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More details emerge on suicide bombers in Jolo twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 10:02 PM

The Philippine military has named the perpetrators behind the twin blasts in the southern province of Sulu which left over a dozen people dead. Read more »

Catholic priests, nuns, lawyers file 30th petition vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 01:38 PM

A group of Catholic priests, nuns and lawyers is the latest to question the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court, bringing the total number of petitions to 30. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

US vows to support PH following Jolo blasts

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 08:58 PM

US Ambassador Sung Kim said the United States will continue to support the Philippines in strengthening national security following the Jolo blasts.    Read more »

NBI to send forensics team to Jolo to recover DNA, identify bombers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 09:26 PM

Aside from recovering DNA samples from the suspected perpetrators, the NBI team would also gather and analyze the fragments of the bomb in the area, and determine the type of the explosives used. Read more »

Bato cites Jolo blasts to slam anti-terror law critics: 'Ito na po ang kasagutan sa inyo'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 05:09 PM

In a privileged speech, Dela Rosa cited the attacks in Jolo as the "answer" to those questioning the timing of anti-terror law's passage.    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 »

'Repression in broad daylight': SC urged to issue TRO vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:13 PM

A group of senators, media practitioners and lawyers who filed a petition against the Anti-Terrorism Act has urged the Supreme Court to act on their plea for a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of the new law. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Soldiers carry Jolo blast victim

Nickee Butlangan, AFP
Posted at Aug 24 07:16 PM

Soldiers rescue a comrade after an improvised bomb exploded next to a military vehicle in Jolo, Sulu on Monday.  Read more »

SolGen moves to cancel oral arguments on petitions vs Anti-Terrorism Act

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:14 PM

The OSG has moved to cancel oral arguments on the petitions questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

Online tutorial on making molotovs? Military official justifies need to 'regulate' social media

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:44 PM

A military official on Monday sough to justify the government's need to "regulate" social media, claiming terrorist groups have allegedly been holding online tutorials on how to make molotov bombs. Read more »

Various groups call for end of rights abuses

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 07:55 PM

Members of multi-sectoral groups hold a protest in front of the Ninoy Aquino Monument in Makati City on Friday to commemorate Ninoy Aquino Day. Read more »

Mga grupo tinuligsa ang Anti-terror Act sa paggunita ng Ninoy Aquino Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 07:42 PM

Tinuligsa nila ang administrasyong Duterte na mas prayoridad pa umano ang Anti-terrorism law kaysa ang krisis dulot ng COVID-19. Read more »