AT least three people were reported killed following the onslaught of off-season Storm Agaton, which dissipated into a tropical depression on Monday morning after lashing the Visayas and parts of Mindanao with heavy rains that caused flooding and landslides. The casualties were recorded in Monkayo, Davao de Oro and Cateel,…
FIREARMS SEIZED. Troops seize an M-14 rifle and a .9-mm pistol with ammunition in a law enforcement operation against a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022) in Luuk, Sulu. The ASG member, Muksidal Jumadil, managed to escape. (Photo courtesy of Western Mindanao Command Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Joint military and police operatives have seized high-powered firearms and ammunition from an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandit in a law enforcement operation in Luuk, Sulu, a top military official said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said authorities were serving a warrant of arrest to Muksidal Jumadil, an ASG bandit, Wednesday in Barangay Kan Mindus, Luuk when the suspect opened fire upon seeing the troops and managed to escape. Seized from his residence, however, were an M-14 rifle and a .9-mm pistol with ammunition and a bandolier, said Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western