Istiada Binti Oemar Sovie, detained wife of top Indonesian militant Dulmatin, boards a vehicle at the Department of Justice in Manila on Monday. Sovie said her husband and at least six other Jemaah Islamiyah operatives are still in the country, training local insurgents, officials said. (AP photo)
MANILA -- The wife of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomber Dulmatin who was arrested by the military last week has confirmed that some renagade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels are collaborating with the JI and with the Abu Sayyaf Group, a military official said Monday.
CEBU CITY -- Just as a coalmine in Dalaguete town re-opened months after an accident killed eight of its miners, another mine in the neighboring town of Argao exploded with five miners inside.
MANILA -- The Armed Forces has poured in elite troops to Silay City to neutralize dozens of communist New People's Army (NPA) guerillas who raided last Sunday an international airport in the city, which is under construction.
CAGAYAN DE ORO -- After the recent political killing of Iglesia Filipina Independente (IFI) Bishop Alberto Ramento, another priest was slain in Surigao del Sur Sunday while IFI priest Antonio Ablon in Cagayan de Oro City has been receiving death threats from alleged "military agents" since Saturday.
