PESHAWAR, Pakistan On Monday, Latif Afridi, the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and a prominent human rights activist, was killed after being shot si .
TOTAL ERADICATION. Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin, the Army's 10th Infantry Division (ID) commander, orders field units for the eradication of the weakened New People's Army Guerilla Front 57 as soon as possible. Mempin issued the order during the 1st 10ID Command Conference for 2023 at Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr. in Davao De Oro province Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). (Photo courtesy of 10ID) DAVAO CITY - The Army's 10th Infantry Division (ID) has pledged the "total eradication" of the weakened communist New People's Army (NPA) Guerilla Front 57 (GF57) "soonest." Maj. Gen. Nolasco Mempin, the 10ID commander, issued the vow Monday during the unit's first command conference for this year at Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr. in Davao de Oro. Mempin ordered 10ID brigade and battalion commanders to finish the remaining NPA threat "the soonest possible time." "Let us remain vigorous and resolute in all our efforts in establishing a culture of securi
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The provincial Capitol of Sulu in Jolo. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities arrested three men, including a wanted person, and seized from them high-powered firearms and bomb-making components in Indanan, Sulu, a police official said Tuesday. Maj. Edwin Sapa, Indanan police chief, said Sabtari Tarih Ullong, who has pending warrants of arrest for murder and attempted murder, was arrested around 10:55 a.m. Monday in Barangay Bato-Bato, Indanan. Ullong's two other cohorts, identified as Saldy Tarih and Bakong Tarih Ullong, were also arrested. Sapa said Saldy yielded a loaded M16 rifle and three sacks of ammonium nitrate, a bomb-making component, while the police seized from Bakong, a Garand rifle with ammunition, and two sacks of ammonium nitrate. The three were detained at the Indanan Municipal Police Station while formal charges are readied against them for illegal possession of firearms and bomb-making components. An investigation is being conducted to determine whether t
STUCK. A wooden-hulled vessel is stuck in shallow waters after running aground while on docking maneuver in Tanjung pier Monday (Jan. 16, 2023) in Barangay Kajatian, Indanan town, Sulu province. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Western Sulu Station safely rescued the 11 crew members of the ill-fated vessel. (Photo courtesy of PCG-WSS) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have rescued 11 people from a half-submerged wooden-hulled vessel in Sulu province, a top PCG official reported Tuesday. Commodore Marco Antonio Gines, the PCG Southwestern Mindanao district commander, said rescued were the 11 crew members of MV Melyn Express, which ran aground near Tanjung Pier Monday in Barangay Kajatian in Indanan town, Sulu. MV Melyn Express skipper Muntasir Karanain informed the rescue team that they came from Malaysia and were bound for Sulu when the incident took place Monday. "While approaching Tanjung Pier for a docking maneuver, the vessel ran agrou