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Jolo mayor opposes call for martial law in Sulu after twin bombings

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Posted at Aug 28 06:03 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to visit Sulu province this week, following the twin explosions in Jolo town last August 24.  Read more »

WATCH: CCTV footage of Jolo town plaza blast

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Posted at Aug 27 06:12 PM

A closed circuit television camera footage from a nearby establishment showed residents rushing away from the site of the explosion that rocked the town plaza of Jolo in Sulu Monday. Read more »

PNP shuns senators' call to sack Jolo officers after Sulu blasts

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Posted at Aug 27 03:24 PM

The chief of the Philippine National Police on Thursday rejected the call of 2 senators for the removal from their post of officers in Jolo, Sulu following the double bombing that killed at least 15 people there.  Read more »

Mindanao military official shuns martial law for Sulu

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Updated as of Aug 27 10:42 AM

A military official in the south rejected Thursday calls from higher-ups to place Sulu province under martial law after a double bombing killed at least 15 people there. Read more »

Kamag-anak? Military checks if Jolo suicide bombers, cops who killed soldiers have blood ties

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Posted at Aug 27 10:15 AM

MANILA -- The military is investigating the suspected blood ties of 2 women who carried out a deadly double bombing in Jolo, Sulu this week and the policemen who earlier gunned down 4 soldiers, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Jolo twin blasts, 2019 church bombing have same mastermind: military

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 07:46 AM

One mastermind orchestrated the double bombing that killed 15 people in Jolo, Sulu this week and the deadly explosions near a church there last year, a military official said Thursday. Read more »

Military, police ramp up search for more suspects in Jolo bombings

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 06:26 PM

Philippine authorities are searching for more suspects involved in Monday's twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu that left scores of security forces and civilians killed and wounded, the deadliest such attack in the country this year. Read more »

Hontiveros calls for sacking of Jolo PNP after deadly twin bombing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 10:20 AM

Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called for the relief of all police officers in Jolo, saying the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the area need to be "accountable" for the slay of 4 soldiers that eventually led to Monday's bombings there that left at least 15 dead. Read more »

Military names Sulu attackers: Suicide bomber's widow, Abu Sayyaf leader's wife

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Posted at Aug 26 01:06 PM

The double bombing that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week was the handiwork of the widow of a Filipino suicide bomber and the wife of an Abu Sayyaf leader, a military official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte mulls martial law in Sulu after deadly blasts: Palace

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Updated as of Aug 26 11:00 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will consider the military and national police's recommendation to declare martial law in the southern province of Sulu, following a double bombing that killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, Malacañang said Wednesday.    Read more »

Both Sulu blasts may have been caused by suicide bombers: police

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Updated as of Aug 26 08:48 AM

Suicide bombers may have carried out both of the blasts that killed 14 people and injured dozens in Sulu province this week, a police official said Wednesday, contrary to earlier reports. Read more »

Police on heightened alert in Metro Manila after Sulu bombings

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Posted at Aug 26 07:15 AM

The Philippine National Police said Wednesday its forces were on heightened alert in Metro Manila despite a lack of imminent terror threat there following a double bombing in the southern province of Sulu. Read more »

Intel officers killed by police in June were tracking Sulu suicide bombers: army chief

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Posted at Aug 25 10:13 PM

The Philippine military said two female suicide bombers were behind the deadly blasts that rocked Sulu province on Monday.  Read more »

Sulu attack 'puts to test' new anti-terror law: solon

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:38 PM

The double bomb attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens in the southern province of Sulu "puts to test" the new Anti-Terrorism Act, a lawmaker said Tuesday, as he urged authorities to use the measure against terrorists without committing rights abuses.   Read more »

Filipino suicide bomber’s Indonesian widow may be behind latest Sulu attack: military

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Posted at Aug 25 11:17 AM

The Indonesian widow of the first-ever Filipino suicide bomber could be behind the double bombing that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week, a military official said Tuesday.    Read more »

Daughter of Jolo church bombers could be behind fresh twin blasts: analyst

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Updated as of Aug 25 08:59 AM

One of 2 deadly explosions that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week could have been carried out by the daughter of 2 Indonesian suicide bombers that attacked a church there last year, a security analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

No link yet between twin Sulu blasts, earlier slay of 4 soldiers: military

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Updated as of Aug 25 09:58 AM

Investigators have yet to find a link between the twin blasts that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week and the fatal shooting of 4 soldiers there in June, a military official said Tuesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 24, 2020

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Posted at Aug 25 01:38 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

'Unacceptable': UN strongly condemns Jolo blasts

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Posted at Aug 25 12:16 AM

MANILA - The United Nations strongly denounced the twin explosions that rocked Jolo, Sulu on Monday, killing 15 people and wounding dozens of others in what maybe this year's deadliest attack in the country. Read more »

Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

Ayano Shimizu, Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 09 12:16 PM

The mayor of Nagasaki on Sunday pushed the Japanese government to take more action toward realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, amid a global retreat of leadership on the issue, at a memorial ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Read more »