ZAMBOANGA CITY – Violence in Tipo Tipo town, Basilan province eased following the declaration of a ceasefire on Wednesday, Oct. 29, between the government and elements responsible for the attack. Gov. Mujiv Hataman said the ceasefire was achieved after a lengthy negotiation participated in by the...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has distributed relief goods to families displaced by clan violence in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan province, authorities said Wednesday. Dr. Nur-Khan Istarul, provincial board member, said 2,500 family food packs were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four persons were wounded and some 7,000 individuals have fled their homes due to ongoing skirmishes between government forces and lawless elements and Moro Islamic Liberation Front supporters in Tipo Tipo town, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The unidentified victims were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - After days of tension, a fierce firefight erupted in Tipo Tipo municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28, between soldiers and lawless elements and forces affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The gunfight erupted after negotiations led by the...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it had deployed troops to Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, after the local government unit (LGU) announced that armed men, allegedly backed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), had laid “siege” in the town. “The Philippine Army...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A patient being transported in an ambulance was held hostage and rescued by authorities in Tipo Tipo, Basilan on Saturday, Aug. 9. Investigation showed that armed men fired at the ambulance carrying a wounded patient in Campo Salam, Sitio Mabeh, Barangay Banah, on Saturday...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An explosion rocked the municipality of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province on Tuesday night, August 13, days before the town festival mounted annually by the local government. The blast, which happened within the vicinity of the municipal hall, destroyed part of the fence. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An ice vendor was gunned down in Barangay Lagayas, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Leonardo Sanchez Arcila of Barangay Aguada, Isabela, Basilan. Investigation disclosed that the victim was on his way home when he was shot by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police corporal was wounded when armed men attacked a newly constructed police outpost in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Wednesday, April 12. POLICE Corporal Nasser Hain is treated for a bullet wound at the Lamitan District Hospital in Basilan. (Photo via Liza Jocson) A report from...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (PNA) – A bomb courier formerly identified with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed while his companion escaped during a shootout with government troops in this city, the military said Thursday, June 30. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander,...
