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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A former member of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who surrendered to the government is now a full-fledged member of the Philippine Army, said Major General Antonio Nafarrete, commander of the…
An Army unit awaiting a signal to swoop down on an Abu Sayyaf bomb maker and two suspected female bombers instead received word that four of their comrades had been gunned down in Jolo, Sulu, a military…
Isabela City, Basilan—Beaming in a white toga and academic cap, Ibrahim Malat Fernandez, 40, proudly marched to the stage of Basilan State College here. His immediate family members and relatives were there to applaud his life-changing feat.…
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group and an unidentified man were killed in an encounter on Tuesday afternoon in Barangay Upper Binuang, Talipao town, in Sulu. Brigadier General Divino Rey Pabayo, commander…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the military to annihilate the Abu Sayyaf Group “by whatever means” following the twin bombings at a church in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday that left at least 20 people…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were killed in an encounter on Tuesday morning in Sulu, while two others were reportedly wounded. Colonel Gerry Besana, public affairs officer of the Western Mindanao…
The police and the military are now conducting an investigation into the background of the suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member Oger Roma Pelonio, to find out if he has local contacts The Intelligence Service of the…
TWO days after the release of the travel advisory from the United Kingdom (UK) for the southern part of Cebu, a suspected Abu Sayyaf was arrested in Barangay Ocaña, Carcar City early dawn yesterday. The suspect was…
Sixty-nine-year-old Oger Roma Pelonio, the suspected Abu Sayyaf member arrested on Thursday morning (August 16) in Barangay Ocaña, Carcar City Cebu, denied the accusations against him. Pelonio said he is not a terrorist or a Muslim, as…
ZAMBOANGA CITY–Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits snatched a school principal in Sulu around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The school principal was inside her office at Liang Elementary School in Barangay Liang in Patikul, when armed men barged in and…
Tagbilaran City, Bohol — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here has reset the arraignment of a police officer who had links with the Abu Sayyaf bandit group. Judge Jorge Cabalit of RTC Branch 48 in Tagbilaran City…
CENTRAL VISAYAS AND NEGROS ISLAND The police in Central Visayas raised an alert status in the region in the wake of the sighting of a group of armed men in Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental, even…
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