Military honors Sulu leaders

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military has honored political leaders in Sulu for their unrelenting support to peace and development efforts and in the government’s campaign to defeat terrorism in the southern province.

Tausug Heroes

A WEEK after the fiery crash of a military C-130 cargo plane that killed over 50 people and wounded dozens more in Sulu’s Patikul town, praises continue to pour for the Tausugs who bravely risked their lives in rescuing soldiers from the burning wreckage.

Pro-ISIS bomber captured in South

SECURITY FORCES captured a bomb-maker of the pro-ISIS group Dawlah Islamiya blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines, officials announced late Tuesday afternoon.

Sayyaf sub-leader, 3 others killed in Sulu (WARNING: Contains graphic iImage)

SULU - Security forces killed a notorious Abu Sayyaf sub-leader, including three of his followers, one of them a would-be suicide bomber, in a firefight before dawn Sunday in downtown Jolo in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.

MNLF camp dismantled in Tawi-Tawi, residents accuse ex-rebels of extortion

SECURITY FORCES dismantled an illegal camp of former Moro National Liberation Front or MNLF rebels in Mapun town in Tawi-Tawi province in southern Philippines, officials said.

Sabah captures 8 Sayyaf terrorists, 29 Filipinos in anti-terror ops

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Malaysia has captured 8 Abu Sayyaf terrorists and 29 other Filipinos during an anti-terror raid in Sabah, officials announced Monday.

Sayyaf terrorist linked to beheading of 4 civilians yield

ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf terrorist being linked by authorities to the brutal murders of four innocent civilians has surrendered to the military in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials said Monday.

3 terrorists killed, 10 surrender in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security officials said 3 Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed and two police commandos wounded in separate clashes in Sulu and Basilan provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region in the South.

Military foils Sayyaf bomb plot in Basilan province

BASILAN – The Philippine military announced Thursday afternoon the recovery of four Abu Sayyaf improvised explosives and rifle grenades and claimed to have foiled a bomb plot in the southern province of Basilan where security forces are hunting down members of the pro-ISIS group.

2 NPA rebels killed, female fighter captured in Zambo clash

PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces killed 2 communist rebels and captured a woman fighter following a gun battle on Thursday in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, officials said.

Egyptian terrorist, 2 Sayyaf bombers killed in Sulu (WARNING: Contains graphic image)

SULU - The Philippine military announced Saturday the killing of an Egyptian terrorist - who was believed to be an ISIS soldier - and two Filipino Abu Sayyaf bombers in a brief, but fierce firefight in Sulu, but security officials claimed four other foreign terrorists are embedded with the pro-ISIS group in the province.

2 wounded in Basilan bombing

BASILAN – A roadside explosion injured a soldier and a civilian in Basilan province in the troubled Muslim autonomous region in the South.

Terrorist killed, 9 others wounded in Marawi fighting

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Security forces killed a pro-ISIS sub-leader and wounded his wife in a fierce battle that also injured 7 policemen and an army soldier in Marawi City, a stronghold of the notorious Islamist group Daulah Islamiya.

9 boatmen rescued after explosion at sea off Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine Marines rescued 9 Filipino boatmen, three of them injured, following an explosion while loading gasoline from a Malaysian tanker near the border in Sabah.

Sayyaf supporter captured in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured an Abu Sayyaf supporter in his hideout following an intensive surveillance operation in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga.

Philippines holds Vietnamese boat, 7 crew members for poaching

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military on Thursday announced the capture of a Vietnamese fishing boat poaching off Tawi-Tawi province in the South.

2 Sayyaf terrorists killed in Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops killed 2 Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a clash in the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi where security forces had rescued four kidnapped Indonesian fishermen recently, officials said Wednesday.

Security forces kill Sayyaf leader, 2 others; rescue last Indon hostage

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces shot dead 3 Abu Sayyaf terrorists, including a notorious leader, and rescued an Indonesian hostage following a firefight Sunday on Kalupag Island off Languyan town in the southern Philippine of Tawi-Tawi, officials said.

Filipino cargo ship captain dies at sea

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Filipino captain of the Liberian cargo vessel MV Ivestos died after collapsing while sailing off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, officials said Sunday. 

Sayyaf number dwindles

THE NUMBER of Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern province of Sulu continues to dwindle following the steady surrender of members to the government and anti-terror campaign of the police and military.