3 Abu Sayyaf bandits surrender in Sulu
Three Abu Sayyaf bandits, one of them involved in the kidnapping of five Indonesians in January, surrendered in Patikul, Sulu on Friday......»»
Año urges rebels to surrender, avail themselves of amnesty program
Año urges rebels to surrender, avail themselves of amnesty program.....»»
15 more BIFF terrorists surrender to military
Fifteen more members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered to the military in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday......»»
6 Sayyaf men surrender in Sulu
Six Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered in Sulu, security officials reported yesterday......»»
3 BEST Soviet movies about pirates
In the Soviet Union, movies about pirates were mainly screen adaptations of Western novels about ruthless English cut-throats and Spanish galleons full of gold. But, at times, there were original stories in which Soviet seamen confronted sea bandits. Below are the three best Soviet movies about pirates. Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel was adapted for the screen three times in the USSR. In add.....»»
3 BEST Soviet movies about pirates
In the Soviet Union, movies about pirates were mainly screen adaptations of Western novels about ruthless English cut-throats and Spanish galleons full of gold. But, at times, there were original stories in which Soviet seamen confronted sea bandits. Below are the three best Soviet movies about pirates. Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel was adapted for the screen three times in the USSR. In add.....»»
‘Downgrade Abu kidnap threat in Sulu-Celebes seas’
A Singapore-based anti-piracy and high sea robbery monitoring group has recommended the downgrading of the threat of kidnapping by Abu Sayyaf bandits in the waters at the border of Malaysia and the Philippines......»»
Sayyaf ‘financial facilitator’ nabbed in Basilan
A woman, said to be a ”financial facilitator” of Abu Sayyaf bandits, was arrested in Isabela City, Basilan on Saturday......»»
12 Sayyaf bandits surrender in Basilan
Four days after an Abu Sayyaf subleader and bomb expert was killed in an encounter with government security forces, 12 bandits surrendered yesterday to the military in this city......»»
9 Sayyaf men surrender
Nine Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered to the military in Sulu......»»
UN barking up the wrong tree
Negotiations with the terror group Hamas, the crux of the humanitarian pause being pushed in the Gaza Strip by the United Nations, or UN, are backed by groups with an ax to grind against the United States and Israel. The UN said the halt in hostilities is needed to bring in aid and provide fuel primarily to run the electricity for hospitals to maintain medical operations. At the height of the terror attack, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said Hamas bandits ransacked the UN office and carted away provisions, including fuel. The UN agency, which provides aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and is the only specialized UN agency for a particular group of refugees, warned it would have to halt operations if no fuel was delivered. The lack of fuel means hospitals and water desalination plants will not function. While there have been limited deliveries of food, water, and medicines, no fuel has been allowed, as Israel is concerned about Hamas’ possible diversion of fuel deliveries. White House national security spokesman John Kirby described Israel’s concerns as legitimate. A satellite image provided by the Israel Defense Forces showed Hamas owns fuel tanks near the Rafah border crossing, containing 500,000 liters of fuel. The IDF suggested that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel after it showed the satellite images on social media. “Ask Hamas if you can have some,” the IDF wrote. Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. It has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid since Israel imposed a “total siege” of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October. Israel’s military spokesperson Daniel Hagari recounted that Hamas has been stealing fuel from UNRWA, prompting the decision to block the fuel supply to Gaza. “Petrol will not enter Gaza. Hamas takes the petrol for its military infrastructure,” he said. Another IDF spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the photographs belied Hamas’s claims that “it does not have enough fuel to support hospitals and bakeries.” The IDF added: “Hamas-ISIS steals this fuel from civilians and transfers it to its tunnels, rocket launchers, and leaders. This is what Hamas’s list of priorities looks like.” Hamas propaganda said that a power outage at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was a “crime against humanity” and called on Arab and Muslim countries and the UN to address the crisis. A power outage hit the hospital on Monday night due to a fuel shortage. It was news network Al Jazeera which reported that electricity was restored during the night, but the hospital only had fuel to operate generators for 48 more hours, after which lifesaving medical devices such as respirators and incubators would cease functioning. The fuel supply from Israel was halted after the 7 October terror assault. Under the cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets, over 2,500 gunmen crossed the border and rampaged murderously through southern Israeli towns, killing more than 1,400, most of whom were civilians. More than 220 were taken hostage. Now, Hamas is trying to deceive the world by crying in violation of human rights with the denial of fuel to the territory it controls. The outrageous twist Hamas applies to the atrocities it initiated then is swallowed lock, stock and barrel by the UN, which is pounding on Israel for a humanitarian pause. “Residents of Gaza, the address for your complaints is not Israel. It’s Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, and other Hamas-ISIS members who pushed Gaza into this abyss,” according to the IDF. The IDF has disputed the so-called humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip that the UN and Hamas are peddling. “As of now, I can tell you that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There are hardships in moving people within days to the south of the Gaza Strip, but the population is getting along,” an IDF official said. Another indicator that the terror organization controlling Gaza has little concern for the civilians is their obstructing the movement of the Gaza residents south as Israel had directed to the extent of confiscating the car keys of individuals. Hamas is the source of the crisis that the UN said should be solved, which is precisely what Israel is trying to do in committing to wipe out the terror group from the planet. The post UN barking up the wrong tree appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
UN barking upthe wrong tree
Negotiations with the terror group Hamas, the crux of the humanitarian pause being pushed in the Gaza Strip by the United Nations, or UN, are backed by groups with an ax to grind against the United States and Israel. The UN said the halt in hostilities is needed to bring in aid and provide fuel primarily to run the electricity for hospitals to maintain medical operations. At the height of the terror attack, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said Hamas bandits ransacked the UN office and carted away provisions, including fuel. The UN agency, which provides aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and is the only specialized UN agency for a particular group of refugees, warned it would have to halt operations if no fuel was delivered. The lack of fuel means hospitals and water desalination plants will not function. While there have been limited deliveries of food, water, and medicines, no fuel has been allowed, as Israel is concerned about Hamas’ possible diversion of fuel deliveries. White House national security spokesman John Kirby described Israel’s concerns as legitimate. A satellite image provided by the Israel Defense Forces showed Hamas owns fuel tanks near the Rafah border crossing, containing 500,000 liters of fuel. The IDF suggested that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel after it showed the satellite images on social media. “Ask Hamas if you can have some,” the IDF wrote. Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. It has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid since Israel imposed a “total siege” of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October. Israel’s military spokesperson Daniel Hagari recounted that Hamas has been stealing fuel from UNRWA, prompting the decision to block the fuel supply to Gaza. “Petrol will not enter Gaza. Hamas takes the petrol for its military infrastructure,” he said. Another IDF spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the photographs belied Hamas’s claims that “it does not have enough fuel to support hospitals and bakeries.” The IDF added: “Hamas-ISIS steals this fuel from civilians and transfers it to its tunnels, rocket launchers, and leaders. This is what Hamas’s list of priorities looks like.” Hamas propaganda said that a power outage at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was a “crime against humanity” and called on Arab and Muslim countries and the UN to address the crisis. A power outage hit the hospital on Monday night due to a fuel shortage. It was news network Al Jazeera which reported that electricity was restored during the night, but the hospital only had fuel to operate generators for 48 more hours, after which lifesaving medical devices such as respirators and incubators would cease functioning. The fuel supply from Israel was halted after the 7 October terror assault. Under the cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets, over 2,500 gunmen crossed the border and rampaged murderously through southern Israeli towns, killing more than 1,400, most of whom were civilians. More than 220 were taken hostage. Now, Hamas is trying to deceive the world by crying in violation of human rights with the denial of fuel to the territory it controls. The outrageous twist Hamas applies to the atrocities it initiated then is swallowed lock, stock and barrel by the UN, which is pounding on Israel for a humanitarian pause. “Residents of Gaza, the address for your complaints is not Israel. It’s Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, and other Hamas-ISIS members who pushed Gaza into this abyss,” according to the IDF. The IDF has disputed the so-called humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip that the UN and Hamas are peddling. “As of now, I can tell you that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There are hardships in moving people within days to the south of the Gaza Strip, but the population is getting along,” an IDF official said. Another indicator that the terror organization controlling Gaza has little concern for the civilians is their obstructing the movement of the Gaza residents south as Israel had directed to the extent of confiscating the car keys of individuals. Hamas is the source of the crisis that the UN said should be solved, which is precisely what Israel is trying to do in committing to wipe out the terror group from the planet. The post UN barking upthe wrong tree appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
14 Abu bandits surrender in Basilan
Fourteen Abu Sayyaf bandits surrendered in Basilan on Wednesday......»»
Westmincom deactivates 2 anti-terror task forces
Two anti-terrorism task forces created to go after Abu Sayyaf bandits in Basilan and Sulu have been deactivated after about a decade of operations, the military announced yesterday......»»
Nigeria bandits raid university, kidnap 24 students, 8 others
Dozens of gunmen raided a university in northwestern Nigeria at predawn Friday, kidnapping 24 female students and eight other people while holding pursuing troops at bay. Six of the abducted students were rescued while one of six kidnapped welders escaped, a military officer, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak on the rescue operation, said on Saturday. The bandits broke through the windows of three female hostels of a Federal University near Sabon Gida village outside the state capital Gusau and took the occupants away, residents told Agence France-Presse. “They took away at least 24 female students from the hostels along with two male neighbors, one of whom is a staff (member) of the university,” Sabon Gida resident Sahabi Musa said. The attackers went into the university and seized nine welders working on a new building while they were sleeping, Shehu Hashimu, another resident who corroborated Musa’s account, said. “The attackers had a field day. They operated in the village from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. unchallenged before troops arrived,” Hashimu said. Troops deployed from Gusau, 20 kilometers away and engaged the attackers in a gunfight but a group of the kidnappers herded the hostages away while another group faced the soldiers, the two sources said. Yazid Abubakar, Zamfara state police spokesperson, confirmed the attack but declined to provide details, saying security personnel were working to free the captives in a forest close to the nearby town of Tsafe. WITH AFP The post Nigeria bandits raid university, kidnap 24 students, 8 others appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Sulu officially declared Sayyaf-free
After more than three decades, Sulu is now free of Abu Sayyaf bandits......»»
Parishioners confront gang but met bullets
Evangelical church members who marched to confront criminal gang members in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday were fired upon by the bandits, killing an unknown number of victims, local police said on Monday. Pastor Marco Zidor, leader of the Piscine de Bethesda evangelical church, reportedly gathered his followers and persuaded them to march toward the area held by members of the Canaan gang in the north of the capital. However, presumed gang members opened fire with automatic weapons on the marchers, some of whom were brandishing machetes and sticks. Videos broadcast by the gang show numerous corpses strewn about. Haitian National Police said Monday it tried to stop the marchers with a security perimeter to avoid bloodshed. “However, the demonstrators bypassed the security arrangements... and still arrived in the desired areas to confront the members of said gang,” the police said. It added that the confrontation “left several demonstrators shot dead and several others wounded. Some of the faithful are... held hostage.” Meanwhile, a government prosecutor is holding Zidor accountable for his followers’ death. The Je Klere Foundation, a human rights group, called on prosecutors to crack down on those responsible, noting that “incitements to violence in sermons are criminal acts provided for and punished by the Haitian Criminal Code.” More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, the UN said earlier this month. Gangs control roughly 80 percent of the capital, and violent crimes including kidnappings for ransom, carjackings, rape and armed theft are common. WITH AFP The post Parishioners confront gang but met bullets appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
‘Sulu can be declared Abu Sayyaf-free’
The entire province of Sulu can now be declared free of Abu Sayyaf bandits......»»
BBM lifts Mindanao state of national emergency
MALAYSIA — Malacañang announced on Thursday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has lifted Proclamation No. 55, which declared the state of national emergency on account of lawlessness violence in Mindanao, after the peace and order situation in the region has significantly improved. Proclamation 298, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on 25 July 2023, stated that the conditions then prevailing for which Proclamation 55 was issued in 2016 have been significantly mitigated or reduced. “The lifting of Proclamation 55 (s. 2016) will boost economic activity and hasten the recovery of the local economy,” the proclamation read. “Through successful focused military and law enforcement operations and programs that promote sustainable and inclusive peace, the government has made significant gains in improving and restoring peace and order in the region,” it added. To recall, former President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation 55 on 4 September 2016 in view of the lawlessness violence perpetrated by private armies and local warlords, bandits, criminal syndicates, terrorist groups and religious extremists across the island groups. The post BBM lifts Mindanao state of national emergency appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
AFP: Sulu now Abu Sayyaf-free
After more than two decades, Sulu has been cleared of Abu Sayyaf bandits, according to the military......»»
PBBM lifts state of national emergency in Mindanao
Malacañang on Thursday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has lifted Proclamation No. 55, which declared a state of national emergency on account of lawless violence in Mindanao, after the peace and order situation in the region has significantly improved. Proclamation No. 298 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on 25 July 2023 stated that the conditions then prevailing for which Proclamation No. 55 was issued in 2016 have been significantly mitigated or reduced. “The lifting of Proclamation No. 55 (s. 2016) will boost economic activity and hasten the recovery of the local economy,” the proclamation read. “Through successful focused military and law enforcement operations and programs that promote sustainable and inclusive peace, the government has made significant gains in improving and restoring peace and order in the region,” it added. Former President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 55 on 4 September 2016 in view of the lawlessness violence perpetrated by private armies and local warlords, bandits, criminal syndicates, terrorist groups and religious extremists across the island group. The post PBBM lifts state of national emergency in Mindanao appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»