Tag: Hapilon

Duterte places P10-M bounty on Isnilon Hapilon’s head

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a P10-million bounty on the alleged “Emir” of ISIS in the Philippines and Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. “The President is offering P10 million reward money for the neutralization of Isnilon Hapilon who is believed to be leading the terrorist Maute-ISIS group in attacking Marawi City,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Año said Monday. Año said the President also offered P5 million each for […]

Former national security chief bares Hapilon formed a more violent, extreme terror group in Marawi

Gonzales: Gov’t battling between 400 to 700 Islamist terrorists from ASG, Maute, BIFF, other groups (Eagle News) — Former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said that the Marawi situation is “very, very serious” and “dangerous” as the Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon had managed to merge a combination of forces numbering between 400 to 700 from the Maute group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in his campaign to establish a caliphate […]

Military forces hunt top IS-linked militant in Marawi

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security forces hunting one of the world’s most-wanted Islamist militants were battling gunmen in a southern city on Tuesday, authorities said. Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the infamous Abu Sayyaf kidnapping-for-ransom gang who the Islamic State group has appointed its Philippine chief, was believed to be among those fighting police and soldiers in Marawi city, regional military spokeswoman Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay told AFP. “Right now we are conducting a surgical […]

Duterte calls on military, police to contain ISIS threat

(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the military to contain the ISIS threat in the Philippines by “using all the available assets and resources” because, he said, this was the only way to secure Mindanao. Speaking at the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association Inc., homecoming in Baguio City, the President also asked the help of the military to create a better Philippines for Filipinos. “I have directed the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) […]