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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 […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na binababalaan at binabawalan ngayon ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Zamboanga ang sinumang sibilyan na magsuot o gumamit ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar. Sinabi ni Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco na nagdudulot ngayon ng takot sa mga residente ng Zamboanga City ang mga taong nakasuot ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar na hindi naman awtorisado, dahil na rin sa mga balitang posibleng nagtatago sa lungsod ang […]
(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 […]
PANAMAO, Sulu (Eagle News) – Patay ang tatlong sibilyan, at sugatan naman ang isa matapos pagbabarilin sila ng mga miyembro diumano ng Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu. Kinilala ng Philippine National Police-Sulu ang mga nasawi na sina Manan Hamidi, Al-hapid Hamidi, at Immok Hamjani na kapuwa taga-Talipao. Ang sugatan naman ay kinilalang si Julasan Abuhasan. Kagagaling lang sa isang kasalan ang apat sakay ng isang jeep ng paulanan sila ng bala gamit diumano ang isang high-powered […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will have to study very carefully and ponder on the suggestion for him to declare martial law in Mindanao, particularly in Sulu, to counter the Abu Sayyaf problem. “I need time to ponder on it (declaring martial law) deeply. And it is not only a political decision; it is an emotional decision. You do not tinker with powers, [with] extraordinary powers of the state,” […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Sumuko sa militar ang pitong miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group na mga tauhan at tagasunod ng napatay na ASG Sub-leader na si Alhabsy Misaya sa Sulu. Ayon kay Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, kusang-loob na sumuko ang pitong ASG sa Sitio Kanjawali, Bgry. Tandu Bato, Luuk, Sulu. Nakilala ang limang sumukong Abu Sayyaf na sina: Aminula Sakili Saharijan Sakili Hayden Sahidul Sattar Sadjal Orik Samsuraji Habang ang dalawang iba […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nanawagan si Lt. Gen. Carlito G. Galvez, Commander ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command (AFP-WesMinCom) sa mga taga-Sulu na makipagtulungan sa militar. Ituro na rin aniya ang lugar na pinagtaguan ng mga taong responsable sa pagpugot kay Sgt. Anni Siraji noong nakaraang linggo. Sinabi pa ni Galvez na mabibigyan lamang ng hustisya ang pamilya Siraji kung mapanagot ang mga taong walang awang pumaslang sa isa sa kanilang tauhan […]
(Eagle News) — The Abu Sayyaf has beheaded a kidnapped soldier, a fellow Tausug, who had been helping the government in convincing the community in Sulu not to give support to the terrorist group, a Philippine army official confirmed on Sunday, April 23. Hours after government troops killed three more members of the Islamic State-linked group in a clash elsewhere, the head of Sergeant Anni Siraji of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion was found 50 […]
(Eagle News) –Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured the family of the slain Jurgen Kantner on Thursday that the military was going after the “animals” who beheaded him “with the full force of the law.” In his statement, Lorenzana refused to name the Abu Sayyaf as the one responsible for the beheading of the German national in Indanan, Sulu, saying they were merely “bandits whose name no longer deserves to be mentioned.” “We strongly denounce […]
(Eagle News) — There will be no letup in military offensives against the Abu Sayyaf. The Armed Forces of the Philippines issued this statement on Tuesday, a day after a German national was confirmed beheaded by the terrorist group in Sulu. “There will be no letup in our operations until we have rescued all the remaining kidnap victims and we have negated the Abu Sayyaf capability who continue to fight government and perpetrate their terrorist activities,” Col. Edgard […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the southern Philippines beheaded an elderly German yachtsman on Sunday after their ransom demands were not met, authorities said Monday. The murder of Jurgen Kantner was the latest attributed to the Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang that is believed to have earned millions of dollars through its grisly business since the 1990s. Here are five questions and answers about kidnappings in the southern Philippines: – Who is […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Ibinunyag ng bagong Commander ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa ilalim ni Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) Major General Carlito Galvez, Jr., na nasa 27 pang mga bihag ang hawak pa rin ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu. Ayon pa sa Heneral, pahirapan aniya ang kanilang operasyon sa naturang Isla ng Sulu laban sa mga bandidong grupo lalo na at ilan sa mga residente ay ayaw nang makipagtulungan sa mga […]
