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Jolo (Tausug: Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago , between Borneo and Mindanao , and has a population of approximately 500,000 people.
Poverty Incidence of Jolo 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 43.02 2003 39.14 2006 43.30 2009 46.11 2012 48.37 2015 40.68 2018 58.94 2021 53.14 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Downtown Jolo Industry In Jolo, most of the residents are in the agriculture industry. Agricultural products include coconut, cassava, abaca, coffee, lanzones, jackfruit, durian, mangosteen and marang. Jolo is the only ...
The following is a list of attacks which have been carried out by Abu Sayyaf, a militant group based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where for more than four decades, Moro groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country.
The 2000 Sipadan kidnappings was a hostage crisis in Sabah, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty-one hostages from the dive resort island of Sipadan at approximately 6:15 p.m. (UTC +8) on 23 April 2000, by up to six Abu Sayyaf (ASG) bandits. [1]
Jolo is a volcanic island located 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of the southern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao Island. The island is part of the Sulu Archipelago, in the province of Sulu, located within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, one of the Regions of the Philippines.
The victim was transported to the terrorists' jungle camp on the southern Philippine island of Jolo. He was held captive for 23 days until his release on 7 December 1993. Sahiron was indicted in the United States District Court , Washington, D.C. , on 27 February 2007, and was charged with hostage taking, aiding and abetting and causing an act ...
The 2020 Jolo bombings occurred on August 24, 2020, when insurgents alleged to be jihadists from the Abu Sayyaf group detonated two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. [1] The first occurred as Philippine Army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. [2]
On the 11th another expedition, numbering 1,500 men, left Jolo on 7 war vessels in the harbor and disembarked at the point of Pandanan, in the eastern part of the island. A vigorous campaign was then begun, the Moros being defeated at Paticolo, Porrion, Piquidapo, and Piqnidajo on the 15th, 16th, 19th, 22d, 26th, and March 27, the dead Moros ...