Ethnic Groups in the Philippines

7 Mar 2013

Malaysia's police chief said followers of a self-styled Muslim sultan had scattered after an air and ground attack on Tuesday on their stronghold in eastern Sabah state, aimed at ending Malaysia's...

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Sultan of Sulu loyalists escape Malaysia military assault, group says

6 Mar 2013

The national police chief also raised doubts about the success of the air and ground attack, saying "mopping up" operations had yet to find any bodies. That suggested at least some of the...

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Beheadings linked to torture claim

3 Aug 2011

The Philippine military is investigating whether the recent beheading of five soldiers by Abu Sayyaf extremists was partly in retaliation for the alleged torture of a man authorities accused of...

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Rebel violence hampers Arroyo's push for peace

20 Aug 2009

For 12 painful years the Philippine government has tried to bring an end to a bloody separatist insurgency in the south, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ramping up efforts recently to...

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Network won't pay journalists' ransom

12 Jun 2008

A major television network said yesterday it would refuse to pay a ransom demand it received for the release of news anchor Ces Drilon and two cameramen, missing since Sunday on the strife-torn...

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Photograph of US troops in south sparks Manila probe

16 Aug 2007

Special forces suspected of violating key defence pact

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Arroyo offers experiment in self-rule to Muslim separatists

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has offered southern separatists a pilot experiment on Muslim self-rule as a way of breaking a year-long impasse on the fragile peace talks.

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Delay in manhunt for rebels angers army

A 'Task Force Thunder' manhunt of Muslim rebels who beheaded 10 soldiers last month has been put on hold by the government's top peace negotiator and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, angering...

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Imam tortured, beheaded by marines: rebels

Muslim rebels who killed 14 Philippine marines last week claimed yesterday that the soldiers had abducted and tortured an imam, whose body was found alongside those of the troops.

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Arms for the poor

Mayor Alkramer Izquierdo walks slowly and circumspectly among the plank houses of Barangay Takut-Takut, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Jolo. Four private bodyguards and six heavily armed...

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A history of violence

Set up in the early 1990s with al-Qaeda money, Abu Sayyaf's original mission was to create an Islamic state in western Mindanao, home to most of the 4 million Muslims in the Philippines. Abu...

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Bali bombers hiding in the Philippines

At least five members of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist group, including two Bali bombers, are hiding with Muslim extremists in the southern Philippines, a military official said.

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