Sulu Provincial Capitol Building. (File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The provincial government of Sulu, in partnership with the 11th Infantry Division (ID), continues to fortify security measures to deter atrocities by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the province. Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, the 11ID commander, said Friday Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan has tasked the mayors of the 19 towns to develop a project to strengthen the province's maritime borders. "The project which will be called 'Bantay Dagat (Sea Guards)' will involve the municipal and barangay local government units (LGUs)," Gonzales, also the Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said in a statement. Gonzales said municipal mayors and barangay officials were assigned to recruit fishermen or seafarer volunteers who would conduct maritime patrols in collaboration with 11ID troopers to help improve border protection against ASG bandits. The Bantay Dagat will also be used for disaster risk reduction and management in time
Sabah police and the Philippine military have dismissed as untrue, a report that said a secret plot has been hatched for Sulu militants to invade Sabah which echoed the 2013 bloody incursion of Lahad Datu
Philippine officials on Thursday dismissed the reported "secret" plan of mayors in Sulu province to invade Sabah by sending armed militia forces.
A meeting between the Sulu governor and 19 mayors from the southern Philippine province was to discuss strengthening their maritime security, according to a Philippine military statement, dismissing a news report that the Dec-1 discussion was a secret plot to invade Sabah
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