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                    [Title] => Text messages threatening more attacks sowing tension in Maguindanao town
                    [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — Tension still grips this town, no thanks to text messages saying that partisans would launch more attacks against Mayor Vivencio Bataga, who survived a bomb attack apparently aimed at him at a Catholic church last Sunday.


Bataga, whose security escort, Nonong Obas, was wounded in Sunday’s bombing in the premises of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, said he is certain that his political rivals were behind the three attempts on his life in the past four months.


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                    [Title] => Abus kill man delivering $12,000 ransom
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AFP) — Suspected Muslim Abu Sayyaf kidnappers killed a man who was delivering a ransom in exchange for a relative held hostage by the group, the police said yesterday. 


Abdul Lim was fatally shot after handing over $12,000 to the kidnappers near the town of Patikul in Jolo, Sulu, police said. 


Lim’s body was found last week, but it was not exactly clear when he was killed. 


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                    [Title] => Marijuana plants uprooted in Compostela Valley
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                    [Title] => Kidnapped vice mayor released
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A Tawi-Tawi vice mayor, believed kidnapped by a drug syndicate, was freed by his captors the other day, police said.


Chief Superintendent Acmad Omar, police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said Sitangkai Vice Mayor Kuyoh Pajiji was freed at Mandanas Island, near the island-town of Sitangkai.


Local officials said no ransom was paid for Pajiji’s release. His abductors earlier had demanded P3 million.


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                    [Title] => MNLF integrees performing efficiently, OIC panel told
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — Former fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), who have been integrated in the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, have been performing efficiently and satisfactorily.


Maj. Gen. Generoso Senga, 6th ID commander, gave this assessment during a dialogue here the other day with visiting representatives of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) who are evaluating the gains of the Sept. 2, 1996 government-MNLF peace agreement.


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                    [Title] => Death toll of Lanao del Sur clan war reaches 16
                    [Summary] => Two more people were killed in Lanao del Sur as gunbattles continue to rage between local Tausug and Maranaw ethnic groups, bringing the death toll to 16.


Police said two fishermen, both Tausugs, were shot dead by Maranaw snipers while fishing just a kilometer off the coast of Balabagan town.


Dozens of police officers were sent to quell the fighting, which engulfed three barangays.


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                    [Title] => Negotiations for release of 4 MSU tutors fail
                    [Summary] => MARAWI CITY — Negotiations for the release of four Mindanao State University (MSU) teachers abducted last Sept. 13, have failed, and authorities are readying rescue operations.


The Crisis Management Council led by Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong nearly secured the teachers’ release yesterday morning, but the kidnappers, believed to be former MSU security personnel, backed out.


"There are some matters which need to be renegotiated, and we are back to zero," said Akira Alonto, chief of Adiong’s security force and the governor’s son-in-law.

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                    [Title] => Workers release engineer seized over wage dispute
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A group of Filipino workers at a British-funded bridge project in Lanao del Sur freed yesterday a Filipino engineer they...
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                    [Title] => All policemen guarding ARMM compound replaced
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police have replaced all of its members guarding the regional compound here, mostly relatives of the region’s former caretaker, Speaker Alvarez Isnaji, as part of security measures for the Jan. 5 visit of President Arroyo.


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                    [Title] => ARMM polls peaceful
                    [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — At least 65 percent of 1.3 million registered voters went to the polls yesterday to elect a new governor and other officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).


Commission on Elections (Comelec) and police and military officials said polling stations in the ARMM provinces of Maguindanao, Sulu, Lanao del Sur, Tawi-Tawi and Basilan and the city of Marawi ...
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Bataga, whose security escort, Nonong Obas, was wounded in Sunday’s bombing in the premises of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, said he is certain that his political rivals were behind the three attempts on his life in the past four months.


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Abdul Lim was fatally shot after handing over $12,000 to the kidnappers near the town of Patikul in Jolo, Sulu, police said. 


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Chief Superintendent Acmad Omar, police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said Sitangkai Vice Mayor Kuyoh Pajiji was freed at Mandanas Island, near the island-town of Sitangkai.


Local officials said no ransom was paid for Pajiji’s release. His abductors earlier had demanded P3 million.


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Police said two fishermen, both Tausugs, were shot dead by Maranaw snipers while fishing just a kilometer off the coast of Balabagan town.


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The Crisis Management Council led by Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong nearly secured the teachers’ release yesterday morning, but the kidnappers, believed to be former MSU security personnel, backed out.


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Text messages threatening more attacks sowing tension in Maguindanao town

By John Unson | September 17, 2003 - 12:00am

PARANG, Maguindanao — Tension still grips this town, no thanks to text messages saying that partisans would launch more attacks against Mayor Vivencio Bataga, who survived a bomb attack apparently aimed at him...

Nation

Abus kill man delivering $12,000 ransom

August 4, 2003 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (AFP) — Suspected Muslim Abu Sayyaf kidnappers killed a man who was delivering a ransom in exchange for a relative held hostage by the group, the police said yesterday. Abdul Lim was fatally...

Headlines

Marijuana plants uprooted in Compostela Valley

By John Unson | August 2, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Lawmen uprooted thousands of full grown marijuana plants in Central Mindanao yesterday, the second haul in four days.

Nation

Kidnapped vice mayor released

June 13, 2003 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY — A Tawi-Tawi vice mayor, believed kidnapped by a drug syndicate, was freed by his captors the other day, police said. Chief Superintendent Acmad Omar, police director of the Autonomous Region...

Nation

MNLF integrees performing efficiently, OIC panel told

By John Unson | May 2, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Former fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), who have been integrated in the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, have been performing efficiently and satisfactorily. Maj. Gen....

Nation

Death toll of Lanao del Sur clan war reaches 16

By John Unson | January 28, 2003 - 12:00am

Two more people were killed in Lanao del Sur as gunbattles continue to rage between local Tausug and Maranaw ethnic groups, bringing the death toll to 16. Police said two fishermen, both Tausugs, were shot dead...

Headlines

Negotiations for release of 4 MSU tutors fail

By Lino De La Cruz | September 19, 2002 - 12:00am

MARAWI CITY — Negotiations for the release of four Mindanao State University (MSU) teachers abducted last Sept. 13, have failed, and authorities are readying rescue operations. The Crisis Management Council...

Nation

Workers release engineer seized over wage dispute

January 24, 2002 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — A group of Filipino workers at a British-funded bridge project in Lanao del Sur freed yesterday a Filipino engineer they...

Nation

All policemen guarding ARMM compound replaced

By John Unson | December 31, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police have replaced all of its members guarding the regional compound here, mostly relatives of the region’s former caretaker, Speaker Alvarez...

Nation

ARMM polls peaceful

By John Unson | November 27, 2001 - 12:00am

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — At least 65 percent of 1.3 million registered voters went to the polls yesterday to elect a new governor and other officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Commission...

Headlines