ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 200 Filipino boat passengers will
have to undergo self-quarantine for two weeks on an island of the southern Philippine
province of Basilan as part of preventive measure on the spread of the deadly
coronavirus disease.
Showing posts with label Cirilito Sobejana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cirilito Sobejana. Show all posts
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Saturday, March 14, 2020
18 soldiers wounded in BIFF clashes in South
COTABATO CITY – Over a dozen soldiers were wounded in a series of clashes with pro-ISIS fighters in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.
Friday, March 6, 2020
‘Thank you Inday Sara, BRP Ang Pangulo’
MAYOR BENG Climaco thanked the officers and crew of the Presidential Yacht BRP Ang Pangulo and President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Carpio for visiting Zamboanga City and giving Zamboanguenos the opportunity to have a glimpse of the 62-year old ship.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Rangers, Sayyafs clash in Sulu
SULU – Security forces clashed with Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu, one of
5 provinces under the troubled Muslim autonomous region in southern
Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
Troops clash with BIFF, recover IEDs
COTABATO – Government troops have recovered
two improvised explosives and weapons left behind by pro-ISIS fighters
following a series of clashes in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao,
officials announced Wednesday.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Troops push for the kill in Sulu
SULU – Military forces continue its assault on Abu Sayyaf lairs in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where fighting killed at least 2 militants and also wounded two soldiers, officials said.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Military assault kills 2 Sayyaf in Sulu
SULU – Military forces continue its assault on Abu Sayyaf
lairs in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where fighting killed at least
2 militants and also wounded two soldiers, officials said.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Anti-Sayyaf ops continue in South
PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces continue its operations against the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf in Basilan and Sulu, two of 5 provinces under the troubled Muslim autonomous region.
President Duterte has ordered the military to sustain the operations against the terrorist group so that government peace and development projects may not be impeded by the violent campaign of the Abu Sayyaf.
President Duterte has ordered the military to sustain the operations against the terrorist group so that government peace and development projects may not be impeded by the violent campaign of the Abu Sayyaf.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Brother of pro-ISIS leader behind Isulan bombing slain in fighting
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Troops killed a brother of the notorious pro-ISIS commander of the militant group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or BIFF in fierce fighting Thursday in the restive southern Philippine region of Mindanao, officials announced.
Officials said the clash erupted in Liguasan marshland in the troubled province of Maguindanao where soldiers killed Ali Abdulmalik, whose brother Esmail Abdulmalik, who is also called Abu Turaife, is the leader of Dawlah Islamiya or Islamic State in Mindanao.
“Early this morning, 6th Infantry Division troopers engaged in a heavy firefight against the BIFF in Liguasan marsh which resulted to the death of Ali Abdulmalik, brother of Abu Turaifei, Commander of Dawlah Islamiya,” Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said.
Sobejana did not say if there were military casualties in the fighting, but the BIFF also claimed the motorcycle bombing in Sultan Kudarat’s Isulan town in August 28 last year that killed 2 persons and wounded at least 35 others.
The blast coincided with the town’s 61st founding anniversary and occurred while the whole region is under martial rule. The motorcycle was parked along the highway near several shops in Kalawag village when it exploded. Two other improvised explosives were recovered not far from the area.
It was not immediately known whether the BIFF was also behind the April 3 bombing of the Carlito’s Chicken, a famous restaurant in Kalawag village in Isulan town that wounded 18 people.
Maj. Arvin Encinas, an army spokesman, said soldiers and policemen recovered from the blast site broken parts of a 9 volt battery and fragments of a cell phone, believed used to detonate the bomb, and concrete nails, including pieces of plastic container which were all part of the improvised explosive that went off outside the restaurant.
“We are still investigating who was behind this dastardly act. We also tightened security in the town to help local police force guard Isulan,” he said.
Sobejana said the bomber used an anti-personnel mine in the attack. He said the bombing occurred a week after an extortion letter was sent to the owner of Carlito’s Chicken by a lawless group. “The possible motives here are extortion and retaliation or diversionary tactics by lawless groups,” he said.
Mayor Marites Pallasigue said one of the food attendants in the restaurant saw a man left a plastic bag inside and immediately left. She said the witness followed the man to say that he left his bag, but he quickly disappeared outside the restaurant. The food attendant picked up the bag and put it outside the diner where it exploded nearly an hour later, according to Pallasigue.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack, but last year’s bombing in Isulan was claimed by ISIS, according to SITE Intelligence report. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez.)
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Officials said the clash erupted in Liguasan marshland in the troubled province of Maguindanao where soldiers killed Ali Abdulmalik, whose brother Esmail Abdulmalik, who is also called Abu Turaife, is the leader of Dawlah Islamiya or Islamic State in Mindanao.
“Early this morning, 6th Infantry Division troopers engaged in a heavy firefight against the BIFF in Liguasan marsh which resulted to the death of Ali Abdulmalik, brother of Abu Turaifei, Commander of Dawlah Islamiya,” Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said.
Sobejana did not say if there were military casualties in the fighting, but the BIFF also claimed the motorcycle bombing in Sultan Kudarat’s Isulan town in August 28 last year that killed 2 persons and wounded at least 35 others.
The blast coincided with the town’s 61st founding anniversary and occurred while the whole region is under martial rule. The motorcycle was parked along the highway near several shops in Kalawag village when it exploded. Two other improvised explosives were recovered not far from the area.
It was not immediately known whether the BIFF was also behind the April 3 bombing of the Carlito’s Chicken, a famous restaurant in Kalawag village in Isulan town that wounded 18 people.
Maj. Arvin Encinas, an army spokesman, said soldiers and policemen recovered from the blast site broken parts of a 9 volt battery and fragments of a cell phone, believed used to detonate the bomb, and concrete nails, including pieces of plastic container which were all part of the improvised explosive that went off outside the restaurant.
“We are still investigating who was behind this dastardly act. We also tightened security in the town to help local police force guard Isulan,” he said.
Sobejana said the bomber used an anti-personnel mine in the attack. He said the bombing occurred a week after an extortion letter was sent to the owner of Carlito’s Chicken by a lawless group. “The possible motives here are extortion and retaliation or diversionary tactics by lawless groups,” he said.
Mayor Marites Pallasigue said one of the food attendants in the restaurant saw a man left a plastic bag inside and immediately left. She said the witness followed the man to say that he left his bag, but he quickly disappeared outside the restaurant. The food attendant picked up the bag and put it outside the diner where it exploded nearly an hour later, according to Pallasigue.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack, but last year’s bombing in Isulan was claimed by ISIS, according to SITE Intelligence report. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez.)
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Monday, February 4, 2019
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Troops now battle 2 pro-ISIS groups in Southern Philippines
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces are battling two brutal pro-ISIS groups in southern Philippines as government offensives continue Sunday in the restive region.
Over 2 dozen soldiers had been killed and wounded in fighting Abu Sayyaf militants over the past days following two suicide bombings on January 27 of a cathedral in Jolo town in Sulu province being claimed by ISIS.
Five soldiers had been confirmed dead and nearly two dozen more injured in clashes with over 100 Abu Sayyaf fighters in Patikul town. The fighting triggered an exodus of civilians in villages there.
There had been no reports of civilian casualties, but the Joint Task Force Sulu said they have received intelligence reports that a foreign militant, who goes by his nom de guerre Abu Black, was killed in the fighting, but his nationality remains unknown. Another Abu Sayyaf commander, Idang Susukan, was also wounded in the clashes and lost his finger, the report added.
The regional military headquarters, Western Mindanao Command, did not release any information to journalists about the campaign against the Abu Sayyaf. But on Sunday, sealed caskets of slain soldiers from Sulu were spotted being transported by the army to the Philippine Air Force base in Zamboanga.
A convoy of military trucks is spotted in Zamboanga City on Sunday, February 3, 2019 transporting sealed caskets of soldiers killed in fighting with pro-ISIS Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province. Troops are now fighting 2 pro-ISIS groups in separate fronts in southern Philippines - one in Sulu and the other in Maguindanao, a stronghold of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Both provinces are part of the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner Photos)
On the main island of Mindanao, troops are also fighting a notorious militant group called Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or BIFF, whose members were mostly former rebels from the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front, according to Major General Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, and the Joint Task Force Central (Mindanao) of JTFC.
He said troops managed to destroy a several bunkers and fox holes during an offensive that began February 2 in the village of Tugal in Sultan sa Barongis town in the troubled province of Maguindanao.
The military operation involved air and ground forces, backed by a battery of canons, against the BIFF under Salahudin Hassan. Sobejana called Hassan’s faction as a “DAESH-inspired terrorist group,” an acronym of ISIS’ Arabin name al-Dawlah al-Islamīyah fī l-ʻIrāq wa-sh-Shām.
“JTFC launched surgical air, artillery and ground operation to the identified and confirmed targets against the DAESH-inspired terrorist group under Salahudin Hassan. Initial result of the operation is the destruction of suspected 20-capacity bunkers and foxholes of the DAESH Inspired terrorist groups,” Sobejana said.
He said the offensive was launched after former BIFF members, who surrendered to the military, provided intelligence on the location of the rebel camp. “The successful operation is a result of positive information and support provided by the former members of BIFF who surrendered to JTF Central,” Sobejana said.
There were no reports of military and BIFF casualties in Maguindanao. The offensives were ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte following the cathedral bombings by an Indonesian couple that killed 22 people and left over 100 others wounded. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Over 2 dozen soldiers had been killed and wounded in fighting Abu Sayyaf militants over the past days following two suicide bombings on January 27 of a cathedral in Jolo town in Sulu province being claimed by ISIS.
Five soldiers had been confirmed dead and nearly two dozen more injured in clashes with over 100 Abu Sayyaf fighters in Patikul town. The fighting triggered an exodus of civilians in villages there.
There had been no reports of civilian casualties, but the Joint Task Force Sulu said they have received intelligence reports that a foreign militant, who goes by his nom de guerre Abu Black, was killed in the fighting, but his nationality remains unknown. Another Abu Sayyaf commander, Idang Susukan, was also wounded in the clashes and lost his finger, the report added.
The regional military headquarters, Western Mindanao Command, did not release any information to journalists about the campaign against the Abu Sayyaf. But on Sunday, sealed caskets of slain soldiers from Sulu were spotted being transported by the army to the Philippine Air Force base in Zamboanga.
A convoy of military trucks is spotted in Zamboanga City on Sunday, February 3, 2019 transporting sealed caskets of soldiers killed in fighting with pro-ISIS Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province. Troops are now fighting 2 pro-ISIS groups in separate fronts in southern Philippines - one in Sulu and the other in Maguindanao, a stronghold of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. Both provinces are part of the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner Photos)On the main island of Mindanao, troops are also fighting a notorious militant group called Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or BIFF, whose members were mostly former rebels from the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front, according to Major General Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, and the Joint Task Force Central (Mindanao) of JTFC.
He said troops managed to destroy a several bunkers and fox holes during an offensive that began February 2 in the village of Tugal in Sultan sa Barongis town in the troubled province of Maguindanao.
The military operation involved air and ground forces, backed by a battery of canons, against the BIFF under Salahudin Hassan. Sobejana called Hassan’s faction as a “DAESH-inspired terrorist group,” an acronym of ISIS’ Arabin name al-Dawlah al-Islamīyah fī l-ʻIrāq wa-sh-Shām.
“JTFC launched surgical air, artillery and ground operation to the identified and confirmed targets against the DAESH-inspired terrorist group under Salahudin Hassan. Initial result of the operation is the destruction of suspected 20-capacity bunkers and foxholes of the DAESH Inspired terrorist groups,” Sobejana said.
He said the offensive was launched after former BIFF members, who surrendered to the military, provided intelligence on the location of the rebel camp. “The successful operation is a result of positive information and support provided by the former members of BIFF who surrendered to JTF Central,” Sobejana said.
There were no reports of military and BIFF casualties in Maguindanao. The offensives were ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte following the cathedral bombings by an Indonesian couple that killed 22 people and left over 100 others wounded. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Friday, October 19, 2018
MILF forces clash with BIFF in Mindanao
COTABATO CITY – Heavy fighting erupted between two rival rebel groups in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines where pro-ISIS militants are actively operating.
The 6th Infantry Division on Friday has confirmed the clashes between Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and said the ferocious fighting lasted 6 hours.
It said one BIFF member, Saudi Sabang, was killed in clashes which occurred Thursday in Pimbalakan village in Mamasapano town. “After six hours of exchanging of fires, the BIFF members withdrew towards Shariff Saydona Mustapha town in Maguindanao using motorized pump boat while others traversed by foot,” the army said, adding, there was no report of MILF casualties.
It was unclear what triggered the fighting, but both rebel groups are actively operating in the province. There was no immediate statement from the MILF, which signed an interim peace deal with the Aquino administration in 2014.
But Major General Cirilito Sobejana, the army division commander, said the “MILF leadership is determined to eradicate the peace spoilers and to defeat the threat group from doing terroristic activities in Central Mindanao.”
Sobejana said the continued support and cooperation of the MILF and the community will hasten and complement the ability of the Joint Task Force Central to counter the efforts of the radical extremist groups in sowing fear and violence in the region.
The BIFF, whose members were former MILF rebels, pledged allegiance to ISIS and is fighting for a separate Muslim homeland in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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