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'Maute in Metro Manila' report unconfirmed - NCRPO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 09:30 AM

Police on Thursday clarified that it was still verifying reports that some members of the Islamic-State inspired Maute terror group are allegedly hiding in Metro Manila.    Read more »

NCRPO, nakamanman sa terorismo habang naghahanda sa Semana Santa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 02:01 AM

Ayon kay NCRPO chief Oscar Albayalde, nakatuon ang pansin ng kanilang intel operatives sa pagmanman sa mga lugar na posibleng pagkanlungan ng mga miyembro ng teroristang grupo sa Kamaynilaan. Read more »

Albayalde: Terrorists seeking refuge in at least 5 Metro Manila areas

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 12:11 AM

MANILA - National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Oscar Albayalde admitted there are at least five areas in Metro Manila where the terrorists are seeking refuge.  Read more »

DOJ junks criminal rap vs Egyptian with alleged ISIS link

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 07:35 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked the criminal complaint against an Egyptian national with alleged links to ISIS “for lack of merit.” Read more »

AFP says Abu Dar is new ISIS emir in Southeast Asia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 06:12 PM

The military revealed ISIS in Southeast Asia has a new leader, and he's a Maranao.  Read more »

Military validating reports on new ISIS 'emir' from Lanao del Sur

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:59 PM

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday it is still validating reports that a new leader or "emir" of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia has emerged from Lanao del Sur.   Read more »

No cause for alarm: PNP checks reports of ISIS presence in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 02:39 PM

NO CAUSE FOR PANIC: The Philippine National Police is verifying reports that Islamic State members have entered the country by posing as fishermen, the agency's spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

Maute remnants plan new attacks - army

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 31 06:27 PM

At least 300 militants from a pro-Islamic State alliance that last year held a southern Philippine city for 5 months have regrouped and are planning similar attacks elsewhere, the army said on Monday.   Read more »

PNP chief says security lapses allowed Maute sub-leader to slip away

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 02:48 PM

Lapses in security measures in Mindanao allowed a suspected Maute group sub-leader to slip away and live in Metro Manila for over 2 months, the head of the Philippine National Police said Monday. Read more »

Alleged Maute sub-leader falls in Tondo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 04:24 PM

A suspected sub-leader of the Maute group was arrested in Tondo, Manila this weekend, the Philippine National Police confirmed Sunday.  Read more »

Grupong Maute at ISIS-PH, idineklarang foreign terrorist groups

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 03:40 AM

Itinuturing ng terrorist organization ng Amerika ang ISIS-Philippines at grupong Maute.  Read more »

As ISIS decentralizes, US looks at new tools to combat terror threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 02:03 AM

A counterterrorism official from the United States State Department on Thursday (Manila time) said the Maute Group and ISIS-Philippines were listed among its list of foreign terrorist organizations as part of US' strategy in combating a “decentralized” ISIS threat. Read more »

US warns law enforcement partners of spreading IS threat

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 19 11:46 PM

The United States warned judicial and law enforcement officials from around the world of the dangers posed by an increasingly de-centralized Islamic State group spreading to new regions. Read more »

PH welcomes designation of Maute group as terrorist organization

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 03:39 PM

The Philippines on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. Treasury Department's move to include the Maute group on its sanctions list for global terrorism.   Read more »

U.S. Treasury slaps sanctions on Maute group, ISIS-Philippines

Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 02:57 AM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department has added two individuals and seven organizations in Africa and Asia connected to Islamic State to its sanctions list for global terrorism, it said on Tuesday. Read more »

Singapore seeks to bar communications from terror attack sites

John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 08:27 PM

Singapore on Tuesday proposed a new law to prevent people at terror attack sites from taking photographs or videos or communicating about police operations. Read more »

Military checking on reported terrorist infiltration in Mindanao waters

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 08:15 PM

The military on Tuesday said it is validating reports that 40 terrorists were able to infiltrate the waters off Southern Philippines. Read more »

Duterte eyes arming ROTC troops, reservists to combat terrorism

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 08:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he might arm military reservists and graduates of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program to combat terrorism, but said this option will be among his last in terms of combating terrorism.   Read more »

PNP says ready to help secure borders from terrorists

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 02:14 PM

Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Monday said the Philippine National Police is ready to help other government agencies strengthen security in the country's southern backdoor. Read more »

Marwan's widow falls in Lanao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 07:03 AM

Authorities on Sunday said they have arrested the widow of slain Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir alias Marwan during a raid in Tubod, Lanao Del Norte.  Read more »