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LAMITAN CITY, Basilan — A barangay chairman and his associate were arrested during a routine police patrol in Barangay Malinis on November 28, 2025, after authorities discovered multiple high-powered firearms…
Basilan — November 29, 2025.The first rays of dawn broke over Puno Sampinit on Saturday as Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman led a symbolic climb up the once-feared mountain—long known as…
HADJI MOHAMMAD AJUL, BASILAN — A pre-dawn buy-bust operation in Barangay Sironggon erupted into a deadly shootout on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, leaving a police operative dead, one suspect neutralized,…
The Philippine Army’s Special Mission Aviation Company intensified the country’s maritime security efforts after successfully conducting a wide-range Maritime Air Patrol across Western Mindanao on November 21, 2025. The mission…
Isabela City, Basilan – An employee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) was critically wounded in a shooting incident in Barangay Maligue, Isabela City on Saturday…
STA. CLARA, LAMITAN CITY — After nearly five months of heightened tension and fear in parts of Basilan, the long-running rido between the families of Abdurajan Najalan and Selma Asmilin…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — More than ₱2.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted by the Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) after its patrol team stopped a motorized banca attempting to…
ISABELA CITY, BASILAN — Governor Mujiv S. Hataman has signed Executive Order No. 19, Series of 2025, officially launching Sagip Kalikasan or Saving and Guarding Our Islands’ Patrimony for a…
A renewed sense of peace and unity now echoes through Barangay Baguindan in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, as once-warring parties formally reconciled in a symbolic Pagsulut Duk Pagduwaa ritual held today —…
BASILAN PROVINCE — The Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) has seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth over ₱27.7 million during a maritime security operation off the Amoyloi Reefs in…