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Philippines massacre sparks state of emergency
Manila :: Philippines | 7 days ago
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Hundreds of additional troops have been brought in after the massacre shocked a country where politics and journalism are the most dangerous of professions. Local media reports say only four people out of a group of 40 who were kidnapped yesterday survived.
Tags: Philippines, Maguindanao Province, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, vice mayor, maguindanao provinces, president gloria, Mindanao, Manila, Ampatuan Maguindanao, Maguindanao, Irregular military, Mangudadatu Maguindanao, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Moro, Islamist groups, Abu Sayyaf, War Conflict, Politics, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Provinces of the Philippines, Buluan Maguindanao, Counter-terrorism, Human rights abuses, Paramilitary organizations, Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines, Scouting in the Philippines, Elections in the Philippines, Cotabato, Muhammad Kudarat, Sultan Kudarat, Zaldy Ampatuan, Commission on Elections, COMELEC, Sema v. COMELEC, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
In Philippines Strife, Uprooting Is a Constant
Datu Piang :: Philippines | 7 days ago
Credibility Philippines For most refugees here, the long-running conflict between the Philippine government and Muslim separatists on the island of Mindanao has become such a part of their lives’ rhythms that they have lost track of how often fighting has displaced...
Tags: Mindanao Muslims, Philippines Strife, United States, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Datu Piang, ancestral domain, Philippines, Moro people, Datu Piang Maguindanao, Abu Sayyaf, Mindanao, Moro, Islamist groups, Politics of the Philippines, War Conflict
Suicide bomber kills 16
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 days ago
Credibility A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul, a powerful former warlord escaped an assassination attempt, officials said. In the suicide attack, a bomber on a motorcycle...
Tags: Kabul, near kabul, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum, War in Afghanistan, Elections in Afghanistan, Afghan Civil War, Pashtun people, Politics, War Conflict, Suicide attack, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Legislators, Social Issues, Afghan presidential election, Abu Sayyaf
‘Don’t pay ransom’, military tells victims’ kin
Zamboanga :: Philippines | 11 days ago
Credibility The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday appealed to the families of the four kidnap victims, including three abducted Chinese nationals, not to pay ransom allegedly being demanded by the kidnappers believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf...
Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Abdulla Ajijul, Benjamin Dolorfino, kidnap victims, Ben Dolorfino, terrorist leader, Basilan, pay ransom, urban terrorist, Philippines, Zamboanga, Irregular military, Jainal Antel Sali Jr., Khadaffy Janjalani, Moro, Islamist groups, War Conflict, Politics, Provinces of the Philippines, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Sulu, Sulu Archipelago, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jolo, Terrorism in the Philippines, Maluso Basilan, Kidnapping
28 Abu Sayyaf men charged for Basilan kidnap
Maluso :: Philippines | 13 days ago
Credibility Police filed on Tuesday kidnapping cases against Abu Sayyaf extremists said to be behind the abduction of three factory workers, including two Chinese nationals, in Maluso, Basilan last week. Charged were Mujahid Nasirin, Amilhusin Insoh, Daniel Musa,...
Tags: Basilan, Philippines, Maluso, Isabela City, Abu Sayyaf, Sulu Archipelago, Tipo-Tipo Basilan, Law Crime, Moro, Filipino Muslims, Maluso Basilan, Moro Rebellion
Pagadian folk prepare warm homecoming for Sinnott
Pagadian :: Philippines | 14 days ago
Credibility Pagadian Bishop Emmanuel Cabajar said the local Catholic community expects Sinnott to return to his home before the end of November. �We are preparing to welcome him before the end of the month," Cabajar said in an article posted Monday night on the Catholic...
Tags: Sinnott, Philippines, Pagadian, Politics, Pagadian City, Moro people, Religion Belief, Islam in the Philippines, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Rebels, Abu Sayyaf, MILF, Islamist groups, Moro, Politics of the Philippines
Beheaded teacher’s body found
Manila :: Philippines | 16 days ago
Credibility Philippines�Police on Saturday found what they said was the body of murdered head teacher Gabriel Canizares in Patikul, Sulu, five days after his severed head was found near a police station in Jolo town. Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina, Philippine...
Tags: Sulu Provincial Police, Philippines, Manila, Caraga, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Bislig City, Agusan del Sur, Provinces of the Philippines, Cities in the Philippines, Surigao del Norte, Politics, Abu Sayyaf, Irregular military, Jolo, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Patikul Sulu, Islamist groups, Moro, Sulu Archipelago, Law Crime, Barangay, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Sulu
Philippine communist attack leaves 23 dead
Lanuza :: Philippines | 16 days ago
Credibility Twenty-three people died in the southern Philippines as communist guerrillas and security forces engaged in one of their most deadly battles in years, officials said on Friday. New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas killed 12 people, including eight soldiers...
Tags: NDF Mindanao, Philippines, Lanuza, Irregular military, Military history of the Philippines, Abu Sayyaf, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Department of National Defense, Moro, Islamist groups, War Conflict, Politics, New People's Army, Second Chechen War, Far-left politics
Police arrest suspect in abduction of 3 workers in S. Philippines
Cotabato :: Philippines | 17 days ago
Credibility A suspect allegedly involved in recent abduction of three company employees, including two Filipino Chinese, has been arrested in the volatile southern Philippines, police said on Friday. The suspect, Muhajid Jumdiya Nasirin, did not resist arrest...
Tags: S. Philippines, Philippines, Cotabato, Zamboanga City, Cities in the Philippines, Maluso Basilan, Basilan, War Conflict, Irregular military, Islamic terrorism, Sipadan, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines, Moro, Islamist groups, Abu Sayyaf
12 killed, another dozen hurt in Surigao clash
Surigao :: Philippines | 17 days ago
Credibility At least 12 people, including eight soldiers were killed, while another dozen were injured when a government reinforcement team fought with suspected communist rebels in a mountainous village in Lanuza town in Surigao del Sur province...Senior Superintendent...
Tags: Philippines, Surigao, Surigao del Sur, Caraga, Surigao City, Butuan City, Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit, Cities in the Philippines, Provinces of the Philippines, Lanuza Surigao del Sur, War Conflict, New People's Army, Compostela Valley, Abu Sayyaf, Eddie Panlilio, Entertainment Culture, Military history of the Philippines, Maragusan Compostela Valley, Moro, Politics
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