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4 troops hurt in Basilan

FOUR elite troops were wounded when one of them stepped on a planted improvised explosive device while on foot patrol Monday in Barangay Sabong,...

A ‘good’ war

President Rodrigo Duterte has started a new war, this time against the Abu Sayyaf bandit group in Sulu and Basilan. And, like the war...

Abu Sayyaf beheads hostage

THE military will deploy more troops to Sulu and Basilan to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf once and for all, Western Mindanao Command spokesman Maj....

ARMM islands electrified

COTABATO CITY—The Autonomous Region in  Muslim Mindanao’s island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) will soon see a stable supply of electricity after an Indonesian-Indian...

Authorities nab Abu man facing 9 counts of murder

Military and police arrested Sunday an alleged Abu Sayyaf Group member facing multiple murder charges during a manhunt operation in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, the Criminal...

Abu Sayyaf kills 2 AFP troops in Basilan attack

Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group killed two more soldiers in Basilan province on Sunday even as the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

Aquino visits injured soldiers

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday met with relatives of soldiers who died in the battle with Abu Sayyaf extremists in Basilan on April...

23 killed as AFP, Abu Sayyaf clash

ZAMBOANGA—A government offensive against the extremist Abu Sayyaf Group after a spate of kidnappings has left 18 soldiers and five rebels dead in the...

Farmer kills septuagenarian, two teenagers in Basilan

LAMITAN CITY, Basilan—A septuagenarian woman and her two granddaughters were pummeled to death with a piece of wood last Tuesday dawn at barangay Limook,...

Suspected drug dealer, 8 others fall in Basilan

SECURITY forces and narcotics operatives killed a suspected drug dealer and arrested eight others during a raid at a terrorist lair in Basilan on...

Authorities foil Abu’s bomb try in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Police and military authorities have foiled a bombing attempt by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group brigands in Basilan province, an official said   Tuesday. Senior...

Army colonel in Basilan carnage back in harness

Lieutenant Colonel Leonardo Peña, one of the four Army officers who were court-martialed  in connection with the October 2011 bloodbath in  Basilan that  left ...
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