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AFP: 400 ASG bandits still roam around Sulu

About 400 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) are still living and staging criminal activities in Sulu. The figure comes from Armed Forces of...

ASG abducts 6 Sulu residents

Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) have abducted six (6) residents of Patikul, Sulu. Those taken hostage included two minors. Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Brigadier...

2 Indonesian hostages of ASG rescued

The Philippine Marines in the Joint Task Force Sulu have rescued two Indonesian hostages of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Thursday morning. The foreigners were identified as...

Abu Sayyaf leader falls in Sulu

THE security forces in a mission to rescue dozens of kidnap victims still being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Sunday pinned down...

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...

Abu loses 2, holds 6 hostages

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Gunmen believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits seized six Zamboangueño construction workers in Sulu at dawn Saturday. The incident happened around 2 a.m. along...

149 Abus, killed, captured–AFP

AT least 149 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group have been killed, captured and surrendered since January this year, including two more who were...

2 more ASG men killed in Sulu

TWO more Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed during an encounter with security forces hunting the terrorist group on the outskirts of Patikul, Sulu Monday. The...

Digong weighs martial law call

DAVAO CITY"•President Rodrigo Duterte said he must carefully consider a call for him to declare martial law in Sulu after a series of terrorist...

Senate probe on Sulu execs asked

By Erick Gonzalez The Abu Sayyaf Group’s influence is growing in Sulu “as it enjoys protection from local officials,” the non-government organization Save Sulu Movement...

PCSO aids provinces via I-HOPE program

The provinces of Sulu, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, and Sarangani in Mindanao are the first batch of recipients of medical equipment worth P50 million...

ASG beheads soldier, loses 3

THE Abu Sayyaf Group beheaded an Army soldier days following his abduction by a group of bandits in Brgy. Lagasan, Patikul, Sulu. In Bohol,...

Duterte off to Palawan and Sulu

President Rodrigo Duterte is visiting Palawan and Sulu today. First, he will head to Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa City, which is the...

PNP-AFP operations in Sulu yield high powered firearms

Operations jointly conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Sulu have resulted in the killing...
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