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Philippines: Gunmen kill 21 to prevent a lady filing her husband's nomination for governor post
Manila: Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday, aparently in a bid to prevent a woman filing her husband’s nomination to run for provincial governor in elections next year, the military said. Lieutenant...
Tags: andal ampatuan, romeo brawner, datu, Philippines, Manila, War Conflict, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Genalyn Tiamzon Mangudadatu, Mangudadatu, Datu Andal Ampatuan, southern philippines
Troops deployed after massacre in southern Philippines
Hundreds of extra troops have been deployed in the southern Philippines after gunmen believed linked to a local politician kidnapped and One battalion of about 500 infantrymen was sent to Maguindanao province on Mindanao island after Monday's...
Tags: Philippines, Romeo Brawner, Maguindanao, Gloria Arroyo, Andal Ampatuan, southern philippines, allnews, Manila, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Islam in the Philippines, Romeo A. Brawner, Politics of the Philippines, Datu, Politics, War Conflict, Brawner, Esmael Mangudadatu
Clinton on visit to Philippines
Manila :: Philippines | 15 days ago
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During her two-day visit she plans to visit typhoon victims and talk about the country's 2010 elections. She will also discuss security issues in the Muslim south of the country, where US troops are active. Hillary Clinton says her visit will be a show...
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Southern Philippines, Philippines�Typhoon, using secretary, typhoons relief
Abu beheading a ‘retaliation’ vs AFP, PNP—Palace
Manila :: Philippines | 16 days ago
Credibility The beheading of a school principal by the Abu Sayyaf Group could have been a retaliatory move over the success of the military and police against the Muslim extremist group and not against any personality, a Malaca�ang official said Tuesday. �Mas nakikita...
Tags: school principal, Southern Philippines, Abu Sayyaf Group, Basilan Island, armed men, AFP, Jolo Island, Maluso, Ronaldo Puno, armed forces
PNP halts operations vs MILF
Manila :: Philippines | 4 months ago
Credibility Philippines-The Philippine National Police has halted operations against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in compliance with Malacañang's order to suspend military operations in Mindanao to give way to another push for peace. PNP Director General Jesus...
Arroyo needed breast implants – Palace
Manila :: Philippines | 4 months ago
Credibility The breast implant procedure done on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo back in the 1980s was a "medical necessity" and was not spurred by vanity, her deputy spokeswoman, Lorelei Fajardo, said on Monday. Fajardo, however, did not tell reporters why the...
Tags: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Mrs. Arroyo, Southern Philippines, president gloria, microfinance sector, Lorelei Fajardo, Rodolfo Biazon
Philippines Marines adopt attrition tactics
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Marine Commandant Lieutenant General Benjamin Dolorfino said marines will change the strategy in rooting out Abu Sayyaf from its strongholds in Southern Philippines. Previous tactics employed in Sulu against the Abu Sayyaf were based on the doctrine of...
Tags: Sulu, Abu Sayyaf, Philippines Marines, Southern Philippines, sulu province, Parang, parang town, sayyaf bandits
Abu Sayyaf sub-commander killed in Basilan
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility A sub-commander of the Abu Sayyaf was killed in an encounter in Basilan province Saturday, a radio report said...Neil Estrella identified the slain bandit leader as Alimari Alamirul, who operates under the command of Puruji Indama. Estrella said Alamirul...
Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Basilan, Philippines-Islamic, southern philippines, Neil Estrella
Filipino-Chinese trader kidnapped
Cotabato :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Filipino gunmen on Sunday kidnapped another Filipino-Chinese woman only hours after a Chinese national was freed by his captors in southern Philippines, local officials said Monday. Muslimin Sema, mayor of the Cotabato city, told Xinhua by phone that...
Tags: North Cotabato, S. Philippines, Jesus Sacdalan, armed men, southern philippines
Sayyaf kidnappers kill Filipino hostage
Manila :: Philippines | 7 months ago
Credibility Philippines-One of two Filipino hostages being held by Muslim extremists in the southern Philippines was killed by his captors as they fled government troops, police said Monday. Cosme Aballes, 40, one of eight people seized by Muslim gunmen on the island...
Tags: Philippines, Lamitan City, Basilan Island, Abu Sayyaf, kidnapped farmers, southern philippines
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