Coup vs. Marcos?

'Military downplays report of plot to unseat Marcos'

ZAMBONGA CITY – The Philippines’ military command in Mindanao has mounted a counterintelligence operation to monitor troops in the South after reports of alleged destabilization plan against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, surfaced anew.

Weapons cache surrendered in Southern Philippines

KIDAPAWAN CITY – About a dozen village leaders in the special geographic area of the Muslim autonomous region in North Cotabato have surrendered a cache of weapons, including anti-tank rocket launchers and sniper rifles ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

MILF holds dozens of elite soldiers hostage in the Philippines

COTABATO CITY - The former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held hostage 39 elite army soldiers in Lanao del Sur province in southern Philippines and released them a day later after security officials negotiated for their freedom.

Tons of smuggled onions disappear?

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Where did it go? Some 3,692 bags weighing about 14,700 kilos were allegedly missing from the inventory of smuggled red onions seized by the Philippine Navy and the Bureau of Customs in Zamboanga City.

Western Mindanao Command vows support to AFP Chief Centino

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The commander of one of the Philippines’ biggest military camps – Western Mindanao Command – has thrown his full support to General Andres Centino following his appointment as Armed Forces Chief of Staff.

2 soldiers wounded in shooting inside camp

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police said two army soldiers were rushed to hospital following a shooting incident inside the camp of the 97^th Infantry Battalion in Zamboanga del Norte’s Piñan town.

Kidnap gang leader, 45 others arrested in Lanao Norte

COTABATO CITY – Police are holding dozens of people, including a notorious leader of a kidnap-for-ransom gang, after they were intercepted at a roadblock in Lanao del Norte’s Sultan Naga Dimaporo town, security officials said.

7 insurgents surrender in South

COTABATO CITY - The Philippine military said seven insurgents have surrendered separately to government troops in Sultan Kudarat province in Mindanao as security officials urged members of rebel groups to return to the fold of the law.

16 insurgents surrender in Mindanao

COTABATO CITY – The Philippine military said 16 pro-ISIS militants and communist fighters surrendered in Mindanao, a hotbed of insurgency in the southern region.

Sayyaf man surrenders after hiding for four years

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military announced Tuesday the surrender of an Abu Sayyaf terrorist in the southern province of Tawi-Tawi after escaping a government campaign in Sulu province. 

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‘Reminiscing SouthCom Days’

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.

WestMinCom creates new consultative board

THE PHILIPPINE military has formed the so-called Western Mindanao Command Transformation Roadmap Multisectoral Governance Consultative Board (WMCTR-MSGCB) with Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco as its chairperson.

4 dead in Basilan chopper crash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine Air Force chopper crashed Wednesday in the southern province of Basilan and killing four people, reports said.

Fierce fighting in Sulu leaves 6 people dead, 17 others injured

SULU – At least 2 Abu Sayyaf militants and four soldiers were reported killed in fierce clashes that left over a dozen infantrymen wounded in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

Army says NPA killed in Lanao Sur clash

ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR – The Philippine Army has confirmed that soldiers clashed with communist rebels on Saturday in the southern province of Lanao del Sur.

Troops kill gunman in Lanao Sur clash

PAGADIAN CITY – Government soldiers clashed with gunmen and killed one of them in a clash Saturday in Lanao del Sur’s Lumba Bayabao town in the restive Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, officials said.

Brutal killings of Sulu soldiers condemned

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine government condemned the brutal killings of soldiers who clashed with the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf in the southern province of Sulu in the Muslim autonomous region.

16 killed and wounded in Sayyaf fighting in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two children were reported killed and 8 others wounded, including 5 soldiers, in fierce clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the miliyary said Sunday.

The Western Mindanao Command said at least 30 militants clashed with Special Forces soldiers in the village of Igasan in Patikul town.

Troops were deployed in the area after receiving reports that the Abu Sayyaf attacked a community there and killed 2 children and wounded 3 others.

It said the weekend fighting lasted for half an hour and that 6 militants were allegedly killed, but the military did not say if troops recover the bodies of the slain enemies under Mundi Sawadjaan.

The military said soldiers from the 13th Special Forces Company under 2nd Lieutenant Christian Capiz also assisted villagers in vacating the area.

Brigadier General Peter Angelo Ramos, commander of the 1102nd Infantry Brigade, condemned the Abu Sayyaf attack on civilians especially during the holy month of Ramadan.

“The desperate Abu Sayyaf attack against the innocent civilians is a total disrespect to the tenets of Islam as a religion of peace and a blatant disregard in the observance of the holy month of Ramadan,” he said, recalling how militants also targeted a medical mission and policemen escorting government teachers in Patikul town in February that left 2 cops wounded.

Brigadier General Divino Rey Pabayo Jr., who heads the Joint Task Force Sulu, said the Abu Sayyaf attacked civilians on suspicion they were providing information to the military about the militant group. 

“They were furious even to their own families whom they suspected of collaborating with our soldiers. The death of the two innocent children and the wounding of three other civilians are indicative of the Abu Sayyaf’s desperate actions of sowing fear among the local populace,” Pabayo said and urged the locals to strongly condemn this un-Islamic and treacherous acts of the Abu Sayyaf.

“Let us remain firm with our resolve in putting an end to this senseless killing of innocent civilians,” he said. (The Zamboanga Post)

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Sayyafs kill soldier, 3 more wounded in Philippine clash

SULU – Abu Sayyaf militants killed a government soldier and wounded 3 more in a firefight Thursday in the southern Philippine town of Patikul.

The fighting lasted over 20 minutes, but there was no immediate report of enemy casualties. At least 30 militants clashed with troops in Igasan village where security forces have been pursuing the pro-ISIS militants.

The military’s Western Mindanao Command did not issue any press release on the latest fighting and had not given reports since the deadly twin suicide bombings on the cathedral in Jolo town on January 27.

President Duterte ordered the military to destroy the Abu Sayyaf, whose leaders have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (Mindanao Examiner)

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