ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some 30 houses were gutted in a fire at Zone 1, Barangay Kaumpurnah, Isabela City, Basilan Province on Tuesday afternoon, June 14. Some 30 houses were razed by fire in Isabela, Basilan on Tuesday, June 14. (BASILAN PDRRMO photo) Isabela City Fire Marshal F/Sr. Insp. Edgar Quitoy...
GAPPAL ZAMBOANGA CITY – A losing mayoral candidate in the May 9 polls and his son-in-law were killed in Lamitan City, Basilan last Thursday, June 9. Ujud Ujurun J. Gappal was standing by the roadside in Riverside, Barangay Matibay when he was shot and killed by a still unidentified suspect at...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Isabela City police were able to find closed circuit television (CCTV) footage showing a person of interest who may have been behind the explosions at the parking lot of a fastfood chain and a bus terminal on Monday, May 30, in Isabela City, Basilan. The suspect in the...
Bishop Leo Dalmao of the Isabela prelature condemned the twin explosions that hurt at least two people in Basilan Island on Monday. Photo courtesy Caritas Philippines In a pastoral statement released Tuesday, May 31, the prelate described the incident as “unfortunate” and “unwarranted by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A tricycle driver and a motorcycle rider were killed while two others were wounded when a group of gunmen numbering to about six fired shots at them in Barangay Matikang, Lantawan, Basilan on Wednesday, May 11. The fatalities were identified as Omar Marani Manasal, 37, a tricycle...
The 2022 national and local elections in Basilan province commenced on Monday, May 9, but it was marred by strafing and shooting incidents, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported. Comelec Commissioner George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said registered voters in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Candidates from the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi signed a peace covenant for safe and honest elections at Basilan State College, Isabela City, Basilan on Saturday, April 23. BaSulTa (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) candidates sign the peace accord at the Basilan State...
With just a few weeks before the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, April 23, said there will be no electricity problem in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) on Election Day, May 9. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two male passengers of a motorized banca that capsized in Isabela City waters were rescued by Philippine Coast Guard Basilan personnel on Monday, April 11. Coast Guard Basilan search and rescue personnel with the two passengers of a capsized banca who were rescued in seas off...
Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides. Military personnel figure in an armed encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four soldiers were wounded during a firefight between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sumisip Municipality, Basilan province on Saturday, April 2. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force Basilan commander, said soldiers were conducting combat operations...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and ten other members surrendered to authorities in Basilan last Tuesday, less than a week after the group’s top leader was killed during an encounter with government troops. Joint Task Force Basilan officials pose with the Abu Sayyaf...
