Abu Sayyaf sub-leader killed in Tawi-Tawi clash

A SUB-leader of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a counter-terrorism police operation in Tawi-Tawi province early Tuesday.

Cop, cohort arrested for selling smuggled cigarettes

PAGADIAN CITY – Police arrested a local cop and his civilian cohort for selling smuggled cigarettes to an undercover agent in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Wednesday.

2 Reds, private armed group leader fall in CIDG manhunt ops

OPERATIVES OF the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested three wanted persons -- two communist rebels and an alleged leader of a private armed group during separate manhunt operations, CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. said Tuesday.

Suspected killers of Zambo village chieftain, son captured

PAGADIAN CITY – Police are holding three people implicated in the murder of a village chieftain and his son three years ago in the town of Naga in Zamboanga Sibugay province in southern Philippines.

CIDG files multiple murder raps vs. NegOr solon for 2019 deaths

CRIMINAL CHARGES were filed Tuesday against a Negros Oriental lawmaker in connection with murders which occurred in 2019.

CIDG nabs 2 dismissed cops for kidnapping in Nueva Ecija

OPERATIVES OF Operatives ofthe Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested two former cops who were implicated in the kidnapping and killing of a lady merchant in the province of Nueva Ecija.

Composite sketches of 2 suspects in missing 'sabungero' cases out

THE CRIMINAL Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Thursday released the composite sketches of two suspects in the case of missing “sabungeros” (cockfighting enthusiasts) in Laguna.

Cops accused of killing mayor, aides surrender

NINE COPS accused of killing Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and two of his aides and an innocent civilian in March last year have surrendered to authorities, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said.

Arrested ex-Maguindanao mayor killed

A FORMER Maguindanao politician who was arrested by the police for various criminal charges had been killed Thursday after grabbing the weapon of his escort while on their way to the national police headquarters in Quezon City.

Zambo cops net woman selling overpriced alcohol

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a woman who was selling overpriced isopropyl alcohol following a sting operation in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

Troops foil terror attacks, capture 4 militants in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY – Four pro-ISIS militants have been captured by Filipino security forces in the troubled southern province of Maguindanao, officials announced Thursday.

Officials said one of those captured was a commander, Datu Parido Balabagan, whose group is allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks in Sultan Kudarat’s Lambayong town. 

Security forces also seized from the militants two M14 rifles, two anti-tank rocket launchers and three fragmentation grenades.

The operation - which was launched before sunrise Wednesday at a militant hideout in the village called Lumabao in General SK Pendatun town - was the result of an intensified campaign against terrorism and vital intelligence passed on by civilians.

 

Military photos released to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner show captured militants and their weapons. 

The militants, all members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, were handed over to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and are currently under interrogation. Details of the interrogation were not made public by authorities and there was no immediate statement from the militant group on the arrest of its commander and fighters.

The BIFF is one of about a dozen militant groups that embraced the influence of ISIS and are not fighting for a caliphate in the restive, but mineral-rich region. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Police fail to arrest Sulu lawmaker

SULU – Police have failed to arrest Sulu Rep. Munir Arbison, who is accused of 17 counts of arson in the southern Muslim province.

Arbison, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, backed out Monday from filing his certificate of candidacy after members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group allegedly waited for him at the office of the Commission on Elections in Jolo town.

The lawmaker, who is seeking re-election in next year’s polls, strongly denied all the charges against him and said the criminal cases filed against him in court were 20 years old. Arbison said he had nothing to do with the cases and branded it as mere fabrication, adding, some of those who filed charges against him were either deceased or had gone to Malaysia.

It was unclear why Arbison had to evade the policemen waiting to arrest him if he denied allegations against him, but he branded the attempt as a political harassment. Arbison, a former political ally of former senator Mar Roxas who lost to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in the presidential elections in 2016, is seeking re-election. 

There was no immediate statement from the police on Arbison's accusation of harassment. (Mindanao Examiner)

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