Extremists attack police detachment in South, 3 wounded

COTABATO CITY – Police ordered its forces on high alert on Tuesday after local ISIS fighters attacked a detachment in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao del Sur and wounded three security personnel.

MILF, Abu Sayyaf join forces in Basilan

'Police say MILF, Abu Sayyaf behind deadly ambush in Ungkaya Pukan town'

BASILAN - Police in the Muslim autonomous region have linked both the Abu Sayyaf and the former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation in a deadly attack against a convoy of security forces escorting a town vice mayor in the southern province of Basilan. 

Police foil two bombings in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY – Police disarmed early Thursday two improvised explosives planted at a bus depot in Cotabato City in the southern Philippines where previous bombings had been largely blamed to pro-ISIS militants are actively operating. 

Troops clash with local IS militants in South

DAVAO CITY - Government forces killed three Muslim militants and captured seven others as they clashed at dawn Sunday in the southern Philippine province of Lanao del Sur, officials said Monday.