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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The municipality of Ungkaya Pukan in Basilan, once a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf Group, was declared as ASG-free during a ceremony held at the municipal hall in Barangay Bohe Pahu last Friday, July 19. THE town of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan was declared Abu Sayyaf Group-free...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 65-year-old former ex-convict for allegedly killing and raping a nine-year-old girl in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday, July 9. Investigation said the victim reportedly asked permission from her mother to pick fruits outside their house. She failed to come...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Coast Guard was shot dead in Lamitan City, Basilan on Thursday. Lamitan police chief Police Lt. Col. Arlan Delumpines identified the victim as Nurhan Birong, 26, a resident of Akbar town, Basilan. Birong was assigned to the Ormoc City Coast...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A powerful explosion rocked a gasoline station in Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday evening, June 18, the same day the city was celebrating its 17th founding anniversary. A loud blast was heard from the gas station owned by the Mateo family in Barangay Matibay at 6:47 p.m....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Western Mindanao Command here has confirmed the passage of two Navy vessels of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the sea of Zamboanga City and Basilan province last Thursday, June 6. Major Orlando Ayllon, Western Mindanao Command Public Information Officer,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Dozens of hogs have died in Lamitan City, Basilan due to African Swine Fever, prompting the city to be placed under the red zone. A PIGLET infected with African Swine Fever in Lamitan City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Lamitan Mayor Oric Furigay said during a press...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) was shot dead in Lamitan City, Basilan last Monday, May 27. The Lamitan City police under Police Lt. Col. Arlan Delumpines identified the victim as Mahadir Ahari, 35. Ahari was attending a community fair in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six people, including a municipal councilor, were wounded in an ambush in Akbar town, Basilan province on Saturday, May 4. SIX persons were wounded in an ambush in Akbar, Basilan on Saturday, May 4. Investigation showed that the victims were on their way to Sitio Lessem,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police officer was shot dead in a checkpoint in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday night, April 23. MAP of Basilan with Lamitan City highlighted. Police Patrolman Khalid Ahmad of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company was manning a checkpoint in Barangay Colonia at around 8 p.m....
