ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six potential human trafficking victims were rescued by the Western Mindanao Naval Command in Tawi-Tawi province on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The military said that three victims were intercepted at the local seaport. Subsequent profiling led to another group of three in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have foiled a human trafficking attempt as they rescued 13 victims and arrested two “facilitators” in law enforcement operations in Tawi-Tawi, police said Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Jeseryl dela Cruz, chief of the 1st Special Operations Unit-Maritime Group, said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities intercepted thousands of liters of smuggled fuel aboard a motorized banca during a seaborne operation in Tawi-Tawi province last Sunday, July 20. The composite team flagged down an unmarked motorized banca off the coast of Bongao and upon inspection, 30 drums with a...
The province of Albay mourned the death of first district Rep. Edcel Lagman on Thursday, Jan. 30. Acting Gov. Baby Glenda Ong-Bongao on Friday, Jan. 31, signed Executive Order No. 10, Series of 2025, ordering the flying of the Philippine flag at half-mast in all government offices and public...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities seized a motor launch loaded with nearly P2-million worth of unregistered diesel and gasoline without proper documents last Monday, Nov. 11, off the coast of Tawi-Tawi province. CONTAINERS of undocumented fuel inside a motor launch intercepted in Tawi-Tawi...
By LIZA JOCSON ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.2 million were seized in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Saturday, July 13. SMUGGLED cigarettes worth P1.2-million were seized in Tawi-Tawi province. (PNP) Police received information about a motorized boat or jungkong suspected of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fifteen would-be trafficking victims were rescued by the Philippine Navy and other agencies during joint law enforcement operations from June 20 to 21. They were rescued after arriving at the Bongao, Tawi-Tawi port aboard three vessels – the MV Trisha Kerstine II, MV...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader detained for kidnapping at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi is facing additional charges of frustrated murder, police said. ASG sub-leader Injimar Mangkabong detained at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail faces additional charges of...
