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Philippine police chief resigns after deadly terror raid

February 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Friday he has accepted the resignation of the national police chief, the first official to fall following the killing of 44 police commandos in the operation last month that may have killed one of Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects. Speaking in a nationally televised appearance […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Abdul Basit Usman, Alan Purisima, Asia, DNA, Filipino, Leonardo Espina, MANILA, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Police Chief Gen, Special Action Force, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20

Is he dead? — Philippines awaits answer of costly terror raid

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cellphone message of the Filipino police commandos to their base was triumphant: “Mike 1 bingo,” a code meaning they have killed one of Southeast Asia’s most-wanted terror suspects, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan.<!–more–> But the euphoria among police generals monitoring the Jan. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Abdul Basit Usman, Associated Press, Chief Superintendent Noli Talino, DNA, Filipino Abu Sayyaf, Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah, Khair Mundos, Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia, MANILA, Malaysian Zulkifli, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines, Radulan Sahiron, Southeast Asia, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13

Philippines urges Filipinos in Malaysia to surrender

March 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president on Saturday, March 2 urged members of a Muslim royal clan from the southern Philippines who occupied a village in eastern Malaysia three weeks ago to surrender, one day after a shootout left 14 people dead.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abraham Idjirani, Agbimuddin Kiram, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino III, DZBB, Hishammuddin Hussein, Ismail Omar, Jacel Kiram, Kuala Lumpur, Lahad Datu, MANILA, Malaysia, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines, Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15

Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels

February 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary, fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abu Sayyaf Group, Filipino, Jolo Island, Khabier Malik, Khadaffy Janjalani, MANILA, MNLF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines, Roman Catholic, Southeast Asia, Sulu Provincial Governor Abdusakur Tan, Vol 32 No 8 | February 16 - February 22, attention, language, poverty

Philipines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jin Gomez and Eileen Ng The Associated Press Manila, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group have reached a preliminary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back development in the south.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Al Haj Murad Ibrahim, Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino Muslims, Ghadzali Jaafar, Hrvoje Hranjski, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Marvic Leonen, Mohagher Iqbal, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Court, Teresita Deles, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, poverty

Bombs hit South Thailand as Muslims begin Ramadan fast

July 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia, and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Bangladesh, Borneo Bulletin, Buddhist-dominated Thailand, Catholic Philippines, Edwin Lacierda, Filipino Muslims, India, Indonesia, Maitree Chimcherd, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Muneeza Naqvi, Pakistan, Thai Muslims, Vol 31 No 31 | July 28 - August 3, Von Al Haq, Wichai Jaengsakul

Sen. Benigno Aquino III promises a lean and graft-free Philippine government

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president-apparent and nominees to what he pledged would be a lean, graft-free Cabinet prom­ised last Wednesday to travel over­seas less, investigate corruption and renew peace talks on ending decades-long insurgencies.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino Jr, Corazon Soliman, Ferdinand Marcos, Hrvoje Hranjski, MANILA, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New People, Oliver Teves, President Corazon Aquino, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Joseph Estrada, Social Welfare, Teresa Cerojano, Teresita Deles, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

New Q13 anchor says something missing in Seattle’s diversity

November 22, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By the time Maria Arcega-Dunn had learned to read, she was nicknamed “the town crier” by her family. “I was relaying stories and communicating at a very early age,” she said.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2008, AIDS, Abu Sayaf, Al Qaeda-connected Indonesian, CNN, East Timor, Filipino, GLBT, Global Canada, Hong Kong, Maria Arcega-Dunn, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New Q13, Q13 Fox News, Seattle, Steve Kraycik, attention, vol 27 no 48 | November 22 - November 28

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