Several “wanted” posters and tarpaulins in Basilan have been taken down in preparation for the declaration of the province as free of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). According to the 101st Infantry ...

AL-BARKA, Basilan (PIA) – Al-Barka Municipality has reached a historic milestone with the official declaration by the 101st Brigade, Philippine Army (PA), declaring the town “Abu-Sayyaf Group” ...

ISABELA CITY (PIA)—The province of Basilan was officially declared free from the influence of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on June 10, during a declaration ceremony held in Sta. Clara, Lamitan City.

The group, which also operates in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces, was also responsible for the abduction of foreigners, including the kidnapping of guests of Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001 ...

AFTER decades of being the hotbed of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group, the Municipality of Lantawan, Basilan is finally ASG-free, authorities declared on Thursday. Basilan Gov. Hadjiman Hataman-Salliman ...