ILIGAN CITY – Five Abu Sayyaf Group members surrendered to Brig. Gen. Alvin Luzon, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, at the 101st Infantry Brigade headquarters in Barangay Tabiawan, Isabela City, Basilan on Wednesday afternoon, September 6. Two of the surrenderers, alias “Idol” and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Roman Catholic community and the provincial government of Basilan condemned on Sunday, August 27, the desecration of a sacred image of Jesus Christ at the Santa Isabel de Portugal Cathedral in Isabela City, Basilan. A STATUE of Jesus Christ with the unwanted child at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A soldier was killed and a policeman and six other government troopers were wounded in an ambush by armed men in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan on Saturday, August 12. A report from the Western Mindanao Command said that 10 unidentified armed men ambushed a convoy led by Ungkaya Pukan...
A soldier was killed while at least seven other law enforcers were injured when unidentified assailants ambushed Vice Mayor Ahmadin Baharim of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan on Saturday, August 12. The vice mayor was safe. Barangay Ulitan, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan (Courtesy of Joint Task Force Basilan) Major...
This was the advice of Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla to the youths of Basilan province after he took part in the Taguima Youth Congress there on Sunday, August 6.. In his speech at the Basilan National High School, Padilla stressed this is the key to success, aside from the youth...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman Citing the "huge economic losses" being suffered by his province, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is seeking a House inquiry on what he described as the "frequent and incessant” power outages or brownouts there. Filed by Hataman was House...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An ice vendor was gunned down in Barangay Lagayas, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Leonardo Sanchez Arcila of Barangay Aguada, Isabela, Basilan. Investigation disclosed that the victim was on his way home when he was shot by...
The Philippine Navy (PN) conducted an amphibious raid to showcase its naval capabilities as part of the culmination of Exercise Pagsisikap 2023 in Hadji Muthamad, Basilan last week. *The Naval Forces Western Mindanao holds an amphibious raid as part of Exercise Pagsisikap on * *Sangbay Big...
With a total land area of 97,530 square kilometers, Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippine archipelago. It is also home to beautiful beaches and landscape areas, including the Pink Beach in Zamboanga, Dinagat Islands with waterfalls, beaches, caves, and the Marang-marang mangroves...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla (left) and lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has reiterated his call for a House probe on the power crisis in his province, which is being plagued by frequent...
ILIGAN CITY – Two wives of an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the 20-year-old widow of an ASG member were apprehended in a joint law enforcement operation on Thursday evening, June 15, in Basilan. Joint Task Force Basilan acting commander Col. Frederick Sales identified them as Marilyn Lasigan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a clash with police in the hinterlands of Basilan province, police said on Wednesday, June 14. Police Col. Carlos Madronio, Basilan police director, said Nurudin Muddalan was slain in a gunfight around 10 p.m. on Tuesday,...
