AGRI-FISHERY BUILDING. Dr. Marila L. Corpuz, Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) technical director for operations (2nd from left), fist bumps with Dr. Ruth Lucero, president of the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) as the DA-11 turns over PHP40 million worth of interventions to the school on Thursday (Feb. 3, 2022) in Malita, Davao Occidental. The project aims to provide the smallholder farmers and fisherfolk with access to resources, including state-of-the-art production technology, capital, and value-adding facilities. (Photo courtesy of DA-11) DAVAO CITY - The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) has turned over PHP40 million worth of interventions to the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) in Malita, Davao Occidental. The assistance is for the implementation of a fish processing and innovation hub under the Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Ent
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SIX OF the nine women arrested are related to known leaders of the Abu Sayyaf group. PHILIPPINE ARMY/11TH INFANTRY DIVISION
9 Abu Sayyaf-linked females arrested in Sulu, bomb components seized
JOINT government forces have arrested nine females with links to the Abu Sayyaf bandit and terror group in Sulu last week, some of whom were in possession of bomb components, the military reported on Tuesday. “Simultaneous joint law enforcement operations of the Joint Task Force–Sulu and Philippine National Police (PNP) on Feb. 19 led to the arrest of several potential suicide bombers and personalities linked to members of the Abu Sayyaf Group,” the Philippine Army’s 11 Infantry Division based in Sulu said in a statement. Among those arrested were three daughters of the late ASG leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, who was killed in a gun battle against the military in July last year. The three were identified as Isara Jalmaani Abduhajan, 36; Jedah Abduhajan Amin, 28; and Elena T