ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities seized 30 tons of giant clam shells locally known as “taklobo” during an operation in Patikul, Sulu last Monday, Dec. 9. OPERATING troops look at giant clam shells piled up in a vacant lot in Barangay Taglibi, Patikul, Sulu. (Contributed photo by Ely Dumaboc)...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (PPAB) House Deputy Minority Leader Basilan lone Rep. Mujiv Hataman is pushing the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to secure the funds needed to finance the provincial government’s operations,...
Amid growing calls to postpone the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections next year, President Marcos hinted that it might be best to push back the schedule to fix the issues regarding Sulu’s exclusion from the region. President Ferdinand...
President Marcos said they are still studying the possible suspension of the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)in the light of the Supreme Court (SC) decision separating Sulu from the region. Marcos said the elections might not happen...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that it met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to request assistance in supporting Sulu's transition through joint learning interventions. (Photo from DepEd) Education Secretary Sonny Angara met with UNICEF on...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a bill seeking to create a new autonomous region for the people of Sulu, following its exclusion from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Padilla filed on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Senate Bill 2879, which establishes the Basulta Autonomous...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (middle) flashes the "peace" sign with religious leaders in Mindanao during the Mindanao Religious Leaders Conference (MiRLeC) in Davao City last week. (Photo: OPAPRU) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) said on...
COTABATO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a barangay councilor and recovered three kilos of suspected shabu valued at P20 million in a buy-bust operation in Jolo, Sulu on Thursday, October 10. Gil Cesario Castro, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. leads the commemoration of the 47 th anniversary of the Patikul massacre in Sulu on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo: OPAPRU) The path to peace may be long and challenging but it is worth it. Hence, the fragility of the peace process must be protected at all cost. This was...
Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut (Rep. Tan-Tambut's office) Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut--who is on her third and final term as a congresswoman--has decided to run for vice mayor of her hometown of Maimbung in Sulu...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The exclusion of the province of Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will only have a “minimal impact” on the national government’s efforts to establish just and lasting peace in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two escapees from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency detention facility here last May were arrested after they were wounded in a shootout with authorities during a law enforcement operation in Pandami, Sulu on Saturday, September 28. SUSPECTED shabu valued at...
