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COTABATO CITY— Policemen seized P1.3 million worth of shabu from two dealers from Lanao del Sur, reportedly linked to the Dawlah Islamiya, who were entrapped in Aurora town in Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday.
CHINA, through its embassy in Manila, has urged the United States not to instigate trouble in the South China Sea (SCS).
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte as well as Armed Forces chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. have visited the wake of four Army soldiers killed in an ambush in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.
COTABATO CITY — Two feuding Tausug clans in Sulu reconciled on Monday, ending a bloody 50-year conflict that resulted in at least 50 fatalities on each side and left at least 13 other individuals injured.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned China on Tuesday that an “armed” attack against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea would trigger a mutual self-defense pact between Washington and Manila, a reflection of rising tensions in the region that risk dragging the United States into armed conflict with Beijing.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Geno Michellini, a familiar voice to Los Angeles rock fans as the afternoon DJ during the ’80s and ’90s on KLOS, died March 2 at age 77. The death was not widely reported until Monday. An official obituary written by friends David Forman and Frank Martin said he “passed peacefully at home of natural causes with his beloved cat Bud Bud by his side.” Michellini’s death follows by about five months that of fellow L.A./San Francisco DJ Dusty Street, with whom he was said to be especially close, helping care for her before her passing.
THE military has been ordered to go after the suspected Islamist extremists who killed four Army soldiers in an ambush in Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday.
Today, we stand united in grief and resolve. The recent ambush in Maguindanao del Sur that killed four soldiers is a stark reminder of the sacrifices of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in their unwavering commitment to protect our country from the enemies of the State.