard several municipalities in Visayas to prevent the entry of members of the Maute Group and the Abu Sayyaf who are escaping Mindanao as government intensifies its clearing operations in Marawi City. But President Duterte said that he does not need to declare martial law in Visayas. He said this was because the Maute Group members fleeing Mindanao can be arrested without warrant since […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Government troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by members of the Abu Sayyaf group in the country’s south, the military said Saturday. Hoang Vo, 28, was rescued by troops on Friday after an air strike and artillery fire on an Abu Sayyaf camp in the island of Basilan dispersed the kidnappers, regional military spokesperson Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay said. She said the sailor was being treated for an […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Hindi na nakawala pa sa kamay ng awtoridad ang dalawang pinaniwalaang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf. Naaresto sina Saling Kisar y Sabbadin at Benhar Omar y Yusof na kapwa taga-Sulu sa inilunsad na joint police and military operation sa may Logoy Diutay, Brgy. Talon-talon, kamakailan. Mismong ang mga residente sa nasabing lugar ang nagbigay ng impormasyon sa awtoridad kaugnay sa pagpasok ng mga armadong lalaki sa kanilang komunidad. Nakuha sa dalawa ang isang […]
https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]
