A total of 6,000 sacks of allegedly undocumented rice worth P12.76 million have been seized by the Philippine Navy (PN) from a motor vessel while patrolling the waters of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, authorities reported on Friday, June 23. *(Photo by Philippine Navy) * Elements of the Naval Forces Western...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rocked the island-province of Tawi-Tawi past midnight on Thursday, April 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the epicenter of the 12:46 a.m. earthquake was 332 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
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)...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has committed to link local government units in Tawi-Tawi and Western Mindanao to the national government and private sector to improve digital infrastructures in the region. (Photo courtesy of ARTA) In a meeting with local leaders in Tawi-Tawi and Western...
THE Jaslyn Stacy, one of two vessels suspected of smuggling fuel intercepted by the 112th Marine Company and Taganak police in Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi.(Westmincom photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities apprehended two vessels suspected of smuggling 400,000 liters of fuel into the country...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Ten Malaysians and Filipinos from distressed ships were rescued by the Philippine Navy and two foreign vessels in the sea of Tawi-Tawi province during inclement weather on Christmas Eve. TEN Malaysians and Filipinos were rescued by the Philippine Navy and two foreign vessels in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Philippine Marine soldiers recovered P5.3-million worth of cocaine along the shoreline of South Ubian, Tawi Tawi Province on Friday, Dec. 16. A Western Mindanao Command report said soldiers of the 21st Marine Company/ Marine Battalion Landing Team 1 recovered the illegal substance...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader detained for kidnapping at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi is facing additional charges of frustrated murder, police said. ASG sub-leader Injimar Mangkabong detained at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail faces additional charges of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued eight passengers of a distressed motor vessel in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Nov. 22. NAVAL Task Group Tawi-Tawi rescued eight passengers from a distressed sea vessel in Tawi-Tawi. (Photo by 2MBde) A report from the Armed Forces-Naval Forces Western Mindanao...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Sixteen female victims of trafficking were rescued by authorities at Bongao seaport in Taw-Tawi province on Saturday, April 23. According to the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NavForWeM) report, the victims were on board MV Kristel Jane 3 when they were rescued by NavForWeM...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Candidates from the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi signed a peace covenant for safe and honest elections at Basilan State College, Isabela City, Basilan on Saturday, April 23. BaSulTa (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) candidates sign the peace accord at the Basilan State...
With just a few weeks before the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, April 23, said there will be no electricity problem in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) on Election Day, May 9. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of...
