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Radzmil Jannatul led members of the militant group on Basilan Island, military commander says.

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a clash with Scout Ranger troopers in Basilan province, a top military official announced Saturday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander, identified the slain ASG leader as Razmil Jannatul alias Abu Khubayb. Gobway said Jannatul was killed in a clash Friday afternoon in Sitio Center, Barangay Baiwas in Sumisip town, Basilan. Gobway said the troops of the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion were on combat ...

Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Basilan clash

A man tagged in a bomb attack on a military checkpoint in Basilan was arrested following a brief firefight in Lamitan over the weekend.

Checkpoint bombing suspect nabbed in Basilan

An Abu Sayyaf sympathizer was killed during a gunfight with government troops who tried to arrest him for possession of a deadly explosive in Barangay Limbocandis, Sumisip, Basilan at dawn Monday, January 17. A Western Mindanao Command report said personnel from the 64th Infantry Battalion and the

Fifteen Filipinos stranded in Sabah for days after the engine of their vessel conked out in mid sea while sailing in Tawi-Tawi have been returned home. The return to Tawi-Tawi of the Filipinos three days ago following the incident was facilitated by the Navy’s Naval Task Group Tawi-Tawi (NTG-Tawi-Tawi). Lt.…

The last Plebiscite Committee leaves the distribution center in Buluan, Maguindanao for Tamontaka in Cotabato City a little past 6 a.m. on Monday as the first day of the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law starts on Monday, January 21. Today is #BangsamoroPlebiscite Day. Big day for everyone. Good luck to all. https://t.co/lBdPD90Ehb pic.twitter.com/0LQltCm1Ze — COMELEC (@COMELEC) January 20, 2019 Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez said over the week...

Published July 20, 2021 8:11am The Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) on Tuesday said five alleged members of Abu Sayyaf surrendered to the military in Lamitan City, Basilan, on Sunday. In a statement, Wesmincom commander Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr. said the bandits turned themselves in at the 68th Infantry Battalion Headquarters in Campo Uno. The rebels were identified as alias Nori, 32 years old;  Ansar, 44; Dam, 44; Miyo, 42; . Sharim, 30, according to 68th IB acting batta...

DAVAO CITY – A soldier and one civilian were wounded in a roadside explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan Monday morning, April 12.