COTABATO CITY – Marijuana valued at P12.9 million was discovered in a plantation in Barangay Masjid Punjungan, Kalilangan Caluang, Sulu on February 25. MARIJUANA worth P13 million was uprooted in Sulu on February 25. (Photo via Joseph Jubelag) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro...
Investors from the Middle East – primarily energy companies from Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia – are enthusiastically eyeing to funnel investments into offshore oil and gas exploration ventures in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man tagged in the brutal killing of a businesswoman in Sulu was slain while nine Special Action Force personnel were wounded in a shootout in Panamao, Sulu at dawn on Saturday, September 23. THE body of murder suspect Muksidal Jumadil who was killed during a law...
ILIGAN CITY – Three supporters of an Abu Sayyaf Group leader surrendered to the 1101st Infantry Brigade led by Brig. Gen. Eugene Boquio in Bud Bayug, Talipao, Sulu on Tuesday, September 19. Boquio said that the surrenderers were supporters of ASG sub-leader Abduljihad Susukan, alias...
ILIGAN CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief Major Gen. Steve Crespillo attended the 633rd founding anniversary of local governance and public administration in Sulu known as Bangsa Sug Day on September 18. DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto C....
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....
