Tag: jolo

Mga residente ng Sulu, lumikas dahil sa bantang pag-atake ng Abu Sayyaf

JOLO, Sulu (Eagle News) – Nagdulot ng takot sa mga residente ng Sulu ang umano’y banta ng grupong Abu Sayyaf na aatake sila sa Jolo na siyang pinakasentrong kalakalan sa buong lalawigan. Hindi na nagbigay ng pangalan ang mga pamilyang lumikas mula sa pantalan ng Sulu papuntang Zamboanga City sa takot na sila ang mapagbalingan ng mga bandido. Ayon kay Sulu Task Force commander, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Jr., naka deploy na ang kanilang mga […]

President Duterte says MILF, MNLF, NPA can help in fight vs Islamist terrorists; PNP, AFP open to working with them

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to accepting members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), as well as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) as part of the government force to fight Islamist terrorists in Mindanao. In a speech addressing the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu on Saturday, the President said he could give MILF, MNLF and NPA members […]

Three Indonesian sailors released by Abu Sayyaf undergo debriefing

  JOLO, Philippines (AFP)– Islamic militants in the Philippines have freed three Indonesian sailors abducted at sea, officials said, in the latest release by the Abu Sayyaf group after a kidnapping spree in the restive south. The Abu Sayyaf handed over the three men on Jolo island to a major rebel group which then released them to authorities on Sunday, government peace negotiator Jesus Dureza said. “The turnover was smooth and now the three will […]