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By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service The 20-year-old Spanish national who was arrested in Basilan on Monday on suspicion of being a terrorist has denied the allegations against him, saying he was only on vacation in the country. Abdelhakim Labidi Adib made the statement during inquest proceedings held at the Department of Justice on Wednesday. “I have nothing to do with this,” Adib told reporters in Spanish. He said he arrived in Manila on December […]
BADJA, Basilan (Eagle News) — Patay ang isang sundalo habang sugatan ang dalawa niyang kasama matapos silang tambangan ng mga hinihinalang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sa Basilan. Ayon sa hepe ng Tipo-Tipo Police na si Senior Inspector Mujahid Mujahid, nagsagawa ng route security ang mga sundalo ng 74th Infantry Battalion nang bigla silang tambangan ng mga bandido kahapon. Naganap aniya ito sa Sitio Baunodagaw sa Barangay Badja sa kanilang bayan, alas-sais ng umaga. […]
(Eagle News ) — An Abu Sayyaf bomber with a P1.3-million bounty on his head was arrested in Basilan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, said Rahim Abdul alias Aman Kabalu was apprehended at Zone 1 in Barangay Kampurnah, Isabela on November 28. He said the arrest at 3:40 p.m. was made possible after a civilian positively identified Abdul, who did not resist […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Doble bantay ngayon ang mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Zamboanga Port Area. Ito ay dahil sa pagdating ng mga kalalakihan mula sa isla ng Basilan, Sulu at Tawi-tawi na dadalo sa dalawang araw na Bangsamoro general assembly sa Maguindanao. Inaasahan din na dadagsain ng maraming kalalakihan ang Bangsamoro general assembly na isasagawa ngayong darating na Nobyembre 26 at 27 sa […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) — Arestado ng otoridad ang anim na armadong lalaking sakay ng dalawang motorized pump boats na pinaniniwalaang mga miyembro ng notorious group na Abu Sayyaf-Kidnap for Ransom Group. Ang mga ito ay naaresto matapos na ma-intercept ng isang Navy Seal Team na sakay ng Navy ship na BRP Manuel Gomez (PC 388) malapit sa Bolod Island, Tonquil, Sulu noong Lunes ng gabi, November 20, 2017. Ayon kay Rear Adm. Rene V. […]
(Eagle News) — Six soldiers were killed and four others were injured after they clashed with Abu Sayyaf members and sympathizers in Basilan on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command, made the announcement in a press statement released on Thursday. According to Colonel Juvymax Uy, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, the soldiers were members of the 18th Infantry Battalion, who conducted a strike operation against the Abu Sayyaf under Siar […]
(Eagle News) –Three members of the Abu Sayyaf– including a relative of Isnilon Hapilon–have surrendered to authorities in Basilan. Joint Task Force Basilan Commander Col. Juvymax Uy said Ben Salim Sapilin, alias Ben Bilog, Hapilon’s cousin; Rami Ben Sapilin, alias Attik; and Mohammad Endeng, alias Aburayhan; turned themselves in to the 74th Infantry Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Jonas Templo at the 74th Infantry Battalion headquarters on Tuesday. The surrender came a day after Abu Sayyaf […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Lalo ngayong paiigtingin ng mga tauhan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) ang kanilang mga kakayahan para ma-detect ang mga improvised explosive device (IED). Sa pagbisita ni Lt. Gen Carlito Galvez sa mga kampo ng sundalo sa area ng Basilan at Sulu kung saan inilulunsad ang mga military operations laban sa mga bandidong grupo, sinabi nitong dapat madagdagan ang mga kaalaman ng mga tropa sa pag-detect […]
(Agence France Presse) — A Vietnamese sailor kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao has been rescued after nine months in captivity, the military said on Monday, following the beheading of two fellow crewmen in July. Government troops rescued the hostage on Sunday in Basilan, a stronghold of the kidnap-for-ransom group, following intensified operations against the militants, authorities said. “The hostage was able to run from the militants in the course of military operations and our troops […]
(Eagle News) — Nine people were killed and 10 others were hurt after suspected Abu Sayyaf members attacked a village in Basilan, early Monday, a report said. The report quoted Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police director, as saying that 30 to 50 armed men attacked Barangay Tubigan around 5:30 a.m. They reportedly set on fire houses and other structures and attacked residents. Authorities are in pursuit of the bandits. […]
The bodies of seven loggers who were beheaded by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group have been found in Basilan. Local police chief John Cundo told AFP Nestor Divinagracia, 50; his son Ily, 25; Berto Lacastesantos, 48; Hernando Sally, 53; Renato Casiple Jr., 36; Rene Sanson, 28; and Mamerto Falcasantos, 55; who were abducted last July 20 at Lower Mahayahay, Maluso town, were found over the weekend in a mountainous village, in Barangay Switch Yakal, Lantawan. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte revealed plans of the Maute Group and the Abu Sayyaf Group to attack Basilan City, General Santos City, Cagayan De Oro City and Zamboanga City in Mindanao. He detailed this in his seven-page letter to Congress which sought a five-month extension of martial law in Mindanao “Validated reports disclose that Hapilon and the Mautes have sent an operational fund to ASG sub-leader Furuji Indama in order to […]
