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Mindanao

December 2021

  • An anti-child abuse sign outside a school in the Philippines

    Brisbane man jailed after seven children rescued from sexual exploitation in Philippines

    Neil Andrew Lyall Robards, 68, gets five years for child abuse offences across international borders

October 2019

  • Philippines police uniforms

    British national and his wife kidnapped in southern Philippines

    Couple were taken by armed men on Friday night in Mindanao region

November 2018

  • ***BESTPIX***Philippines Extends Martial Law in Mindanao<br>MARAWI, PHILIPPINES - JULY 22: Philippine Marines soldiers in a cleared street but are still in range of enemy sniper fire as they walk towards the main battle area on July 22, 2017 in Marawi, southern Philippines. The Philippine Congress voted on Saturday to extend martial law in the southern part of the country since it was imposed to crush a rebellion by Islamic State-inspired militants. The decision was made two days before President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his annual state of the nation address as analysts have reportedly said Mr. Duterte appears to be using the crisis in Marawi as an excuse to impose authoritarian rule in the Philippines. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images)***BESTPIX***

    Philippines: scores of Islamic State fighters on Mindanao island

    Foreign fighters believed to be galvanising local groups as push to declare Islamic caliphate intensifies

March 2014

  • President of Philippines and Malaysia's prime minister witness the exchange of documents in Manila

    Philippines signs long-awaited peace deal with Muslim rebels

    Achievement for President Benigno Aquino after years of talks but other groups threaten to keep fighting for independence

October 2012

  • Simon Tisdall

    Simon Tisdall's world briefing
    Philippines peace deal is far from a done deal

    Simon Tisdall

    Simon Tisdall: Terror groups like Abu Sayyaf will challenge a pact whose beneficial effects will be felt far beyond the southern Philippines

January 2012

  • Filipino Flood Victims Rebuild Lives After Tropical Storm Washi

    Guardian development network
    Shelter key issue for survivors of tropical storm in Philippines

    Tens of thousands remain homeless in the aftermath of the tropical storm that hit the island of Mindanao before Christmas

April 2010

  • Greenslade
    Filipino radio reporter shot dead

    Freelance radio reporter Edwin Segues was shot dead on Wednesday in Mindanao in the southern Philippines. He was on his way to work when he was approached by two men on a motorcycle, who shot him three times before driving off

December 2009

  • Manny Pacquiao

    Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao re-enters Philippines' political ring

    Seven-times world champ 'Pacman' runs against shipping tycoon in race for congress on Mindanao

November 2009

  • he Rev Michael Sinnott, 79

    Kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott freed in Philippines

    Missionary was abducted from gated compound in Pagadian City on the island of Mindanao on October 11

October 2009

  • he Rev Michael Sinnott, 79

    Philippine troops surround kidnappers of Irish priest

    Gunboats and soldiers take position against Muslim militants on island of Mindanao, in operation to free hostage Michael Sinnott

July 2009

  • Greenslade
    Another Filipino journalist murdered

    Yet another journalist has been murdered in the Philippines. Godofredo Linao, host of a current affairs programme on Radyo Nitin in the Surigao del Sol province on southern Mindanao island, was shot dead on Monday

November 2008

  • Greenslade
    Crusading radio commentator murdered

    Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a crusading radio commentator just after dropping off his children at school in the southern Philippines of Gingoog city on Mindanao. Areteo Padrigao, who broadcast on Radio Natin, regularlt criticised corruption in his programmes. He was the seventh radio journalist killed this year in the Philippines. (Sources: Reuters/AP)

October 2006

  • Philippines threat level raised after bomb blasts

    The Foreign Office has revised its travel advisory for the Philippines after a series of bombs exploded on the island of Mindanao. The UK government is now warning against all travel to the island, the country's second largest.

June 2006

  • Greenslade
    Married Philippines journalists murdered

    Two married journalists were murdered in the Philippines yesterday. George Vigo and his wife, Macel Alave-Vigo, were shot as they returned to their home in Kidapawan, on the southern island of Mindanao. Vigo was a contributor to Union of Catholic Asian News while his wife was a presenter for dxND radio. The couple also contributed to the creation of the Federation of Reporters for Empowerment and Equality (FREE). As Reporters Without Borders notes yet again, the Philippines "is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists." (Via editorandpublisher.com)

April 2003

  • 'Terrorist' bomb kills 16 Filipinos

    A bomb which exploded on a wharf in Davao on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao killed at least 16 people and injured 44 yesterday.

March 2003

  • Rebels kill Filipino bus passengers

    Eighteen deaths were reported yesterday in clashes between troops and separatists on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

February 2003

  • World dispatch
    Hunting down the Pentagon

    Mindanao dispatch: The Philippine government is being tested by armed Islamist radicals who have named themselves after the US military headquarters, writes John Aglionby.

April 2002

  • Filipino police free kidnapped priest

    An Italian priest held hostage for almost six months on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was rescued yesterday after his captors abandoned him before an assault by security forces.

February 2002

  • Muslim rebel groups

    The largest rebel groups in the southern Philippines, mainly on the islands of Mindanao, Basilan and Jolo, claim to be fighting for an independent homeland for the country's Muslims.

April 2000

  • Island rebellion risks religious war

    The long single file of soldiers heading for the front line conjured up images of the first world war. Wearing neatly pressed uniforms, guns cradled in their arms or slung over their shoulders, the young men looked eager for the fight.
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