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COTABATO CITY — What was touted as the largest bastion of the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, birthplace of its leader who was killed during their 2017 siege of Marawi City, is now a "peace zone," cleared from the presence of terrorists fomenting hatred for non-Muslims.
COTABATO CITY — Residents have urged for a deep probe into the bombing of a fuel station in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday night. They are convinced that it was merely meant to embarrass the officials who declared all of its 45 barangays as Abu Sayyaf-free earlier the same day and not a terror attack.
COTABATO CITY — The police, military and local executives on Tuesday declared Lamitan City in Basilan free from the presence of the Abu Sayyaf that once had members in some of its 45 barangays, now touted as the new investment hubs in the island province.
COTABATO CITY — Local officials in Lamitan City in Basilan inaugurated on Monday five newly-constructed covered courts that residents can use for sports and as venues for dialogues meant to sustain the fragile peace now spreading through their villages.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Technicians completed setting up on Friday a Wi-Fi system at the Jolo Airport in Jolo town in Sulu to ensure the connectivity of incoming and departing passengers with contacts outside of the province and access to local and foreign websites.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — A woman classified as a “specially designated global terrorist” by the United States for her involvement in international terror groups was arrested at dawn yesterday in Indanan, Sulu.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — A Singapore-based anti-piracy and high sea robbery monitoring group has recommended the downgrading of the threat of kidnapping by Abu Sayyaf bandits in the waters at the border of Malaysia and the Philippines.