2 Abu Sayyaf hostages freed
South Korean captain and a Filipino crewman allegedly abducted by the Abu Sayaff Group (ASG) three months ago were released ...
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3 more ASG captives freed
Three Indonesia hostages were freed by their Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) captors barely four months after they were kidnapped in ...
Duterte meets with MILF, MNLF leaders
The push for a constitutional convention was among the topics of the meeting with incoming president Rodrigo R. Duterte and ...
A new group, a new problem
A NEW name has appeared in military reports of fighting in Mindanao – Maute Group. The Western Mindanao Command of ...
ASG frees 4 Malaysians
Maj. Filemon Tan, spokesman, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), said the victims – Wong Teck ...
A critical test, challenge to the new president
EVEN before he takes his oath as president of the Philippines on June 30, Rodrigo Duterte faces a critical test ...
Mindanao – its time has come
THE election of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the next president of the Philippines raises hopes that Mindanao will ...
Gov’t again vows no let-up in drive on Abu Sayyaf
A WEEK after the beheading of a Canadian kidnap victim by the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao for alleged failure to ...
Guingona vows to fight corruption
With just six days before the national elections, Liberal Party senatorial bet Teofisto “TG” Guingona III yesterday called on the ...
15 killed as troops clash with militants
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Muslim militants attacked government troops guarding a school construction site in a rebel stronghold in ...