ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities rescued more than 100 human trafficking victims who were made to endure forced labor in Tubalubac Island, Barangay Aluh Bunah, Pangutaran, Sulu on Tuesday, September 19. A Philippine Navy report said the victims were rescued inside the house of a certain...
Law enforcers rescued a total of 123 trafficking-in-persons (TIPs) in Pangutaran, Sulu after they were allegedly forced to use illegal drugs so they could endure the harsh working condition that they were subjected to, the Philippine Navy (PN) disclosed on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The victims were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 175 passengers and crew of a distressed vessel in the sea of Sulu on Saturday, September 9. PASSENGERS of the M/B Queen Shaima are transferred to the BRP Ivatan after they were rescued by a Philippine Navy boat. (Navforwem photo) An Armed...
The entire province of Sulu has been declared as free from the presence and influence of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday, Sept. 7. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Ignatius N. Patrimonio, Commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, attributed it...
While the law must prevail, Senator Robinhood C. Padilla called for sobriety from all sides to prevent further violence in Sulu. Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla (Senate PRIB Photo) Padilla said he is constantly keeping watch over the...
The military has sealed off Maimbung town in Sulu as hot pursuit operations were ongoing to arrest former vice mayor Pando Mudjasan over multiple charges, the military said Monday, June 26. *(Photo by PNP) * Brig. Gen. Eugenio Boquio, commander of Sulu-based 1101st Infantry Brigade, said they were...
The Philippine National Police (PNP), backed by local military forces, have launched a manhunt against the former mayor of Maimbung town in Sulu following the fierce gun battle on Saturday, June 24, that left two people dead and at least 13 others wounded. PNP chief information officer Brig. Gen....
The firefight that erupted during the service of search and arrest warrants by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against former Maimbung, Sulu Vice Mayor Pando Mudjasan left one police officer dead and nine other troops wounded, AFP Chief Gen. Andres...
A joint law enforcement operation conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to arrest former Maimbung, Sulu vice mayor Pando Mudjasan ended up in a gunbattle on Saturday morning, June 24. Lt. Col. Enrico Gil Ileto, chief of AFP public affairs...
ILIGAN CITY – Joint Task Force Sulu commander Major Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio has commended the 1103rd Infantry Brigade for the surrender of a 13-year-old Egyptian Abu Sayyaf Group fighter and subleader in Indanan, Sulu on Wednesday, June 14. Patrimonio attributed this achievement to intelligence...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A teenage foreign terrorist fighter who was an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader surrendered to the military authorities at the 1103rd Infantry Brigade headquarters in Indanan, Sulu on Wednesday, June 14. A Western Mindanao Command report said that the foreign fighter, 13-year-old Egyptian...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two siblings identified as high-value drug targets were killed while seven of their accomplices were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Raymundo, Jolo, Sulu on Sunday, June 3. Police Lt. Col. Annidul Sali, Jolo Municipal Police Station chief, identified the...
