ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two Abu Sayyaf fighters surrendered as the military declared 14 municipalities in the southern Muslim province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting.Gov. Sakur Tan said Adzmir Makiji Siri from Talipao town, and Aifer Heirala, a native of Patikul town, received P65,000 each in cash and livelihood assistance under the government s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) formalized its partnership with a volunteers' group on Monday, Oct. 3, to improve humanitarian operations in remote and conflict-afflicted areas in Mindanao.
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A memorandum of agreement was signed by the AFP repre
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug lord in Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu on Saturday, Sept. 24.
SIRANA Ummal Ahajan (seated), alias ‘Ellay Jaliluddin,’ a suspected drug lord, after his arrest by Sulu police on Saturday, Sept. 24. (CIDG-9 photo)
Col. John Francis Encinareal, Crimi
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SunStar Troops raid 3 more Sulu marijuana plantations
ZAMBOANGA. Government operatives raid and destroy Wednesday, March 31, another three marijuana plantations in Masjid Punjungan village, Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu. A photo handout shows a marine soldier, a policeman and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency personnel uproot fully grown marijuana plants. (SunStar Zamboanga)
+ April 02, 2021 THREE more marijuana plantations were raided and burned by members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-7 (MBLT-7) in partnership with other law enforcement units in the province of Sulu, officials said Friday, April 2.
Colonel Hernanie Songano, 4th Marine Brigade commander, said the three marijuana plantations were discovered Wednesday, March 31, in Sitio Kanbasih in Masjid Punjungan village, Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu.