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                    [Title] => BOC probes Zambo rice smuggling
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The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is investigating the alleged involvement of its own people in rice smuggling here, Commissioner John Sevilla has said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1400823 [Title] => Military vows pursuit ops vs Abu Sayyaf [Summary] =>

The military vowed to keep the Abu Sayyaf militants on the run to rescue the remaining hostages with fresh troops and intelligence-driven plan as part of its relentless operation in Sulu and Basilan.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-09 17:51:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141021/AFP-3.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1338555 [Title] => Arrests of Abus in Zambo City trigger heightened alert [Summary] =>

Police and military authorities have placed their men in this city on heightened alert following the series of arrests of suspected Abu Sayyaf militants reportedly plotting to stage kidnappings.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140625/helicopter-view-2.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1314976 [Title] => No sighting of kidnapped Sabah tourist, worker [Summary] =>

The reported whereabouts in Sulu of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino worker snatched by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants from a beach resort in Sabah, Malaysia have remained unverified, a military official said yesterday.       

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140423/sabah-tourist.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1306590 [Title] => (UPDATE) 3 civilians injured in rebels' attack in Sulu [Summary] =>

Firefight erupted when gunmen from the rebel group of Abu Sayyaf launched an attack yesterday on a marine detachment in a remote village in  Sulu, leaving three civilians injured, police said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-29 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1288191 [Title] => (UPDATE) Businesswoman abducted by gunmen in Tawi-Tawi [Summary] =>

A group of gunmen suspected to have link with the terrorist group of Abu Sayyaf have abducted a trader in an island town in Tawi-Tawi, police said Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-08 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1265549 [Title] => Gov't determined to save remaining Abu Sayyaf captives: official [Summary] =>

The government, following a long-captive Jordanian journalist recently escaped from Abu Sayyaf group, assured today that it is determined to free some 17 people believed to be still in the hands of the al-Qaeda-linked group.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-07 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 959943 [Title] => The government's failures, the OFWs' frustrations [Summary] =>

The government has continued to fail the 12 million Filipino migrant workers, from 200 countries all over the world,  who bring home no less than $20 billion every year, thereby pushing the Philippine economy to a level that has never been reached before.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134002 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1146379 [AuthorName] => Atty Josephus B Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950026 [Title] => Phl refutes US claim on Sulu [Summary] =>

The Philippine military respects but disagrees the assessment of the US government classifying the Sulu archipelago, composed of Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-tawi provinces, as a safe haven for terrorists.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 23:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946247 [Title] => (UPDATE) Gov't troops clash with Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, 11 dead [Summary] =>

Fierce fighting between government troops and Abu Sayyaf group erupted in the mountains of Sulu this morning, leaving 11 killed, including seven marines and four rebel militants, the authorities said here.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-25 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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