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By Roy Ramos ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (AA): At least 25 people have been killed in fighting between Moro armed men and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao. Twenty of the fatalities are fighters from the Daesh-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Jamaatul Mujajideen Wal Ansar, said […]

17th Jul 2016

Philippines: 33 breakaway rebels killed in Muslim south

By Roy Ramos ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): The Philippines’ military announced Sunday that 33 members of breakaway rebel group were killed in four days of fighting in a troubled majority Muslim southern province. Col. Lito Sobejana, 601st Brigade commander, said government forces regained control from Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) gunmen of communities in the […]

20th Feb 2016

Philippines: Gov’t BIFF hostilities now claimed 16 lives

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): The death toll from just over two week’s hostilities between a splinter group of the country’s one-time largest Moro rebel group and government troops has reached 16, with over a dozen reported wounded, military officials have said. The rebel group — the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters — is […]

18th Feb 2016

Philippines: 4 dead, 2 injured by roadside bomb in Mindanao

By Roy Ramos & Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA) – Four people have been killed and two others left in critical condition after a roadside bomb exploded in the Philippines’ troubled Muslim south, according to the military Wednesday. Lt. Colonel Warlito Limet, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion commander, said in a report that the victims […]

3rd Feb 2016

Philippines: Bomb blast injures 3 in S Philippines

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): At least three people – one of them a minor – were injured when an explosion rocked a southern Philippine city visited by a vice presidential candidate Tuesday. Supt. Ranie Hachuela, chief of Tacurong City police, was quoted by local media as saying that an improvised explosive device […]

23rd Jan 2016

Philippines: Moro group says army behind Christian militia

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): A disagreement has broken out between a splinter group of the country’s one-time largest Muslim rebel front and the Philippines military over accusations that the army is responsible for a show of force by what appears to be an armed Christian militia in the country’s south. In […]

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