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Ancient ‘hudud’ worse than war-time martial law

President Rodrigo Duterte sought the extension of martial law from Congress to five more months to quell the rebellion (if not outright conquest) by...

14 Jolo inmates bolt jail; 3 killed

THREE inmates were killed Sunday and another was wounded after escaping from jail in Jolo, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf group. The casualties were...

Bravery

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pins the  wounded personnel medal to First Lieutenant Niño Paner during the Commander-in-Chief’s  visit at Camp Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital...

Duterte taunts Sayyaf: I will eat you alive

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and beheading of two Vietnamese sailors in a furious reaction...

Sayyaf beheads two more hostages

THE headless bodies of two Vietnamese kidnap victims were found by ground troops pursuing Abu Sayyaf bandits in Tumahubong Village in the town of...

P500-m loot stored in mosque

MAUTE and Abu Sayyaf terrorists are using a mosque to store their loot, estimated at P500 million in cash, gold and jewelry, Brig. Gen....

TF finds 17 bodies, 5 of them headless

SEVENTEEN bodies of civilians, five of them decapitated, were recovered in Marawi City, the military’s Task Force Marawi reported Wednesday. This was confirmed by military...

Maute, ASG men using shabu–AFP

GOVERNMENT troops seized 11 kilos of high-grade shabu left by Maute and Abu Sayyaf terrorists who fled after a firefight Sunday in Marawi City,...

Martial law and a living Constitution

With this column, I begin a series on the legal issues surrounding President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 216 where he declared martial law throughout...

ISIS is here (1)

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments for and against the proclamation by President Duterte of martial law in Mindanao. Four groups have questioned...

Bessang Pass remembered

SOMEBODY asked me whether terrorism in Mindanao or anywhere else in the country would end once the government forces kill the last of the...

Govt foils ISIS plot to take over 3 cities

ISLAMIC State-inspired extremist groups and foreign terrorists who joined their ranks had originally wanted to occupy three cities in Mindanao, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan...

13 marines die; US joins Marawi fight

Marawi—United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants in this city, the US Embassy said Saturday...

Duterte won’t talk with ex-Marawi City mayor

President Rodrigo Duterte expressed no plans of talking to former Marawi City Mayor Solitario Ali, who has been ordered arrested along with his brother...
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