ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four persons were killed while one was wounded after they were riddled with bullets hours after attending a wedding in Barangay Baas, Lamitan City, Basilan at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8. A report from the Lamitan police station said the victims were sleeping on a makeshift stage at a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Semmut, Akbar, Basilan Tuesday, Aug. 23. Police Col. Pedro Martirez Jr., Basilan police chief, said the suspects – Mascud Cuevas Sarael, of Bohe Lebbung, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, and Dasman Kilala of...
Militant and terrorist organizations in the southern part of the country took a setback after the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) facilitated the surrender of nine members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Maguindanao and Basilan provinces...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Saying they wanted to reunite with their families, two Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members separately surrendered in Basilan and Sulu. ABU Junjun, an Abu Sayyaf member, surrendered in Patikul, Sulu. He yielded an M79 grenade launcher. (Westmincom photo) In a statement Wednesday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Two Basilan Electric Cooperative (Baselco) personnel were killed in a broad daylight shooting in Isabela City, the capital of Basilan, Tuesday, August 9. Police Lt. Col. Junpikar Sitin, Isabela City police chief, said Baseco linemen Alvin Pangilinan, 53, and Reymond...
The Philippine National Police-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region has attributed to human error a mistake in a Lamitan City, Basilan PNP spot report which identified a shooting victim to be related to murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao-Yumol. In an interview, PNP Bangsamoro Public Information Officer Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Lamitan City, Basilan police corrected a spot report Sunday, August 7, stating that a man with the same surname as Ateneo murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao-Yumol was gunned down in Lamitan City. The Lamitan police had earlier issued a spot report saying that a man with the same...
LAMITAN City, Basilan Mayor Roderick Furigay stands beside the casket of his wife, former Lamitan Mayor Rose Furigay, during necrological services in Lamitan City Wednesday, August 3. ZAMBOANGA CITY – Former Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigay was laid to rest Wednesday, August 3, in...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enforce stricter security measures in the checkpoints and borders of Lamitan City, Basilan following the killing of the father of Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol,...
The killing of the father of Chao Tiao Yumol, the suspected gunman behind the deadly Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) shooting, might have been an “offshoot” or consequence of the first bloodbath that occurred in the university, a ranking police officer disclosed. Police Brig. Gen. Remus...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has condemned the ‘senseless’ killing of Rolando Yumol, father of Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) shooter Chao Tiao Yumol. Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) “We condemn the senseless killing of Rolando Yumol, father of Ateneo...
ROLAND Yumol The 69-year-old father of Ateneo murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao Yumol was shot dead outside his house in Lamitan City, Basilan at 6:55 a.m., Friday, July 29. Police Col. Tadzhael Managola, Lamitan police officer-in-charge, identified the victim Roland “Bobong” Yumol, a retired...
