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ZAMBOANGA CITY — Some 30 houses were gutted in a fire at Zone 1, Barangay Kaumpurnah, Isabela City, Basilan Province on Tuesday afternoon, June 14.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A losing mayoral candidate in the May 9 polls and his son-in-law were killed in Lamitan City, Basilan last Thursday, June 9.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Isabela City police were able to find closed circuit television (CCTV) footage showing a person of interest who may have been behind the explosions at the parking lot of a fastfood chain and a bus terminal on Monday, May 30, in Isabela City, Basilan.

Bishop Leo Dalmao of the Isabela prelature condemned the twin explosions that hurt at least two people in Basilan Island on Monday.

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was among the suspects being investigated by the military behind one of the two explosions that jolted Isabela City, Basilan on Monday, May 30.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A tricycle driver and a motorcycle rider were killed while two others were wounded when a group of gunmen numbering to about six fired shots at them in Barangay Matikang, Lantawan, Basilan on Wednesday, May 11.

The 2022 national and local elections in Basilan province commenced on Monday, May 9, but it was marred by strafing and shooting incidents, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported.

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.

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.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two male passengers of a motorized banca that capsized in Isabela City waters were rescued by Philippine Coast Guard Basilan personnel on Monday, April 11.

Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Four soldiers were wounded during a firefight between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sumisip Municipality, Basilan province on Saturday, April 2.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and ten other members surrendered to authorities in Basilan last Tuesday, less than a week after the group’s top leader was killed during an encounter with government troops.

The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25.

Successful agriculture interventions are key to attaining peace and stability in Mindanao, especifically in Basilan, aspiring vice president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said.

Right after the elections, presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo plans to go back to work and help turn the picturesque Malamawi Island in Basilan into a tourist site.

Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo is only the third presidential candidate and the first one since 1992 to visit Basilan province, but she said that her relationship with Moros runs deeper than a campaign sortie.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s office is extending assistance to to the 13 members of the Army’s 17th Scout Ranger Company who were injured in a vehicular accident while providing her security during a visit in Basilan on Wednesday, Jan. 26.