Zamboanga Peninsula gideklarang insurgency-free

PAGADIAN CITY – Gideklara ng insurgency-free gikan sa mga komunistang New People’s Army ug andam na sa kalambuan ang tibuok rehiyon sa Zamboanga Peninsula human ang gihimong rekomendasyon sa Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict atol sa gipahigayong panagtigum sa 1st Infantry Division.

Troops recover drugs, more weapons, bombs from terrorist camp

COTABATO CITY – Government troops who clashed with pro-ISIS militants have recovered not only a cache of weapons, but seized at least five kilos of crystal meth from the hideout of the Dawlah Islamiya fighters in Maguing town in the Muslim province of Lanao del Sur, officials announced on Thursday.

Gunmen attack army post in Lamitan City, 1 killed

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three gunmen exploded an improvised bomb and shot two soldiers manning an army outpost, killing one of them in a daring broad daylight attack in Lamitan City in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials announced Wednesday.

Military chopper crash lands, 1 dead in South

COTABATO CITY – A Philippine Air Force chopper transporting soldiers wounded in a bomb explosion had crash landed in Lanao del Sur’s Madalum town in Mindanao, killing one of its passengers and injuring a crew member, officials said Friday.

Sayyaf militant captured in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police captured a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant linked to the kidnapping of a Filipino farmer in Zamboanga del Norte province in southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

Kidnapped Filipino farmer escapes from Sayyaf

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces recovered Wednesday a Filipino farmer kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf following a firefight with his guards in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said.

Troops kill NPA, 2 others captured in Zambo town

PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces killed a communist insurgent and captured 2 others in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Tuesday.

Terrorist killed, 5 others wounded in Zambo clash

PAGADIAN CITY - Security forces raided a terrorist hideout and killed one gunman, but 2 soldiers and three civilians were also wounded in the firefight in Zamboanga Sibugay’s Alicia town, about 211 kilometers from here, officials said Monday.

4 pro-ISIS fighters yield in Southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY – Four pro-ISIS fighters surrendered to the army in the Muslim province of Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines, officials said Friday.

Security forces capture ISIS supporter

PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces captured a suspected supporter of the pro-ISIS group Dawlah Islamiya in Bubong town in Lanao del Sur, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region, army officials said Monday.

Zambo troops capture wounded rebel, given blood to save his life

PAGADIAN CITY – Government soldiers captured a wounded communist rebel following a firefight in Zamboanga del Norte’s Siayan town, officials said Thursday.

Security forces capture notorious killer and gunrunner in Lanao Norte

PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces captured a notorious hired killer and gunrunner in the province of Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines, security officials said Friday.