ABU SAAD SHOT DEAD; CHR STARTS PROBE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Leo Udtohan 05/05/2017

TAGBILARAN CITY — Barely 24 hours after his capture, Abu Sayyaf member Saad Samad Kiram is dead. Kiram, or alias Abu Saad, was shot in the forehead, chest and left thigh by policemen after he allegedly tried…

AFP: Slain suspect could have helped gather info about Abu Sayyaf

Inquirer.net 05/05/2017

THE shooting by police of an Abu Sayyaf member who tried to escape was unfortunate because he could have been helpful in information gathering on the bandit group, the military said on Friday. Col. Medel Aguilar, Armed…

CHR to investigate “suspicious” death of Abu Saad

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/05/2017

CEBU CITY–The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) was supposed to commend the police for arresting a remnant of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Bohol on Thursday alive and without a single scratch on…

Abu Saad killed after trying to escape

Leo Udtohan 05/05/2017

TAGBILARAN CITY—An Abu Sayyaf member, who was arrested while looking for food, was killed, three hours after he allegedly escaped from detention. Saad Samad Kiram, alias Abu Saad, was declared dead on arrival about 5 a.m. on…

ABU ‘STRAGGLER’ FALLS

Benjie Talisic, Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 05/04/2017

TWO MORE TO GO TAGBILARAN CITY — Driven into the open by hunger and exhaustion, a remnant of the Abu SAyyaf Group (ASG) in Bohol fell into the hands of authorities on Thursday in Tubigon, Bohol. Saad…

Suspected abu member held for questioning

Doris C. Bongcac 05/04/2017

An alleged Abu Sayyaf identified as Abu Saad was arrested on Thursday morning in Barangay Tanawan, Tubigon town. According to a police source, at around 7 a.m., Saad was asking for food in one of the residents.…

Police arrest two armed men suspected to be Abu Sayyaf members

Leo Udtohan 05/04/2017

TUBIGON, Bohol- Two armed men suspected to be the surviving Abu Sayyaf bandits in Bohol were arrested on Thursday morning in Tubigon town. PO2 Ronald Manlangit, desk officer of Tubigon Police Station , said the two men,…

Beyond doubt

Editorial, Inquirer 05/03/2017

There’s no doubt that Bohol province will recover from the aberration that is the aborted Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom spree even with some of them still in hiding as of this writing. The military said “only a few”…

American troops join two-month Balikatan

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 05/01/2017

AS the military continues to hunt down the three remaining Abu Sayyaf bandits in Bohol, about 50 American soldiers will join the civil military exercises dubbed Balikatan in some parts of the Visayas. Col. Medel Aguilar, commander…

ONE YEAR RECOVERY: ABU SAYYAF in bohol, the aftermath

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/29/2017

Boholanos to rely on resilience to recover from crisis TOURISM stakeholders in Central Visayas explore other opportunities to negate the expected losses from the negative impact of the clashes in Bohol province this month between state troops…

Why the Abu Sayyaf targeted Bohol

Froilan Gallardo 04/29/2017

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The appearance of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Bohol was not the first time the terrorists wanted to go to and sow terror in that part of the country. In 2001, Abu…

ESCAPE IMPOSSIBLE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 04/28/2017

ABU SAYYAF IN BOHOL Government forces on Bohol Island yesterday declared it will now be next to impossible for the two to three remaining Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits to flee from the island, with the hunt…

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