The Western Mindanao Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines unveils the flag of newly-created Joint Task Force "Orion". (Photo by WestMinCom) A new task force created by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will run after the remnants of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Mindanao. Joint Task...
The entire province of Sulu has been declared as free from the presence and influence of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday, Sept. 7. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Ignatius N. Patrimonio, Commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, attributed it...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has committed to continue rebuilding Marawi and help displaced individuals due to the 2017 siege. "We continue to rebuild Marawi in the aftermath of the siege that took place on May 23, 2017," Marcos said in a Facebook post on Tuesday night, May 23. He...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group fighter was killed while two soldiers were wounded in two encounters in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20. Major Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said government troops first engaged the ASG in Barangay Kabbon Takas, Patikul when the 111th...
ILIGAN CITY -- Joint Task Force Sulu commander Major General Ignatius Patrimonio confirmed that a member of Abu Sayyaf Group was killed in an encounter with the military in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. The armed confrontation between the group of Mudzrimar Sawadjaan, a.k.a. Mundi, and troops of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected bomber eluded arrest while his cohort was arrested during a police operation here on Friday morning, Feb. 17. MAYOR John Dalipe and Zamboanga City police director Col. Alexander Lorenzo present bombing suspect Omar Mabanza to the media. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Col....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four high-risk prisoners were transferred to Metro Manila after authorities uncovered a plot by the Abu Sayyaf Group to rescued their comrades incarcerated at the San Ramon Penal Colony here. Bureau of Corrections officials immediately secured all the prisoners after...
SEVEN Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed in an encounter with police in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed seven Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in a shootout in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. Gunmen fired at lawmen serving a warrant of arrest against murder...
ILIGAN CITY -- Twenty-one Daulah Islamiyah (DI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members surrendered to the military on Sunday morning, Jan. 8, in Patikul, Sulu. Surrenderers include DI-ASG leader Majid Said, alias "Amah Pattit," and ASG sub-leader Jamiri Jauhari, alias "Jamiri." They handed over...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- After five years in hiding, a Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf sub-leader was arrested during a service of warrant of arrest in Barangay Bulanza, Lantawan City, Basilan Province on Saturday, Jan. 7. A police report identified the suspect as Tiyana Janna a.k.a. Kumander Ramboo, a...
TWENTY-one members of the Abu Sayyaf Group yield to authorities in a PNP camp in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. (PNP photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Twenty-one members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to authorities led by the Special Action Force on Jan. 4, Wednesday, in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader detained for kidnapping at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi is facing additional charges of frustrated murder, police said. ASG sub-leader Injimar Mangkabong detained at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail faces additional charges of...
