Back in 2011 when Gerfa Lunsmann and her son Kevin had gone for a vacation in the Philippines to visit Gerfa’s relatives, they had no idea how difficult it would be for them to come back home.
A court has sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, ...
M ANILA, Philippines — The Taguig Regional Trial Court has found 17 members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group guilty of ...
Members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) have claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on civilians in the Philippines, and are implicated in many others.
The most recent one, Abu Sayyaf, has degenerated into a notorious kidnapping group, which the government says is linked to al Qaeda. Dozens of foreign tourists and journalists have been held ...
Ariel Porfirio Oliva Querubin is a retired colonel of the Philippine Marine Corps and a decorated military officer.