On July 31, 2018, a bomb exploded in the town of Lamitan in Basilan, Philippines. A white van carrying explosives was asked to stop at the Magkawit detachment...
avoided by Manila : Philippines holds 5 in fatal bombing, 17 December 2004 "VALENTINE'S DAY BOMBING SPREE, ABU CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY". Newsflash. 15 February...
"Toll rises to 35 in car bombing outside Benghazi mosque". Reuters. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020...
Filipinos were suspected to be involved in the 2018Lamitan, 2019 Jolo Cathedral and Indanan bombings. On July 23, Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon pledged...
detonated himself in the 2018Lamitanbombing. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also claimed credit for the bombings. President Rodrigo Duterte...
Indonesians in bomb attacks in the country. Similar claims were made in two earlier bombings in Lamitan City of Basilan Province on July 31, 2018, and in Cotabato...
conducted numerous raids, including one that culminated in the Siege of Lamitan and "one at a coconut plantation called Golden Harvest; they took about...
in Palawan, including all three US nationals, were held in Lamitan. Witnesses in Lamitan described helicopters and infantry units pouring rockets and...
statistically independent. The provincial capital has since been transferred to Lamitan. Despite this, the provincial Capitol and government offices are still...
and the Moro National Liberation Front reportedly attacked the city of Lamitan in Basilan on September 12, 2013. The same set of militants conducted another...
checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan. Twelve others are wounded. 28 August – Two civilians are killed and thirty-six injured by a homemade bomb during a street...
executing captured Christians. In 2018, two bombing incidents involving Abu Sayyaf and the BIFF occurred, one in Lamitan, Basilan and two separate incidents...
national government. Upon the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in 2018 under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte,Murad Ebrahim campaigned...
Hataman brothers constitute a powerful political bloc in Basilan. Former Lamitan mayor, Roderick Furigay is considered one of their allies. Gerry Salapuddin...
part of the new autonomous region reasoning that the neighboring town of Lamitan has been governed by Christians despite being part of the ARMM. Hataman...
second quarter of 2018) –From 04-01-2018 to 04-07-2018 Archived January 15, 2019, at the Wayback Machine –From 04-08-2018 to 04-14-2018 Archived January...
vice mayor (1995–1998); representative, 1st District (1998–2007) Robin '"Bombing" L. Nepomuceno – vice-governor, ABC president/city councilor, barangay...
declaration of a state of emergency, several Scout Ranger officers, including Lamitan Hero, Army Captain Ruben Guinolbay, were ordered investigated and detained...
ratification of Republic Act 9391 which was approved on March 15. June 18 Lamitan becomes a city in the province of Basilan through ratification of Republic...
including 50 passengers of a convoy on the way to Lantawan, as well as Lamitan Roman Catholic priest Rev. Cirilo Nacorda; release all hostages but 36...
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