Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides. Military personnel figure in an armed encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four soldiers were wounded during a firefight between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sumisip Municipality, Basilan province on Saturday, April 2. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force Basilan commander, said soldiers were conducting combat operations...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and ten other members surrendered to authorities in Basilan last Tuesday, less than a week after the group’s top leader was killed during an encounter with government troops. Joint Task Force Basilan officials pose with the Abu Sayyaf...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
An alleged member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) yielded to the Philippine Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion in Basilan, the military said Sunday, March 20. (Courtesy of Western Mindanao Command) Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao command (WestMinCom),...
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....
Six alleged members of the terror Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) operating in Indanan, Sulu have surrendered to the military, the Joint Task Force (JTF) Sulu disclosed Friday, Aug. 27. The Joint Task Force Sulu presents sox alleged Abu Sayyaf Group members who surrendered in Indanan, Sulu last Aug. 24,...
Two suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), tagged by the Philippines as a terrorist organization, were arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Taguig Saturday. The suspects, Taupik Galbun alias Pa Wahid, and Saik Galbun alias Pa Tanda, were arrested at about 10:50 p.m. at...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is on the lookout for possible retaliatory attacks from the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) following the killing of one of its sub-leaders and three of his followers. An Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sub-leader and three of his followers are killed in a law...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday, May 28, took custody of eight Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants who were captured by Malaysian authorities in Sabah, Malaysia earlier this month. Ranking officials of the Western Mindanao Command and Malaysia's Eastern Sabah Security Command...
Three suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants, including the alleged brother of notorious ASG sub-leader and bomb expert Mudzrimar "Mundi" Sawadjaan, were killed Friday, April 23, in a series of operations in Sulu and Basilan, the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) said. Lt. Gen. Corleto...
