Newly appointed Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento on Wednesday, April 22, pledged to pursue “sustainable peace” following his designation as Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). Sarmiento expressed gratitude to President...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A doctor arrested for allegedly murdering Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigay in 2022 has been convicted of several counts of cyber libel. Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol, 42, was found guilty in an April 17, 2026, decision by a Davao City Regional Trial Court and sentenced to 70 years...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three persons were wounded in an encounter between two security aides of a municipal mayor who are also members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Wednesday, April 15, in Barangay Buton, a remote area six kilometers away from the Hadji Mohammad Ajul Municipal Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The people of Basilan are seeking justice for a teacher who was stabbed to death on a barangay road in Lamitan City on Sunday, April 13. The victim, Joselito Alumbro Orbuda, a resident of Barangay Limo-ok, Lamitan City, and a teacher of the Mindanao Autonomous College, was found...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested the suspect in the murder of a Lebanese and his wife here on Friday in Lantawan municipality, Basilan province at dawn on Monday, April 13. The suspect, 24-year-old Jamil Cotamora Binasing, was apprehended by the military and police at the house of his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A religious leader was wounded in the back by a stray bullet from an encounter between a lawless element and soldiers in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Sunday, March 22. Brig. Gen. Frederick Sales, 1101st Brigade commander, said an armed motorist reached for his weapon as he approached a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The body of a female victim of the ill-fated MV Trisha Kerstin 3 was found floating in the sea of Isabela City in Basilan province on Thursday, March 20. The victim was identified as Nurshaina Jalaide of Barangay Bakud, Siasi municipality, Sulu province. Her body was discovered...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Basilan Gov. Mujiv Hataman has ordered the implementation of a four-day work week with a designated work from home every Friday in response to calls from the national government to implement energy conservation measures amid the tension in the Middle East. Executive Order No. 13,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government officials in Basilan province have strongly condemned the grenade-throwing incident that injured a laborer near the newly-constructed outlet of a known food chain on Tuesday evening in Lamitan City. “We strongly condemn the grenade-throwing incident in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A laborer was injured in an explosion in a newly constructed fast food chain outlet in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday evening, March 3. Police identified the victim as Rebel Antalas Masulog, 22, of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. A witness told police that he heard a loud...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fifteen persons were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard and a fishing boat from a distressed vessel in the sea of Baluk Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan on Monday, March 2. MV Sheryl, with seven crew members and eight passengers on board, was transporting water cargo...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Tuesday, Feb. 24, that its technical diving group has completed a full underwater search of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 after 27 days of high-risk deep-water operations off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan. The diving operations started on Jan. 28 and ended...
