The Philippine Army (PA) is not resting on its laurels as it will not downsize its troop presence in Basilan even after the province was declared free from the threat and influence of the extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, PA commanding general, said he wants to maintain the...
Once a haven of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the province of Basilan in Mindanao was officially declared free from the influence and presence of the extremist group on Monday, June 9. Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez...
The provincial government on Monday, June 9, formally declared Basilan free from the presence and threat of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). The official declaration ceremony was held at the Basilan Government Center in Santa Clara, Lamitan City, and was attended by national and local leaders, peace...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two vendors were shot dead in Akbar municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, June 3. Police identified the victims as Radzmel Marajan Jumadil, 25, a resident of Barangay Mariki, Zamboanga City, and Adih J. Villacura, 21, from Purok 5, Barangay Aguada, Isabela City. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rep. Mujiv Hataman and wife Sitti have been proclaimed as Basilan governor and Isabela City, Basilan mayor, respectively. BASILAN Governor-elect Mujiv and Isabela City, Basilan Mayor Sitti Hataman during his proclamation. Mujiv won a hotly-contested and close fight with his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nine people were killed and several were wounded in election-related violence in past two days in at least three towns of Basilan province. AMONG the fatalities in election-related violence in Basilan. Four people were killed and several others were wounded during a fierce...
ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Three people, including a poll watcher, were killed and two others were wounded in a predawn boat clash near Hadji Muhtamad town, this province, Monday, hours before elections began. The fatalities – poll watcher Murasidul Kidong Abduarahman and supporters Samier Allil...
Four persons were killed in a gun attack in a remote barangay in Hadji Mohammad Adjul, Basilan on the eve of the midterm elections on Sunday, May 11, the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said. Col. J-jay Javines, Westmincom spokesperson, said the armed attack occurred near a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four people were killed and several others were wounded in a fierce firefight between supporters of two political personalities in Hadji Mohammad Ajul town in Basilan province on Sunday, May 11. Several families fled their homes in Barangay Langil during the gun battle between...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A town mayor from Basilan province and nine others were injured when the speedboat they were riding caught fire shortly after leaving a private wharf in Barangay Baliwasan on Wednesday. NANOH'S ill-fated speedboat. Zamboanga City Fire District Marshal Supt. Leo Pioquinto...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples was shot dead in Isabela City, Basilan on Monday, April 21. MALUN Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson, Isabela City police station chief, identified the victim as Czarina Mae Mustafa Malun, a resident of Sitio Mabarakat,...
Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of Philippine Army (PA), confers with a relative of a slain soldier during his visit to the St. Peter Funeral Homes in Zamboanga City on April 13, 2025. Two personnel of 18th Infantry Battalion died in an ambush perpetrated by lawless elements in Tuburan,...
