Police recover body of gunman, wanted ex-Sulu vice mayor escapes

A police photo shows commandos during the operations to capture ex-Maimbung vice mayor Pando Mudjsan. (Mindanao Examiner)

SULU – Security forces have recovered a cadaver of one of the gunmen of fugitive ex-vice mayor Pando Mudjasan of Maimbung town as soldiers and policemen continue hunting down the former politician who eluded arrest in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, national police chief Benjamin Acorda Jr said on Sunday evening.

Fighting breaks out in Philippine town, leaves 14 casualties

SULU - A policeman was killed and 13 others wounded in the southern province of Sulu after security forces trying to arrest a former town official clashed with gunmen in the seaside town of Maimbung.

PSA to build office in Sulu

SULU – Governor Sakur Tan lauded the establishment of a Philippine Statistics Authority office in the southern province of Sulu following the visit of top PSA officials here.