AT LEAST 11 persons were confirmed dead after a powerful explosion ripped through the gymnasium of the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City while Mass was being held Sunday.
SULU, once considered the most dangerous province in the country, is now clear from the influence of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the most violent of the Islamic separatist groups operating in southern Philippines, the miitary said on Wednesday.BGen. Taharudin P. Ampatuan, assistant division commander of the 11th Infantry Alakdan Division, issued the statement following the declaration that four remaining villages in the province were free from the Al-Qaeda-linked extremist on July 27.The four villages were Barangay Kagay, Barangay Sawaki, Barangay Tumantangis and Bud Taran all in Indanan.Cpt. Omar Pamen, Civil-Military Officer of 1103rd Infantry Kalis Brigade who presented the result of the Community Support Program- Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CSP-PCVE), said these villages were declared clear from ASG influence after a series of evaluations and validation.The towns of Maimbung, Talipao and Patikul had been declared Abu Sayyaf-free.The Philippine Army said Sulu is
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The military says the young Egyptian's mother was a suicide bomber, and his stepfather and two older brothers were killed in fierce clashes with the military