It has been more than 3 decades now since the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been in existence in the southern Philippines, yet, its forces have not been completely washed out to the present. ACDC: Arms, Cells, Drugs, and Clans. They all pose as challenges… Read More
Two Maute-IS member, one being a child warrior, surrendered to elements of the Philippine Army’s 49th “Good Samaritans” Infantry Battalion based in Butig, Lanao del Sur at around 3P:00M yesterday, January 24, 2019. The surrender came amidst focused-military operations in the adjacent municipality of Sultan… Read More
The flux of ISIS-Maute returnees, now numbering to more than a hundred, prompted the Philippine Army’s 103rd Brigade to initiate a special program to cater for the returnees. “We are on the preliminary stages of implementing a reintegration program for the Maute-IS returnees” said Col.… Read More
A suspected Maute-ISIS terrorist was killed in a combat operation conducted by troops under Joint Task Force ZAMPELAN on July 26 at 9:00 AM in Masiu, Lanao del Sur after concerned residents informed the military units of the presence of the terrorists. Major Ronald Suscano,… Read More
The Philippines represented by National security adviser and director general of the National Security Council, Secretary Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr., led a high-level delegation to the first-ever United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States at the UN Headquarters in New… Read More
With a promise to provide housing, capital, land, and employment, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Friday, May 10, encouraged ISIS-Maute terrorist group members to surrender. “I propose to you, the other Maranaos, you better come down and as you can see your arms, there is… Read More
A suspected member of the Maute group or Abu Sayyaf was arrested for illegal possession of firearms in Maasin, Sarangani last February 23, 2018. The militant was identified as Urbano Abdullah of the Ansar Al-Khilafa and arrested in Barngay Kanalo based on information provided by… Read More
A top security official said that the two militants, one Filipino and the other Malaysian, who survived the crushing of a siege of a southern Philippine city last year are among the leading candidates to succeed a slain Islamic State group regional leader as the… Read More
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Oscar Albayalde said that some members of the Islamic State-inspired Maute terror group are possibly hiding in Metro Manila. He made the statement a day after the military said six urban areas are being watched for possible terror… Read More
Security forces are currently hunting down a certain Abu Dar, said to be one of the leaders of the Maute group behind the five-month siege in Marawi City last year. Dar has been identified by the military as the new regional Islamic State (IS) leader.… Read More
