A Moro Islamic Liberation Front commander suspected of involvement in the beheading of 10 marines in Albarka, Basilan, in 2007 was arrested in Zamboanga City on Saturday, police said.
The bodies of the alleged leader of the Greenbelt Rolex heist and another suspect slain with him in what the National Bureau of Investigation described as a shootout with the authorities on October 29 have been identified and claimed by relatives, a Manila-based lawyer has said.
Local officials of Mindoro are up in arms over the granting of an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to a nickel mining project in the area that could threaten Tamaraw conservation areas and the popular Puerto Galera resort.
