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Jolo bombers nasa Sulu pa, heightened alert itinaas sa NCR: Banac

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Updated as of Sep 01 10:51 AM

MAYNILA - Malaki ang paniwala ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na hindi pa nakakalabas ng bansa ang mga teroristang responsable sa kambal na pagsabog sa Jolo, Sulu.   Read more »

Jolo bombers possibly now in Central Mindanao, police say

Queenie Casimiro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:26 PM

The local police of Zamboanga City said Monday it received information that terrorists responsible for the twin bombings in Jolo, Sulu are now in Central Mindanao. Read more »

Duterte made no mention of martial law in Sulu visit: governor

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Posted at Aug 31 12:44 PM

Local authorities will tighten checkpoints meant to control coronavirus infections by asking passing motorists to remove their face masks and caps, he said.  Read more »

Zamboanga region faces bomb threat from Sulu attackers: mayor

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Updated as of Aug 31 09:25 AM

Zamboanga region is facing a security threat from the alleged mastermind of a deadly double bombing in neighboring Sulu province and his 2 conspirators, a mayor said Monday.    Read more »

Duterte visits Sulu after twin blasts

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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

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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 »

PH Army chief drops martial law proposal for Sulu after twin blasts

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Posted at Aug 30 10:11 AM

The chief of the Philippine Army on Sunday dropped his proposal for a martial law declaration in Sulu following twin explosions that left at least 15 dead and scores injured.   Read more »

Military targeting Abu Sayyaf behind Jolo blasts

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Posted at Aug 27 09:51 PM

Philippine authorities are looking into CCTV footage that could have captured the personalities involved in Monday's suicide blasts in Sulu. 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 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 »

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 »