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ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the gate of the Lamitan City Hall in Lamitan town, Basilan on Monday, June 20. Lamitan city hall building. (Lamitan Tourism Office photo) The explosion was heard at 6:40 p.m. A police report said one of two male suspects on...

GAPPAL ZAMBOANGA CITY – A losing mayoral candidate in the May 9 polls and his son-in-law were killed in Lamitan City, Basilan last Thursday, June 9. Ujud Ujurun J. Gappal was standing by the roadside in Riverside, Barangay Matibay when he was shot and killed by a still unidentified suspect at...

A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) allegedly involved in the 2001 Lamitan siege and in the 2002 kidnapping of members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was arrested on Tuesday, May 10, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Southern Police District...

A man who was earlier arrested by the police in a drug bust in Taguig has been identified as a member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). The Southern Police District (SPD) headed by Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg presented suspect Fahad Dumayag alias Abu Cola, 31, to the media on Feb. 18....