ZAMBOANGA CITY – A worker was killed in an explosion in a rubber farm in Barangay Mangal, Sumisip municipality, Basilan province on Thursday, Oct. 23. Police identified the victim as John Roy Alvarez, 35. Investigation disclosed that Alvarez was working near a rubber tree when the explosion...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the attack in Sumisip, Basilan where two soldiers, who were providing security to a United Nations Development Programme mission in the area, died and several others injured. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has filed a protest against...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said that ground commanders have filed a protest against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the bloody encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (center)...
The United Nations in the Philippines said they remain steadfast in their service to the country and are not cowered by the ambush in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22, where two soldiers were killed and 12 others were wounded. “In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
DAVAO CITY – Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. condemned the attack against government soldiers by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Galvez, a former military general, described...
DAVAO CITY – The 101st Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the ambush of soldiers in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday afternoon by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as the incident raises concern on the groups role in fostering peace in the province. LUZON...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in an encounter with suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town, Basilan province on Wednesday, Jan. 22. MEDICAL staff in a Basilan hospital attend to soldiers wounded in an...
ILIGAN CITY – Five members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to the 64th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Tumahubong, Sumisip, Basilan on April 4. FIVE Abu Sayyaf Group members surrender in Basilan on April 4. Lt. Col. Abel Potutan, 64th Infantry Battalion commander, said the surrenderers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the destruction of 550 loose firearms at the Sampinit Complex in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, March 2. PRESIDENT Marcos, with Basilan Gov. Jim Salliman Hataman, inspects loose firearms in Basilan prior to their destruction on Saturday....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two militiamen were killed and two others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off on Monday, November 28, in Sitio Bato Piat, Barangay Limbocandis, Sumisip, Basilan. The fatalities were identified as Rit Iklaman, 41, of Barangay Guiong, Sumisip, and Ligaya...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A provincial board member of Basilan was gunned down in Barangay Basak, Sumisip, Basilan, on Wednesday afternoon, November 8. The Sumisip Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Nasser "Jackson" Asarul, who represented the second district of Basilan. Investigation...
ILIGAN CITY – Two members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were killed in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Tuesday, June 6. Joint Task Force Basilan acting commander Col. Frederick Sales identified them as “Dodong,” a member of the Sulu-based Daulah Islamiyah-ASG under sub-leader Mudzrimar...