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                    [Title] => Sayyaf kills villager
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf men killed a Tawi-Tawi resident and seized his wife and son last Saturday morning, the military said. 


Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, commander of the 4th Civil Relations Group, said seven members of the extremist group, led by Jainal Usman, attacked Rodrigo Alejandro inside his house in Panglima Sugala town, and later snatched his wife and son. — Roel Pareño [DatePublished] => 2004-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240153 [Title] => Pagadian City radio reporter gunned down [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A radio reporter in Pagadian City was gunned down inside his residence on Sunday night, police reported yesterday.

Isabelo Maghuyop, 48, a field reporter of radio station dxID, was shot by his cousin inside his residence in Sabellano street, San Pedro district, Pagadian City.

Maghuyop, who suffered a gunshot wound in his right chest, was brought to Magboo Clinic in Pagadian City but was pronounced dead on arrival.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240035 [Title] => One killed in renewed Abu attacks [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf guerrillas struck again in separate areas in Sulu and Basilan, leaving one of them dead and a girl wounded, the military said yesterday.

An Abu Sayyaf member was gunned down last Saturday after he sneaked into an Army camp in Talipao, Sulu and attacked a soldier with a machete, a military report said.

It was believed that the slain man was out to steal firearms when he was spotted by a sentry, prompting him to attack.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234621 [Title] => Janjalani henchman captured in Basilan [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Military intelligence agents and militiamen arrested the other day a suspected henchman of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafi Janjalani on murder and kidnapping charges, officials said yesterday.

Sonny Boy Hamsain was arrested in Isabela City on Basilan island, the stronghold of the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group, said Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, head of the military’s civil relations group.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234001 [Title] => 10 dead in Maguindanao blast [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — At least 10 people were killed and 47 wounded when a bomb blast ripped through a packed sports hall here where a championship basketball game was being played yesterday afternoon, local officials and police said.

The bomb was apparently intended to kill town Mayor Vivencio Bataga, police said. The suspected bomber was among those killed.

The gymnasium is near Camp S. K. Pendatun, the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233586 [Title] => Woman freed by Pentagon captors [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang freed yesterday a woman it seized in SK Pendatun, Maguindanao, a military spokesman said.

An unspecified sum was reportedly paid as ransom for the release of Roxas Dacil, 47, but her family denied this.

Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, chief of the 4th Civil Relations Group, said Dacil was released after three days of captivity by the group of Commander Usop Hadj Abas, a leader of the Pentagon gang, in SK Pendatun town.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233050 [Title] => MILF kills 3 boar hunters; truce holds, but barely [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The truce between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is barely holding as the military accused the rebels of killing three hunters in Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.

Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, chief of the Armed Forces’ 4th Civil Relations Group, said the three hunters were looking for wild boars for their Christmas Eve meal in Sipakit complex when the MILF rebels attacked them.

"The civilian hunters instead turned out as poor prey by the rebels in the area," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233066 [Title] => Soldier killed in Jolo blast [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AFP) — A homemade bomb exploded as it was being disarmed outside an airport in Jolo, Sulu, yesterday, killing a soldier and wounding another, the military said.

Civilians found the improvised explosive device concealed in a cardboard box that had been left near a perimeter fence of the Jolo airport. Troops were alerted and tried to disarm it, but it exploded, killing one.

A second bomb was found on a roadside also near the airport but was safely detonated, said Lt. col. Renoir Pascua, information chief of the military’s Southern Command.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233082 [Title] => 3 hunters minasaker ng MILF rebels [Summary] => Camp Aguinaldo — Mistulang mga baboy ramong itinali ang mga paa at kamay bago pinagtataga saka binistay ng bala ang tatlong mangangaso ng mga rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) matapos makorner sa kagubatan ng Zamboanga del Sur, ayon sa ulat ng militar kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230656 [Title] => Missing RP ferry with 57 aboard found [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AP) — A ferry carrying 57 passengers and crew that was missing for several days in the southern Philippines was found in Indonesian waters, a military officer said yesterday. Everyone on board was safe.

The motor launch M/L Rubian left Simunul island in Tawi-Tawi for nearby Sibutu, 30 kilometers away, Tuesday morning, but did not arrive later the same day as scheduled.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) listed the wooden-hulled boat, which has no radio or radar, as missing the next day.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf men killed a Tawi-Tawi resident and seized his wife and son last Saturday morning, the military said. 


Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, commander of the 4th Civil Relations Group, said seven members of the extremist group, led by Jainal Usman, attacked Rodrigo Alejandro inside his house in Panglima Sugala town, and later snatched his wife and son. — Roel Pareño [DatePublished] => 2004-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240153 [Title] => Pagadian City radio reporter gunned down [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A radio reporter in Pagadian City was gunned down inside his residence on Sunday night, police reported yesterday.

Isabelo Maghuyop, 48, a field reporter of radio station dxID, was shot by his cousin inside his residence in Sabellano street, San Pedro district, Pagadian City.

Maghuyop, who suffered a gunshot wound in his right chest, was brought to Magboo Clinic in Pagadian City but was pronounced dead on arrival.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240035 [Title] => One killed in renewed Abu attacks [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf guerrillas struck again in separate areas in Sulu and Basilan, leaving one of them dead and a girl wounded, the military said yesterday.

An Abu Sayyaf member was gunned down last Saturday after he sneaked into an Army camp in Talipao, Sulu and attacked a soldier with a machete, a military report said.

It was believed that the slain man was out to steal firearms when he was spotted by a sentry, prompting him to attack.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234621 [Title] => Janjalani henchman captured in Basilan [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Military intelligence agents and militiamen arrested the other day a suspected henchman of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafi Janjalani on murder and kidnapping charges, officials said yesterday.

Sonny Boy Hamsain was arrested in Isabela City on Basilan island, the stronghold of the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group, said Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, head of the military’s civil relations group.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234001 [Title] => 10 dead in Maguindanao blast [Summary] => PARANG, Maguindanao — At least 10 people were killed and 47 wounded when a bomb blast ripped through a packed sports hall here where a championship basketball game was being played yesterday afternoon, local officials and police said.

The bomb was apparently intended to kill town Mayor Vivencio Bataga, police said. The suspected bomber was among those killed.

The gymnasium is near Camp S. K. Pendatun, the police headquarters of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233586 [Title] => Woman freed by Pentagon captors [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang freed yesterday a woman it seized in SK Pendatun, Maguindanao, a military spokesman said.

An unspecified sum was reportedly paid as ransom for the release of Roxas Dacil, 47, but her family denied this.

Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, chief of the 4th Civil Relations Group, said Dacil was released after three days of captivity by the group of Commander Usop Hadj Abas, a leader of the Pentagon gang, in SK Pendatun town.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233050 [Title] => MILF kills 3 boar hunters; truce holds, but barely [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The truce between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is barely holding as the military accused the rebels of killing three hunters in Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.

Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, chief of the Armed Forces’ 4th Civil Relations Group, said the three hunters were looking for wild boars for their Christmas Eve meal in Sipakit complex when the MILF rebels attacked them.

"The civilian hunters instead turned out as poor prey by the rebels in the area," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233066 [Title] => Soldier killed in Jolo blast [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AFP) — A homemade bomb exploded as it was being disarmed outside an airport in Jolo, Sulu, yesterday, killing a soldier and wounding another, the military said.

Civilians found the improvised explosive device concealed in a cardboard box that had been left near a perimeter fence of the Jolo airport. Troops were alerted and tried to disarm it, but it exploded, killing one.

A second bomb was found on a roadside also near the airport but was safely detonated, said Lt. col. Renoir Pascua, information chief of the military’s Southern Command.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233082 [Title] => 3 hunters minasaker ng MILF rebels [Summary] => Camp Aguinaldo — Mistulang mga baboy ramong itinali ang mga paa at kamay bago pinagtataga saka binistay ng bala ang tatlong mangangaso ng mga rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) matapos makorner sa kagubatan ng Zamboanga del Sur, ayon sa ulat ng militar kahapon. [DatePublished] => 2003-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230656 [Title] => Missing RP ferry with 57 aboard found [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AP) — A ferry carrying 57 passengers and crew that was missing for several days in the southern Philippines was found in Indonesian waters, a military officer said yesterday. Everyone on board was safe.

The motor launch M/L Rubian left Simunul island in Tawi-Tawi for nearby Sibutu, 30 kilometers away, Tuesday morning, but did not arrive later the same day as scheduled.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) listed the wooden-hulled boat, which has no radio or radar, as missing the next day.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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