Abu Sayyaf: From terrorists to drug merchants

By ROGER M. BALANZA
The head of the Philippines’ anti-drug agency said the Abu Sayyaf—the country’s most notorious Islamic militant group—may be running marijuana farms and protecting drug lords in Mindanao to finance its terroristic activities.
Our latest discoveries of marijuana plantations were in the islands of Basilan and Jolo, indicating the Abu Sayyaf Group may have [...]

Davao’s suspected ‘Indon bomber’ not Indonesian

By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Indonesian Consulate in Davao City yesterday said the suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operative arrested by military in Davao Oriental over the weekend is not an Indonesian national.
Consul [...]

DAVAO TOP TOURIST SPOT TARGET OF TERROR ATTACK

By ROGER M. BALANZA
             Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) Mayor Aniano Antalan had ordered tight security in the island city’s famous beach resorts, following military information that IGACOS would have been the target of an Indonesian national, said to be a Jemaah Islamiyah bomber, arrested on Saturday in Davao Oriental.
            Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast [...]

Indon bomber linked to Jemaah Islamiyah nabbed

An Indonesian national linked to the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested Saturday morning in Davao Oriental.
Muhammad Baehaqi alias Latip, Salam and Tato, was collared during a raid by military in a house in Piso, Banaybanay in possession of a .22 Winchester rifle, a shotgun and blasting caps, detonating cords and other bomb-making materials and equipment.
Arrested [...]