At least one Islamist militant and six Philippine soldiers were killed yesterday in a military operation to hunt down Dawlah Islamiyah fighters who set off a bomb during a Catholic Mass last December.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has blamed this morning’s bombing in Mindanao State University on “foreign terrorists” as security is heightened in Manila and the southern Philippines.
More than 220,000 express bus tickets from a total of 330,000 have been sold at the Southern Integrated Terminal (TBS) for the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri festivities, and tickets to the east coast states have been completely sold out, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke