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Richel V. Umel/BenarNews A suspected militant and close associate of the slain Islamic State branch leader in the Philippines was killed in a shootout with police in the south, authorities said. Arrasid Adjing Halissam (also known as Guru Ara), a suspect wanted in connection with bombings and kidnappings in the southern Philippines, was shot dead when he resisted arrest by firing at officers as they moved to serve him with a warrant in Zamboanga City, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan said. “During the law enforcement operation the suspect opened fire on t...

Alleged aide of late Abu Sayyaf leader Hapilon killed in Zamboanga City enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) – Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Arrasid Adjing Halissam, also known as Guru Ara, was killed in a police operation in Zamboanga City on Tuesday. Police said Ara, a "trusted aide" of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, tried to evade arrest when they served a search warrant in Margarita Drive, Barangay San Roque. Ara, also a facilitator of the late Malaysian international terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan, allegedly fired back at police offi...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 1 → How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues By BULATLAT STAFF An independent judiciary is integral in a democratic society. After the ouster of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution included provisions guarding freedoms fought for by those who resisted the former dictator. While safeguards against another tyrannical rule have been inserted in the highest law of the land, administrations after Marcos...

[Handout/Robinson Niñal/Presidential Photo/PCOO] The Catholic Church’s highest official in the southern Philippines on Friday endorsed a term extension for ex-separatist leader Murad Ebrahim as head of an autonomous Muslim region. Murad, who leads the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA), told BenarNews last month that he was lobbying to have his term extended beyond its scheduled expiry in 2022. He said he needed more time to pursue reforms hampered by the coronavirus pandemic and threats from militants linked to Islamic State. “Elections in 2022 would simply erode what...

Handout/Polomolok Police Five suspected members of an Islamic State-linked Filipino militant group, including a senior lieutenant to its leader, were killed during separate raids by government security forces in the southern Philippines on Thursday, police said. One of the Ansar al-Khilafah Philippines (AKP) suspects, identified as Kamarudin Sante, 43, was killed in a shootout with police as he resisted arrest during an early morning operation in Polomolok, a town in South Cotabato province, authorities said. Sante (also known as Abu), was a senior lieutenant of Mohammad Jaafar ...