Policeman wounded in Basilan attack

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A policeman was wounded after gunmen attacked a police barracks in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines, a known stronghold of radical Islamic militants fighting for the establishment of a caliphate in the restive region.

MILF, MNLF clash in Basilan province

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rival groups Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) continue sporadic clashes in the restive province of Basilan in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.

Soldier wounded in Sayyaf clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – One army soldier was wounded in a clash with Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the Muslim province of Basilan, a major stronghold of the pro-ISIS group in southern Philippines.

Former Sayyaf leader harasses voters

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A notorious Abu Sayyaf leader who surrendered to authorities in 2018 harassed and threatened voters on Election Day in the town of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province, reports said.

Ballot snatching in Basilan province

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Gunmen opened fire in the air and snatched election ballots on Monday from a school in Tipo-Tipo town in the southern Basilan province.

5 Sayyaf terrorists yield in South

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five Abu Sayyaf terrorists surrendered in Sulu and Basilan, two of five provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, the military announced on Tuesday.

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.

Basilan ambush kills 4

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen ambushed a car and killing a village chieftain and three other passengers in a daring attack in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, the military said Monday.

Gov’t militias kill 4 people in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government militias killed an army soldier and three other militias and wounded for more people in a daring attack in the town of Tipo-Tipo in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, security officials said Saturday.

Basilan politician killed

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen shot dead a former vice mayor of Tipo-Tipo town in a daring attack in Isabela City in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police said.

9 ARMM towns under ‘areas of grave concern’ for 2019 polls

COTABATO CITY - Police authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao have listed 9 towns in the region where violence are likely to happen in the upcoming 2019 elections.

 

Chief Supt. Graciano Mijares, ARMM police director, identified the towns as Hadji Mohammad Ajul,  Lantawan and Tipo-Tipo towns all in Basilan province; Marawi City and Sultan Dumalondong in Lanao del Sur province; and Mamasapano, Shariff Aguak, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, and Datu Unsay, all in Maguindanao.

 

Mijares said they have recommended those towns to be placed under “hot spot” areas in the coming elections and listed them as “election areas of grave concern.” “The presence of armed men and private armed groups in the following areas had a history of election-related violence,” Mijares said.

 

The number of areas under such category might increase, he said, depending on the result of the weekly assessment conducted by both the police and the military. (PNA)

 

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