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.
Friday, March 24, 2023
Thursday, November 24, 2022
PNP Special Action Force gets 116 new commandos
A TOTAL of 116 police commandos officially joined the Philippine National Police's (PNP) elite Special Action Force (SAF) after completing a grueling six-month training course.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
SAF commando killed serving arrest warrant
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police commando and a criminal suspect were killed in a gunfight Tuesday that left three other people wounded in Lamitan City in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, reports said.
Friday, July 16, 2021
Commandos kill 4 Sayyafs in Lamitan City
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos killed four Abu Sayyaf terrorists and captured another following a firefight in Lamitan City in the southern province of Basilan, officials said Friday.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
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.
Friday, January 22, 2021
Security forces kill 4 ISIS supporters in South Cotabato
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police commandos killed four Filipino pro-ISIS militants in a clash in the restive southern region of Mindanao.
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Sayyaf sub-leader captured in Basilan
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos captured an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader following a raid early Saturday in his hideout in the southern province of Basilan, officials said.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Police kill gang member, 2 others wounded in Kidapawan City
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police commandos shot dead an alleged gang member accused of stealing two motorcycles in a firefight that left one policeman wounded in Kidapawan City in North Cotabato province in southern Philippines, officials said Friday.
Superintendent Ramel Hojilla, the provincial police director, said members of the 45th Special Action Force, tracked down 5 people who stole the motorcycles on October 9 in two different bars.
Two of the gang member’s John Alegado, 25, and Kenneth Daray, 35, allegedly engaged the police forces in a shootout. Alegado was eventually killed while Daray, from the town of Makilala in North Cotabato; and PO2 Jeric Solomon, 31, were wounded in the fighting.
Three others, Raylann Betiong, 26; Winston Bayna, 29; and Jake Ramos, 26, - all from North Cotabato’s Makilala town, were arrested.
The wounded policeman and Daray were rushed to hospital. And Alegado’s body was brought to Torreda Funeral Homes. Policemen recovered .45-caliber pistol and a .357-Magnum revolver from Alegado and Daray. (Mindanao Examiner)





