Emotions ran high in four Lanao del Norte towns and three in Lanao del Sur as relatives on Saturday buried 12 persons who were killed when armed men ambushed the campaign team of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, Mayor Abdulmalik Manamparan on Thursday.
Twelve people were killed and several others were wounded, including the incumbent mayor of Nunungan town, Lanao del Norte, in an ambush Thursday night, police said Friday.
Unbelievably, a 52-year-old Jolo businessman has again been abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists
Frequent power outages in this city are taking their toll on household appliances, with their owners being left with only two choices—throw them away or spend more for repairs.
The explosion that occurred just outside the house of Lamitan Vice Mayor Arleigh Esma and a second blast minutes later outside a chapel in Lamitan, Basilan Thursday night might have been politically-motivated, the Basilan police chief said Friday.
Two barangays (villages) in Lamitan City in Basilan province were rocked by simultaneous explosions on Thursday night.
Indeed, you reap what you sow. The good deed of Kabang, the hero dog who delivered the daughter and a niece of her owners from what could have been a potentially fatal accident in December 2011, continues to attract good karma.
Eid Kabalu, a former spokesman for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), believes the Sulu sultan’s insistence on reclaiming Sabah is part of a plot to derail the peace process between the government and the rebel group.
Tropical depression “Crising” streaked past Zamboanga City and Basilan on its way to southern Palawan Wednesday, but people hardly noticed.
Nine-year-old Marianne Gonzales was so engrossed with memorizing the prayer for her first communion as she was walking just outside the house of Geolar Tan inside Summer Hill Subdivision in Barangay (village) Pasonanca here on Monday afternoon that she failed to notice the fast-approaching Belgian Malinois, which had managed to cut loose from its collar.
Three communist rebels were killed while three soldiers were injured in a clash in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, a report reaching the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) based here, said.
The last time they met, heads rolled as blood flowed in what was seen as one of the most grossly lopsided encounters between soldiers and Moro rebels in Basilan.
One person was killed and another critically wounded when armed men belonging to rival families clashed in Sibago Island, off Basilan province on Saturday, officials confirmed.
