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...
Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (right) checks the condition of a wounded troop at Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga city on Feb. 7, 2025, nearly three weeks since an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan that killed two soldiers and injured 12 other military personnel. (Photo: PA)Lt. Gen....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the attack in Sumisip, Basilan where two soldiers, who were providing security to a United Nations Development Programme mission in the area, died and several others injured.The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has filed a protest against Moro...
The peace implementing panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by co-chairs Cesar B. Yano (eighth from left) and Mohagher M. Iqbal (ninth from right) reaffirm their dedication to fulfill all their commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement on...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is calling for an urgent congressional inquiry on the deadly encounter between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the province."Bakit na naman nangyari ito (Why did this happen again)?" Hataman, a former governor of...
A metal debris bearing Chinese markings is found by a fisherman in the open sea water of Morong, Bataan on June 5, 2024. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard)The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) cautioned Palawan and Basilan after China’s planned rocket launch on Saturday, Jan. 25, as debris...
