Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman Citing the "huge economic losses" being suffered by his province, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is seeking a House inquiry on what he described as the "frequent and incessant” power outages or brownouts there. Filed by Hataman was House...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An ice vendor was gunned down in Barangay Lagayas, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Leonardo Sanchez Arcila of Barangay Aguada, Isabela, Basilan. Investigation disclosed that the victim was on his way home when he was shot by...
The Philippine Navy (PN) conducted an amphibious raid to showcase its naval capabilities as part of the culmination of Exercise Pagsisikap 2023 in Hadji Muthamad, Basilan last week. *The Naval Forces Western Mindanao holds an amphibious raid as part of Exercise Pagsisikap on * *Sangbay Big...
With a total land area of 97,530 square kilometers, Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippine archipelago. It is also home to beautiful beaches and landscape areas, including the Pink Beach in Zamboanga, Dinagat Islands with waterfalls, beaches, caves, and the Marang-marang mangroves...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla (left) and lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has reiterated his call for a House probe on the power crisis in his province, which is being plagued by frequent...
ILIGAN CITY – Two wives of an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the 20-year-old widow of an ASG member were apprehended in a joint law enforcement operation on Thursday evening, June 15, in Basilan. Joint Task Force Basilan acting commander Col. Frederick Sales identified them as Marilyn Lasigan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a clash with police in the hinterlands of Basilan province, police said on Wednesday, June 14. Police Col. Carlos Madronio, Basilan police director, said Nurudin Muddalan was slain in a gunfight around 10 p.m. on Tuesday,...
ILIGAN CITY – Two members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were killed in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Tuesday, June 6. Joint Task Force Basilan acting commander Col. Frederick Sales identified them as “Dodong,” a member of the Sulu-based Daulah Islamiyah-ASG under sub-leader Mudzrimar...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The suspect in the shooting of a Basilan-based policeman was arrested on Saturday, April 15, in Lamitan City, Basilan. The suspect was identified as Said Anjalin, who was reportedly arrested inside the house of a certain Walid Abyarol in Pamaran Village in Barangay Malinis....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police corporal was wounded when armed men attacked a newly constructed police outpost in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Wednesday, April 12. POLICE Corporal Nasser Hain is treated for a bullet wound at the Lamitan District Hospital in Basilan. (Photo via Liza Jocson) A report from...
Three more passengers of the fire-hit MV Lady Mary Joy 3, including a Philippine Army (PA) personnel, were finally found by search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams a week after the deadly sea blaze off Basilan that has now killed 31 people, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Holy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
