BULUAN, Maguindanao: “ISIS is a product of desperation,” President Rodrigo Duterte said during his visit here late Friday, virtually confirming the presence of the jihadist groups in the country.

“They exist in Sulu and even contaminated the nearby province of Basilan,” Duterte told hundreds of people present during his visit here. He did not elaborate.

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