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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Abu Sayyaf militants holding captive a Filipino-Chinese resort and restaurant owner in Basilan have lowered their ransom demand following continuous appeals, according to ...

The ongoing shoot-out on the island of Basilan began in the morning as part of an operation to capture Abu Sayyaf commander Puruji Indama, national military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY , Philippines – Police have tagged the Abu Sayyaf in an explosion in the bustling new city of Lamitan in Basilan Tuesday night. The explosion ripped through the Lamitan proper at around ...

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo told News Limited that they were already chasing solid leads on the case. "We will find them. We will arrest,'' Chief Supt Cerbo ...

Twenty soldiers were wounded yesterday in an hours-long gunbattle between troops and Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremists blamed for beheadings and kidnappings in the southern Philippines, the ...