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Topic: Maluso, Basilan

	All-weather road to unlock Basilan's potential
		Jakilan relates that Basilan’s business community is optimistic that with the establishment of modern infrastructure, the province will lure more local and foreign investment, which he considers the lifeblood of the area’s economy.
		To illustrate the increasing commercial attractiveness of the area, he points to the recent opening of a Jollibee branch in Isabela, Basilan, which was cited by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her State of the National Address.
		Basilan is, for example, the country's second largest producer of rubber, with large plantations such as Sime Darby Filipinas' in Isabela and Menzi's, located in the town of Maluso.
	www.mindanao.org /news/0704/02.htm (927 words)

	Basilan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basilan is the northernmost among the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago.
		Basilan figured prominently in international news as one of the strongholds of the Islamic terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf.
		Basilan used to be part of Western Mindanao (the former name of Zamboanga Peninsula), but in a recent plebiscite the residents of Basilan opted to join ARMM, with the exception of Isabela City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basilan (302 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Basilan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Basilan is an island province (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) of the Philippines (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (additional info and facts about Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) (ARMM).
		Basilan is the northernmost among the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago (additional info and facts about Sulu Archipelago).
		Basilan is subdivided into 6 municipalities (additional info and facts about municipalities) and 1 city (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/basilan.htm (210 words)

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		Basilan means "iron trail" a tough name for a place, as tough as its people who, for centuries, had struggled for survival and independence from foreign invaders.
		In 1663, the Spanish troops in Basilan were recalled to Manila in anticipation of the possible attack of the Chinese warlord Koxinga.
		As originally concieved, the new province was composed of the whole island of Basilan and the adjacent islands which are comprised of the towns of Isabela, except for its town proper, and the former municipal districts of Lamitan and Maluso.
	mindanao.tripod.com /basilan.html (1140 words)

	Sun.Star Zamboanga - Ricciardone, USAID officials visit Basilan
		Maluso is part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), and where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf terrorists whose group is tied to Al-Qaeda network.
		The Maluso port improvement has been specifically pronounced as a priority project by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) Governor Parouk Hussin and is included in the Regional Economic Agenda for peace and development.
		The Maluso port is expected to generate greater economic activities in Maluso and its neighboring islands.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2004/10/15/news/ricciardone.usaid.officials.visit.basilan.html (561 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The word “Basilan” means "iron trail," a tough name for a place, as tough as its people who, for centuries, had struggled for survival and independence from foreign invaders.
		The early settlers of Basilan were the Orang Dampuans, the descendants of the Yakans.
		As originally conceived, the new province was composed of the whole island of Basilan and the adjacent islands, which are comprised of the towns of Isabela, except for its town proper, and the former municipal districts of Lamitan and Maluso.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=history&province=114 (510 words)

	Philippine Marines Return to Basilan
		Basilan, said he was made to understand from local contacts, that negotiations were underway for the safe release of the hostages.
		Basilan, "Government soldiers said the trained dogs were brought by an advance party of US military anti-terrorist experts..." more...
		Castor Canete, of the 5th Marine Battalion based in Maluso, while the suspect was identified as Maja Jubaile, a resident of Maluso, who was also killed on the spot by responding marine personnel.
	www.geocities.com /pmcmssr/BasilanReturn.html (4029 words)

	The Mission to the Badjaos
		Of all the indigenous groups present in the Philippine archipelago, the Samal-Badjao community is considered to be one of the most vulnerable and yet the least cared for by society.
		In fact, in the island of Basilan, they are at the lowest rung of the social stratum and are victims of abuses and exploitation by their neighbors.
		Preferring to live close to the water, the sea-dwelling Samal-Badjaos in Maluso have established their community in a coastal area not far from the vicinity of the convent and parish church under the pastoral care of the Claretians.
	missionaries.claret.org /docs/badjaos.html (757 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Three weeks into the Basilan hostage crisis, the military declared that the 26 hostages still being held by the Abu Sayyaf would be rescued soon as the bandits had run out of hiding places.
		Eight battalions have been dispatched to Basilan to seek and eliminate the bandits, who have been on the run constantly since arriving from Palawan.
		Basilan is an island of mountainous jungle, largely inhabited by Muslims and a known stronghold of the ASG, which enjoys strong local support.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2001-06/22/article2.shtml (789 words)

	Twilight of the Sea People
		MALUSO, BASILAN— In one of the houses on stilts along the shore of Teheman, beyond the mangrove trees in this coastal town in Mindanao, a mother is singing to her six-month-old daughter.
		Here in Basilan and elsewhere, Bajau boat communities have coalesced into larger pole house villages, where their ways are slowly being taken over by those of the surrounding shore population, and where they now live in abject poverty.
		Their traditional burial ground, a small island off the shore of Maluso, has been taken over by a Tausug community who fled from the poverty and the sporadic fighting between Moro rebels and government soldiers in the nearby province of Sulu.
	www.pcij.org /imag/EarthWatch/bajau.html (926 words)

	.: Mindanews -29 April 2005 :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ZAMBOANGA CITY — The P10.5 million fish port in Maluso, Basilan, was inaugurated Tuesday by Basilan Rep. Gerry Salapuddin and Mayor Sakib Salajim.
		The construction of the Maluso Municipal Fishing Port was funded, through the initiative of Salapuddin, by the Department of Fishery and Development Authority (DFDA) under its Agricultural Fisheries Modernization Act.
		Maluso is near the island town of Tongkil, one of 18 towns in the province of Sulu.
	www.mindanews.com /2005/04/29nws-basilan.html (208 words)

	Newsbreak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He decided to leave Dasalan Island northwest of Basilan after getting word that the Marines were on their way to get him and the three hostages he had with him.
		On the eve of June 7, it was the civilian volunteers and local residents who provided the final leads—a purchase of a lot of bread, sightings of strangers—that helped the military plan a battle formation that eventually boxed in the bandits.
		Accused of coddling the bandits, the Marines were pulled out of Basilan in 1994, their territory since the height of the Moro wars in the 1970s.
	www.inq7.net /nwsbrk/2002/jun/25/nbk_4-1.htm (2814 words)

	BAZILAN WAR REPORT
		Basilan, which in recent years has been tagged as "the kidnapping capital of the Philippines", is now a war zone, dubbed by the Western media as the "second front in the war against terrorism next to Afghanistan." A total of 160 U.S. Special Operations Forces have been committed to Basilan since last February, 2002.
		Basilan, including the capital city of Isabela, is like a no-man's land by 8pm as if it was telling us, "Don't go out, for it is at your own risk".
		The underlings of the Basilan governor had also been seen leading a march of demonstrators who claimed that they were victims of Abu Sayyaf atrocities and that it should be the bandits who should be investigated for human rights violations.
	www.yonip.com /main/articles/war_zone.html (2654 words)

	Gulfnews: Chinese Businessman held in Manila crackdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		His arrest was a sign that the military crackdown on suspected civilian supporters of the group, has succeeded, said Presidential spokesperson Rigoberto Tiglao, adding this would force the group to go on the run and they would soon release their 21 hostages in the southern Philippines.
		Also recently arrested as a civilian supporter of the group was Sipad Antonio, village chair of Puento Maluso, Basilan, a known Abu Sayyaf stronghold.
		Of the 71 recently arrested Abu Sayyaf members in the southern Philippines, only 52 remained incarcerated and the rest were released because of "weak evidence", said Tiglao, adding the branch of the justice department in Basilan is preparing the cases to be filed against them.
	search.gulfnews.com /articles/01/07/17/22425.html (634 words)

	Philippine Politics 04: GMA conspicuous absence
		MALUSO, Basilan - US officials led by Ambassador Francis Ricciardone on Wednesday inspected infrastructure and livelihood projects funded by Washington in this remote coastal town.
		Basilan Gov. Wahab Akbar, a rebel leader-turned-politician, said the island's 350,000 people would be better off under US rule.
		Basilan is one of the country's 20 most poorest provinces, but Akbar boasted that the island, once the stronghold of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, is moving up.
	politicaljunkie.blogspot.com /2004/10/gma-conspicuous-absence.html (529 words)

	Balita - Linking Filipinos worldwide with news since 1994
		Basilan comprises of two cities namely: Isabela, the province's capital, and Lamitan; and nine towns namely: Tuburan, Tipo-Tipo, Sumisip, Lantawan, Maluso, Al-Barka, Akbar, Ajul and Ungkaya Pukan.
		REMAS covers the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi that are part of the ARMM aside from the Zamboanga Peninsula that comprises the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte and the cities of Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, Isabela and Zamboanga.
		Hataman's brother, Boy, is seeking re-election for mayor in the town of Sumisip while another brother, Jim, is a candidate for the lone congressional district of Basilan province.
	news.balita.ph /html/article.php/20070514160801140 (919 words)

	Article
		JOINT military-police operatives raided last Monday the hideout of a notorious Abu Sayyaf bandit in Isabela, Basilan province and arrested a suspect who was implicated in the 2001 mass kidnapping of 19 vacation-goers, including foreigners at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan.
		Southcom spokesman Colonel Domingo Tutaan revealed to Sun.Star Zamboanga the identity of the Abu Sayyaf suspect as Ysmael Jakur, a native of the island province.
		Jakur could be among those sentenced in absentia by the Basilan court after they were prosecuted for their involvement in past kidnappings in the region late in 2004, a DOJ source told Sun.Star Zamboanga Tuesday.
	www.rantburg.com /poparticle.php?ID=54073&D=2005-01-19&HC=1 (412 words)

	Official Website of the Provincial Government of Basilan
		The Jesuit missionary formally evangelized Basilan in 1664.
		Although the assault did not materialize, the stations in Zamboanga and Basilan were not restored until their occupation in 1718.
		The people of Basilan have their first Municipal President in January 1899, but it was a short-lived one.
	www.basilan.gov.ph /invasion.html (693 words)

	ABU SAYYAF'S NO. 4 MAN CAPTURED
		"Nagkasama kami ni Sabaya sa may Maluso last month at kasama niya ang mga Burnham at si Deborah Yap bago kami nagkahiwalay (Sabaya and I got together around Maluso in Basilan last month and he was with the Burnhams and Deborah Yap before we separated)," Yacub said.
		Yacub admitted participating in the bandit raid on Lamitan, Basilan on June 2 when they stormed a church-hospital compound, released some of their 21 hostages and seized five hospital staff members, including Yap.
		Yacub said his group was already planning to surrender to the government and claimed they even sent an emissary to Basilan Rep. Gerry Salapuddin to persuade him to include them in a group of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas who were to surrender to the government.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/04/hl/hl015648.htm (884 words)

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		Jitters were also felt here as residents were initially spooked by the Orion’s unusual sound and the three-hour long dawn flout yesterday.
		In Basilan, troops were focusing between Maluso and Lantawan towns.
		Troops in Basilan, he noted, continue to receive data “with positive indicators” of Abu Sayyaf presence.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/68672/617265 (445 words)

	Claret - ASIN :: Official Entry To The Philippine Cyberfair
		In fact, in the island of Basilan, they are at the lowest rung of the social stratum and are victims of abuses and exploitation by their neighbors.
		Preferring to live close to the water, the sea-dwelling Samal-Badjaos in Maluso have established their community in a coastal area not far from the vicinity of the convent and parish church under the pastoral care of the Claretians.
		And if one were to consider the inaccessibility of their community by foot, then it could be said that they seem to be outcasts in the society where they are situated.
	www.geocities.com /claretschool_asin/basilan/Basilan.htm (798 words)

	Gulfnews: Two American hostages seen by villagers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Villagers saw the American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham, being dragged by their captors led by Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya in Maluso, Basilan last Sunday, a local newspaper said.
		Abu Sayyaf leader Suhod Tanadjalin and 30 other armed men crossed the Kumalarang River in a diversionary manoeuvre to allow Sabaya and his men to escape the military dragnet, the report said.
		The computer-controlled miniature planes have been undergoing test flights in Fort Magsaysay, the country's largest military base, in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, central Philippines for the past six months, said Col. Ricardo Morales, chief of the Army's plans and programmes.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=23490 (324 words)

	Philippine troops clash with suspected rebels near U.S. Special Forces position
		The seven American soldiers already there were not in danger and were not involved in the fighting near the town of Maluso on Basilan island, the official said.
		The seven Americans staying in a Philippine marine battalion camp at Maluso are part of an initial deployment of a 160-strong U.S. special forces group joining a six-month training exercise.
		Under the terms of the military exercise, American troops would be allowed to venture into Basilan combat zones to observe Filipino troops hunting the Abu Sayyaf.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/terrorist/0202/19/terror10.asp (394 words)

	Chanute Tribune Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Some special forces soldiers have been deployed to Philippine military units operating in Maluso, where Salajin said the hostages and their captors have recently been sighted.
		The group turned over 20 high-powered firearms to an army detachment in Lamitan and were brought to an army camp in Isabela, capital of Basilan, Wednesday, said Maj. Noel Detoyato, a spokesman for the military's southern Command.
		MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu disowned the group, saying were not regular members but supporters of Rep. Jerry Salapuddin, a former guerrilla who surrendered to the government in the 1980s.
	www.chanute.com /chnsub/02Mar/852402.HTM (419 words)

	Basilan sheds off its image as Abu-Sayyaf ravaged island - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		MALUSO, Basilan, Philippines -- US Ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone noted the transformation of this province from an Abu Sayyaf-ravaged island to a growing economic hub in Mindanao.
		That's what we have hoped, a combination of development assistance, working with the local government units, government agencies, non-government organizations and with the wise work of the AFP that judiciously used their force against the bad elements," Ricciardone told reporters here Wednesday.
		The US ambassador visited Maluso town where a port improvement is being implemented by the Growth Equity in Mindanao (GEM) thru USAID funding.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=15127 (440 words)

	PHNO: Headline News Philippines
		Police investigators said they suspected the attack was carried out by the Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim fundamentalist group blamed for a spate of bombings in Mindanao in recent years.
		Basilan police Chief Supt. Ernanito Baul said the attack may have been in retaliation for the killing of two Abu Sayyaf guerrillas last week by government forces pursuing the kidnappers of two Belgian nationals.
		Baul identified the injured as Artemia Alanani, 53; Linda Cartipo; Connie Alanano, 31; Elvira Sindap, 26; Estelita Bisebilla, 36, all from Maluso, Basilan, and Haidee Molijon, 22; Rubilyn Ernacio, 18; Merilyn Remildo, 35 and Arnold Bongallon, 49, of Zamboanga City, who was reported in serious condition.
	www.newsflash.org /1999/07/hl/hl011423.htm (448 words)

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