ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Chinese national who spent months in hiding after allegedly figuring in a shooting incident in Makati City was arrested by law enforcement operatives last Sunday, July 20, in Barangay Nalil, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi province. The Chinese fugitive, alias Bao Long, was apprehended while...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Cebu Pacific flight which took off for Tawi-Tawi province on Sunday, June 29, returned to the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) here seconds after takeoff due to unsettling mechanical sounds heard by passengers on board the aircraft. Passengers reported hearing loud banging...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sailors aboard the BRP General Mariano Alvarez (PS176) have successfully rescued a wooden-hulled vessel carrying 90 people that was in distress off Tawi-Tawi, the Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) said Friday. Capt. Hilarion Cecista, WMNC acting commander, said the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology has rolled out the Free WiFi for All program in Tawi-Tawi province to expand digital connectivity in underserved communities. The DICT partnered with the Bangsamoro Ministry of Transport and Communications in launching the program in line...
Malacañang has welcomed the $10 million grant from a multilateral agency to help climate-vulnerable towns in Tawi-Tawi secure safe and reliable water access amid growing climate challenges. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM Screenshot) The project dubbed “Harnessing the...
Thirty-two individuals were rescued from a vessel that sank in the sea of Taganak Islands in Tawi-Tawi province on Sunday, March 17. TWENTY-SIX persons were rescued from a vessel that sank in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on Sunday. (Naval Forces Western Mindanao) The Philippine Navy rescued 26...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 121 passengers of a distressed vessel reported missing for nearly a week during a search and rescue operation in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Jan. 14. ONE-HUNDRED twenty-one passengers of a distressed vessel were rescued in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Jan. 14....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities seized a motor launch loaded with nearly P2-million worth of unregistered diesel and gasoline without proper documents last Monday, Nov. 11, off the coast of Tawi-Tawi province. CONTAINERS of undocumented fuel inside a motor launch intercepted in Tawi-Tawi...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the municipality of South Ubian in Tawi-Tawi for its failure to insure with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) its property, plant and equipment (PPE) worth P69.9 million. In its audit report, the COA said that South Ubian's failure to insure...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the municipality of Mapun in Tawi-Tawi over its P8.82 million outright expenses in 2023 without first setting up an inventory account. The lapse cast doubt on the propriety of the transactions, the COA said in its 2023 audit report on the municipality. It...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the municipality of Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi to set up a responsibility center for its gender and development (GAD) Focal Point System (GFPS) for the accounting and monitoring of GAD-related expenses and financial transactions. In its 2023 audit on...
(Photo: DPWH) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast-tracking the construction of key bridges in Tawi-Tawi with the objective of improving regional connectivity and boosting the local economy. DPWH Senior DPWH Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said the Nalil-Sikkiat Bridge No....
