Armed men snatch wife of Marine officer in Jolo
By Julie S. Alipala
The wife of a Marine officer was abducted in Jolo, Sulu on Saturday morning, the military said Sunday.
The wife of a Marine officer was abducted in Jolo, Sulu on Saturday morning, the military said Sunday.
A voter was killed while five others were wounded when unidentified men fired at a convoy of voters in Tiptipon village in Panglima Estino town in Sulu on Monday morning.
Two government soldiers, including an Army major, were killed while four others were wounded when ambushed by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Al Barka town in Basilan on Monday afternoon.
A military officer was killed while four soldiers were wounded in an ambush by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Al Barka town in Basilan on Monday afternoon.
Four campaign coordinators of Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay were wounded in a bomb explosion Sunday night.
A 35-year-old farmer was so distressed after accidentally shooting his 15-year-old daughter dead he decided to commit suicide, police said.
The death toll in Thursday’s ambush on the campaign party of Mayor Abdulmalik Manarampan of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, has risen to 13 with the death of one of the injured victims, the military said Saturday.
The transfer of at least 50 suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits from Basilan to a jail facility here is a “security nightmare,” said a police official here.
The frequent power outages may turn Zamboanga into a city of junk as more and more appliances are getting busted beyond repair.
Six suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed while three government soldiers were wounded in two separate encounters in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Monday morning, the military said.
Two persons were killed while a lawyer remains in critical condition following an ambush here early Saturday.
Soon after authorities declared a fire out at past 5 p.m. Tuesday, two burnt bodies were recovered from one of the rooms of the Zamsulu Building here.
An improvised explosive device found outside a motorcycle store in Isabela City, Basilan Monday morning was defused by authorities, a local police official said.
