ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer and a suspected drug pusher were killed in a shootout during a buy bust operation in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The suspect Hamid Idarus, alias Mids and a high-value individual, and his companions fired at lawmen after they...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Soldiers recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P27.7 million in the sea of Basilan province on Tuesday. The Naval Task Force 61 of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command stopped a motor banca near Amoyloi Reef in Ungkaya Pukan during a routine patrol operation. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Violence in Tipo Tipo town, Basilan province eased following the declaration of a ceasefire on Wednesday, Oct. 29, between the government and elements responsible for the attack. Gov. Mujiv Hataman said the ceasefire was achieved after a lengthy negotiation participated in by the...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has distributed relief goods to families displaced by clan violence in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan province, authorities said Wednesday. Dr. Nur-Khan Istarul, provincial board member, said 2,500 family food packs were...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, Oct. 28 said it is ready to assist residents affected by the ongoing clashes between members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and government troops in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four persons were wounded and some 7,000 individuals have fled their homes due to ongoing skirmishes between government forces and lawless elements and Moro Islamic Liberation Front supporters in Tipo Tipo town, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The unidentified victims were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - After days of tension, a fierce firefight erupted in Tipo Tipo municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28, between soldiers and lawless elements and forces affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The gunfight erupted after negotiations led by the...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it had deployed troops to Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, after the local government unit (LGU) announced that armed men, allegedly backed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), had laid “siege” in the town. “The Philippine Army...
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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Passengers of a distressed fast craft were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard and local fishermen in the sea of Isabela City, Basilan province on Thursday morning, Oct. 23. The fast craft was travelling from Zamboanga City to Basilan when it suddenly experienced engine...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two of the three suspects behind the murder of a village official in Basilan province on Tuesday, police said. Basilan police director Col. Cerrazid Umabong identified the two arrested suspects as Toh Lalung Acalul, 41, and Delpi Suratan, 32, both residents...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some P17-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized during an operation by Philippine Navy personnel in the sea of Basilan province on Monday, Oct. 20. A Western Mindanao Naval Command vessel detected a suspicious fishing vessel marked F/B Guess and immediately conducted...
