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The Manila Times
February 19, 2018
The Office of the Ombudsman filed breach of conduct charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan and Mayor Samier Abubakar Tan of Maimbung, Sulu for their alleged failure to file their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) from 2007 to 2011.
Gulf Today
February 16, 2018
Buyucan was waiting for a ride on his way to office in a “barangay” (village) in the capital of Jolo, Sulu when heavily armed terrorists aboard a vehicle ... “The terrorists forced the victim into their waiting vehicle and fled toward the town of Patikul,” said Buyucan, adding the abductors have yet to contact Nee'sÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
February 16, 2018
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Soldiers clashed with a still unidentified group in Sulu starting Thursday, sources said Friday. The military was tight-lipped about the clash but another source said the military had suffered at least three casualties as of Friday. The source, an official of the Joint Task Force Sulu, did notÃÂ ...
Manila Bulletin
February 15, 2018
The military yesterday said that follow-up operations are now being conducted after suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists abducted a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer in Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday morning. Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, identified theÃÂ ...
The Manila Times
February 14, 2018
The abduction came several days after troops killed four ASG bandits in a clash with the Philippine Marines in Panamao town where seven soldiers were also ... Haman's group abducted mostly Christian farmers in Barangay Tairan of Lantawan town and used them as shield against pursuing soldiers.
Inquirer.net
February 14, 2018
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits snatched a government engineer as the victim was leaving his house in Barangay Upper San Raymundo in Jolo town in Sulu province around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Mario Buyucan, Sulu police director, identified the victim as EnricoÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
February 13, 2018
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits snatched a government engineer as the victim was leaving his house in Barangay Upper San Raymundo in Jolo town in Sulu province around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Mario Buyucan, Sulu police director, identified the victim as EnricoÃÂ ...
Fiji Sun Online
February 13, 2018
Yet despite her age, she still runs a successful tailoring business in the gold mining town of Tavua. Fiji Sun visited Dabygam to see how her business was doing ... “I sew sulu chamba, school uniforms, blouses, shirts and pants and other things.” She thanked the Government for giving her the grant. “I didn'tÃÂ ...
Sun.Star
February 12, 2018
Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the firefight lasted for one and a half hour. ... The troops have coordinated with the local officials of Panamao town to afford appropriate and decent burial to the slain bandits if their remains left unclaimed, Sobejana added. He saidÃÂ ...
ABS-CBN News
February 11, 2018
Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 members clashed with the bandits in Bud Bawis in Panamao town. "Upon arrival in the area, our troops were fired upon by the enemy, resulting to an exchange of gun fire," he said. "Our troopsÃÂ ...
ABS-CBN News
February 9, 2018
Sulu local officials surrendered 20 loose firearms to the military Friday. Photo courtesy of Joint Task Force Sulu. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received Friday 20 more loose firearms handed over by local and village officials of Pata town. Four M16 rifles and 13 M1 Garand rifles were among theÃÂ ...
GMA News
February 8, 2018
JOLO, Sulu - The former governor of Sulu on Thursday warned that the present draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) may be set for “failure” if the ... The envisioned territory covers the present area of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; several municipalities in the province of Lanao del Norte,ÃÂ ...
Mindanao Examiner
February 3, 2018
Army Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, a spokeswoman for the Western Mindanao Command, said Pata Mayor Anton Burahan and village chieftains surrendered the weapons on Friday to Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu. Among the weapons were three 81mm mortarÃÂ ...
GMA News
January 29, 2018
Hassan is also included in the DND list and brother of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Butchoy Hassan, who was killed in March 2017, in Sitangkai town, he said. ... Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the bandits were picked up by the members of the Philippine MarineÃÂ ...
Mindanao Examiner
January 29, 2018
Marcy Dayawan, 40, was reunited with her family in North Cotabato's Midsayap town and told local media her ordeal. Dayawan and Gao Huayun, 29, were both freed by the Abu Sayyaf on May 30 in Sulu province where they were taken by Abu Sayyaf militants. The duo was kidnapped on April 2 from theÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
January 27, 2018
There have been very good improvements in our barangay and in other barangays in nearby towns,” 50-year-old corn farmer Muhdin Aliman, a father of six, on Sunday said in Maguindanaon dialect. Hundreds of Barangay Tukanalipao residents benefitted from an outreach activity on Thursday of theÃÂ ...
Sun.Star
January 20, 2018
The Abu Sayyaf bandits have seized the victims on November 5, 2016 between Pegasus Reef and Kuala Kinabatangan near the municipality of Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi. The Turtle Islands municipality is located within the Sulu Sea at the south-western tip of the country, at the edge of the internationalÃÂ ...
The Manila Times
January 19, 2018
Graciano Mijares, director of PRO–ARMM, said the10 Tausug children, ages ranging from three to 10, were immediately rushed by responding policemen and village officials to Parang District Hospital in Parang town proper. Parang is one of the municipalities of the First District of Sulu located more thanÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
January 18, 2018
Cirilito Sobejana, said troops were trying to validate reports that Amin Baco is wounded during the siege but managed to escape to Sulu, where he was ... protected by Abu Sayyaf commander Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, the Malaysian militant's Filipino father-in-law, in the mountains of Sulu's Patikul town.
Inquirer.net
January 18, 2018
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao—-At least 10 children were seriously injured when a 40-millimeter rifle grenade projectile they were toying with exploded in Parang town in Sulu, the police said Friday. Chief Supt. Graciano Mijares, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police chief,ÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
January 18, 2018
The Sulu provincial police office, in a text message to Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares, director of PRO-ARMM, said the 10 children, ages ranging from 3 to 10, were immediately rushed by responding policemen and barangay officials to a hospital in the town proper of Parang. Members of theÃÂ ...
Sun.Star
January 17, 2018
Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said troops were trying to validate reports that Amin Baco was wounded during the siege of Marawi City in Mindanao but managed to escape to Sulu province, where he is hiding with Abu Sayyaf bandits. Rebel leader Yusop Jikiri of the Moro National Liberation Front,ÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 17, 2018
A Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf commander, Yassir Igasan, is a key candidate to succeed Isnilon Hapilon, who led an emerging IS-affiliated alliance in Southeast Asia until he was killed when government troops crushed the five-month Marawi siege in October, Taddik said. Military officials had said that Baco,ÃÂ ...
News & Observer
January 17, 2018
Cirilito Sobejana said troops were trying to validate reports that Amin Baco was wounded during the siege of southern Marawi city but managed to escape to Sulu province, where he is hiding with Abu Sayyaf militants. Rebel leader Yusop Jikiri of the Moro National Liberation Front, which has a peace treatyÃÂ ...
Free Malaysia Today
January 17, 2018
PETALING JAYA: Elusive, pro-Islamic State (IS) militant Amin Baco is believed to be holed up in the mountains in Sulu, the Associated Press reports. A leader of former rebel group Moro ... Sabahan Amin is believed to be hiding in the mountains off Sulu's Patikul town. MNLF intelligence chief Abu AmriÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 17, 2018
A Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf commander, Yassir Igasan, is a key candidate to succeed Isnilon Hapilon, who led an emerging IS-affiliated alliance in Southeast Asia until he was killed when government troops crushed the five-month Marawi siege in October, Taddik said. Military officials had said that Baco,ÃÂ ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
January 17, 2018
Cirilito Sobejana said troops were trying to validate reports that Amin Baco was wounded during the siege of southern Marawi city but managed to escape to Sulu province, where he is hiding with Abu Sayyaf militants. Rebel leader Yusop Jikiri of the Moro National Liberation Front, which has a peace treatyÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
January 16, 2018
The regional governor appointed early this month more than 200 teachers for different towns in Sulu. The newly-hired teachers for remote schools in Sulu have also been tasked with focusing on peace education subjects in support of the national government's effort of restoring normalcy in the troubledÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
January 11, 2018
Absenteeism in Sulu. Many mayors in Sulu, known as the most dangerous and politically-troubled province in the autonomous region, are also being bashed for habitual absence from office. Police and military officials said many mayors in Sulu live in Zamboanga City and manage their towns from theirÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
January 11, 2018
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will keep tabs on absentee mayors whose towns are plagued by bandits ... also asked Hataman to monitor the whereabouts of the ARMM's provincial officials in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/
January 11, 2018
Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu mausoleum in Eastern Kazakhstan has entered the Sacral Map of Kazakhstan by the decision of the research center of the National Museum. ... It contains the full geographical description of districts, towns, rivers and lakes in the north, west, and south-west of Kazakhstan.
The Manila Times
January 8, 2018
COTABATO CITY: The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)–Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH–ARMM) has turned over high-impact projects to Panglima Estino town in Sulu. ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman said projects include the Sagay-Sagay Water Supply System Level II,ÃÂ ...
Mindanao Examiner
January 6, 2018
SULU – Residents of Panglima Estino town are expected to benefit significantly from high-impact infrastructure projects turned over by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to the local government. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman led the turnover ceremony on January 4 and he wasÃÂ ...
Gulf Today
January 5, 2018
Police said six others were wounded, some of them in serious condition, in the explosion that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the town of Sirawal, ... that they would launch early this year an intensified operation to “neutralize” the Abu Sayyaf on the neighbouring island provinces of Sulu and Basilan.
Gulf Today
January 5, 2018
Police said six others were wounded, some of them in serious condition, in the explosion that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the town of Sirawal, ... that they would launch early this year an intensified operation to “neutralize” the Abu Sayyaf on the neighbouring island provinces of Sulu and Basilan.
Inquirer.net
December 26, 2017
Mayor Norbideiri Edding of Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte province, got a call from Mayor Elmer Untalan of San Jose, Antique province, that a Sibuco resident had drifted into the town's waters after flooding carried her into the Sulu Sea. Dianne Talling, 25, a teacher, was recuperating in San Jose, EddingÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 24, 2017
Taglibi, Patikul town, when about 20 members of the Abu Sayyaf fired M203 grenade launchers at them shortly before 7 p.m., Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said. “The troops retaliated and exchange of fires lasted for about 25 minutes leaving four soldiers slightly wounded.
The Manila Times
December 19, 2017
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military is holding two Abu Sayyaf fighters who surrendered to government troops in the southern province of Sulu in the Muslim autonomous region, officials said on Tuesday. Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, said the twoÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 12, 2017
COTABATO CITY — The Abu Sayyaf killed a Vietnamese it had been holding captive in Sulu, authorities said Monday. ... Task Force Sulu commander, said three Abu Sayyaf allegedly involved in the murder of the Vietnamese were killed in their pursuit operation in the village of Su-uh in Panamao town.
Youth Ki Awaaz
December 8, 2017
The dark clouds of patriarchy have shadowed the Indian culture for centuries. It has taken a considerable amount of struggle to get rid of evil practices like sati and purdah; and it will probably take a considerable amount of struggle to get rid of dowry, female infanticide, objectification of women, rapes,ÃÂ ...
GMA News
December 8, 2017
Government troops clashed with Abu Sayyaf members in Sulu on Friday afternoon, resulting in the deaths of three terrorists, according to a military official. Marine forces were on security operation in Panamao town when they caught up with some 20 fully armed Abu Sayyaf members under RadullanÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
December 8, 2017
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Troops of Joint Task Force Sulu killed three Abu Sayyaf militants in a clash in a village of Panamao town, Sulu on Friday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, JTFS commander, said personnel from Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 engaged around 20 Abu Sayyaf militants underÃÂ ...
India.com
December 7, 2017
Eventually, no matter if the story is based in a big town or small, if the story is not good enough, the film is not good enough. In an age where the likes of Akshay Kumar have turned to propaganda based films in order to drive content that is relevant, then you know they mean business. By content, one has toÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Soldiers clashed with a still unidentified group in Sulu starting Thursday, sources said Friday. The military was tight-lipped about the clash but another source said the military had suffered at least three casualties as of Friday. The source, an official of the Joint Task Force Sulu, did notÃÂ ...
Mindanao Examiner
December 31, 1999
SULU – Abu Sayyaf militants killed a government soldier and wounded 2 others in a firefight in the southern Filipino province of Sulu. The fighting, which erupted in Patikul town, was unreported by the Western Mindanao Command, but security sources said the clash occurred in the village called Tugas inÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
Cirilito Sobejana, Sulu military chief, said the number of unlicensed guns believed to be still in circulation was down to just 4,100 or 10 guns per village in the province with 410 villages in 19 towns. ... The latest surrender of guns was made by Anton Burahan, mayor of Pata town, and his village chiefs.
Minda News
December 31, 1999
SULU SUNSET. Sulu has the most breathtakingly lovely sunsets such as this in Panglima Estino town. Photo by AMIR MAWALLIL / ARMM BPI. Sulu is a storied place, rich with history as the seat of the Sultanate of Sulu and its fierce people who have never been defeated by any colonial forces, be theÃÂ ...
Business Mirror
December 31, 1999
DAVAO CITY—A sanitary community water system now serves an interior town in Sulu, along with a public school building, as the Autonomous ... the water system in Sagay-Sagay was turned over on January 4 to the local officials of Panglima Estino municipality, formerly Panamao town, as ARMM Gov.
The Wire
December 31, 1999
Anaarkali of Aarah, starring Swara Bhaskar, told the story of an erotic folk dancer subverting patriarchal norms in small-town Bihar. Tumhari Sulu revolved around a housewife, Sulu (Vidya Balan), yearning for a professional life. Shubh Mangal Savdhan's Sugandha (Bhumi Pednekar) decided to marry herÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 7, 2017
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected Abu Sayyaf member, believed to be behind a recent raid on a village in Sulu that left three civilians killed, was arrested on ... of notorious Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Aldin Bagadi a.k.a Abu Sayning, was arrested around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in Langpas village, Indanan town.
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