BUTUAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Southwestern Mindanao and Sulu Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported no damage or fatalities from a magnitude-4.6 that rocked the province before dawn on Saturday, June 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lawmen seized P20.4-million worth of shabu abandoned by a drug courier at a checkpoint in Luuk town in Sulu province on Saturday, April 8. THE combined team of police, PDEA, and Coast Guard personnel stand behind P20.4-million worth of shabu they seized from a drug courier in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy intercepted a motor launch carrying hundreds of drums of smuggled fuel products in the sea of Sulu on Saturday, April 1. THE Navy seized more than P9-million worth of undocumented fuel products on board the M/L Anne Nur in the sea of Sulu. (NFWM photo)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group fighter was killed while two soldiers were wounded in two encounters in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20. Major Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said government troops first engaged the ASG in Barangay Kabbon Takas, Patikul when the 111th...
ILIGAN CITY -- Two Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members surrendered to the military in Sulu on Monday morning, Feb. 6. Joint Task Force Sulu Commander Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio identified the ASG members who surrendered as Hadjang, 50, and Nadz, 20. The Two ASG men submitted themselves to the 6th...
ILIGAN CITY -- Joint Task Force Sulu commander Major General Ignatius Patrimonio confirmed that a member of Abu Sayyaf Group was killed in an encounter with the military in Sulu on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. The armed confrontation between the group of Mudzrimar Sawadjaan, a.k.a. Mundi, and troops of...
SEVEN Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed in an encounter with police in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. (Photo courtesy of PRO-BARMM) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police killed seven Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in a shootout in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5. Gunmen fired at lawmen serving a warrant of arrest against murder...
A cargo ship from Malaysia ran aground and went half-submerged in the vicinity waters off Tanjung Pier in Indanan, Sulu on Monday, Jan. 16. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) The PCG said that MV Melyn Express departed from Malaysia and was bound for Jolo, Sulu when it accidentally navigated in...
ILIGAN CITY -- Twenty-one Daulah Islamiyah (DI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members surrendered to the military on Sunday morning, Jan. 8, in Patikul, Sulu. Surrenderers include DI-ASG leader Majid Said, alias "Amah Pattit," and ASG sub-leader Jamiri Jauhari, alias "Jamiri." They handed over...
TWENTY-one members of the Abu Sayyaf Group yield to authorities in a PNP camp in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. (PNP photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Twenty-one members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to authorities led by the Special Action Force on Jan. 4, Wednesday, in Asturias, Jolo, Sulu. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized P832,000 worth of suspected smuggled petroleum and arrested three persons during a seaborne patrol operation in the sea of Barangay Mauboh, Patikul, Sulu on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Sulu Maritime Police Station and Patikul Municipal Police Station received a tip...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 685 children staying in a former Abu Sayyaf Group stronghold were given toys and school supplies during a gift-giving activity by a non-government organization (NGO) in Patikul, Sulu province on Sunday, Nov. 20. SOLDIERS help the children of Mount Sinumaan in Talipao, Sulu...
