ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Naval Command recently seized over P56 million in smuggled items in separate maritime patrol operations in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. On Friday, a Navy patrol ship intercepted the MV Fiyyah within the vicinity of Simandagit Point, Tawi-Tawi, allegedly carrying...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons were killed in an improvised fishing device explosion in Sulu province on Saturday, Nov. 22. The fatalities were identified as Abdul Tiri Basang, 70; and Indal Pascual, 40, residents of Zone 3, Barangay Tulay, Jolo municipality. Two persons were injured in the blast...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two vessels were involved in a minor collision at the port of Jolo in Sulu province on Tuesday morning, Nov. 4. The incident occurred in the midst of rough seas and strong winds brought about by turbulent weather conditions. No major injuries were reported as port authorities...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces trooper and three suspected gun runners were killed in a shootout in Sitio Talatak, Barangay Bato Bato, Indanan town, Sulu province on Thursday, Oct. 30. A well-known figure, Alnaib Sahiddan Daud, alias General, was killed along...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 40-year-old woman was killed while five others were injured after they were hit by two acacia trees that toppled at the height of heavy rains on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Barangay San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu. Alhakin Alpapara, chief of the Barangay San Raymundo Disaster Risk...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities safely rescued 20 fishermen two hours after they received a distress call from a fishing vessel in the sea of Basilan and Sulu, police said Monday. Police Major Geobani Calle, chief of the Basilan Maritime Police Station (MARPSTA), said the 20 fishermen, all crew of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Troops seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P23 million in the sea of Sulu province on Monday, Sept. 29. The contraband was composed of 400 master cases of assorted foreign cigarettes. Authorities held the vessel used in transporting the items and five crew members. The cargo was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P9 million bound for Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province were intercepted by Naval Command forces in the sea of Panamao, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Naval Command personnel were conducting seaborne patrol on board the BRP Hermenegildo Yurong...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Ten supporters of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to authorities here on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The ceremony formalizing their surrender was held at the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-9 headquarters in Camp Col. Romeo Abendan. The surrenderers, aged 29 to 69 and residents of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to suspend its preparations for the first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) scheduled for October 13, 2025. According to a resolution provided by Comelec Chairman George Erwin...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine National Police transferred the Sulu Provincial Police Office from the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) to the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) in a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 15, at the SPPO headquarters in Barangay Asturias, Jolo,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nedznyl Amjad Tulawie, the primary suspect in the murder of three men here, surrendered to authorities at dawn on Monday, Sept. 8, in Camp Police Senior Supt. Julasirim A. Kasim in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. Personnel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) served the...
