ILIGAN CITY – The military has declared the province of Basilan free from the Abu Sayyaf Group following the surrender of the four remaining members and four followers in Barangay Guiong, Sumisip on Thursday. FOUR remaining members of the Abu Sayyaf Group surrender in Basilan on Thursday. (101st...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three military intelligence personnel were killed by armed men in an ambush in Barangay Baimbing, Lamitan City, Basilan on Monday evening, Dec. 23. THREE military intelligence agents were killed in an ambush in Basilan on Monday night. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Initial report...
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 – The Philippine Coast Guard-Isabela Station rescued two persons after their boat capsized in the sea of Lampinigan Island, Isabela City, Basilan province on Monday, Oct. 21. COAST Guard personnel rescues one of two passengers in a sea mishap in Lampinigan Island, Isabela...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gov. Jim Salliman said there is no indication at present that American kidnap victim Elliot Onil Eastman is in Basilan. SALLIMAN In a statement on Monday, Oct. 21, Salliman said that he has ordered the immediate mobilization of resources after learning about the abduction in...
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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was shot dead after he fired at lawmen manning a checkpoint in Akbar, Basilan on Thursday, August 29. THE suspect’s gun. Police identified the suspect as Said Jalil Anjalin, alias Robin. Investigation said that the motorcycle-riding suspect refused to stop and even tried...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An explosion rocked the municipality of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province on Tuesday night, August 13, days before the town festival mounted annually by the local government. The blast, which happened within the vicinity of the municipal hall, destroyed part of the fence. ...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan on the municipality's purchases of P5.9 million worth of supplies and materials that were treated as "outright expenses" without coursing them through the inventory account. In its 2023 audit report, the COA cited Section...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two children died and three family members are in critical condition after reportedly eating a poisonous fish in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday, July 30. Police disclosed that the victims, members of the Uwing family, ate puffer fish, locally known as “butingga" or...
