Zamboanga, Philippines News

ZAMBOANGA At least two persons were reported dead after a jailbreak took place at the Basilan Provincial Jail in Isabela City Sunday morning, resulting in the escape of 31 inmates.

Zamboanga, Philippines - The government of a southern Philippine island appealed on Monday for a state of emergency to be declared after dozens of Islamic militants escaped from jail and others beheaded a hostage.

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines a ' Thirty-one people, including Muslim guerrillas linked to beheadings, escaped in a jailbreak that left two people dead in the strife-torn southern Philippines on Sunday, officials said.

Zamboanga, Philippines - Security forces scoured jungle in the southern Philippines on Thursday for two factory workers held by al-Qaeda-linked militants, after the severed head of one hostage was dumped in a park.

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines: Fifteen armed men who kidnapped dozens of people in the southern Philippines yesterday have demanded that a number of charges against them, including murder, be dropped, police said.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - " A powerful bomb explosion early Saturday killed one person and wounded six policemen in the southern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group.

" Former Moro National Liberation Front rebel leader Nur Misuari was acquitted Wednesday of leading a rebellion in the southern Philippines.

The Australian government has advised its citizens to exercise an extreme degree of caution in the Philippines because of the high levels of terrorist threat and serious crime, said a travel advisory issued by Australia on Monday.

THE City Hall, Paseo del Mar, and the Plaza Pershing will once again be a sight to behold starting Friday night.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - A Filipino woman married his long-time fiance during a funeral of the man she loved for many years.

Nine journalists among victims, authorities say BY AL JACINTO AND ISAGANI P. PALMA CORRESPONDENTS ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE: At least two dozen people who were kidnapped on Monday were found dead, many of them beheaded, in the province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said.

Filipino journalists light candles Saturday, November 28, 2009 after a Catholic mass led by Archbishop Romulo Valles in Zamboanga City for the souls of 57 people, among them at least 29 journalists massacred in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines.

Members of the Akbayan partylist in Zamboanga City participate Thursday, November 26, 2009 in the opening ceremony of the Mindanao Week of Peace.

Master Sgt. Rose Gould assigned to passes out handouts during a psychological combat stress class at Camp Navarro General Hospital at Western Mindanao Command Nov.

Reporting from Seoul and Zamboanga City, Philippines -- Authorities discovered the bodies of at least 30 people who had been kidnapped early today in the southern Philippines and called the incident politically motivated slaughter.

Unidentified gunmen abducted the captain and two crewmen of a tugboat in the southern Philippines, the coast guard said Sunday.

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines : Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - " Government soldiers killed an Abu Sayyaf leader implicated in kidnappings for ransom and terrorism in a clash in the restive Muslim province of Basilan, south of the Philippines, officials announced Friday.

"We are very relieved and very happy. We thank the Lord for the good news of the release of Fr.

By Catholic News Service PASAY CITY, Philippines - Irish Columban Father Michael Sinnott said he hopes to resume his ministry after being released by kidnappers who had held him for a month.