LAMITAN City, Basilan Mayor Roderick Furigay stands beside the casket of his wife, former Lamitan Mayor Rose Furigay, during necrological services in Lamitan City Wednesday, August 3. ZAMBOANGA CITY – Former Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigay was laid to rest Wednesday, August 3, in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The body of Rose Furigay’s executive assistant Victor Capistrano was laid to rest on Tuesday, August 2, at the Colonia cemetery in Lamitan city more than a week after he was killed at a Manila university last week. Family members pay their last respects to slain Furigay...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enforce stricter security measures in the checkpoints and borders of Lamitan City, Basilan following the killing of the father of Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol,...
The killing of the father of Chao Tiao Yumol, the suspected gunman behind the deadly Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) shooting, might have been an “offshoot” or consequence of the first bloodbath that occurred in the university, a ranking police officer disclosed. Police Brig. Gen. Remus...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has condemned the ‘senseless’ killing of Rolando Yumol, father of Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) shooter Chao Tiao Yumol. Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) “We condemn the senseless killing of Rolando Yumol, father of Ateneo...
ROLAND Yumol The 69-year-old father of Ateneo murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao Yumol was shot dead outside his house in Lamitan City, Basilan at 6:55 a.m., Friday, July 29. Police Col. Tadzhael Managola, Lamitan police officer-in-charge, identified the victim Roland “Bobong” Yumol, a retired...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) mourned the passing of former Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rosita Rose Furigay who was killed inside Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City Sunday, July 24, along with two others. EBRAHIM (FB)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Officials in Basilan condemned the horrific shooting at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City last Sunday in which former Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigay, her assistant Victor Capistrano, and security guard Jeneven Bandiola were killed. FORMER Lamitan City,...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has condemned the shooting incident which took the life of former Lamitan City, Basilan mayor Rose Furigay and two others at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) campus on Sunday, July 24. Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman (Photo from ARMM Bureau of...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (PNA) – A bomb courier formerly identified with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed while his companion escaped during a shootout with government troops in this city, the military said Thursday, June 30. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the gate of the Lamitan City Hall in Lamitan town, Basilan on Monday, June 20. Lamitan city hall building. (Lamitan Tourism Office photo) The explosion was heard at 6:40 p.m. A police report said one of two male suspects on...
GAPPAL 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. Ujud Ujurun J. Gappal was standing by the roadside in Riverside, Barangay Matibay when he was shot and killed by a still unidentified suspect at...