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Basilan exec: We'll wipe out Sayyaf kin

by Alvin Tarroza - April 12, 2000 - 12:00am

ISABELA, Basilan -- Basilan Gov. Wahab Akbar warned the Abu Sayyaf yesterday that he will wipe out the relatives of its leaders if the Muslim extremist group harmed any of its hostages. "I am always for the...

10 kilos of blasting caps found in Ozamiz vessel

by Alvin Tarroza - April 10, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The military's Southern Command seized 10 kilos of blasting caps packed in two cartons aboard a passenger vessel in Ozamiz City last Saturday morning, believed intended for new trainees of the...

Janjalani's wife, daughter freed

by Alvin Tarroza - April 7, 2000 - 12:00am

Muslim vigilantes released yesterday the wife and one-year-old daughter of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadafy Janjalani for humanitarian reasons. This developed as the government finally gave in to the Abu Sayyaf's...

Vigilantes give Sayyaf April 15 deadline

by Alvin Tarroza - April 4, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Armed vigilantes gave the Abu Sayyaf yesterday 12 days or until April 15 to release 33 hostages, threatening to execute by firing squad the relatives of the extremist group's leader whom they...

Zamboanga mediamen denounce Abu Sayyaf

by Alvin Tarroza - April 2, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two media groups here denounced the Abu Sayyaf for threatening journalists critical of the Muslim fundamentalist group. In a joint statement, the Zamboanga Press Club, led by Bernard Concepcion,...

Sayyaf warns media, owns slay of critic

by Alvin Tarroza - April 1, 2000 - 12:00am

SUMISIP, Basilan - Abu Sayyaf spokesman Asmad Alahuddin admitted responsibility yesterday for the assassination of a media critic in Zamboanga City two years ago, as he warned newsmen against severe criticism...

Vigilantes offer to swap hostages

by Alvin Tarroza - March 31, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- An eye for an eye. The kidnappers of Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani's family want to swap hostages with the rebel group. Vigilante leader Abdul Midjal said in a radio interview that...

Death toll in Sulu clashes reaches 12

by Alvin Tarroza - March 28, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Supporters of two political clans in a Sulu town continued trading mortar fire until late Sunday night, bringing the death toll to 12 and those wounded to at least 15, military authorities said. But...

Supporters of 2 Sulu pols clash; 10 killed

by Alvin Tarroza - March 27, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - At least 10 people were killed in gunbattles between supporters of two political clans in a Sulu town, the police and military said yesterday. Followers of Ibrahim Hadani, a former mayor of...

2 die, 3,000 homes razed, 20 hurt in Sulu fire

by Alvin Tarroza - March 25, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two people died, 3,000 houses were razed and more than 20 persons were hurt in more than five hours of fire that hit three barangays in downtown Jolo Thursday morning. Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan...

Father, son killed in TNT blast

by Alvin Tarroza - March 23, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A father and a son were blasted to pieces when dynamite exploded yesterday at dawn in their house in a Muslim populated barangay this city. Zamboanga City Police Director, Senior Supt. Karib...

Rebs demand P.5 M, radio for 2 tutors

by Alvin Tarroza - March 22, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Abu Sayyaf rebels holding two public school teachers captive have demanded a P500,000 ransom and a handheld radio in exchange for the mentors' release, police confirmed yesterday. Superintendent...

15 dead in renewed fighting

by Alvin Tarroza - March 17, 2000 - 12:00am

between soldiers, Moro rebs ZAMBOANGA CITY - At least 15 Moro rebels and two soldiers were killed as new fighting broke out in Lanao del Norte yesterday, the military said. Five soldiers and at least 20 guerrillas...

Sulu officials hopeful trader freed this week

by Alvin Tarroza - March 7, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Sulu authorities are optimistic that one of three men held captive by suspected Abu Sayyaf guerrillas would be released this week. A provincial official, who requested anonymity, said businessman...

Moro rebels burn houses in North Cotabato attack

by Alvin Tarroza - March 5, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Moro separatist guerrillas raided a village in Carmen, North Cotabato, burning houses and stealing draft animals, the military said yesterday. At least four houses were burned to the ground...

Mindanao bus stations guarded vs bombers

by Alvin Tarroza - February 28, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Security around bus terminals and along national highways in Mindanao has been tightened following two bombings that left at least 35 people dead and a third attempted attack. As Philippine...

Moro guerrillas destroy power transmission lines in Lanao Norte

by Alvin Tarroza - February 16, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels stepped up their attacks by destroying two power transmission lines of the state-owned National Power Corp.

Army foils NPA bomb attack on gas station

by Alvin Tarroza - February 16, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Explosives experts defused the other day a homemade time bomb communist guerrillas planted near a gasoline station in a Zamboanga del Norte town, the military said yesterday. As this developed,...

Alert on in Sulu amid Sayyaf terror plot

by Alvin Tarroza - February 15, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Security was tightened yesterday in Sulu amid military intelligence reports that extremist Muslim rebels were plotting to launch attacks, an official said. This developed as the military also...

NPA attacks Army outpost in Bukidnon

by Alvin Tarroza - February 14, 2000 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two militiamen were killed and two others were wounded after 80 communist guerrillas raided a military detachment in Barangay Kalagangan in San Fernando, Bukidnon last Friday morning. Lt. ...

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