President Marcos rejoiced how Tawi-Tawi had evolved from being the “ground zero” of conflicts to a peaceful province that allowed him to be the first president to visit the island. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) Marcos said this as he visited the Joint Task...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Center) distributing rice in Tawi-Tawi (Speaker's Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez, dubbed “Mr. Rice”, visited another province in Mindanao as he presided over the distribution of cash and rice aid to local...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez addresses the crowd in Tawi-Tawi (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi--The House of Representatives pulled all the stops for the conduct of the first ever Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair...
President Marcos believes that Tawi-Tawi has achieved peace and expressed elation over it. During his visit in the province to distribute assistance to El Niño-hit areas, Marcos said he was happy to see a peaceful Tawi-Tawi and encouraged its people to keep working together to maintain the peace...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in the vicinity of Manuk Mangkaw Island, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, on Saturday, March 9. BOXES of undocumented cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in sea of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi by the Philippine Navy on March 9....
(Courtesy of OPAPRU) Two solar PV diesel hybrid power plant projects have recently been unveiled by the government and its donors in Tawi-Tawi to improve the residents’ access to reliable renewable energy sources and boost the island-province’s economy, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P398 million were seized by the Philippine Navy and other concerned agencies from a cargo vessel manned by Indonesians in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on February 1. Philippine Navy personnel were initially alerted by the National Coast Watch Center about...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Armed Forces-Naval Forces Western Mindanao rescued 78 passengers and seven crew members from a distressed vessel in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, February 13. SIBUTU Island (Wikipedia) Motor launch (ML) Dhielma was sailing for Tawi-Tawi from Tandu Banak, Sibutu,...
Personnel from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps load family food packs onboard landing craft (LC) 298 before these are transported to fire victims in Bonga, Tawi-Tawi. (Photo courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCG) bared Sunday, Sept. 10, that it...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Six alleged human trafficking victims were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi while en route to Malaysia to work without pertinent documents, the PCG reported on Monday, Sept. 4. The PCG said the victims – four females and...
Around P160 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized during a joint operation of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Navy off the waters of Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, Aug. 23. BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the operation stemmed from the report they received about a...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido inaugurated a brand-new flagpole and led a flag-raising ceremony in Bakkungan Island, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi on Monday, July 31. In line with its 17th founding anniversary, the Westmincom also held the groundbreaking...
