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SULU: At least 6,000 residents in Maimbung, Sulu, were displaced by Saturday’s clash in Barangay Bualo Lipid that led to the death of a member of the Special Action Force of the Sulu police and the wounding of 13 other law enforcers.   In his report to Maimbung Mayor Shihla Tan-Hayudini early Sunday morning, Al-Rashid Aradji, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (MDRRMO), said a total of 6,284 residents sought refuge in evacuation centres at the Toaji Elementary School, Matatal Gymnasium/Multipurpose Covered Court and Matatal Elementary School’s covered cou...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - An alleged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandit already detained here for kidnapping charges got a third arrest warrant for the same offense, an official said Thursday. Col. John Francis Encinareal, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Region 9 (CIDG-9) chief, said the latest arrest order against Suhud Salasim was for four counts of kidnapping for ransom and serious illegal detention. A court in Jolo, Sulu recommended no bail. The arrest warrant was issued last May 6. Salasim has been jailed since March last year following his capture when government troops rescued three of the...

MANILA, Philippines — The United States has received “credible information” showing that significant human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, have been made “by and in behalf” of the Philippine government, and that the Philippine National Police was “largely ineffective” in cleansing its ranks.