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…

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…

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…

After Inabanga, keep calm and do carry on!

Jobers R. Bersales 04/19/2017

Whether it’s the devastating slave raids in the Visayas and Luzon carried out by Moro pirates from Balanguigui and Jolo between 1599 and well nigh into the 1850s or the recent furtive landing of Abu Sayyaf terrorists…

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…

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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