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Suspected Abu Sayyaf hideout stormed in Zamboanga Sibugay

Queenie Casimiro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 02:11 AM

Operatives from the military and police raided a suspected hideout of the Dawlah Islamiya-Abu Sayyaf Group in Alicia town, Zamboanga Sibugay on Sunday dawn. Read more »

Military’s Wesmincom chief disputes reports Abu Sayyaf sub-leader already fled Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 07:53 PM

The commander of the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday disputed reports that Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader Mundi Sawadjaan, who is suspected to be involved in the Aug. 24 twin blasts in Jolo. Sulu,  has already left the island province. Read more »

Jolo bombers nasa Sulu pa, heightened alert itinaas sa NCR: Banac

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 10:51 AM

MAYNILA - Malaki ang paniwala ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na hindi pa nakakalabas ng bansa ang mga teroristang responsable sa kambal na pagsabog sa Jolo, Sulu.   Read more »

Jolo bombers possibly now in Central Mindanao, police say

Queenie Casimiro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:26 PM

The local police of Zamboanga City said Monday it received information that terrorists responsible for the twin bombings in Jolo, Sulu are now in Central Mindanao. Read more »

Duterte made no mention of martial law in Sulu visit: governor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 12:44 PM

Local authorities will tighten checkpoints meant to control coronavirus infections by asking passing motorists to remove their face masks and caps, he said.  Read more »

Zamboanga region faces bomb threat from Sulu attackers: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 09:25 AM

Zamboanga region is facing a security threat from the alleged mastermind of a deadly double bombing in neighboring Sulu province and his 2 conspirators, a mayor said Monday.    Read more »

PH Army chief drops martial law proposal for Sulu after twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 10:11 AM

The chief of the Philippine Army on Sunday dropped his proposal for a martial law declaration in Sulu following twin explosions that left at least 15 dead and scores injured.   Read more »

2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members killed, as military hunts down Jolo bombing suspects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:51 PM

Members of the third and fifth Scout Ranger Battalions caught up with the fleeing bandits Saturday morning in Patikul, Sulu, killing two Abu Sayyaf members. Read more »

Military targeting Abu Sayyaf behind Jolo blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 09:51 PM

Philippine authorities are looking into CCTV footage that could have captured the personalities involved in Monday's suicide blasts in Sulu. Read more »

PNP shuns senators' call to sack Jolo officers after Sulu blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:24 PM

The chief of the Philippine National Police on Thursday rejected the call of 2 senators for the removal from their post of officers in Jolo, Sulu following the double bombing that killed at least 15 people there.  Read more »

Mindanao military official shuns martial law for Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 10:42 AM

A military official in the south rejected Thursday calls from higher-ups to place Sulu province under martial law after a double bombing killed at least 15 people there. Read more »

Kamag-anak? Military checks if Jolo suicide bombers, cops who killed soldiers have blood ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 10:15 AM

MANILA -- The military is investigating the suspected blood ties of 2 women who carried out a deadly double bombing in Jolo, Sulu this week and the policemen who earlier gunned down 4 soldiers, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Jolo twin blasts, 2019 church bombing have same mastermind: military

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 07:46 AM

One mastermind orchestrated the double bombing that killed 15 people in Jolo, Sulu this week and the deadly explosions near a church there last year, a military official said Thursday. Read more »

Military, police ramp up search for more suspects in Jolo bombings

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 06:26 PM

Philippine authorities are searching for more suspects involved in Monday's twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu that left scores of security forces and civilians killed and wounded, the deadliest such attack in the country this year. Read more »

Military names Sulu attackers: Suicide bomber's widow, Abu Sayyaf leader's wife

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 01:06 PM

The double bombing that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week was the handiwork of the widow of a Filipino suicide bomber and the wife of an Abu Sayyaf leader, a military official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte mulls martial law in Sulu after deadly blasts: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 11:00 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will consider the military and national police's recommendation to declare martial law in the southern province of Sulu, following a double bombing that killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, Malacañang said Wednesday.    Read more »

US vows to support PH following Jolo blasts

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 08:58 PM

US Ambassador Sung Kim said the United States will continue to support the Philippines in strengthening national security following the Jolo blasts.    Read more »

Sulu attack 'puts to test' new anti-terror law: solon

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:38 PM

The double bomb attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens in the southern province of Sulu "puts to test" the new Anti-Terrorism Act, a lawmaker said Tuesday, as he urged authorities to use the measure against terrorists without committing rights abuses.   Read more »

Filipino suicide bomber’s Indonesian widow may be behind latest Sulu attack: military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 11:17 AM

The Indonesian widow of the first-ever Filipino suicide bomber could be behind the double bombing that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week, a military official said Tuesday.    Read more »

Daughter of Jolo church bombers could be behind fresh twin blasts: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 08:59 AM

One of 2 deadly explosions that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week could have been carried out by the daughter of 2 Indonesian suicide bombers that attacked a church there last year, a security analyst said Tuesday. Read more »