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 primary...
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 said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples was shot dead in Isabela City, Basilan on Monday, April 21.MALUNPolice 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,...
Philippine Army (PA) commander Lt. Gen. Roy Galido on Sunday honored troops killed and wounded during an encounter with lawless elements in Barangay Dugaa, Tuburan town, Basilan province last April 11.PHILIPPINE Army commander Lt. Gen. Roy Galido visits on Sunday a soldier wounded in an encounter in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A manhunt is in full swing in Basilan province after two Army soldiers were killed and another wounded in an ambush Friday afternoon in Tuburan town.Sgt. Reymark Bation and Corporal Jordan Daquipel of the 18th Infantry Battalion (IB) were gunned down while riding a motorcycle in...
Basilan-Starhorse intends to make a big wave on its return to the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Seventh Season.Jervy Cruz will play a key role for Basilan-Starhorse in its MPBL return.Laden with veterans, rising stars and promising players, the Sea Titans hope to land in the playoffs...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - An Isabela City government employee working for peace and order and illegal drug prevention was shot dead in front of his house in Isabela City, Basilan province on Thursday, Feb. 20.Isabela City police station chief Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson identified the victim as Ricardo...