Western Mindanao

Police commando unit formed to go after Basilan kidnappers

inquirer.net 22 hrs ago

By Julie Alipala Mindanao Bureau ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines -- What a brigade of Philippine Marines has failed to attain against the Abu Sayyaf's kidnapping activities in Basilan is hoped to be accomplished by a 14-man team of...

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Southern Philippines: Terror on Basilan Island

assistnews.net Jul 24, 2008 1 related

a call to pray for the church on Basilan By Elizabeth Kendal World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC) Special to ASSIST News Service AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- Basilan Island is the northern-most island in the...

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Philippines, U.S. hold 10-day war game class session

xinhuanet.com Jul 24, 2008 1 related

MANILA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The elite navy troops of the Philippines and the United States are conducting a 10-day classroom-based war game in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, local news network ABS-CBN News reported...

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Deported Pinoys from Sabah worry about future

abs-cbnnews.com Jul 24, 2008 4 related

Deported Filipinos from Sabah have expressed their apprehensions on returning to their respective native towns after some said that they have been away for a long time while others have just arrived in Malaysia when caught by...

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Another suspect in ABS-CBN crew's kidnap nabbed

abs-cbnnews.com Jul 23, 2008 3 related

Another suspect in the kidnapping of an ABS-CBN news team and a Mindanao State University professor last month fell into the hands of authorities in Sulu Tuesday. Munhamer Sattari, alias "Brain Damage," a member of the Talipao...

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Mayor Lobregat opposes again inclusion of Zamboanga City

luwaran.com Jul 23, 2008

July 23, 2008 Mayor Celso Lobregat of Zamboanga City, in a latest show of antipathy and arrogance to Moros of Mindanao, has written a letter addressed to Senator and Senate President Manny Villar regarding his continuing...

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TVI Pacific eyes $40-M loan for Philippine projects

inquirer.net Jul 23, 2008 2 related

MANILA, Philippines--Canadian mining firm TVI Pacific said Tuesday its Philippine unit had tapped BNP Paribas to raise on a best-effort basis up to $40 million, which it said it would use to develop various projects in the...

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Deported Pinoys from Sabah worries about future

abs-cbnnews.com Jul 22, 2008 1 related

Deported Filipinos from Sabah have expressed their apprehensions on returning to their respective native towns after some said that they have been away for a long time while others have just arrived in Malaysia when caught by...

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Govt urged to send team in Malaysia to monitor mass deportation

abs-cbnnews.com Jul 22, 2008 7 related

A federation of overseas Filipino workers in Zamboanga Peninsula or Region 9 has urged the government to send a consular team to Malaysia to monitor the deportation of illegal immigrants from Sabah. According to OFW Federation...

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Philippines - 2 Abu Sayyaf Terrorists Arrested on Sulu- Fear Of Jolo Terror Plot

nationalterroralert.com Jul 22, 2008 1 related

The Philippine military on Tuesday paraded two young Abu Sayyaf militants arrested in the southern island of Sulu, officials said. The militants, whose age is between 14-18, were arrested at a government checkpoint in Patikul...

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