ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine Army paraded on Wednesday, December 6, a dozen Abu Sayyaf fighters who surrendered following the death of a senior pro-ISIS leader and bombmaker in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, officials said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A notorious Abu Sayyaf leader and bombmaker blamed for deadly attacks in southern Philippines had been killed while trying to evade military operations in Basilan, about 17 nautical miles from here.
THE claims of the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate over Sabah or compensation in lieu of repossession lacks credibility in international law or even on the basis of the agreement signed between Sultan Mohamet Jamal Al Alam with Baron von Overbeck and Alfred Dent on January 22, 1878. This extends to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) as the self-proclaimed de jure (i.e., in law or legal) successor to the Sulu Sultanate. In fact, that there are, in practice, two claimants only serves to complicate the matter
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