ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities declared Isabela City in Basilan province Abu Sayyaf Group-free during a simple ceremony at the Isabela City Civic and Cultural Center in Binuangan, Isabela City on Monday, September 30. ISABELA City hall (Wikipedia) Isabela City was the latest area in Basilan to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A policeman was injured in a grenade explosion in Isabela City in Basilan on Sunday night, September 29, a day before the declaration of the city as Abu Sayyaf Group-free. The injured was identified as Police Patrolman Aldimar Salahuddin of the Regional Mobile Force...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has cited Basilan province for enacting an ordinance to protect human rights defenders. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance -- "Basilan Province Human Right Defenders Protection Ordinance" -- is the first-ever local legislation by any provincial...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was shot dead after he fired at lawmen manning a checkpoint in Akbar, Basilan on Thursday, August 29. THE suspect’s gun. Police identified the suspect as Said Jalil Anjalin, alias Robin. Investigation said that the motorcycle-riding suspect refused to stop and even tried...
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. ...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan on the municipality's purchases of P5.9 million worth of supplies and materials that were treated as "outright expenses" without coursing them through the inventory account. In its 2023 audit report, the COA cited Section...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two children died and three family members are in critical condition after reportedly eating a poisonous fish in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday, July 30. Police disclosed that the victims, members of the Uwing family, ate puffer fish, locally known as “butingga" or...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The municipality of Ungkaya Pukan in Basilan, once a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf Group, was declared as ASG-free during a ceremony held at the municipal hall in Barangay Bohe Pahu last Friday, July 19. THE town of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan was declared Abu Sayyaf Group-free...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 65-year-old former ex-convict for allegedly killing and raping a nine-year-old girl in Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday, July 9. Investigation said the victim reportedly asked permission from her mother to pick fruits outside their house. She failed to come...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Coast Guard was shot dead in Lamitan City, Basilan on Thursday. Lamitan police chief Police Lt. Col. Arlan Delumpines identified the victim as Nurhan Birong, 26, a resident of Akbar town, Basilan. Birong was assigned to the Ormoc City Coast...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A powerful explosion rocked a gasoline station in Lamitan City, Basilan province on Tuesday evening, June 18, the same day the city was celebrating its 17th founding anniversary. A loud blast was heard from the gas station owned by the Mateo family in Barangay Matibay at 6:47 p.m....
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Western Mindanao Command here has confirmed the passage of two Navy vessels of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the sea of Zamboanga City and Basilan province last Thursday, June 6. Major Orlando Ayllon, Western Mindanao Command Public Information Officer,...
