ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a firefight with police in Sulu on Friday, Oct. 14. ABU Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom suspect Alal Jil Ismin Jupakkal was pronounced dead at the Sulu Provincial Hospital in Jolo, Sulu after a shootout with police in Sulu on Friday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug lord in Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu on Saturday, Sept. 24. SIRANA Ummal Ahajan (seated), alias ‘Ellay Jaliluddin,’ a suspected drug lord, after his arrest by Sulu police on Saturday, Sept. 24. (CIDG-9 photo) Col. John Francis Encinareal,...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The 4th Marine Brigade (4MBde) and the Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 (MBLT8) have been redeployed from Sulu to augment ground forces involved in internal security operations in Northern and Central Luzon against the remaining units of the New People’s Army. Armed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 67-year-old follower of the late Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Ghalib Andang, alias “Commander Robot,” in Indanan, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 14, after 13 years of hiding. ARADJI mugshot. Major William Maisog, Sulu Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group during a law enforcement operation in Barangay San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 7. ABDULKADIL mugshot. Col. John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-9 chief, identified the suspect as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A brother of an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader facing kidnapping and murder charges was charged with additional complaints for multiple murder and frustrated murder during service of warrants of arrest at the Sulu Provincial Jail in Patikul, Sulu on Tuesday, Aug. 31. YADA mugshot Criminal...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Criminal and Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) in Sulu Province on Monday, Aug. 22, filed additional charges of murder and frustrated murder against a detained Abu Sayyaf sub-leader who is already facing cases of kidnapping and murder in Sulu. CIDG Sulu operatives...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Saying they wanted to reunite with their families, two Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members separately surrendered in Basilan and Sulu. ABU Junjun, an Abu Sayyaf member, surrendered in Patikul, Sulu. He yielded an M79 grenade launcher. (Westmincom photo) In a statement Wednesday,...
Malacañang said on Tuesday, Aug. 2, that the claim to Sabah of the Sultanate of Sulu descendants is "not an issue of sovereignty" as it is "in the nature of a private claim." Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles stated this after members...
ONE-hundred eighty-two cases of smuggled cigarettes loaded in a ‘jungkong’ were intercepted by Navy and Customs personnel off Balod Island in Sulu Sunday, July 31. (Navy photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao and Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled an attempt to smuggle more...
A total of 100 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members and supporters surrendered in Sulu on Saturday, July 30, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. led the formal surrender and acceptance of the former violent extremists (FVEs) in...
The World Bank has expressed interest to fund various infrastructure projects in Sulu that include roads and a major source of potable water for the residents, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has disclosed. Emil K. Sadain, DPWH undersecretary for Unified...
