The Philippine Navy (PN) said Sunday, April 12, that it has seized an estimated P64 million worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes off Sulu during one of its recent maritime patrol operations in the restive southern waters. Personnel of the Western Mindanao Naval Command’s (WMNC) Naval Task Force...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Naval Command recovered more than P64-million worth of smuggled cigarettes during routine maritime patrol operations in Sulu. Authorities stopped the vessel, MB Princess Zia, on Wednesday, April 8, 1.2 nautical miles southeast of Marungas Island, for an...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday, March 29, that it has intensified its maritime security protocols following the arrest of two Chinese nationals caught using falsified travel documents to enter Jolo, Sulu. The suspects were apprehended by personnel of the Coast Guard Station Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-Ministry of Social Services and Development has distributed financial assistance to victims of the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 tragedy in Sulu and Zamboanga City. A total of 163 victims received assistance distributed on March 9 and 10...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested four persons and seized high-powered firearms for violation of the Gun-Free and Peace-Centered Community Ordinance in Talipao, Sulu, officials said Saturday. The four, identified as Jarah, Sumaidi, Hamsarani, and Sahiron, were arrested by joint military and...
Sulu Vice Gov. Abdusakur Tan wants vessels of Aleson Shipping Lines banned in Sulu province and the license of the shipping firm revoked following the tragic sinking of the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 in the sea of Baluk Baluk Island in Basilan province last Jan. 26. Tan, during a hearing at the House of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have uprooted about 21,200 fully grown, high-grade marijuana plants valued at P18.2 million, and seized high-powered firearms during a law enforcement operation in two remote plantations in Sulu province on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Alaric Avelino delos Santos, 1102nd...
Nine from the ill-fated MV Trisha Kerstin 3 have been identified and brought to Jolo, Sulu and Zamboanga City on Friday, Jan.30. According to the Basilan Provincial Risk Reduction Management Office, the bodies of Dayam Awaluddin, Nalda Muksan, Harlene Asgali, and Nursalyn Muammil were brought to...
BACOLOD CITY – Three fishermen from Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental were rescued by a Singaporean-flagged bulk carrier in the sea of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte on Sunday, Jan. 25. The Philippine Coast Guard District Western Visayas said the fishermen were adrift at sea for two days and one night...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Rescuers are racing against time to rescue survivors of a sunken roll on, roll off vessel in Basilan on Monday, Jan. 26. Fifteen people were killed and 224 were rescued when the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 operated by Aleson Shipping Lines sank off the coast of Barangay Baluk-baluk Island...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has requested the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Sulu to revoke a resolution banning all MILF activities in the province. Resolution 83-2025 passed on Dec. 26 and signed by Vice Gov. Abdusakur Tan and eight other provincial board members...
The Philippine Coast Guard reported on Saturday, Jan. 3, the recovery of an alleged rocket debris with Chinese markings floating off the waters of Pangutaran, Sulu. The PCG said a fisherman first spotted and recovered the object in the vicinity waters of Barangay Suang Bunah on Dec. 30, 2025 which...
