ZAMBOANGA CITY – Top government and defense officials, together with officials of the Sulu provincial government, launched Task Force Bantay Dagat, a group that seeks to intensify border patrol and environmental protection in Sulu, in Maubuh Beach, Barangay Umangay, Patikul, Sulu on Saturday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, in Asturias, Sulu an Abu Sayyaf Group member allegedly involved in the abduction of broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and the decapitation of a school teacher in 2009. ABU Sayyaf kidnap suspect Ibrahim Esani Asara (left). Major William Maisog,...
The Philippine Coast Guard said Tuesday, Nov. 15, that it has seized 299 reams of allegedly smuggled “Casablanca” cigarettes amounting to P209,300 which were concealed in packages aboard a passenger ship in Siasi, Sulu. Courtesy of PCG The PCG said the items were intercepted by two coast guard...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group member was killed in a firefight with Joint Task Force Sulu troops in Patikul, Sulu on Thursday, Oct. 13. THE body of Abu Sayyaf Group member Ben Saji lies beside personal belongings of his colleagues in the encounter site in Patikul, Sulu. (JTF Sulu photo)...
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,...
