Complaints for murder and attempted murder were filed against the five, as well as several other suspected Abu Sayyaf fighters who remain at large, for their alleged role in the Jan. 27 attack at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government forces to destroy the Abu Sayyaf terrorist network after the bombing last Sunday of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in the Sulu provincial capital of Jolo that killed 22 people and wounded more than 100.
Students at a Kentucky Catholic school who were involved in a video showing them mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a Washington rally could potentially face expulsion, according to the diocese.
The Charleston Port & Seafarers' Society, an ecumenical Christian organization, looks after the needs of mariners crisscrossing the globe, and of the stevedores on shore.
By ADAM PARKER, The Post and Courier of Charleston