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2 pairs of severed feet in bombed Jolo church didn't match fatalities - source

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 07:56 AM

Two pairs of severed feet recovered from a church in Jolo, Sulu that was struck by twin explosions last month do not belong to any of the 23 fatalities, a source said Tuesday, reviving the possibility that suicide bombers carried out the attack.  Read more »

Medical mission sa Sulu nabulabog ng 3 pagsabog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 03:10 PM

PATIKUL, Sulu – Tatlong malalakas na pagsabog ang bumulabog sa mga residente ng Barangay Tanum sa nasabing bayan, Sabado ng tanghali. Read more »

Sayyaf fighter tagged in 2002 Kidapawan blast arrested in Ermita

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 02:19 PM

An Abu Sayyaf member tagged in the 2002 deadly bombing of a bus terminal in the southern province of Kidapawan was arrested over the weekend in Manila, the Philippine National Police said Tuesday.    Read more »

PNP confident in case vs suspects in Jolo blasts

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:34 AM

MANILA - The PNP is confident that the testimonies of 3 witnesses will solidify their case against the suspects involved in the deadly Jolo Cathedral bombing. Read more »

MRT releases list of liquids, other allowed items amid ban on bottled drinks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 08:31 PM

MANILA - Following its ban on bottled drinks, the Metro Rail Transit released Thursday a list of liquids and other items allowed inside its stations. Read more »

Alleged BIFF hand in Lanao Norte blasts under probe, police say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 03:37 PM

Military information tagged the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, led by Commander Bravo, as among "spoilers" of the peace deal between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, police said.   Read more »

Duterte honors soldiers killed in Jolo blasts, clash with Abu Sayyaf

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 11:22 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited the families of the soldiers killed in the blasts that hit a Catholic Church in Jolo, Sulu and the clash between government troops and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Patikul, Sulu. Read more »

Paghihigpit sa pagkain, laban sa Abu Sayyaf: AFP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 11:15 PM

Inireklamo ng ilang residente ang paghihigpit sa pagpasok ng bigas sa mga checkpoint. Read more »

5 suspek sa Jolo church bombings hawak na ng pulisya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 07:46 PM

Hawak na ng mga awtoridad ang pangunahing suspek at apat na iba pang lalaking dawit umano sa magkasunod na pagsabog sa isang simbahan sa Jolo, Sulu. Read more »

Thousands of Muslims, Christians join solidarity walk in Quezon City

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 02:03 PM

Around 3,000 people from different religions made a statement against terror by joining a symbolic march at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Sunday, a week after twin blasts in a Jolo cathedral killed dozens and injured at least a hundred others.  Read more »

8 patay sa engkuwentro ng militar, Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 10:53 PM

Kaakibat ng engkuwentro ang paghuli kay Hajan Sawadjaan, lider ng grupo na pinaniniwalaang responsable sa suicide bombing sa Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral sa Jolo, Sulu na ikinamatay ng 22 katao at ikinasugat ng higit 100 iba pa noong Enero 27.   Read more »

Soldiers clash with Abu Sayyaf rebels in Sulu, several dead

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 10:32 PM

MANILA - Government troops on Saturday clashed with Abu Sayyaf rebels in Patikul, Sulu, among them a suspect in the twin blasts that killed 22 and hurt at least 100 others in Jolo town last week.  Read more »

UNHCR officer backs PH probe on Jolo terror suspects

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 09:04 AM

BANGKOK - An official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) regional office in Thailand is backing a full investigation into the suicide bombing in Jolo that killed 22 people, saying that terrorism is a global problem that affects many states. Read more »

Sulu police: Suicide bombers behind Jolo twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 08:19 PM

The twin blasts in the Jolo Cathedral that killed dozens of people was perpetrated by suicide bombers, the military confirmed Friday, nearly a week after the explosion happened. Read more »

Jolo blast death toll climbs to 22: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 11:10 AM

The death toll due to twin explosions in a Sulu cathedral earlier this week has risen to 22, authorities said Friday, 5 days after the blast took place during a Sunday mass in Jolo. Read more »

ANC Soundbytes: Persons of interest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 12:04 AM

Four persons of interest implicated in the January 27 Sulu church bombings surface to clear their names. Read more »

Peek-a-board

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 07:11 PM

A boy peeks through a broken blackboard at a consolidation area for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Barangay Lati, Sulu on Thursday. Read more »

MRT, LRT ban bottled drinks inside train stations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 05:04 PM

The Metro Rail Transit and the Light Rail Transit announced Thursday that bottled drinks are prohibited inside train stations as part of tighter security measures following bombing incidents in Jolo, Sulu.? Read more »

Palace: PH safe, no spillover of violence after Mindanao blasts

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 04:00 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday said the Philippines remains a safe place despite the spate of bombings in Mindanao as it assured the public that there would be no spillover of violence to other parts of the country.    Read more »

Jolo bombing victim laid to rest

Nickee Butlangan, AFP
Updated as of Jan 31 05:15 PM

Mourners join a funeral procession on Jan. 30 for one of the victims of a church explosion in Jolo Island four days prior. Read more »