KIDAPAWAN CITY — A police official in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) on Friday confirmed the presence of foreign terrorists in the region. “The foreign Islamic State (IS)-linked men are now in the…
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Army discovers BIFF burial site
COTABATO CITY — Military and police authorities here disclosed Monday the discovery of a mass grave of members of ISIS-inspired group in a remote village in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao. The…
4 more hostages rescued in Marawi
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military on Monday presented four more rescued hostages as government troops continue to close in on the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired Maute group…
47 IS militants killed in Iraqi airstrikes in west of Mosul
BAGHDAD — A total of 47 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Monday in Iraqi airstrikes in and near the IS-held town of Tal Afar in west of Mosul,…
Police, Army seize gun-making equipment
PANDAG, Maguindanao – Police and military forces busted Wednesday afternoon a notorious drug ring and gun-making syndicate sympathetic to ISIS. Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, Maguindanao police director and Lt. Colonel…
Maute Group death toll in Marawi City fighting now at 65
MANILA — As government efforts to clear Marawi City of the remaining Maute Group terrorists reached its eighth day, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that a total…
8 dead bodies found in outskirts of Marawi City
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao — Eight bakery workers were found dead by government forces pursuing terrorists Maute and Abu Sayyaf Group in the outskirts of Marawi City, police and military…
AFP pounds ‘Maute’ lair in Lanao Sur, claims killing 30 terrorists
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The military killed 30 alleged members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired Maute group “in a fighting that has been raging in the last…
Lorenzana orders beefing up of offensive, intel ops against terrorists
MANILA — So that the Philippines will not become the next ISIS Wilayah (territory or province), the Department of National Defense (DND) has ordered all military intelligence units to intensify…
ISIS member Kuwaiti national deports
MANILA — A suspected member of terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who was arrested by authorities last month was deported Friday in Kuwaiti, a Department of…
Baguio Muslims Want Peace And Harmony
BAGUIO CITY- – Muslim leader Bon Amin Torres has said that the city’s Muslim community is working side by side with the residents to protect the city from criminality and…
Immigration agents nab two ISIS members in Taguig
MANILA – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday announced the arrest of two suspected members of terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Taguig City. Aguirre…
Troops arrest 4 suspected Maute Group members
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) on Friday announced the arrest of four alleged members of the ISIS-inspired Maute Group in Lanao del Sur. Maj. Gen. Carlito Galvez…