Sulu Archipelago

Malaysia intensifies hunt for Filipino invaders

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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Muslim region tense ahead of US exercises

15 Feb 2008

Governor still trying to calm anger over army 'massacre'

7:24PM

One place where the US is welcome

5 Feb 2007

Doctors and donations - not battles - have rebels on the run in Jolo

5:03PM

Arms for the poor

27 Jan 2007

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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3 hours of tape paint damning picture

15 Jun 2005

Election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano was allegedly the object of wiretapping in dozens of conversations covering three hours of tape.

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Children fall ill during wait for Arroyo

31 Aug 2002

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo drew criticism yesterday after nine child deportees had to be rushed to hospital while enduring a nearly four-hour wait for her.

The children were...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

1:51AM

Alice Wu

Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

1:52AM

Kidnap gang leader's mother threatened with banishment

The mother of a gang leader who kidnapped six Christians last week and beheaded two of them has been threatened with banishment from her island home if the captives are not freed.

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Islanders measure worth by power of their guns

A man's economic worth is measured by the calibre of his gun in Talipao, as in all other towns on the southern Philippine island of Jolo.

Home to the fierce Tausug tribe, Jolo is...

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Rebel hunt widens as new island included in exercises

The search for fleeing leaders of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group has been stepped up with the widening of a joint Philippine-US military training exercise.

6:50AM

The start of the end

The piratical frontman of the Philippines' most dangerous criminal gang may be dead, but the nation's poverty-stricken south has not suddenly become safer.

4:43AM

Cargo boat toll now 86

Zamboanga City, Philippines: The death toll in the sinking of an inter-island cargo vessel that had been illegally carrying passengers southwest of Mindanao rose to 86 yesterday.

12:21PM

All at sea in a waterworld

As a seasoned traveller I make it a rule to listen to local advice - the sort of advice that tells you, for example, not to eat the shellfish in Hong Kong, do not order drinks in Shenzhen bars...

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