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(Eagle News)—Japan has renewed its vow to help the Philippines combat the “scourge of terrorism” following the twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu that killed at least 23 people. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono, in his visit to Davao, also “conveyed (Japan Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe’s grave concern over the twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu, and expressed Japan’s condemnation of the terrorism and violent extremism..” Panelo said Kono […]
(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 […]
