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(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office has downgraded the full alert status declared in Metro Manila following the Jolo, Sulu twin blasts that killed at least 23 people. In a statement, NCRPO head Guillermo Eleazar said the downgrading to a heightened status was effective today, Feb. 7. Eleazar made the announcement a day after Philippine National Police spokesperson Senior Supt. Bernard Banac said the Jolo blasts case was “solved” following the identification […]
(Eagle News)–At least eight members of the Islamic State-inspired Daulah Islamiyah were killed after the military captured a bandit stronghold in Maguindanao. 6th Infantry Division commander Major General Cirilito Sobejana said 10 other bandits, including a Daulah Islamiyah sub-commander, Salahudin Hassan of the Toraype group, were also wounded in the operation in the camp in Sultan sa Barongis on Saturday, Feb. 2. Hassan was reportedly a student of Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, the Indonesian […]
(Eagle News)—Members of the military clashed with suspected Abu Sayyaf members under the command of one of the men Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said was behind the Jolo, Sulu blasts. Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Col. Gerry Besana said members of the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion and around 100 Abu Sayyaf terrorists under Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan clashed around 11:30 a.m. in Sitio Sungkog, Barangay Kabuntakas. Año had said the Jolo, Sulu blasts, like the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has cleared the four men who were earlier linked to the Jolo, Sulu blasts. Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, said Alshaber Arbi, 18; Gerry Isnajil; Alsimar Mohammad Albi, 24; and Julius Abdulzam Albi, 17; who all figured in footage from a closed-circuit television camera at the blasts site, were released on Wednesday night. Authorities earlier said they were members of the Ajang-Ajang group of the Abu Sayyaf, […]
(Eagle News) — The military clashed with alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf’s Ajang-Ajang group, which has been tagged as a suspect in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 21 over the weekend. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Mindanao Command said the clash between soldiers of the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion and around 20 members of the group under Macrin took place at 7:20 a.m. in Barangay Latih, Patikul, Sulu. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is standing by its initial claim the Abu Sayyaf was a suspect in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 21 people. According to PNP chief Oscar Albayalde, government security operations were ongoing against alias Kamah, an alleged leader of the Ajang-Ajang group of the Abu Sayyaf. Local authorities earlier said alias “Kamah” was the man wearing a green jacket in footage from a closed-circuit television camera […]
(Eagle News) — All four individuals who were caught in closed-circuit television camera in the site of the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 21 people surfaced on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to clear their names. Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Lt. Col. Gerry Besana said Alshaber J. Arbi, 18, and Gerry Isnajil, a teacher, first surfaced at the police provincial office around 10 a.m. The teacher, who was wearing a […]
It is a “plain act of terrorism,” PNP says (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, said the bombings in Jolo, Sulu were “definitely not related” to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. According to Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, based on their investigation, “this is just a plain act of terrorism on the part of the suspects.” “Planado ito. Ang pambobomba ay a result of months of planning,” […]
(Eagle News) — “Destroy” the Abu Sayyaf. President Rodrigo Duterte gave this order to the government security forces on Monday, Jan. 28, following the deadly blasts at a Sulu cathedral that killed at least 21 and injured several others. Duterte gave the order after inspecting the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral and visiting the relatives of the victims of the blasts, which police have initially attributed to a faction of the Abu Sayyaf. Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, said the recent blasts in Sulu and North Cotabato were so far not related. “It is still too early to say that the recovered items are connected to Jolo bombing incident considering the distance,” Senior Supt. Bernard Batac, PNP spokesperson, said in a message to reporters. The two blasts in Sulu took place at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo town […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday, Jan. 27, has risen to 21. The latest fatality in the explosions at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral was a senior high school student, authorities said. The explosions injured at least 81 people as of Sunday, Jan. 27. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said one of the […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the site of the twin blasts in Sulu that killed at least 20 and injured 81 on Monday, Jan. 28. According to the Palace’s schedule released on the same day, the President would inspect the damage on the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo. The schedule did not say, however, if President Duterte would visit the relatives of those who were killed in the blasts, which took […]
