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Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naka-halfmast na ang watawat sa loob ng Kampo Aguinaldo at sa lahat ng kampo ng militar sa buong bansa bilang pagluluksa sa pagkamatay ng 15 sundalo sa nangyaring bakbakan sa Patikul,Sulu. Sa inisyal na report, bago nito, dalawang engkwentro ang naganap sa Barangay Kutong, Talipao, Sulu kung saan una nang nalagasan ang mga bandido. Ngunit pasado alas kwatro ng hapon, muling nakasagupa ng mga sundalo […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Tuesday that the operations against Abu Sayyaf group will be relentless, despite of fatalities to the government’s side. “It is unfortunate that a number of our troops have already lost their lives. However, as [National Defense] Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on August 29, ‘We are going full force,’” Abella said during a press conference. 15 soldiers were already killed in separate clashes against the terrorist group, while […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security officials killed six members of militant group Abu Sayyaf on Friday including one involved in the kidnapping of two Canadians who were beheaded in the troubled south, the military said. A military spokesman said soldiers clashed with 100 members of notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang Abu Sayyaf as troops carried out President Rodrigo Duterte’s orders to “destroy” the militants. In April and June, the group beheaded two Canadian tourists after […]
(Eagle News)– Six Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed during a 45 minute encounter in Patikul, Sulu on early Friday. Spokesman for Western Mindanao Command Major Filemon Tan said the clash ignited when troops faced some 100 Abu terrorists in Sitio Makaita in Barangay Bunkaong. Fourteen government troops were wounded, while Abu Sayyaf’s injured number is still “undetermined. The terrorist group is currently holding more than a dozen hostages in Sulu. Recently, a hostage named Patrick […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an unscheduled speech during an oath-taking ceremony of new government appointees in Malacañang, President Rodrigo Duterte warned terrorists groups like the Abu Sayyaf that he can matched their violent actions. Presidente Duterte also called acts of terrorism “barbaric” and that he will not allow them to destroy the country. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s police chief said Tuesday that five tugboat crew missing since last week were abducted by the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for repeated kidnappings in waters between the two nations. The five Malaysians were kidnapped from their vessel on July 18 off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters. “The five tugboat crew have […]
Eagle News — Pinangalanan na ng militar ang tatlong Indonesian national na bihag ng Abu sayyaf group. Sinabi ni Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command spokesman Major Filemon Tan na sina Lorence Koten, Teo Dorus Kopong, at Emmanuel ang mga Indonesian na bihag. Dinukot ang mga ito ng Abu Sayyaf Group habang naglalayag sa karagatan ng Lahad Datu, Malaysia ang kanilang ‘fishing vessel’. Ayon sa militar, may lima pang kasama ang mga nasabing bihag ngunit pinakawalan […]
Eagle News — Umakyat na sa apatnapung miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf ang patay sa nagpapatuloy at pinaigting na opensiba ng militar sa Sulu at Basilan. Ayon kay Major Filemon Tan, spokesman ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao command, isang sundalo ang nasawi habang nasa 20 bandido ang nasugatan base sa mga intelligence report. Pinauulanan anya ng bomba ng militar gamit ang mga artillery at close-air support ang mga pinaniniwalaang pugad ng bandidong grupo. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte says he could be open to peace talks with the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf, which recently beheaded two foreign hostages and kidnapped seven more. “The Abu Sayyaf is not my enemy. I know it is connected with the issue of Mindanao,” Duterte told supporters in a speech in the central city of Cebu late Saturday, referring to the rebellion-torn south of the country. “That is why […]
by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine militants on Friday broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier. Marites Flor was abducted in September by Abu Sayyaf militants, along with three others, two of whom — Flor’s partner Robert Hall and fellow Canadian John Ridsdel — were killed. Flor cried as she recounted how the kidnappers led away Hall […]
by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipina held hostage by a notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines was released from captivity Friday, police said, a week after her Canadian boyfriend was beheaded by the gunmen. Marites Flor was among four people abducted nine months ago by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants based on remote, mountainous islands, who have earned millions of dollars from kidnappings in recent years. Flor’s partner, Robert Hall, was […]
