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(Eagle News)– Ten Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed during a clash with government troops in Patikul, Sulu over the weekend, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Filemon Tan said Monday (December 12). Troops of the 35th Infantry Battalion under the Joint Task Force Sulu led by Lt. Col. Vladimir Lenos Villanueva were conducting military operations when they encountered at least 150 ASG bandits in the area. The heavy firefight also hurt 21 soldiers,19 of […]
(Eagle News)– Ten suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits and four Army soldiers were killed during a clash in Patikul, Sulu Friday morning, November 8. In a statement, the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command said troops of the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion under Joint Task Force Sulu engaged about 150 Abu Sayyaf men under Radullan Sahiron at Sitio Dyundangan in Barangay Buhanginan around 10:20 a.m. The clash lasted for 45 minutes. Aside from four killed, […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 31) flew to Jolo, Sulu to visit eight soldiers wounded in action. The soldiers were hurt in recent firefights against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and were brought to a hospital in Camp Teodulfo Bautista. Duterte gave each of them P100,000 in cash and a Glock pistol. The eight soldiers were also awarded with Wounded Personnel Medal each.
(Eagle News)– Two more Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed on Tuesday (September 6) after a firefight with government troops in Patikul, Sulu. 30 ASG bandits were engaged by troops from 35th Infantry Battalion and 21st Infantry Battalion. The bandits were retreating away from an earlier firefight with the 45th Infantry Battalion when they were cornered by the other two. The clash lasted for half an hour. According to witnesses, two dead ASG rebels […]
(Eagle News)– Journalists covering the military efforts against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu moved to a bigger military camp due to a rumored threat from the group. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) transported the media-men to Camp Teodulfo Bautista, despite of no signs of threats at the camp of the 35th Infantry Battalion. Media personnel covering the operations against the terrorist group have been staying at military camps since the kidnapping of […]
(Eagle News)– Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo told reporters on Tuesday that at least 12 government troopers were injured in series of encounters with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu. “Mayroon tayong 12 wounded. Kung tutuusin hindi lang eksaktong 12 ang wounded sa atin because hindi lahat ‘yun nadadala sa hospital,” Arevalo explained. “Yung ibang kasamahan nating sundalo they opt to stay on the frontline especially if they feel na (even with) ‘yung wound nila, […]
Eagle News — Umakyat na sa apatnapung miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf ang patay sa nagpapatuloy at pinaigting na opensiba ng militar sa Sulu at Basilan. Ayon kay Major Filemon Tan, spokesman ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao command, isang sundalo ang nasawi habang nasa 20 bandido ang nasugatan base sa mga intelligence report. Pinauulanan anya ng bomba ng militar gamit ang mga artillery at close-air support ang mga pinaniniwalaang pugad ng bandidong grupo. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants in the strife-torn southern Philippines were released Wednesday, the second group of Indonesian hostages to be freed this month. Gunmen abducted the sailors on the high seas off the east coast of Malaysia’s Sabah state on April 15, shooting and wounding another crew member. Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf was suspected of having carried out the kidnapping, the latest in a recent spree of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States has issued a fresh travel warning for most of the southern Philippines after a surge of kidnappings there, with some victims being snatched from vessels at sea. A State Department advisory on Thursday asked its citizens to defer “non-essential” travel to the Sulu archipelago and the southern tip of the western island of Palawan, and to take “extreme caution” elsewhere in the southern region of Mindanao. It cited “the […]
(Eagle News) — Nasugatan ang isang lider ng mga rebelde na nasa wanted list ng United States (US) State Department sa engkwentro ng militar at Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sa Patikul, Sulu. Kinilala ni B/Gen. Alan Arrojado, commander ng Joint Task Group (JTG)-Sulu ang naturang rebelde na si Radullan Sahiron na may isang milyong dolyar na patong sa ulo kaugnay ng pagkakasangkot niya sa pagdukot sa mga US tourist taong 2001. Dagdag pa ni Arrojado, nasa […]
Abdusakur “Sakur” Mahail Tan, Vice-Governor of Sulu submitted photos showing alleged armed training in a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
