ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the murder of former Mangalut Barangay Captain Haji Malik Aru of Akbar municipality, Basilan province in Isabela City, Basilan on Thursday, Dec. 11. Investigation showed that the gunman approached the victim on the Lamitan-Isabela Highway in Sitio Pilar,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four minors were rescued from a suspected human trafficker during an entrapment operation in Isabela City, Basilan province on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The 45-year-old suspect and resident of Barangay Sunrise in Isabela City, identified only as Jay-R, was taken into custody by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirteen persons died from dengue from January to August this year in this city and Isabela City, Basilan province. Zamboanga City Medical Center Information Officer Dr. Shadrina Sarapuddin said that the fatalities were seven minors and five adults. A total of 236 patients were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin Hataman outlined her vision and accomplishments as she embarked on her third and final term during her State-of-the-City Report at the Isabela City Gym on Tuesday, July 15. The mayor highlighted over 85 projects and programs initiated under her...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Isabela City, Basilan Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman, together with other city officials, took their oath during the Pasínaya: 9th Inauguration of the Elected Local Government Officials on June 30 at the Isabela City Civic and Cultural Center. The event marked the start of a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples was shot dead in Isabela City, Basilan on Monday, April 21. MALUN Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson, Isabela City police station chief, identified the victim as Czarina Mae Mustafa Malun, a resident of Sitio Mabarakat,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - An Isabela City government employee working for peace and order and illegal drug prevention was shot dead in front of his house in Isabela City, Basilan province on Thursday, Feb. 20. Isabela City police station chief Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson identified the victim as Ricardo...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 21-year-old student was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Isabela City, Basilan province on Sunday, Jan. 12, the first day of the gun ban in the May elections. Newly appointed Isabela City police director Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson identified the fatality as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three family members died in a fire which gutted their house and store in Isabela City, Basilan at dawn on Monday, Dec. 9. A FIRE killed three family members in Basilan on Monday, Dec. 9. (Contributed photo by Ely Dumaboc) The victims were identified as Hji Hadjira...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities declared Isabela City in Basilan province Abu Sayyaf Group-free during a simple ceremony at the Isabela City Civic and Cultural Center in Binuangan, Isabela City on Monday, September 30. ISABELA City hall (Wikipedia) Isabela City was the latest area in Basilan to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman was injured in a grenade explosion in Isabela City in Basilan on Sunday night, September 29, a day before the declaration of the city as Abu Sayyaf Group-free. The injured was identified as Police Patrolman Aldimar Salahuddin of the Regional Mobile Force...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has cited Basilan province for enacting an ordinance to protect human rights defenders. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance -- "Basilan Province Human Right Defenders Protection Ordinance" -- is the first-ever local legislation by any provincial...
