The leader of the gang, Agbimuddin Kiram, told a Philippines radio station that police had surrounded them and opened fire.
At least 14 people have died in clashes to end the siege of a village in Malaysia's Sabah province by a Philippines clan, police say.
At least two policemen are reported to have died in clashes at a village in Malaysia's Sabah province which was being occupied by a Philippines clan.
Meanwhile Manila said that Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario would also ask for permission for a Philippines ship carrying aid and consular help to be allowed to reach the intruders and evacuate the wounded.
BBC: Malaysia boosts Sabah security after Lahad Datu clashes
Agbimuddin Kiram, who is the younger brother of the Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III and was in the village, told a Philippines radio station on Friday morning that police had surrounded them and opened fire.
Is it a threat to the Philippines, a threat to the United States?
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Malaysia is boosting security in Sabah state amid an increasingly tense confrontation with a group from the Philippines occupying a village there.
BBC: Malaysia boosts Sabah security after Lahad Datu clashes
So Hwang, 74, spent a month in the Philippines, where a Korean cook prepared kimchi daily for him.
It was a tumultuous time for the Philippines, a country that has never been easy to take seriously.
Rising disposable income, the growth of the middle class and a relatively low penetration rate for appliances are making the Philippines a hot market for consumer durables.
Continued low interest rates in the West and a probable credit upgrade for Manila will incline a growing number of long-term investors to give the Philippines a serious look.
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Ms Cruz had come to the UK as a student from the Philippines and worked two jobs as a nanny and a cleaner.
Qatari officials gave the president a wooden case containing a small sword while the Philippines ambassador gave him a bamboo bicycle.
Plunder is a non-bailable offence in the Philippines and carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
He was elected as a Congressman in the Philippines in 2010 and has been bandied about as a presidential candidate when his boxing career is over.
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Filipino American Vargas recalls that his high school history textbook had less than a page on the Philippines, and then it was only mentioned as a World War II battleground.
It is a title that goes back to before the Philippines was an American colony, or a Spanish colony, or indeed properly recognised as the Philippines at all.
Officials said Hagel told Gazmin that during a visit to the Philippines in the 1980s, he was surprised to see a photo of his father in a foxhole on display in an exhibit the same photo that had hung in the Hagel family home.
Misuari signed a peace accord Sept. 2 with one-time battlefield opponent Fidel Ramos, now president of the Philippines and a key mover behind the peace process.
Sabah shares a sea border with the southern Philippines, which is home to a number of Islamic militant and kidnap-for-ransom groups.
Malaysia's Sabah state shares a sea border with the southern Philippines, which is home to a number of Islamic militant and kidnap-for ransom groups.
The 33-year-old has a budding political career in his native Philippines, where he is a congressman, and has flirted with acting.
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But a bigger threat to the Philippines (and other remittance-dependent countries) comes from a Saudi effort to tackle unemployment by boosting the employment of locals.
At a February 2011 board meeting, the board told Wynn Resorts that it shouldn't do business in the Philippines and told Mr. Wynn to cancel a planned meeting there with the president of the Philippines, which had been set up by Mr. Okada, Mr. Miller said.
The issue has been a stumbling block in relations between Malaysia and the Philippines for decades, and a factor behind the continuing violence and instability on the islands of Sulu.
Firm also owns the Alaska Aces, a contender in the Philippines Basketball Association league.
For starters, local laws forbid foreigners from owning the majority of a business in the Philippines.
Authorities in the Philippines captured a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group.
The Philippines, a new favourite among some foreign investors, may fall not far short of that.
If the deal goes through, it will be the biggest bank merger in the Philippines in a decade.
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