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Sayyaf frees remaining aid worker kidnapped in Southern Philippines
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Freed kidnapped aid worker Millet Mendoza with Philippine Navy Captain Jeanne Lingan in Zamboanga City on Saturday, November 15, 2008. ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 15, 2008) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants have freed the la…
Sayyaf Executioner Captured In Zamboanga City
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 16, 2008) – Police in Zamboanga City have captured an alleged Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in the beheading of 14 soldiers in the southern Filipino island of Basilan, reports said on Tuesda…
Kidnappers Free 3 Hostages In Basilan Island
Sunday, July 27th, 2008BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 27, 2008) – Three people kidnapped in the southern Philippine island of Basilan have been released late Sunday by their captors, police said.Police said the trio had been freed on a remote village in the…
Abu Sayyaf Loses Foreign Funding
Monday, September 17th, 2007BASILAN ISLAND, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Sept) – The Abu Sayyaf group has stopped receiving funding from abroad and its members are on the run as security forces continue hunting down militants in the troubled southern Philippine region.Ab…
RP Military Vows To Pursue Killers Of Soldiers
Sunday, August 5th, 2007Some 500 Marines arrive Saturday Aug. 4, 2007 in the southern Philippine island of Basilan to help police forces hunt down Moro rebels implicated in the killing of 14 soldiers, ten of whom beheaded and mutilated, in an ambush July 10 in the mountain to…
2 MILF Men Linked To Killing Of Marines In Southern RP
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Aug) – The Philippine military on Thursday linked two Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in the killing of 14 Marines in the southern island of Basilan.The two men were earlier reported to have su…
Two Alleged Marine Killers Yield In Basilan Island
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007BASILAN ISLAND, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Aug) – Two suspected Moro rebels involved in the killing of 14 Marines in the southern Philippine island of Basilan surrendered to authorities, officials said Thursday.The two men also handed over a…
MILF Tags Abu Sayyaf In Beheading Of 10 Marines In Southern Philippines
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Marines in Basilan island in South RP where security forces are preparing for a punitive action against Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels behind the beheading of ten soldiers in Al-Barka town on July 10. The MILF denies beheading the marines and bla…
Muslim Solon Says Sayyaf Behind Beheading Of Marines In Southern RP
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Aug) – A former Muslim rebel leader-turned-politician has tagged four suspected Abu Sayyaf militants as behind the beheading of 10 government soldiers in Basilan island.Wahab Akbar, now a member of …
Hunt For Moro Rebels Continue In Southern Philippines
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Policemen hunt Moro rebels tagged as behind the beheading of ten of 14 Marines in the southern Filipino island of Basilan. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Service)BASILAN ISLAND, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Aug) – Police searched on Wednesday for M…
300 Cops Search For Rebels In Basilan Island
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Some 300 Filipino policemen, led by Basilan island police commander Salik Macapantar, hunt down Tuesday July 31, 2007 Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels tagged as behind the beheading of ten of 14 marines soldiers killed in fierce fighting in the mou…
Gulo Sa Basilan, Parang Bulkang Sasabog!
Monday, July 30th, 2007BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 30 Jul) – Mataas ang tension sa Basilan province dahil sa nakaambang paglunsad ng punitive actions laban sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels na siyang pumatay sa 14 na marine soldiers, sampu sa mga ito ay pinugutan ng…
Troops Patrol Basilan As D-Day Nears
Sunday, July 29th, 2007ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 29 Jul) – Philippine soldiers have doubled security patrols Sunday in the southern island of Basilan as the military readies its forces to arrest Moro rebels behind the killing of 14 marines, ten of th…
130 MILF Rebels, Sayyaf Militants Charged For Killing 14 Soldiers In South RP
Friday, July 27th, 2007Policemen stand guard on their base in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. Police forces, backed by soldiers, are preparing to arrest some 130 Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels and Abu Sayyaf militants tagged as behind the killing of 14 sol…
President Arroyo To Preside Over Military Conference In Zamboanga
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Basilan island Gov. Jum Akbar speaks as Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, left, and Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza listen during a meeting Thursday July 26, 2007 in Zamboanga City. Security forces are preparing for punitive…
AFP Ingat Ngayon Sa Mga Pahayag Ukol Sa MILF
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 25 Jul) – Ingat na ingat ngayon ang militar sa mga pahayag hinggil sa opensibang ilulunsad laban sa mga rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) na sumalakay at pumaslang sa mga kagawad ng Philippine Marines sa Basil…
RP Troops Surround MILF Lairs In Basilan Island
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007BASILAN ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 24 Jul) – Philippine troops have surrounded the lairs of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and were preparing to launch punitive actions against rebels who decapitated ten marine soldiers in Basilan island.The sold…
After Threatening To Attack MILF Rebels In Basilan Island, Manila Now Appeals To Preserve Peace Talks
Monday, July 23rd, 2007BASILAN ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 23 Jul) – After threatening to attack Moro Islamic Liberation Front gunmen involved in the beheading of ten marine soldiers in the southern island of Basilan, Manila now said there is a need to preserve the peace t…
Two Marine Officers Sacked Over Basilan Clash
Thursday, July 19th, 2007BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Jul) – The Philippine military on Thursday sacked two marine commanders who led troops in a fierce firefight with Moro rebels in the southern island of Basilan.Fourteen soldiers were killed in fighting; ten of them beh…
MILF Defies Gov’t Warnings, Will Not Surrender Rebels Involved In Basilan Clash
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Heavily-armed Philippine troops head out Monday from a military base in Zamboanga City. More government soldiers are sent to Basilan island to hunt down Muslim militants who killed 14 marine troopers, ten of them beheaded, in an an attack last week in …
Tension Still High In Basilan Island, As More Troops Arrive To Hunt Militants
Sunday, July 15th, 2007BASILAN ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Jul) – Tension is running high in Basilan island, south of the Philippines, where security forces are hunting down Muslim militants blamed for the killing of 14 soldiers, ten of them beheaded.The Philippine mili…
Peace Talks Sa MILF, Namimiligro Na Dahil Sa Basilan Clash!
Friday, July 13th, 2007Si Philippine Marines chief Maj. Gen. Nelson Allaga habang nakatitig sa labi ng mga sundalong napatay ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa Basilan province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Service)BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Jul) – Nagmatigas kahapon an…
President Arroyo Orders Troops To Hunt Rebels In Troubled South
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Southern Philippines milirary chief, Army Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, center, reads a statement during a press conference Thursday July 12, 2007 in Zamboanga City, as Navy Rear Admiral Emilio Marayag, left, and Marine chief, Maj. Gen. Nelson Allaga listen. …
MILF, Not Sayyaf Clashed With Troops In Southern Philippines, Rebel Leader Says
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007BASILAN ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Jul) – Philippine Muslim rebels engaged in peace talks with the government clashed Tuesday with security forces in Basilan island, south of Manila.Mohagher Iqbal, the MILF chief peace negotiator, said marine sol…