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Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir

Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:34 PM

Indonesia will release radical cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings Abu Bakar Bashir from prison later this week, its government said on Monday, upon completion of his jail term. Read more »

5 soldiers wounded in Abu Sayyaf blasts given medals, aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 04:38 AM

MANILA - Five soldiers wounded in the Sulu bombings last August were recognized and given financial aid in Camp Navaro, Calarian, Zamboanga City on Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte visits Sulu after twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 08:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday visited Jolo town in Sulu, nearly a week after twin explosions left at least 15 dead and dozens wounded. Read more »

Duterte says to visit Jolo after twin explosions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 07:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he would visit Jolo, Sulu following twin explosions there that left at least 15 dead and scores wounded. Read more »

2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members killed, as military hunts down Jolo bombing suspects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:51 PM

Members of the third and fifth Scout Ranger Battalions caught up with the fleeing bandits Saturday morning in Patikul, Sulu, killing two Abu Sayyaf members. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Utak, mga kasabwat sa Jolo twin bombings pinaghahanap

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 06:32 PM

MAYNILA - Sinusubukan nang hanapin ng mga awtoridad ang utak at mga kasabwat sa magkasunod na pagsabog sa Jolo, Sulu kung saan 15 ang namatay at 75 ang nasugatan.  Read more »

Canada warns citizens in PH on further terror attacks after Jolo blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 01:51 PM

The government of Canada on Thursday warned its citizens in the Philippines of further terrorist attacks in Mindanao following twin blasts in Jolo town, Sulu that left at least 15 dead. Read more »

'Marami pang pangarap': Mga namatayan sa Sulu blast lubos ang pagdadalamhati

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 08:47 PM

MAYNILA - Nakaburol na sa bahay ng kaniyang pamilya sa Polomolok ang mga labi ni 28 anyos na si Pvt. John Agustin, isa sa mga sundalong nasawi sa magkasunod na pagsabog sa Jolo, Sulu noong Agosto 24.  Read more »

Muling pagpapatupad ng martial law sa Sulu tinutulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 08:05 PM

Nagpahayag ngayong Miyerkoles ng pagtutol ang mga lokal na pinuno ng Sulu sa mungkahing isailalim ulit ang lalawigan sa martial law matapos ang magkasunod na pagsabog sa bayan ng Jolo.   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 »

Duterte 'safe' in Davao City after Jolo twin blasts: PSG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 03:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is "safe" and in "good condition" in Davao City following twin explosions in Jolo town, Sulu that left at least 15 dead, the head of his security detail said Wednesday. Read more »

PH military advises public to remain vigilant, vows justice for Jolo blast victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 02:57 PM

The Philippine military on Wednesday advised the public to be calm and remain vigilant as it vowed to exact justice on perpetrators of the twin blasts in Jolo town, Sulu that left at least 15 dead. Read more »

Martial law proposal in Sulu gets PNP backing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 11:07 AM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police is backing the proposal of the Philippine Army to impose martial law in Sulu following twin blasts that left at least 15 dead. Read more »

NBI forensic team now in Jolo to probe bombings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:19 PM

Both the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army have recommended re-imposing martial law at least in Sulu, as a result of the blasts on Monday. Read more »

'Sayang': 4 soldiers slain by cops were tracking Jolo suicide bombers, says Army chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 03:59 PM

The 4 soldiers killed in the hands of policemen last June were pursuing the 2 female suicide bombers that carried out the twin bombings in Jolo, the chief of the Philippine Army said Tuesday. Read more »

PH Army chief proposes martial law in Sulu after twin blasts; governor objects

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 07:18 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The chief of the Philippine Army said Tuesday it is "high-time" to again place Sulu under martial law following the twin blasts in Jolo town that left at least 15 dead, a proposal opposed by the provincial chief executive. Read more »

2 biyuda ng Abu Sayyaf salarin ng Jolo twin blasts: militar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 07:40 PM

Parehong babae at mga asawa ng mga nasawing miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf ang mga salarin, ayon kay Philippine Army Chief Lt. Gen. Cirilio Sobejana Jr. Read more »

Japan's war memorial service to go online amid coronavirus spread

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 04 04:26 PM

TOKYO - The government said Tuesday it will, for the first time, livestream Japan's annual memorial service that remembers the victims of World War II, on Aug. 15, as the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to hold the event on a smaller scale. Read more »

75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:22 PM

As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. Read more »