‘Abu not safe in CV’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic 04/26/2017

The failure of Abu Sayyaf to establish a base in Bohol should serve a lesson to the bandit group: They are not safe in Central Visayas. “They are not welcome here,” said Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director…

Policewoman tied to Abu Sayyaf faces more raps over guns, explosives

Inquirer, Inquirer.net 04/26/2017

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — More charges are being prepared against alleged Abu Sayyaf conduit, Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza, following the discovery of firearms, ammunition and bomb-making components inside her house in Malaybalay City in Bukidnon. The…

Nobleza, Dongon were married under Muslim rites – Taliño

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/26/2017

  CEBU CITY–Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and suspected Abu Sayyaf member Renierlo Lou Dongon are not just plain lovers. They are married after they tied the knot under the Muslim rites several years ago, said Chief Supt.…

AFP: Bohol Abu Sayyaf bandits ‘fighting for survival’

Inquirer.net, Nestle L. Semilla 04/25/2017

The number of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members still being hunted in Bohol may just be down to two, fighting for their survival and no longer posing any threat, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said…

The Abu Sayyaf Link

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 04/24/2017

Tagbilaran City, Bohol — A high-ranking policewoman, accused of “sleeping with the enemy” for her alleged romance with a young terrorist, may yet have another police officer working with her to rescue remaining members of the Abu…

Joselito Melloria: How a simple lad became an Abu recruit

Benjie Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 04/23/2017

It was his marriage to a Muslim woman that prompted the conversion of Joselito Patalco Melloria, the son of a poor and simple farmer from Barangay Napo, Inabangga, Bohol to Islam and his inevitable recruitment by the…

4 ABU DOWN, 4 ON THE RUN

Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 04/22/2017

  Abu Sayyaf Group remnants found CLARIN, Bohol — The smell gave them away. A habal-habal (motorcycle-taxi) driver yesterday became suspicious of his two smelly passengers and tipped off the police about the possible presence of the…

No Abu in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/21/2017

WATCH: Policemen from the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office in search of armed persons sighted on Olango Island. A top military officer quelled fears that some bandits from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) have crossed to Cebu. Capt. Jojo…

On the edge

Editorial 04/18/2017

The encounter between government forces and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Inabanga town, Bohol province has somehow made Cebu residents a bit jumpy when it comes to persons who appear to be Muslim or have “Muslim speaking accents,”…

Abu Sayyaf rebels behead fishing boat captain

Inquirer.net 04/16/2017

Abu Sayyaf bandits have beheaded a Filipino fishing boat captain abducted in December in the Celebes Sea, a ranking military official said Sunday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, head of Joint Task Force Sulu, said the military has…

AFP recovers body in shallow grave in Bohol clash site with Abu Sayyaf

Leo Udtohan 04/13/2017

  INABANGA, Bohol-A body was found in a shallow grave early Thursday morning in Barangay Lonoy Cainsican, at least a kilometer away from Barangay Napo here where suspected members of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf and government…

ABU SAYYAF FOILED

Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer.net, Leo Udtohan, Tonee Despojo 04/11/2017

Inabanga, Bohol — It was a kind of firefight that residents like Julita Cenabre, in her 60s, never imagined would ever happen in their sleepy town of Inabanga in Bohol, 71 kilometers north of the capital Tagbilaran…

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