6 Marines killed, 9 wounded in Sulu clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 25 May) – Six Marines, including an officer, died while nine others were wounded in a clash with suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits Saturday morning in Sulu,… »

DSWD staff, boat captain abducted in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – Gunmen suspected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits seized a social worker in Basilan Wednesday, a day after the abduction of a fishing boat… »

THE PHILSOUTH LINE: Fighting for honor… and blood

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/04 Feb) — It is a tragic time in some areas in Sulu, among warring groups of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf Group and… »

5 dead,10 wounded in Sulu clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/28 October) – Three soldiers and two alleged Abu Sayyaf members were killed while 10 other soldiers were wounded in a clash early Sunday morning in the hinterlands… »

Rescue of Chinese hostage ‘coincidental’—police

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/ 21 September)—The rescue of a Chinese hostage from an Abu Sayyaf camp was “coincidental,” Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles, Police Regional Office 9 (PRO 9) director, disclosed on… »

Abu Sayyaf kills 7, injures 18 rubber plantation workers in Basilan ambush

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/11 July) – Seven rubber plantation workers were killed while 18 others were wounded in an early morning ambush today in the municipality of Sumisip in the island… »

AFP deploys newly-retrained marine battalion to Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/14 August) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines has deployed a newly retrained Marine battalion to Sulu  as pursuit operations against the Abu Sayyaf bandits who are… »

Seven Marines killed in Sulu

AMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/28 July) – Seven Marines were killed while 21 others were wounded in an encounter against suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits early Thursday in the hinterlands of Sulu, a… »

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