Military intensifies manhunt for Basilan ambush mastermind

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The military has intensified the manhunt against the wanted leader of the group allegedly behind the recent ambushes of soldiers in Basilan. Maj. Gen. Jose Vladimir Cagara, acting commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), directed troops to intensify operations against Saddam Siddick, whom