DAVAO CITY – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Friday warned the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) against continuing its kidnapping activities, saying the day of reckoning is...
MANILA – Marites Flor, one of the four hostages taken by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits during their attack in Samal Island last Sept. 21, is...
JOLO, Sulu—President Benigno S. Aquino III visited Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday to assess the ongoing military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a few days...
MANILA—Incoming Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff and incumbent Southern Luzon Command head Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya is open to the proposal of declaring martial...
OTTAWA – Relatives of a Canadian man whose expansive, romantic life was cut short by terrorists in the Philippines say despite the tragic end to his...
MANILA—The Western Mindanao Command on Tuesday has confirmed that Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits have beheaded their remaining Canadian hostage Robert Hall on the afternoon of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s president said Wednesday that four citizens held hostage for nearly a month in the southern Philippines have been released. Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said in...
MANILA – The Philippine government on Monday said it is pleased with the safe release of 10 Indonesian sailors abducted by the Abu Sayyaf last March...
MANILA, Philippines—Abu Sayyaf militants have freed 10 Indonesian crewmen who were seized at sea in March in the first of three attacks on tugboats that have...
Media reports say Islamic extremists have released another video purportedly showing two Canadians abducted in the southern Philippines. It is the third video released by militants...