Peace and Order

ISABELA CITY, Basilan , Philippines  – Police and military locked down yesterday the entire city of Isabela in the aftermath of Abu Sayyaf attacks that left 15 people dead and several others wounded. Road blocks were set up in and around the impoverished city of 150,000 people, security forces on foot patrol manned the...
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MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will lodge a complaint against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for allowing its fighters to join Abu Sayyaf extremists in the gun battle with government troops in Basilan last Wednesday. Military information chief Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said the AFP will file the...
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MANILA, Philippines – Intense firefights between government forces and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Basilan since Wednesday have killed 54 people and left 22 others wounded, the military said yesterday. Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo said 31 Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed while the government forces suffered 23 casualties. Two of the fatalities were...
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COTABATO CITY , Philippines   – A militiaman was killed and 11 people – five of them policemen – were wounded in two bombings and an ambush in Ma-guindanao yesterday. Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Armed Forces spokesman, said military intelligence has warned of more bombings in Central Mindanao.
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MANILA – After nearly six months in the hands of Abu Sayyaf bandits, freed International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker Eugenio Vagni left for Italy Wednesday morning. Reports received by ABS-CBN News said Vagni took the KLM flight 804 at 10:45 am at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) bound for Amsterdam.
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