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Is that so? Duterte on a ‘not-so-all-out’ war against Abu Sayyaf

TO PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte, they’re thugs to be stamped out. Or so he sometimes says. “There is no redeeming factor or reason for me to sit down and talk with criminals. Pareho lang rin ‘yan sa droga.” Duterte described the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) this way, during the mass oath- taking of his appointees in Malacanang,

Is that so? Duterte on a ‘not-so-all-out’ war against Abu Sayyaf

Ex-MNLF rebels wage a different war in Siocon

By JOSEPH ARNEL DELIVERIO Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte—Moro National Liberation Front rebels grabbed the limelight when they laid siege to Zamboanga City Sept. 9, but most former MNLF forces, like those living in this town, are quietly fighting a different kind of war. Four decades ago, this town was a hotbed of strife and a

Ex-MNLF rebels wage a different war in Siocon

Zamboanga braces for more tension

By YEN BLANCO DELGADO ZAMBOANGA CITY—Residents of Zamboanga City are bracing for the worst, after the standoff between the military and the Moro National Liberation Front remained unresolved by nightfall.

Zamboanga braces for more tension